2008 AFC U-16 Championship

2008 AFC U-16 Championship
AFC U-16 Championship Uzbekistan 2008
Tournament details
Host country Uzbekistan
Dates 4–19 October
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Iran (1st title)
Runners-up  South Korea
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s) Iran Kaveh Rezaei (6 goals)

The 2008 AFC U-16 Championship was the 13th competition of the AFC U-17 Championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which was held between 4 and 19 October 2008 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Qualifiers was held in 2007 from 17–28 October.

Iran won their first title after beating Korea Republic 2–1 in the final.

Qualification competition

Stadiums

City Stadium Capacity
Tashkent Pakhtakor Stadium 35,000
Tashkent MHSK Stadium 15,000

Group stage

All times local (UTC+5)

In the following tables:

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iran 9330082+6
 Uzbekistan 63201102+8
 Bahrain 3310234−1
 Singapore 03003114−13

4 October 2008
16:00
Singapore  0–7  Uzbekistan
(Report) Abdullaev  10' (pen.)  86'
Gapparov  20'
Utkin  23'  90+1'
Galeev  81'  89'
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mansour Lebanon

4 October 2008
20:00
Iran  2–0  Bahrain
Sadeghian  72'
Rezaei  83'
(Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Green Australia

6 October 2008
16:00
Uzbekistan  1–2  Iran
Muhiddinov  80' (Report) Yeghaneh  27'
Rezaei  55'
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Tojo Japan

6 October 2008
20:00
Bahrain  3–0  Singapore
Ahmed  41'
Saeed  58'
Salman  75'
(Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 170
Referee: Al-Yarimi Yemen

8 October 2008
15:00
Iran  4–1  Singapore
Golbarg  31'
Darvishi  51'
Chang  67' (o.g.)
Gholizadeh  85'
(Report) R. Muhammad  81'
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Vo Minh Tri Vietnam

8 October 2008
15:00
Uzbekistan  2–0  Bahrain
Abdurakhmonov  44'
Muhiddinov  51'
(Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Green Australia

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
South Korea Korea Republic 73210153+12
 Syria 7321062+4
India India 3310238−5
 Indonesia 03003112−11

4 October 2008
14:00
Korea Republic South Korea 5–2 India India
Kim Dong-Jin  3'
Lee Chang  49'  61'
Rim Chang-Woo  52'
Son Heung-Min  72'
(Report) Lalrindika  69'  88'
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Balideh Qatar

4 October 2008
18:00
Syria  2–1  Indonesia
Jumaa  25'
M. Ali  66'
(Report) Yagalo  36'
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Tojo Japan

6 October 2008
14:00
Indonesia  0–9 South Korea Korea Republic
(Report) Lee Dong-Nyck  4'
Kim Jin-Su  5'
Rim Chang-Woo  15'
Lee Jong-Ho  29'  80'  90+1'
Son Heung-Min  65'  75'
Kim Dong-Min  86'
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: Green Australia

6 October 2008
18:00
India  0–3  Syria
(Report) Al-Khadr  44'
Devrani  66' (o.g.)
Chettri  72' (o.g.)
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mansour Lebanon

8 October 2008
19:00
Syria  1–1 South Korea Korea Republic
M. Ali  63' (Report) Rim Chang-Woo  80'
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: Tojo Japan

8 October 2008
19:00
Indonesia  0–1 India India
(Report) Singh  24'
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Al-Yarimi Yemen

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Australia Australia 93300112+9
 Saudi Arabia 4311164+2
 China PR 43111440
 Turkmenistan 03003112−11

5 October 2008
16:00
China PR  2–1  Turkmenistan
Nan Yunqi  32'
Guo Yi  83'
(Report) Durdiyev  30'
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Torky Iran

5 October 2008
20:00
Saudi Arabia  1–3 Australia Australia
Al-Ghamdi  83' (Report) Domenici  14'  30'
Hamill  49'
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kovalenko Uzbekistan

7 October 2008
16:00
Australia Australia 2–1  China PR
Lum  16' (pen.)
Ibrahim  50'
(Report) Jin Jingdao  45+1' (pen.)
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Torky Iran

