| Tourney Name: | AFC Youth Championship |
| Year: | 1978 |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Dates: | 5 - 28 October |
| Num Teams: | 18 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Champion Other: |
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| Third Other: | |
| Matches: | 40 |
| Goals: | 122 |
| Prevseason: | 1977 |
| Nextseason: | 1980 |
The 1978 AFC Youth Championship was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from 5 October to 28 October 1978.[1] It also served as qualification for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.
| Dhaka | |
|---|---|
| Bangabandhu National Stadium | |
| Capacity: 55,000 | |
| width=175 | Team | 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 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | -13 | 0 |
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| width=175 | Team | 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 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | -18 | 0 |
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| width=175 | Team | 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 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -12 | 1 |
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| width=175 | Team | 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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | -11 | 0 |
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Note: Iran had originally won 1–0 against Kuwait, but they were found to have fielded an over-age player; the result was reversed and Iran were ejected from the competition.
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The following teams qualified for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.
