2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship
International football competition
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The 2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship was the 15th edition of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It was hosted by Myanmar during September 2017. Eleven out of the twelve member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation took part in the tournament featuring two groups of five and six teams.
| 2017 AFF U-18 လူငယ်ပြိုင်ပွဲ | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Myanmar |
| City | Yangon |
| Dates | 4–17 September |
| Teams | 11 (from 1 sub-confederation) |
| Venue | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Thailand (5th title) |
| Runners-up |  Malaysia |
| Third place |  Indonesia |
| Fourth place | Myanmar |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 29 |
| Goals scored | 121 (4.17 per match) |
| Attendance | 16,304 (562 per match) |
| Top scorer | Egy Maulana (8 goals) |
| Best player | Egy Maulana |
← 2016 2018 → | |
Thailand beat Malaysia 2–0 in the final to secure their fifth regional title.
Participant teams
All of 12 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation are eligible for the tournament. The reigning ASEAN U-19 champions − Australia did not enter the tournament. At the 9th meeting of the AFF Council, New Zealand were interested to be an invited guest for the AFF U-18 Championship 2017.[1] Official draw were also conducted to decide on the match-ups of the competitions and New Zealand were in Group B. However, New Zealand withdrew from the tournament, based on the latest schedule.[2] A total of 11 teams from 11 member associations enter the tournament, listed below:
| Team | Association | App | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
 Brunei |
FA Brunei DS | 7th | Group stage (6 times) |
 Cambodia |
FF Cambodia | 9th | Group stage (8 times) |
| Indonesia |
FA Indonesia | 8th | Winners (2013) |
 Laos |
Lao FF | 9th | Third place (2002, 2005, 2015) |
| Malaysia |
FA Malaysia | 11th | Runners-up (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007) |
| Myanmar |
Myanmar FF | 11th | Winners (2003, 2005) |
 Philippines |
Philippine FF | 7th | Group stage (6 times) |
 Singapore |
FA Singapore | 10th | Third place (2003) |
| Thailand |
FA Thailand | 13th | Winners (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015) |
 Timor-Leste |
FF Timor-Leste | 6th | Third place (2013) |
 Vietnam |
Vietnam FF | 13th | Winners (2007) |
| Did not enter |
|---|
| Withdrew |
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- Notes
- 1 Non-AFF member.
Venues
| Yangon | |
|---|---|
| Thuwunna Stadium | Aung San Stadium |
| Capacity: 32,000 | Capacity: 40,000 |
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Squads
Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 13 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Thailand |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 13 | |
| 3 | Timor-Leste |
5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Singapore |
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 6 | |
| 5 | Cambodia |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 4 | |
| 6 | Laos |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 0 |
| Thailand | 3–0 | Timor-Leste |
|---|---|---|
Ekanit  42'Natthawut 83'Chaiwat 90+1' |
Report |
| Cambodia | 1–1 | Timor-Leste |
|---|---|---|
| Visinu 27' |
Report | Ximenes 58' |
| Timor-Leste | 0–3 | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Akhyar 8' Nurfais 56'Saiful 90' |
| Timor-Leste | 3–2 | Laos |
|---|---|---|
| Panji 30', 68' Ximenes 41' |
