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{{Infobox International Football Competition
| tourney_name = AFC Youth Championship
| year = 1977
| other_titles =
| image =
| size = 250px
| caption = 
| country = Iran
| dates = 15–28 April
| num_teams = 13
| confederations =
| venues = 
| cities =
| champion_other = {{fb|IRQ|1963}}
| count =2
| second_other ={{fb|IRI|1964}}
| third_other ={{fb|BHR|1972}}
| fourth =JPN
| matches =
| goals =
| attendance = 
| top_scorer =
| player = 
| prevseason =  [[1976 AFC Youth Championship|1976]]
| nextseason =  [[1978 AFC Youth Championship|1978]]
| updated =  <!-- use five tildes here: ~~~~~ -->
}}The '''1977 [[AFC Youth Championship]]''' was held between April 15 and April 28 in [[Iran]]. It was won by [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] 4-3 over [[Iran national under-20 football team|Iran]] in [[Aryamehr Stadium]] in [[Tehran]] in front of 100,000 spectators. Both teams qualified for [[1977 FIFA World Youth Championship]].

==Teams==
The following teams entered the tournament:
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{fbu|20|AFG|1974}}
* {{fbu|20|BHR|1972}}
* {{fbu|20|BAN}}
* {{fbu|20|HKG|1959}}
* {{fbu|20|IND}}
* {{fbu|20|IRN|1964}}
* {{fbu|20|IRQ|1963}}
* {{fbu|20|JPN}}
* {{fbu|20|JOR}}
* {{fbu|20|MAS}}
* {{fbu|20|KSA}}
* {{fbu|20|SIN}}
* {{fbu|20|KOR}}
{{div col end}}

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! [[Tehran]]
|-
| [[Azadi Stadium|Aryamehr Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: 100,000
|-
| [[File:Azadi Stadirm Exterior view West side.jpg|200px]]
|-
|}

==Group stage==
=== Group A ===
{| style=border-collapse:collapse border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
|- align=center bgcolor=#efefef
!width=185|Teams
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|IRN|1964}}
|2||2||0||0||11||0||+11||'''4''' 
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|AFG|1974}}
|2||0||1||1||0||3||-3||'''1''' 
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|SIN}}
|2||0||1||1||0||8||-8||'''1''' 
|}

{{fbu|20|IRN|1964}} 8 - 0 {{fbu|20|SIN}}

{{fbu|20|IRN|1964}} 3 - 0 {{fbu|20|AFG|1974}}

{{fbu|20|AFG|1974}} 0 - 0 {{fbu|20|SIN}}

=== Group B ===
{| style=border-collapse:collapse border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
|- align=center bgcolor=#efefef
!width=185|Teams
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|IRQ|1963}}
|2||2||0||0||7||0||+7||'''4''' 
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|IND}}
|2||1||0||1||4||4||0||'''2''' 
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|BAN}}
|2||0||0||2||0||7||-7||'''0''' 
|}

{{fbu|20|IRQ|1963}} 4 - 0 {{fbu|20|IND}}

{{fbu|20|IRQ|1963}} 3 - 0 {{fbu|20|BAN}}

{{fbu|20|IND}}    4 - 0 {{fbu|20|BAN}}

=== Group C ===
{| style=border-collapse:collapse border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
|- align=center bgcolor=#efefef
!width=185|Teams
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|JPN}}
|2||1||1||0||6||1||+5||'''3''' 
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|BHR|1972}}
|2||1||1||0||4||2||+2||'''3''' 
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|HKG|1959}}
|2||0||0||2||1||8||-7||'''0''' 
|}

{{fbu|20|JPN}} 5 - 0 {{fbu|20|HKG|1959}}

{{fbu|20|JPN}} 1 - 1 {{fbu|20|BHR|1972}}

{{fbu|20|BHR|1972}} 3 - 1 {{fbu|20|HKG|1959}}

=== Group D ===
{| style=border-collapse:collapse border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
|- align=center bgcolor=#efefef
!width=185|Teams
!width=20|GP
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
!width=20|Pts
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;" 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|KSA}}
|3||2||1||0||5||0||+5||'''5''' 
|- align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|KOR}}
|3||1||2||0||3||0||+3||'''4''' 
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|MAS}}
|3||0||2||1||1||4||-3||'''2'''
|- align=center
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|JOR}}
|3||0||1||2||1||6||-5||'''1''' 
|}

{{fbu|20|KSA}} 2 - 0 {{fbu|20|JOR}}

{{fbu|20|KOR}} 0 - 0 {{fbu|20|MAS}}

{{fbu|20|KOR}} 0 - 0 {{fbu|20|KSA}}

{{fbu|20|MAS}} 1 - 1 {{fbu|20|JOR}}

{{fbu|20|KOR}} 3 - 0 {{fbu|20|JOR}}

{{fbu|20|KSA}} 3 - 0 {{fbu|20|MAS}}

== Quarterfinals ==

{{fbu|20|IRN|1964}} 3 - 0 {{fbu|20|IND}}

{{fbu|20|IRQ|1963}}  5 - 1 {{fbu|20|AFG|1974}}

{{fbu|20|JPN}}     0 - 0 {{fbu|20|KOR}}
3-1 after penalties

{{fbu|20|KSA}}     2 - 2 {{fbu|20|BHR|1972}}
5-6 after penalties

== Semifinals ==

{{fbu|20|IRN|1964}}  2 - 1 {{fbu|20|JPN}}

{{fbu|20|IRQ|1963}}  3 - 0 {{fbu|20|BHR|1972}}

==Third place match==

{{fbu|20|BHR|1972}}   3 - 1 {{fbu|20|JPN}}

== Final ==

{{footballbox
|date = April 28, 1977
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|Iraq|1963}}
|score = 4 &ndash; 3
|team2 = {{fbu|20|Iran|1964}}
|goals1 =[[Hussein Luaibi|Luaibi]] {{goal|29}} <br/> [[Mahdi Abdul-Sahib|Abdul-Sahib]] {{goal|38}} <br/> [[Hussein Saeed|Saeed]] {{goal|74||80}}
|report=
|goals2 =[[Moharam Asheri|Asheri]] {{goal|7}} <br/> [[Hassanzadeh]] {{goal|55}} <br/> [[Alikaram Suri|Suri]] {{goal|78}}
| stadium= [[Aryamehr Stadium]], [[Tehran]]
|attendance= 100,000
|referee=}}

{{winners|fbu|20|1977 AFC Youth Championship|Iraq|Second|1963}}
[[File:Azadi Stadium VIP entrance.jpg|thumb]]

==Qualification to World Youth Championship==
The two best performing teams qualified for the [[1977 FIFA World Youth Championship]].

* {{fb|IRQ|1963}}
* {{fb|IRI|1964}}

==External links==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/as-u19-77.html Details on RSSSF]

{{AFC Youth Championship}}

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[[Category:AFC U-20 Asian Cup tournaments|1977]]
[[Category:1977 in AFC football|Youth Championship]]
[[Category:1976–77 in Asian youth football|Championship]]
[[Category:1976–77 in Iranian football]]
[[Category:International association football competitions hosted by Iran]]
[[Category:April 1977 sports events in Asia]]