| Tourney Name: | AFF U-19 Youth Championship |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Other Titles: | Kejuaraan Remaja U-19 AFF 2018 |
| Dates: | 1–14 July |
| Num Teams: | 11 |
| Sub-Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 29 |
| Goals: | 105 |
| Top Scorer: | Win Naing Tun (7 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 2017 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was the 16th edition of the AFF U-19 Youth Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It was hosted by Indonesia during July 2018. 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.
Malaysia beat Myanmar 4–3 in the final for their first title in the championship.[1]
All of 12 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation were eligible for the tournament. Only Australia did not enter the tournament.A total of 11 teams from 11 member associations entered the tournament, listed below:
| Team | Association | Previous best performance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FA Brunei DS | 8th | (7 times) | |
| FF Cambodia | 10th | (9 times) | |
| FA Indonesia | 9th | style="background:gold" (2013) | |
| Lao FF | 10th | style="background:#c96" (2002, 2005, 2015) | |
| FA Malaysia | 12th | style="background:silver" (2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017) | |
| Myanmar FF | 12th | style="background:gold" (2003, 2005) | |
| Philippine FF | 8th | (7 times) | |
| FA Singapore | 11th | style="background:#c96" (2003) | |
| FA Thailand | 14th | style="background:gold" (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017) | |
| FF Timor-Leste | 7th | style="background:#c96" (2013) | |
| Vietnam FF | 14th |
| Gresik | Sidoarjo | |
|---|---|---|
| Gelora Joko Samudro Stadium | Gelora Delta Stadium | |
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | |
See main article: 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship squads.
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In the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary.[2]
At the end of semi-finals match between Indonesia and Malaysia during the preparation for penalty shoot-out, the stadium suddenly faced a power outage.[3] The Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) explained that it is not caused from their power distribution since the stadium management only use PLN distribution outside the stadium.[4] When the match was resumed and the penalty shoot-out ended with a score 3–2 against the host, dissatisfied Indonesian supporters began to throw bottles and rocks at the Malaysian team after their team failed to qualify to the finals which caused the Malaysian team to run to their dressing room for safety.[5] [6] The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) then sent a letter of apology to the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and promised such incident will never recurred again in the future tournament they host.[7] [8] A meeting was then held between Indonesian Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi and Malaysian Sports Minister Syed Saddiq in response towards the incident.[9]