2024 ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship

2024 ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship
Kejuaraan Remaja U-16 ASEAN 2024
Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia
City	Surakarta
Dates	21 June – 3 July
Teams	12 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Third place	Indonesia
Fourth place	Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	111 (5.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Anthony Didulica; Quinn MacNicol; (6 goals each)
Best player(s)	Zahaby Gholy
Best goalkeeper	Supakorn Poonpol
	← 2022 2026 →

The 2024 ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship was the 19th edition of the ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It was hosted by Indonesia from 21 June to 3 July 2024.^[1]^[2] This was also the first edition that the tournament was rebranded to ASEAN Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 2008 could participate in this tournament.

Participant teams

There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament. The following 12 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered the tournament.

Team	Association	App	Previous best performance
Australia	Football Australia	9th	Winners (2008, 2016)
Brunei	FA Brunei DS	10th	Group stage (9 times)
Cambodia	FF Cambodia	12th	Fourth place (2016)
Indonesia (H)	FA Indonesia	12th	Winners (2018, 2022)
Laos	Lao FF	14th	Runners-up (2002, 2007, 2011)
Malaysia	FA Malaysia	13th	Winners (2013, 2019)
Myanmar	Myanmar FF	13th	Winners (2002, 2005)
Philippines	Philippine FF	10th	Group stage (9 times)
Singapore	FA Singapore	12th	Fourth place (2008, 2011)
Thailand	FA Thailand	12th	Winners (2007, 2011, 2015)
East Timor	FF Timor-Leste	9th	Third place (2010)
Vietnam	Vietnam FF	14th	Winners (2006, 2010, 2017)

Draw

The tournament's official draw was held on 30 May 2024 in Jakarta, Indonesia at 14:00 (GMT+07:00). The pot placements followed each teams progress based on the previous edition.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Indonesia (H) Vietnam Thailand	Myanmar Laos Malaysia	East Timor Cambodia Philippines	Australia Singapore Brunei

(H): Tournament host

Officials

The following officials were chosen for the competition. Video assistant referees (VAR) would be used from the semi-finals onwards. This was the first AFF tournament which uses the video assistant referee.

Referees

Khin Ouseyha
Du Jianxin
Poon Chun Kit
Ryan Nanda Saputra
Koji Takasaki
Kamil Zakaria Ismail
Muhammad Zulfiqar
Clarence Leow Hong Wei
Warintorn Sassadee
Lê Vũ Linh
Nguyễn Mạnh Hải

Assistant Referees

Faisal Ali
Nurhadi Sulchan
Azizul Alimmudin Hanafiah
Akbar Jamaluddin
Tomoyuki Umeda
Faisal Nasser Alqahtani
Farhan Abdul Aziz
Zayar Maung
Nophuan Apichit
Nguyễn Lâm Minh Đăng

Video Assistant Referees

Hiroyuki Kimura
Jumpei Iida
Kim Woo-sung
Lee Seul-gi

Venues

In May 2024, the ASEAN Football Federation officially announced the 2 venues for the tournament which was located in Surakarta, Central Java.^[3]

Surakarta
Manahan Stadium	Sriwedari Stadium
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 10,000

Surakarta

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).

Group stage

All times listed are WIB (UTC+7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia (H)	3	3	0	12	1	+11	9	Knockout stage
2	Laos	3	2	1	6	7	−1	6
3	Singapore	3	1	2	5	5	0	3
4	Philippines	3	0	3	0	10	−10	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

21 June 2024