AFC U-16 Championship

AFC U-16 Championship

Founded	1985
Region	Asia (AFC)
Number of teams	16
Current champions	North Korea (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	China PR  Japan  Oman  Saudi Arabia  South Korea  North Korea (2 titles each)
2014 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. Until 2006 it was held as an under-17 tournament.

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1985 Details	Qatar		Saudi Arabia	4–3	Qatar		Iraq	1–0	Thailand
1986 Details	Qatar		South Korea	0–0 (5–4) on penalties	Qatar		Saudi Arabia	2–0	North Korea
1988 Details	Thailand		Saudi Arabia	2–0	Bahrain		China PR	1–1 (4–3) on penalties	Iraq
1990 Details	United Arab Emirates		Qatar	2–0	United Arab Emirates		China PR	5–0	Indonesia
1992 Details	Saudi Arabia		China PR	2–2 (8–7) on penalties	Qatar		Saudi Arabia	2–1	North Korea
1994 Details	Qatar		Japan	1–0 after extra time	Qatar		Oman	3–2	Bahrain
1996 Details	Thailand		Oman	1–0	Thailand		Bahrain	0–0 (4–1) on penalties	Japan
1998 Details	Qatar		Thailand	1–1 (3–2) on penalties	Qatar		Bahrain	5–1	South Korea
2000 Details	Vietnam		Oman	1–0	Iran		Japan	4–2	Vietnam
2002 Details	United Arab Emirates		South Korea	1–1 (5–3) on penalties	Yemen		China PR	1–0	Uzbekistan
2004 Details	Japan		China PR	1–0	North Korea		Qatar	2–1	Iran
2006 Details	Singapore		Japan	4–2 after extra time	North Korea		Tajikistan	3–3 (5–4) on penalties	Syria
2008 Details	Uzbekistan		Iran	2–1	South Korea		United Arab Emirates and  Japan(1)
2010 Details	Uzbekistan		North Korea	2–0	Uzbekistan		Australia and  Japan(1)
2012 Details	Iran		Uzbekistan	1–1 (3–1) on penalties	Japan		Iran and  Iraq(1)
2014 Details	Thailand		North Korea	2–1	South Korea		Australia and  Syria(1)

¹ No third place match was played.

Successful national teams

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Semi-finalists
North Korea	2 (2010, 2014)	2 (2004, 2006)	-	2 (1986, 1992)	-
South Korea	2 (1986, 2002)	2 (2008, 2014)	-	1 (1998)	-
Japan	2 (1994, 2006)	1 (2012)	1 (2000)	1 (1996)	2 (2008, 2010)
China PR	2 (1992, 2004)	-	3 (1988, 1990, 2002)	-	-
Saudi Arabia	2 (1985, 1988)	-	2 (1986, 1992*)	-	-
Oman	2 (1996, 2000)	-	1 (1994)	-	-
Qatar	1 (1990)	5 (1985*, 1986*, 1992, 1994*, 1998*)	1 (2004)	-	-
Iran	1 (2008)	1 (2000)	-	1 (2004)	1 (2012*)
Thailand	1 (1998)	1 (1996*)	-	1 (1985)	-
Uzbekistan	1 (2012)	1 (2010*)	-	1 (2002)	-
Bahrain	-	1 (1988)	2 (1996, 1998)	1 (1994)	-
United Arab Emirates	-	1 (1990*)	-	-	1 (2008)
Yemen	-	1 (2002)	-	-	-
Iraq	-	-	1 (1985)	1 (1988)	1 (2012)
Tajikistan	-	-	1 (2006)	-	-
Syria	-	-	-	1 (2006)	1 (2014)
Indonesia	-	-	-	1 (1990)	-
Vietnam	-	-	-	1 (2000*)	-
Australia	-	-	-	-	2 (2010, 2014)

