AFC U-16 Championship

AFC U-16 Championship
Founded 1985
Region Asia (AFC)
Number of teams 16
Current champions  North Korea
Most successful team  China PR
 Japan
 Oman
 Saudi Arabia
 South Korea
(2 titles each)
2010 AFC U-16 Championship

The AFC U-16 Championship is a football competition, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held once every two years for Asian under-16 teams that also serves as a qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top 4 countries qualify to participate in the U-17 World Cup.

Contents

Results

Year Host Final Third Place Match
Winner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
1985
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Qatar

Saudi Arabia
4–3
Qatar

Iraq
1–0
Thailand
1986
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Qatar

South Korea
0–0
(5–4)
on penalties

Qatar

Saudi Arabia
2–0
North Korea
1988
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Thailand

Saudi Arabia
2–0
Bahrain

China PR
1–1
(4–3)
on penalties

Iraq
1990
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United Arab Emirates

Qatar
2–0
United Arab Emirates

China PR
5–0
Indonesia
1992
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Saudi Arabia

China PR
2–2
(8–7)
on penalties

Qatar

Saudi Arabia
2–1
North Korea
1994
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Qatar

Japan
1–0
after extra time

Qatar

Oman
3–2
Bahrain
1996
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Thailand

Oman
1–0
Thailand

Bahrain
0–0
(4–1)
on penalties

Japan
1998
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Qatar

Thailand
1–1
(3–2)
on penalties

Qatar

Bahrain
5–1
South Korea
2000
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Vietnam

Oman
1–0
Iran

Japan
4–2
Vietnam
2002
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United Arab Emirates

South Korea
1–1
(5–3)
on penalties

Yemen

China PR
1–0
Uzbekistan
2004
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Japan

China PR
1–0
North Korea

Qatar
2–1
Iran
2006
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Singapore

Japan
4–2
after extra time

North Korea

Tajikistan
3–3
(5–4)
on penalties

Syria
2008
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Uzbekistan

Iran
2–1
South Korea

United Arab Emirates
n/a(1)
Japan
2010
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Uzbekistan

North Korea
2–0
Uzbekistan

Australia
n/a(1)
Japan
2012
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Iran
1 No third place match was played.

Successful national teams

Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Semi-finalists
 South Korea 2 (1986, 2002) 1 (2008) - 1 (1998) -
 China PR 2 (1992, 2004) - 3 (1988, 1990, 2002) - -
 Saudi Arabia 2 (1985, 1988) - 2 (1986, 1992*) - -
 Japan 2 (1994, 2006) - 1 (2000) 1 (1996) 2 (2008, 2010)
 Oman 2 (1996, 2000) - 1 (1994) - -
 Qatar 1 (1990) 5 (1985*, 1986*, 1992, 1994*, 1998*) 1 (2004) - -
 North Korea 1 (2010) 2 (2004, 2006) - 2 (1986, 1992) -
 Thailand 1 (1998) 1 (1996*) - 1 (1985) -
 Iran 1 (2008) 1 (2000) - 1 (2004) -
 Bahrain - 1 (1988) 2 (1996, 1998) 1 (1994) -
 Uzbekistan - 1 (2010) - 1 (2002) -
 United Arab Emirates - 1 (1990*) - - 1 (2008)
 Yemen - 1 (2002) - - -
 Iraq - - 1 (1985) 1 (1988) -
 Tajikistan - - 1 (2006) - -
 Indonesia - - - 1 (1990) -
 Vietnam - - - 1 (2000*) -
 Syria - - - 1 (2006) -
 Australia - - - - 1 (2010)

All time result

NB : Exclude Qatar 1985 cause of lack of data.
        As of Uzbekistan 2010.

Team Part Pts   Pld W D L GF GD
 Japan 10 92 48 28 8 12 108 55
 China PR 11 89 50 26 11 13 97 59
 Qatar 8 83 40 25 8 7 72 33
 South Korea 10 75 45 22 9 14 93 57
 Iran 7 57 33 18 3 12 59 38
 Oman 6 50 29 16 2 11 55 41
 North Korea 7 50 35 14 8 13 53 43
 Saudi Arabia 6 49 27 15 4 8 54 24
 Bahrain 7 47 33 13 8 12 55 46
 Thailand 6 37 26 11 4 11 44 37
 Iraq 6 32 25 9 5 11 33 31
 Uzbekistan 6 32 27 9 5 13 41 67
 United Arab Emirates 6 31 24 8 7 9 40 42
 Syria 4 26 18 7 5 6 27 19
Australia 2 19 9 6 1 2 25 10
 India 5 16 17 5 1 11 21 43
Team Part Pts   Pld W D L GF GD
 Yemen 3 15 9 4 3 2 14 11
 Vietnam 5 15 18 4 3 11 24 40
 Tajikistan 2 14 9 4 2 3 14 23
 Bangladesh 6 12 20 3 3 14 16 59
 Kuwait 4 11 15 3 2 10 18 32
 Myanmar 4 8 12 2 2 8 12 36
 Indonesia 5 6 17 1 3 13 11 48
 Jordan 2 5 7 1 2 4 3 14
 Malaysia 2 4 6 1 1 4 6 14
 Laos 1 3 3 1 0 2 2 11
 Singapore 2 2 6 0 2 4 3 18
 Nepal 2 1 7 0 1 6 2 25
 Pakistan 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 6
 Timor-Leste 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 9
 Turkmenistan 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 12

See also

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