7 October 2008
20:00
Turkmenistan  0–4  Saudi Arabia
(Report) Al-Oufi  22'  54'
Al-Shahrani  32'
Al-Asiri  48'
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Balideh Qatar

9 October 2008
15:00
China PR  1–1  Saudi Arabia
Yu Baobao  52' (Report) Abdulrahim  71'
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: Kovalenko Uzbekistan

9 October 2008
15:00
Australia Australia 6–0  Turkmenistan
Kantarovski  7'
Yabio  32'
Gapare  43'  48'
Petratos  63'
Warren  65'
(Report)
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Mujghef Jordan

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Japan 93300131+12
 United Arab Emirates 32210148−4
 Malaysia 3310257−2
 Yemen1 02200206−6

Note: United Arab Emirates is ranked higher than Malaysia by the head-to-head result (3–2).


5 October 2008
14:00
Japan  4–0  Malaysia
Shibasaki  32'
Usami  34'  70'
Miyayoshi  65'
(Report)
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mujghef Jordan

5 October 2008
18:00
Yemen  1 – 1
(annulled2)
 United Arab Emirates
(Report)
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 250
Referee: Vo Minh Tri Vietnam

7 October 2008
14:00
Malaysia  3 – 0
(awarded1)
 Yemen
(Report)
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mujghef Jordan

7 October 2008
18:00
United Arab Emirates  1–6  Japan
Salim  76' (pen.) (Report) Miyayoshi  7'  16'  57'
Uchida  60'
Sugimoto  72'  88'
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Kovalenko Uzbekistan

9 October 2008
19:00
Japan  3 – 0
(awarded1)
 Yemen
(Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Torky Iran

9 October 2008
19:00
United Arab Emirates  3–2  Malaysia
Al-Saffar  16'
Hussain  28'
Al-Ameri  58'
(Report) Bukhari  68' (pen.)  72'
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Balideh Qatar

Knockout stages

All times local (UTC+5)

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
12 October        
  Iran  2
15 October
  Syria  0  
  Iran  3
12 October
      United Arab Emirates  0  
  Australia  2
18 October
  United Arab Emirates  3  
  Iran  2
12 October    
    South Korea  1
  South Korea  3
15 October
  Uzbekistan  0  
  South Korea  2
12 October
      Japan  1  
  Japan  2
  Saudi Arabia  0  
 

Quarterfinal

12 October 2008
16:00
Iran  2–0  Syria
Rezaei  79'  90' (Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Kovalenko Uzbekistan

12 October 2008
20:00
Korea Republic South Korea 3–0  Uzbekistan
Kim Dong-Jin  12'
Son Heung-Min  54'
Lee Chang  72'
(Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mansour Lebanon

12 October 2008
14:00
Australia Australia 2–3  United Arab Emirates
Kantarovski  48'
Sainsbury  57'
(Report) Salim  7'  62'
Mohammad  90+1'
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tojo Japan

12 October 2008
18:00
Japan  2–0  Saudi Arabia
Sugimoto  38'
Otayf  45' (o.g.)
(Report)
MHSK Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Green Australia

Semifinal

15 October 2008
15:00
Iran  3–0  United Arab Emirates
Dabbagh  59'
Imani  77'
Rezaei  90+3'
(Report)
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Vo Minh Tri Vietnam

15 October 2008
19:00
Korea Republic South Korea 2–1  Japan
Kim Dong-Jin  4'
Lee Dong-Nyck  26'
(Report) Uchida  2'
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Balideh Qatar

Final

18 October 2008
16:00
Iran  2–1 South Korea Korea Republic
Talebat  38'
Rezaei  62'
(Report) Lee Chang  90+3'
Pakhtakor Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Kovalenko Uzbekistan

Winners

 AFC U-16 Championship 2008 Winners 

Iran
First title

Awards

Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Fair Play Award
South Korea Lee Jong-Ho Iran Kaveh Rezaei  South Korea

Goalscorers

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Countries to participate in 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The four semi-finalists qualified for 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

References

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