AFC U-16 Championship

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AFC U-16 Championship

Founded	1985
Region	Asia (AFC)
Number of teams	16
Current champions	North Korea
Most successful team	China PR  Japan  Oman  Saudi Arabia  South Korea (2 titles each)
2012 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

Logo before 2006

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	n/a(1)	Japan
2010 details	Uzbekistan		North Korea	2–0	Uzbekistan		Australia	n/a(1)	Japan
2012 details	Iran

¹ No third place match was played.

Successful national teams

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

All time result

NB : Exclude Qatar 1985 cause of lack of data.
        As of Uzbekistan 2010.

Team Part Pts 　 Pld W D L GF GD  Japan 10 92 48 28 8 12 108 55  China PR 11 89 50 26 11 13 97 59  Qatar 8 83 40 25 8 7 72 33  South Korea 10 75 45 22 9 14 93 57  Iran 7 57 33 18 3 12 59 38  Oman 6 50 29 16 2 11 55 41  North Korea 7 50 35 14 8 13 53 43  Saudi Arabia 6 49 27 15 4 8 54 24  Bahrain 7 47 33 13 8 12 55 46  Thailand 6 37 26 11 4 11 44 37  Iraq 6 32 25 9 5 11 33 31  Uzbekistan 6 32 27 9 5 13 41 67  United Arab Emirates 6 31 24 8 7 9 40 42  Syria 4 26 18 7 5 6 27 19 Australia 2 19 9 6 1 2 25 10  India 5 16 17 5 1 11 21 43

Team Part Pts 　 Pld W D L GF GD  Yemen 3 15 9 4 3 2 14 11  Vietnam 5 15 18 4 3 11 24 40  Tajikistan 2 14 9 4 2 3 14 23  Bangladesh 6 12 20 3 3 14 16 59  Kuwait 4 11 15 3 2 10 18 32  Myanmar 4 8 12 2 2 8 12 36  Indonesia 5 6 17 1 3 13 11 48  Jordan 2 5 7 1 2 4 3 14  Malaysia 2 4 6 1 1 4 6 14  Laos 1 3 3 1 0 2 2 11  Singapore 2 2 6 0 2 4 3 18  Nepal 2 1 7 0 1 6 2 25  Pakistan 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 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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v t e AFC U-16 Championship Tournaments Qatar 1985 Qatar 1986 Thailand 1988 UAE 1990 Saudi Arabia 1992 Qatar 1994 Thailand 1996 Qatar 1998 Vietnam 2000 UAE 2002 Japan 2004 Singapore 2006 Uzbekistan 2008 Uzbekistan 2010 Iran 2012 Qualification 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012

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