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; North Korea; Oman; Saudi Arabia; South Korea; (2 titles each)
	2016 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 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Until 2006 it was held as an under-17 tournament.

Results

2000

2016

2012

2004

1988, 1996, 2014

2006

1985, 1986, 1994, 1998

1990, 2002

1992

2008, 2010

Host countries of the games through 2016

Coordinate is based on the capital of the nation.

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) (p)	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	2–0	North Korea
1988 Details	Thailand	Saudi Arabia	2–0	Bahrain	China PR	1–1 (4–3) (p)	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) (p)	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	2–1	North Korea
1994 Details	Qatar	Japan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Qatar	Oman	3–2	Bahrain
1996 Details	Thailand	Oman	1–0	Thailand	Bahrain	0–0 (4–1) (p)	Japan
1998 Details	Qatar	Thailand	1–1 (3–2) (p)	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) (p)	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 (a.e.t.)	North Korea	Tajikistan	3–3 (5–4) (p)	Syria
Year	Host	Final			Losing semi-finalists⁽¹⁾
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Losing semi-finalists⁽¹⁾
2008 Details	Uzbekistan	Iran	2–1	South Korea	United Arab Emirates and Japan
2010 Details	Uzbekistan	North Korea	2–0	Uzbekistan	Australia and Japan
2012 Details	Iran	Uzbekistan	1–1 (3–1) (p)	Japan	Iran and Iraq
2014 Details	Thailand	North Korea	2–1	South Korea	Australia and Syria
2016 Details	India

Notes:

a.e.t.: after extra time
p: after penalty shoot-out
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)

* = As hosts

Participating nations

Legend:

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Semi-finalists
QF – Quarter finals
GS – Group stage
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
•• – Qualified but withdrew
• – Did not qualify
× – Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
– Hosts
– Not affiliated to FIFA

Nation	1985	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	Total
Australia													QF	SF	QF	SF	q	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		q	6
Indonesia		GS	GS	4th									GS	GS			×	5
Iran							GS	GS	2nd		4th	QF	1st	GS	SF	QF	q	9
Iraq	3rd		4th			GS		GS			QF	GS		QF	SF		q	8
Japan			GS			1st	4th	GS	3rd	GS	GS	1st	SF	SF	2nd	QF	q	12
Jordan				GS										QF			•	2
Kuwait									GS		QF			GS	QF	GS	q	5
Laos											GS	DQ			GS		•	2
Malaysia											GS		GS			QF	q	4
Myanmar		GS							GS	GS		GS					•	4
Nepal									GS			GS				GS	q	3
Oman						3rd	1st	GS	1st		QF			GS	GS	GS	q	8
North Korea		4th	GS		4th			GS			2nd	2nd		1st	GS	1st	q	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	q	9
Singapore												GS	GS				•	2
South Korea		1st	GS	GS		GS		4th		1st	QF	QF	2nd		QF	2nd	q	11
Syria										QF		4th	QF	QF	QF	SF	•	6
Tajikistan												3rd		GS			•	2
Thailand	4th		GS		GS		2nd	1st	GS		GS				GS	GS	q	9
Timor-Leste														GS			•	1
Turkmenistan													GS				•	1
United Arab Emirates				2nd	GS	GS				QF			SF	QF			q	6
Uzbekistan						GS	GS			4th	GS		QF	2nd	1st	QF	q	8
Vietnam									4th	GS	GS	GS		GS			q	6
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.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Japan	12	58	34	9	15	129	67	111
South Korea	12	55	30	10	15	117	63	100
China PR	13	56	27	14	15	103	69	95
Qatar	9	43	25	10	8	76	38	85
Iran	9	41	24	4	14	81	50	76
North Korea	9	44	18	10	16	66	56	64
Oman	8	35	17	2	16	62	53	53
Saudi Arabia	8	33	15	6	12	57	32	51
Uzbekistan	8	37	13	9	15	60	85	48
Bahrain	7	33	13	8	12	55	46	47
Iraq	7	30	12	6	12	41	38	42
Thailand	8	32	12	4	16	47	47	40
Australia	4	18	12	3	3	42	20	39
Syria	6	27	10	9	8	39	33	39
United Arab Emirates	6	24	8	7	9	40	42	31
India	6	20	5	3	12	25	48	18

Team	Part.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Yemen	4	12	4	4	4	17	18	16
Vietnam	5	18	4	3	11	24	40	15
Kuwait	5	19	4	3	12	25	41	15
Tajikistan	2	9	4	2	3	14	23	14
Bangladesh	6	20	3	3	14	16	59	12
Malaysia	3	10	3	1	6	10	18	10
Myanmar	4	12	2	2	8	12	36	8
Laos	2	6	2	0	4	8	19	6
Indonesia	5	17	1	3	13	11	48	6
Jordan	2	7	1	2	4	3	14	5
Nepal	3	10	1	2	7	6	31	5
Singapore	2	6	0	2	4	3	18	2
Pakistan	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	1
Hong Kong	1	3	0	0	3	0	6	0
Timor-Leste	1	3	0	0	3	1	9	0
Turkmenistan	1	3	0	0	3	1	12	0

References

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

External links

Official website

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