# 2004 AFC Youth Championship

The 2004 AFC Youth Championship was the 33rd instance of the AFC Youth Championship. It was held from 25 September to 9 October 2004 in Malaysia. The tournament was won by for the eleventh time by South Korea in the final against China PR.

## Venues

The matches were played in the following five venues in four cities.
Johor Bahru :
| Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium | Johor BahruKuala LumpurPetaling JayaIpoh2004 AFC Youth Championship (Malaysia) | Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Johor BahruKuala LumpurPetaling JayaIpoh2004 AFC Youth Championship (Malaysia) | Capacity: 15,000 |
| Kuala Lumpur | Petaling Jaya | Ipoh |
| Kuala Lumpur Stadium | Petaling Jaya Stadium | Perak Stadium |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 42,500 |

## Qualification

| China  Indonesia  India (withdrew Turkmenistan) Iran | Iraq  South Korea  Japan  Laos | Malaysia  Nepal  Qatar  Syria | Thailand  Uzbekistan  Vietnam  Yemen |

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Quarter-final |
| 2 | Malaysia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Quarter-final |
| 3 | Nepal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Quarter-final |
| 2 | Qatar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 | Quarter-final |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 | Quarter-final |
| 2 | Syria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Quarter-final |
| 3 | Laos | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iraq | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 9 | Quarter-final |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Quarter-final |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Yemen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 3 October – Johor Bahru | 3 October – Johor Bahru | | | |
| Japan (p) | 0 (5) | | | |
| Japan (p) | 0 (5) | 6 October – Kuala Lumpur | 6 October – Kuala Lumpur | | |
| Qatar | 0 (3) | 6 October – Kuala Lumpur | 6 October – Kuala Lumpur | |
| Qatar | 0 (3) | Japan | 2 (1) | |
| 3 October – Kuala Lumpur | 3 October – Kuala Lumpur | | Japan | 2 (1) | |
| 3 October – Kuala Lumpur | 3 October – Kuala Lumpur | South Korea (p) | 2 (3) | |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | South Korea (p) | 2 (3) | |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | | | | 9 October – Kuala Lumpur | 9 October – Kuala Lumpur |
| South Korea (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | 9 October – Kuala Lumpur | 9 October – Kuala Lumpur |
| South Korea (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | South Korea | 2 |
| 3 October – Kuala Lumpur | 3 October – Kuala Lumpur | | | | | South Korea | 2 |
| 3 October – Kuala Lumpur | 3 October – Kuala Lumpur | | | | China | 0 |
| China | 3 | | | | China | 0 |
| China | 3 | 6 October – Ipoh | 6 October – Ipoh | | | |
| Malaysia | 0 | 6 October – Ipoh | 6 October – Ipoh | | | |
| Malaysia | 0 | China | 1 | | | |
| 3 October – Ipoh | 3 October – Ipoh | | China | 1 | | | |
| 3 October – Ipoh | 3 October – Ipoh | Syria | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Iraq | 0 | Syria | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Iraq | 0 | | | | 9 October – Kuala Lumpur | 9 October – Kuala Lumpur |
| Syria | 1 | | | | 9 October – Kuala Lumpur | 9 October – Kuala Lumpur |
| Syria | 1 | | | | Japan (p) | 1 (4) |
| | | | | | Syria | 1 (3) |

### Final
## Winners

* AFC Youth Championship 2004 winners
* South Korea Eleventh title

## Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 32 matches, for an average of 2.56 goals per match.
6 goals
* Park Chu-young
4 goals
* Mehrdad Oladi
* Nodirbek Kuziboyev
2 goals
* Zhu Ting
* Boaz Solossa
* Muslim Mubarak
* Takuya Kokeguchi
* Takayuki Morimoto
* Sota Hirayama
* Abdul Razak Al-Housain
* Majed Al-Haj
* Teeratep Winothai
1 goal
* Hao Junmin
* Tan Wangsong
* Zhou Haibin
* Shen Longyuan
* Dong Fangzhuo
* Chen Tao
* Zou You
* Zhou Haibin
* Aditya Prananda
* Vimal Pariyar
* Manjit Singh
* Adel Kolahkaj
* Milad Midavoodi
* Hamed Rasouli
* Fareed Majeed
* Wissam Zaki
* Haidar Sabah
* Omer Kadhim
* Ali Yousif
* Hiroki Nakayama
* Yojiro Takahagi
* Kazuma Watanabe
* Keisuke Funatani
* Kim Seung-yong
* Kim Jin-kyu
* Kim Seung-yong
* Shin Young-rok
* Baek Ji-hoon
* Sengaloun Souvanh
* Visay Phaphouvanin
* Bounmy Insysiangmay
* Soulikhan Phanthaya
* Krishnan Linggam
* Norshahrul Idlan Talaha
* Ahmad Azlan Zainal
* Pradeep Mahajan
* Emad Al-Dahri
* Waleed Abdulla
* Khalid Al-Hajari
* Safir Al-Atasi
* Aatef Jenyat
* Abdul Fattah Alaga
* Mesalaz Kailouni
* Marat Bikmoev
* Sadriddin Abdullayev
* Daut Djatdoyev
* Abdo Al–Edresi
1 own goal
* Tatsuya Masushima (against Syria)
* Kim Tae-won (against Thailand)
* Janak Singh (against Malaysia)

## Countries to participate in 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

* South Korea
* China
* Japan
* Syria