Participating Nations

Nation	1985	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	Total
Australia													QF	SF	QF	SF	4
Bahrain		GS	2nd		GS	4th	3rd	3rd					GS				7
Bangladesh		GS			GS			GS	GS		GS	GS					6
China PR	GS		3rd	3rd	1st	GS	GS		GS	3rd	1st	QF	GS	GS	GS	GS	14
Hong Kong																GS	1
India				GS			GS			QF	GS		GS		GS		6
Indonesia		GS	GS	4th									GS	GS			5
Iran							GS	GS	2nd		4th	QF	1st	GS	SF	QF	9
Iraq	3rd		4th			GS		GS			QF	GS		QF	SF		8
Japan			GS			1st	4th	GS	3rd	GS	GS	1st	SF	SF	2nd	QF	12
Jordan				GS										QF			2
Kuwait									GS		QF			GS	QF	GS	5
Laos											GS	DQ			GS		2
Malaysia											GS		GS			QF	3
Myanmar		GS							GS	GS		GS					4
Nepal									GS			GS				GS	3
Oman						3rd	1st	GS	1st		QF			GS	GS	GS	8
North Korea		4th	GS		4th			GS			2nd	2nd		1st	GS	1st	9
Pakistan										GS							1
Qatar	2nd	2nd	GS	1st	2nd	2nd		2nd		QF	3rd					GS	10
Saudi Arabia	1st	3rd	1st		3rd	GS						QF	QF		GS	GS	9
Singapore												GS	GS				2
South Korea		1st	GS	GS		GS		4th		1st	QF	QF	2nd		QF	2nd	11
Syria										QF		4th	QF	QF	QF	SF	6
Tajikistan												3rd		GS			2
Thailand	4th		GS		GS		2nd	1st	GS		GS				GS	GS	9
Timor-Leste														GS			1
Turkmenistan													GS				1
United Arab Emirates				2nd	GS	GS				QF			SF	QF			6
Uzbekistan						GS				4th	GS		QF	2nd	1st	QF	7
Vietnam									4th	GS	GS	GS		GS			5
South Yemen	GS																1
Yemen										2nd		GS	×		GS		4

All time result

NB : Exclude Qatar 1985 cause of lack of data.
        As of Thailand 2014.

Team Part Pts 　 Pld W D L GF GD  Japan 12 111 58 34 9 15 129 67  South Korea 12 100 55 30 10 15 117 63  China PR 13 95 56 27 14 15 103 69  Qatar 9 85 43 25 10 8 76 38  Iran 9 76 41 24 4 14 81 50  North Korea 9 64 44 18 10 16 66 56  Oman 8 53 35 17 2 16 62 53  Saudi Arabia 8 51 33 15 6 12 57 32  Uzbekistan 8 48 37 13 9 15 60 85  Bahrain 7 47 33 13 8 12 55 46  Iraq 7 42 30 12 6 12 41 38  Thailand 8 40 32 12 4 16 47 47  Australia 4 39 18 12 3 3 42 20  Syria 6 39 27 10 9 8 39 33  United Arab Emirates 6 31 24 8 7 9 40 42  India 6 18 20 5 3 12 25 48

Team Part Pts 　 Pld W D L GF GD  Yemen 4 16 12 4 4 4 17 18  Vietnam 5 15 18 4 3 11 24 40  Kuwait 5 15 19 4 3 12 25 41  Tajikistan 2 14 9 4 2 3 14 23  Bangladesh 6 12 20 3 3 14 16 59  Malaysia 3 10 10 3 1 6 10 18  Myanmar 4 8 12 2 2 8 12 36  Laos 2 6 6 2 0 4 8 19  Indonesia 5 6 17 1 3 13 11 48  Jordan 2 5 7 1 2 4 3 14    Nepal 3 5 10 1 2 7 6 31  Singapore 2 2 6 0 2 4 3 18  Pakistan 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 6  Hong Kong 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 6  Timor-Leste 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 9  Turkmenistan 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 12

See also

• FIFA U-17 World Cup
• AFC U-19 Championship

References

• Garin, Erik; Stokkermans, Karel. "Asian U-16 Championships". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

External links

• Official website

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