Report | Thinolath 15' Thongsavath 16' |
| Timor-Leste | 3–1 | Singapore |
|---|---|---|
| Ximenes 25' Silva 39'Conceicao 78' |
Report | Mahler 34' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Myanmar (H) |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 9 | |
| 3 | Vietnam |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 9 | |
| 4 | Brunei |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 3 | |
| 5 | Philippines |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 0 | |
| 6 |  New Zealand |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| Philippines | 2–3 | Brunei |
|---|---|---|
| Suba 31' Tacardon 55' |
Report | Mateen 32' Asyraffahmi 49' (pen.)Wadud 65' |
| Indonesia | 2–1 | Myanmar |
|---|---|---|
| Egy 72', 90+3' |
Report | Myat Kaung Khant 28' |
| Brunei | 1–8 | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| Asyraffahmi 43' |
Report | Lê Xuân Tú 15', 74' Nguyễn Hồng Sơn 26'Trần Văn Công 45+1'Đặng Văn Tới 77' (pen.)Nguyễn Khắc Khiêm 78', 90+1'Mai Sỹ Hoàng 89' |
| Vietnam | 5–0 | Philippines |
|---|---|---|
| Trần Văn Công 21', 45+3' Bùi Hoàng Việt Anh 45'Trần Bảo Toàn 76'Lê Minh Bình 90' |
Report |
| Myanmar | 7–0 | Brunei |
|---|---|---|
| Eant Maw Oo 9' Naing Ko Ko 24', 65'Win Naing Tun 45', 60', 62', 77' |
Report |
| Indonesia | 0–3 | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Lê Văn Nam 41', 45' Bùi Hoàng Việt Anh 86' |
| Philippines | 0–7 | Myanmar |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Pyae Sone Naing 51', 74' Win Naing Tun 56', 63', 85'Myat Kaung Khant 76', 89' |
| Myanmar | 2–1 | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| Myat Kaung Khant 74' Lwin Moe Aung 86' |
Report | Hồng Sơn 1' |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary.[3]
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 15 September – Yangon | ||||||
| Indonesia | 0 (2) | |||||
| 17 September – Yangon | ||||||
| Thailand (p) | 0 (3) | |||||
| Thailand | 2 | |||||
| 15 September – Yangon | ||||||
| Malaysia | 0 | |||||
| Malaysia (p) | 0 (5) | |||||
| Myanmar | 0 (4) | |||||
| Third Place | ||||||
| 17 September – Yangon | ||||||
| Indonesia | 7 | |||||
| Myanmar | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Malaysia | 0–0 | Myanmar |
|---|---|---|
| Penalties | ||
Hadi  Zafuan Izzudin Nurfais Ammar  Syaiful |
5–4 | Pyae Sone Naing Than Htike Zin Myat Kaung Khant Naing Ko Ko Soe Moe Kyaw Aung Wunna Soe |
Third place match
Final
Winner
| 2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship Winners |
|---|
 Thailand 5th title |
Awards
| Most Valuable Player | Top Scorer Award | Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| Egy Maulana |
Egy Maulana |
Thailand |
Goalscorers
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 3 goals
Feby Eka Putra- Hanis Saghara Putra
- Witan Sulaeman
Akhyar Rashid- Hadi Fayyadh
Pyae Sone Naing
Danial Mustaffa
Yuthpichai Lertlum
Lourenco Ximenes
Trần Văn Công
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Sin Kakada- Touch Kimchay
- Teat Kimheng
- Phom Oy
- Chhoeung Visinu
- Tray Vicheth
Abdul Mateen Said- Abdul Wadud Ramli
- Resky Fandi Witriawan
Chanthachone Thinolath- Lektoxa Thongsavath
- Phoutthasit Phommachai
- Ammar Alias
- Muhammad Syafiq Danial
- Muhd Zafuan Azeman
- Nik Akif Syahiran Nik Mat
- Nurfais Johari
- Saiful Iskandar
- Shafizi Iqmal
- Eant Maw Oo
- Lwin Moe Aung
Mariano Suba- Paludan Tacardon
- Daniel Goh
- Idraki Mohd Adnan
- Katz Ellison
- Mohammad Hassim
- Muhammad Rafiqin
- Chaiwat Weerakitpanit
- Chokanan Saima-in
- Danusorn Somcob
- Ekanit Panya
- Nattawut Chootiwat
- Expedito da Conceicao
- Orcelio da Silva
- Đặng Văn Tới
- Lê Minh Bình
- Mai Sỹ Hoàng
- Trần Bảo Toàn