| Tourney Name: | AFC Youth Championship |
| Year: | 1959 |
| Size: | 250px |
| Country: | Malaya |
| Dates: | 18–26 April |
| Num Teams: | 9 |
| Champion: | KOR |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | Malaya |
| Third: | JPN |
| Nextseason: | 1960 |
The 1959 AFC Youth Championship was held in Kuala Lumpur, Federation of Malaya. It was the first time the tournament was organised.
The following teams entered the tournament:
Four winners moved to group A and played for the championship. Five other teams moved to consolation group B. Philippines and Thailand had to play in a preliminary round.
Preliminary Match in 18 and 19 April|}
Main allocation matches|}
| width=165 | Teams | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 21 | –11 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | –13 | 1 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April | 2–2 | ||||||
| 4–6 | |||||||
| 21 April | 1–1 | ||||||
| 22 April | 4–0 | ||||||
| 2–1 | |||||||
| 23 April | 7–5 | ||||||
| 24 April | 1–10 | ||||||
| 3–6 | |||||||
| 25 April | 1–8 | ||||||
| 0–3 |
| width=165 | Teams | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | –3 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | –12 | 0 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April | 7–0 | ||||||
| 21 April | 3–2 | ||||||
| 22 April | 6–0 | ||||||
| 23 April | 1–0 | ||||||
| 24 April | 6–2 | ||||||
| 25 April | 1–2 |
A closing match was played on 26 April between South Korea and a team composed of the best players from the other eight teams: South Korea won 3-2.