The 2009 AFF U19 Youth Championship or AFF U.19 Kova Paint Cup 2009 was the sixth edition of the tournament organized by the ASEAN Football Federation and was hosted by Vietnam for the second time. The matches were played in Ho Chi Minh City from the 4th to the 12th of August 2009. Vietnamese company Kova Paint have become the sponsors of the tournament.
Teams , , and were scheduled to take part in the competition but withdrew a week before it started due to health concerns over the swine flu. also planned to withdraw but went ahead and took part in the competition.
were also planning to join this edition of the tournament, but their plans never came to fruition.
Tournament All times are Indochina Time (ICT) - UTC+7
Group stage Prior to withdrawals, the following was the original grouping of the teams.
Group AGroup BGroup C
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Winner
Goalscorers
5 goals A. Thamil Arasu
3 goals Adisak Kraisorn Lê Quốc Phương Hà Minh Tuấn
2 goals James Virgili Kliment Taseski Surachet Ngamtip Natthawut Khamrin Nguyễn Đình Bảo Nguyễn Văn Quyết
1 goal Dylan McGowan Jared Lum Mathew Leckie Eli Babalj Peter Franjic Daniel Bowles Joshua Groenewald Prak Mony Udom Fandi Othman Fadhli Shas Saiful Ridzuwan Wan Zack Haikal Kyaw Ko Ko
1 goal Khairul Nizam Syafiq Zainal Safuwan Baharudin Zulfahmi Arifin Sarach Yooyen José Carlos da Fonseca Unknown Trần Tuân Nguyễn Tấn Tài
See also AFC U-19 Championship
References
External links ASEAN under-19 Championship 2009 at ASEANFootball.org