2008 AFC U-16 Championship
| 2008 yilgi U-16 Osiyo chempionati | |
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| 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 | |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 113 (3.65 per match) |
| Attendance | 73,220 (2,362 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Kaveh Rezaei (6 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Lee Jong-ho |
| Fair play award | South Korea |
← 2006 2010 → | |
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 South Korea 2–1 in the final.
Qualification competition
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Stadiums
[edit]| Tashkent | |
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| Pakhtakor Stadium | MHSK Stadium |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
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Squads
[edit]Group stage
[edit]All times local (UTC+5)
Group A
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Iran
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  Uzbekistan (H)
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Bahrain
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Singapore
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 |
| Singapore | 0–7 | Uzbekistan |
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| Uzbekistan | 1–2 | Iran |
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| Iran | 4–1 | Singapore |
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| Uzbekistan | 2–0 | Bahrain |
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Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | South Korea
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  Syria
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | |
| 3 |  India
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Indonesia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
Source: AFC
| South Korea | 5–2 | India |
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| Indonesia | 0–9 | South Korea |
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| Syria | 1–1 | South Korea |
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Group C
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Australia
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  Saudi Arabia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 |  China
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Turkmenistan
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
Source: AFC
| China | 2–1 | Turkmenistan |
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| Saudi Arabia | 1–3 | Australia |
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| Australia | 2–1 | China |
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| Turkmenistan | 0–4 | Saudi Arabia |
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| China | 1–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Australia | 6–0 | Turkmenistan |
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Group D
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Japan
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  United Arab Emirates
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3[a] | |
| 3 |  Malaysia
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3[a] | |
| 4 |  Yemen[b]
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Source: AFC
Notes:
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Knockout stages
[edit]Bracket
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| 12 October – Pakhtakor | ||||||||||
| Iran | 2 | |||||||||
| 15 October – Pakhtakor | ||||||||||
| Syria | 0 | |||||||||
| Iran | 3 | |||||||||
| 12 October – MHSK | ||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia | 2 | |||||||||
| 19 October – Pakhtakor | ||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | |||||||||
| Iran | 2 | |||||||||
| 12 October – Pakhtakor | ||||||||||
| South Korea | 1 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 3 | |||||||||
| 15 October – Pakhtakor | ||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 0 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||||||
| 12 October – MHSK | ||||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 0 | |||||||||
Quarterfinal
[edit]| Australia | 2–3 | United Arab Emirates |
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| Japan | 2–0 | Saudi Arabia |
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| South Korea | 3–0 | Uzbekistan |
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Semifinal
[edit]| South Korea | 2–1 | Japan |
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Final
[edit]| Iran | 2–1 | South Korea |
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Winners
[edit]| 2008 AFC U-16 Championship |
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 Iran First title |
Awards
[edit]The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Most Valuable Player | Top Scorer | Fair Play Award |
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| Lee Jong-ho
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Kaveh Rezaei
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South Korea
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Goalscorers
[edit]There were 113 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.65 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Brendan Hamill- Kamal Ibrahim
- Jared Lum
- Dimitrios Petratos
- Marc Warren
- Trent Sainsbury
- Tedros Yabio
Salman Al-Dakheel- Sayed Dhiya Saeed
- Dheya Salman Yusuf
Guo Yi- Jin Jingdao
- Nan Yunqi
- Yu Baobao
Manandeep Singh
Vava Mario Yagalo
Bahram Dabbagh- Ali Darvishi
- Farhad Gholizadeh
- Mehrgan Golbarg
- Akbar Imani
- Payam Sadeghian
- Mohsen Talebat
- Mehrdad Yeghaneh
Gaku Shibasaki
Fandi Othman[note 4]
Mohammed Al-Asiri- Nawaf Al-Ghamdi
- Abdulrahim Al-Khamis
- Yasser Al-Shahrani
Al-Qaasimy Rahman
Kim Dong-min- Kim Jin-su
Rabie Jmhaa- Asaad Al-Khadr
Didar Durdyýew
Bobur Abdurakhmonov- Ayubhon Gapparov
Haddaf Al-Ameri- Mohamed Al-Khoori
- Abdulla Mohammad
- Marwan Al-Saffar
Ahmed Al-Baidhani[note 4]- Mohammed Muhsen[note 4]
1 own goal
- Ashish Chettri (against Syria)
- Deepak Devrani (against Syria)
- Abdullah Otayf (against Japan)
- Kenneth Chang (against Iran)
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
[edit]The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup 1 |
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| United Arab Emirates |
12 October 2008 | 1 (1991) |
| Iran |
12 October 2008 | 1 (2001) |
| Japan |
12 October 2008 | 4 (1993, 1995, 2001, 2007) |
| South Korea |
12 October 2008 | 3 (1987, 2003, 2007) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Notes
[edit]- ^ The match was annulled due to both teams fielding ineligible players: United Arab Emirates fielded a suspended player, Haddaf Al Ameri, while Yemen fielded an overage player, Wesam Saleh Al-Worafi.[1]
- ^ The match was awarded 3–0 to Malaysia as Yemen fielded an ineligible player. The match initially ended in a 1–1 draw.[1]
- ^ The match was awarded 3–0 to Japan as Yemen fielded an ineligible player. The match initially ended 2–1 to Yemen.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f This player's goal tally includes one or more goals which the player scored in matches that were subsequently forfeited, but which AFC continues to count in its statistics.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "AFC disqualifies Yemen on age rule". UzDaily.com. 12 October 2008. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
External links
[edit]- AFC U-16 Championship, the-AFC.com
- AFC U-16 Championship 2008, stats.the-AFC.com