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AFC U-16 Championship

Founded	1985
Region	Asia (AFC)
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Iran
Most successful team	China PR (2 times)  Japan (2 times)  Korea Republic (2 times)  Oman (2 times)  Saudi Arabia (2 times)
AFC U-16 Championship 2010

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.

[edit] Results

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		Korea Republic	0–0 (5–4) on penalties	Qatar		Saudi Arabia	2–0	Korea DPR
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	Korea DPR
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	Korea Republic
2000 details	Vietnam		Oman	1–0	Iran		Japan	4–2	Vietnam
2002 details	United Arab Emirates		Korea Republic	1–1 (5–3) on penalties	Yemen		China PR	1–0	Uzbekistan
2004 details	Japan		China PR	1–0	Korea DPR		Qatar	2–1	Iran
2006 details	Singapore		Japan	4–2 after extra time	Korea DPR		Tajikistan	3–3 (5–4) on penalties	Syria
2008 details	Uzbekistan		Iran	2–1	Korea Republic		United Arab Emirates	n/a(1)	Japan
2010 details			–

¹ No third place match was played.

[edit] Successful national teams

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place	Semi-finalists
Korea Republic	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)	1 (2008)
Oman	2 (1996, 2000)	-	1 (1994)	-
Qatar	1 (1990)	5 (1985*, 1986*, 1992, 1994*, 1998*)	1 (2004)	-	-
Thailand	1 (1998)	1 (1996*)	-	1 (1985)	-
Iran	1 (2008)	1 (2000)	-	1 (2004)	-
Korea DPR	-	2 (2004, 2006)	-	2 (1986, 1992)	-
Bahrain	-	1 (1988)	2 (1996, 1998)	1 (1994)	-
United Arab Emirates	-	1 (1990*)	-	-	1 (2008)
Yemen	-	1 (2002)	-	-	-
Iraq	-	-	1 (1985)	1 (1988)	-
Tajikistan	-	-	1 (2006)	-	-
Indonesia	-	-	-	1 (1990)	-
Vietnam	-	-	-	1 (2000*)	-
Uzbekistan	-	-	-	1 (2002)	-
Syria	-	-	-	1 (2006)	-

[edit] All time result

NB : Exclude Qatar 1985 cause of lack of data.
        As of Uzbekistan 2008.

Team Part Pts 　 Pld W D L GF GD  China PR 10 88 47 26 10 11 96 55  Qatar 8 83 40 25 8 7 72 33  Japan 9 82 43 25 7 11 97 52  Korea Republic 10 75 45 22 9 14 93 57  Iran 6 53 30 17 2 11 53 34  Oman 5 50 26 16 2 8 53 33  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  Korea DPR 6 34 29 9 7 13 40 40  Iraq 5 26 21 7 5 9 26 26  United Arab Emirates 5 26 20 7 5 8 35 37  Syria 3 21 14 6 3 5 23 15  Uzbekistan 5 19 21 5 4 12 26 62  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  Tajikistan 1 13 6 4 1 1 11 10  Bangladesh 6 12 20 3 3 14 16 59  Vietnam 4 12 15 3 3 9 20 30 Australia 1 9 4 3 0 1 13 5  Myanmar 4 8 12 2 2 8 12 36  Kuwait 3 7 12 2 1 9 17 29  Malaysia 2 4 6 1 1 4 6 14  Indonesia 4 3 14 0 3 11 7 43  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  Jordan 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 9  Turkmenistan 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 12

[edit] See also

• FIFA U-17 World Cup
• AFC U-19 Championship

v • d • e AFC football
International	Asian Cup · Challenge Cup · U-19 Championship · U-16 Championship · Futsal Championship
Club level	Champions League · Cup · President's Cup · Cup Winners Cup (defunct) · Super Cup (defunct)
Women's football	Asian Cup · U-19 Championship · U-16 Championship

v • d • 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 · 2010
Qualification	1992 · 1994 · 1996 · 1998 · 2000 · 2002 · 2004 · 2006 · 2008 · 2010

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