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 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 1
Successful national teams 2
Participating Nations 3
All time result 4
See also 5
References 6
External links 7

Results

Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host	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

References

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

External links

Official website

AFC competitions

International	Asian Cup U-23 Championship U-19 Championship U-16 Championship U-14 Championship Futsal Championship Beach Soccer Championship Challenge Cup (defunct) Asian Games

Club competitions	Champions League AFC Cup Futsal Club Championship President's Cup (defunct) Cup Winners' Cup (defunct) Super Cup (defunct) Afro-Asian Championship (defunct)

Women's football	Asian Cup U-19 Championship U-16 Championship AFC U-14 Girls Regional Championship Asian Games

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 Thailand 2014

Qualification	1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup

Tournaments	China 1985 Canada 1987 Scotland 1989 Italy 1991 Japan 1993 Ecuador 1995 Egypt 1997 New Zealand 1999 Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Finland 2003 Peru 2005 South Korea 2007 Nigeria 2009 Mexico 2011 United Arab Emirates 2013 Chile 2015 India 2017

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Squads	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013

Team appearances

International association football

FIFA World Cup Confederations Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year FIFA Ballon d'Or Geography Teams Debuts Competitions Federations Codes

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup President's Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also

AFC U-16 Championship

AFC U-16 Championship

Contents

Results

Successful national teams

Participating Nations

All time result

See also

References

External links

Categories

Qatar

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Thailand

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Uzbekistan

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United Arab Emirates

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Saudi Arabia

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Vietnam national under-17 football team

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Nepal national under-17 football team

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India national under-17 football team

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Japan national under-17 football team

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Thailand national under-17 football team

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