2005 AFF U-23 Championship

AFF U-23 Youth Championship Thailand 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	29 August – 7 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Thailand (1st title)
Runners-up	Singapore
Third place	Myanmar
Fourth place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	72 (4.5 per match)
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The 2005 AFF U-23 Youth Championship was the first ever edition of the AFF U-23 Youth Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. The tournament was held from 29 August to 7 September in Bangkok, Thailand. This tournament was also known as the pre-SEA Games tournament, as a preparatory tournament for the nations competing in the Manila SEA Games in December of the same year.^[1]

Squads

• Philippines squad
• Singapore squad^{[permanent dead link]}

Venues

Bangkok
Supachalasai Stadium	Thai Army Sports Stadium
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 20,000
Thephasadin Stadium	Thai-Japanese Stadium
Capacity: 6,378	Capacity: 6,600

Tournament

All times are Thailand Standard Time (TST) - UTC+7

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Myanmar	3	2	1	0	14	3	+11	7
Malaysia	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Philippines	3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3
Timor-Leste	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

30 August 2005

17:45

Philippines	2–6	Myanmar

Suphachalasai Stadium

30 August 2005

20:30

Malaysia	3–0	Timor-Leste

Suphachalasai Stadium

1 September 2005

17:45

Myanmar	7–0	Timor-Leste

Suphachalasai Stadium

1 September 2005

20:30

Malaysia	2–1	Philippines

Suphachalasai Stadium

3 September 2005

17:45

Timor-Leste	1–4	Philippines
unknown ?'	Report	Ombos ?' Jaugan ?' J. Orcullo ?' Caligdong ?'

Suphachalasai Stadium

3 September 2005

20:30

Myanmar	1–1	Malaysia

Suphachalasai Stadium

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9
Singapore	3	2	0	1	7	7	0	6
Laos	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
Cambodia	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0

29 August 2005

17:45

Singapore	3–2	Cambodia
Shi Jiayi 44' Fazrul 70' Baihakki 90+?'	Report[permanent dead link]	unknown 6' unknown 73'

Suphachalasai Stadium

29 August 2005

20:30

Laos	1–3	Thailand

Suphachalasai Stadium

31 August 2005

17:45

Cambodia	0–8	Thailand

Suphachalasai Stadium

31 August 2005

20:30

Laos	1–3	Singapore
Lamnao 2'	Report[permanent dead link]	Tengku 73' Shahril 76' Fazrul 88'

Suphachalasai Stadium

2 September 2005

17:45

Thailand	4–1	Singapore
Teerathep 34', 67' Prat 65' Jakkrit 85'	Report[permanent dead link]	Ruhaizad 14'

Suphachalasai Stadium

2 September 2005

20:30

Cambodia	0–3	Laos

Suphachalasai Stadium

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	5 September – Bangkok (Thai-Japanese)
	Myanmar	1
					7 September – Bangkok (Thai Army Sports)
	Singapore	2
					Singapore	0
	5 September – Bangkok (Thai Army Sports)
					Thailand	3
	Thailand	7
	Malaysia	0
					Third place
					7 September – Bangkok (Thephasadin)
					Myanmar (p)	1 (4)
					Malaysia	1 (2)

Semi-finals

5 September 2005

16:00

Myanmar	1–2	Singapore
Soe Myat Min 53'	Report[permanent dead link]	Shi Jiayi 32' Itimi 84'

Thai-Japanese Stadium

5 September 2005

17:45

Thailand	7–0	Malaysia

Thai Army Sports Stadium

Third place play-off

7 September 2005

17:45

Myanmar	1–1	Malaysia
Penalties
	4–2

Thephasadin Stadium

Final

7 September 2005

20:30

Singapore	0–3	Thailand
	Report[permanent dead link]	Teerathep 8', 78' (pen.) Sompong 90+?'

Thai Army Sports Stadium

Winner

2005 AFF U-23 Youth Championship winner
Thailand First title