| Tourney Name: | AFC Youth Championship |
| Year: | 1998 |
| Country: | Thailand |
| Dates: | 17–31 October |
| Num Teams: | 10 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champion: | South Korea |
| Champion-Flagvar: | 1997 |
| Count: | 9 |
| Second: | Japan |
| Second-Flagvar: | 1870 |
| Third: | Saudi Arabia |
| Fourth: | Kazakhstan |
| Matches: | 24 |
| Goals: | 76 |
| Prevseason: | 1996 |
| Nextseason: | 2000 |
The 1998 AFC Youth Championship was held from 17 to 31 October 1998, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The tournament was won for the ninth time by South Korea in the final against Japan.
Thailand (qualified as hosts)
China
India
Iraq
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Qatar
Saudi ArabiaThe teams that reached the semi-finals qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship in Nigeria.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 1 |
| 17 October 1998 | |||
| 0 - 0 | |||
| 3 - 2 | |||
| 19 October 1998 | |||
| 4 - 0 | |||
| 0 - 1 | |||
| 21 October 1998 | |||
| 0 - 2 | |||
| 2 - 0 | |||
| 23 October 1998 | |||
| 1 - 1 | |||
| 1 - 1 | |||
| 25 October 1998 | |||
| 2 - 1 | |||
| 1 - 1 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -4 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 3 |
| 18 October 1998 | |||
| 3 - 2 | |||
| 2 - 1 | |||
| 20 October 1998 | |||
| 0 - 0 | |||
| 2 - 2 | |||
| 22 October 1998 | |||
| 6 - 2 | |||
| 1 - 0 | |||
| 24 October 1998 | |||
| 0 - 4 | |||
| 0 - 3 | |||
| 26 October 1998 | |||
| 2 - 3 | |||
| 2 - 1 |
----
The following teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.