The 1980 AFC Youth Championship was held from 21 February to 1 March 1981 in Bangkok

Bangkok

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, Thailand

Thailand

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. The tournament was won by for the first time by Korea Republic.

Qualification

The finals will consist of five teams from the qualification phase. Qualification consisted of two groups with the top two of Group 1 and the top three of Group 2 qualifying for the final tournament.

Qualifiers

(Winner Qualification Group 1) Korea Republic (Winner Qualification Group 2) (Runner-up Qualification Group 1) (Runner-up Qualification Grooup 2) (Third place Qualification Group 2)

Final tournament

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Korea Republic	4	3	1	0	9	3
7
	4	2	1	1	4	4	0	5
	4	2	0	2	4	5	−1	4
	4	1	0	3	6	5
2
	4	0	2	2	1	7	−6	2

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Winner

qualified for 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship

1981 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship, the third edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in Australia from 3 to 18 October 1981. The tournament took place in six venues—where a total of 32 matches were played...

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