1998 AFC U-17 Championship

1998 AFC U-16 Championship

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Group stage 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 3 Knock Stage 3.1 Semifinals 3.2 Third place match 3.3 Final 4 Winners 5 Teams qualified for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship 5.1 Playoff 6 Source

Qualification

• Group 1 :  Oman
• Group 2 :  Iran
• Group 3 :  Bahrain
• Group 4 :  North Korea
• Group 5 :  Bangladesh
• Group 6 :  Iraq
• Group 7 :  South Korea
• Group 8 :  Japan
• Group 9 :  Thailand
• Host :  Qatar

Group stage

All matches in Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GD
Qatar	10	4	3	1	0	9	3
Thailand	7	4	2	1	1	6	6
Iraq	6	4	2	0	2	9	4
North Korea	6	4	2	0	2	5	6
Iran	0	4	0	0	4	1	11

September 3

Qatar	4 - 0	Iran

September 4

Iraq	3 - 0	North Korea

September 5

Iran	1 - 2	Thailand

September 6

Qatar	3 - 2	North Korea

September 8

Thailand	3 - 2	Iraq

North Korea	1 - 0	Iran

September 9

Qatar	1 - 0	Iraq

September 10

Thailand	0 - 2	North Korea

September 11

Iran	0 - 4	Iraq

September 12

Thailand	1 - 1	Qatar

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GD
Bahrain	9	4	3	0	1	9	6
South Korea	9	4	3	0	1	8	6
Japan	7	4	2	1	1	8	6
Bangladesh	2	4	0	2	2	4	7
Oman	1	4	0	1	3	3	7

September 4

Oman	1 - 1	Bangladesh

Japan	1 - 2	South Korea

September 5

Bangladesh	0 - 2	Bahrain

September 6

South Korea	1 - 0	Oman

September 7

Bahrain	1 - 2	Japan

September 8

Bangladesh	1 - 2	South Korea

September 9

Japan	3 - 1	Oman

September 10

Bahrain	4 - 3	South Korea

September 11

Japan	2 - 2	Bangladesh

September 12

Bahrain	2 - 1	Oman

Knock Stage

Semifinals

September 15

Qatar	2 - 1	South Korea

Bahrain	0 - 6	Thailand

Third place match

September 17

Bahrain	5 - 1	South Korea

Final

September 17

Thailand	1 - 1 (aet, 3 PK 2)	Qatar

Winners

AFC U-17 Championship 1998 Winners
Thailand First title

Teams qualified for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

•  Thailand
•  Qatar

• Bahrain play off against Australia (1st in Oceanian U-17 championship 1999) for a place in New Zealand.

Playoff

August 14 Canberra, Australia

Australia	2 - 1	Bahrain

August 27 Manama, Bahrain

Bahrain	0 - 1	Australia

• Agg 3-1, Australia is qualified.

Source

• rsssf.com

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