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.[1] Vietnamese company Kova Paint have become the sponsors of the tournament.[2]
Teams
Brunei, Philippines, Laos and Indonesia were scheduled to take part in the competition but withdrew a week before it started due to health concerns over the swine flu. Malaysia also planned to withdraw but went ahead and took part in the competition.[3]
Macau were also planning to join this edition of the tournament,[4] but their plans never came to fruition.
^"Great start for Thailand and Vietnam". ASEAN Football Federation. 4 August 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-08-10. Retrieved 23 February 2010. Myanmar were awarded a 3-0 win when Timor-Leste failed to make it to the game. The Timorese will arrive only later in the night.