Qatar won the AFC U-19 Championship after a 1-0 victory over defending champion DPR Korea in Thursday' s final at Thuwunna Youth Training Center here.

Akram Afif scored the sole goal at the 52 minute for the West Asians, who caps off an undefeated campaign in Myanmar with the historic victory for their first AFC championship title since they lifted the AFC U-16 Championship trophy in 1990.

They have displayed amazing efforts to win the cup following Monday's 3-2 victory over hosts Myanmar that required 120 minutes of play to separate the sides.

Three-time winners DPR Korea, who had lifted the trophy in 2006 and 2010, put on an attacking master class against Uzbekistan in Monday's semi-final in a 5-0 drubbing, following their penalty shoot-out win over Japan in the quarter-finals.

Meanwhile, host Myanmar qualified for the U-20 World Cup finals in 2015 for the first time together with Uzbekistan, DPR Korea and Qatar.

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