2008 AFC U-16 Championship

The 2008 AFC U-16 Championship was the 13th competition of the AFC U-17 Championship organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), which was held between 4 and 19 October 2008 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Qualifiers was held in 2007 from 17–28 October.

2008 AFC U-16 Championship

2008 yilgi U-16 Osiyo chempionati
Tournament details
Host country	Uzbekistan
Dates	4–19 October
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (1st title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	113 (3.65 per match)
Attendance	73,220 (2,362 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kaveh Rezaei (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Lee Jong-ho
Fair play award	South Korea
← 2006 2010 →

Iran won their first title after beating South Korea 2–1 in the final.

Qualification competition

Main article: 2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

Australia  Bahrain  China  India

Indonesia  Iran  Japan  South Korea

Malaysia  Saudi Arabia  Singapore  Syria

Turkmenistan  United Arab Emirates  Yemen  Uzbekistan (host country)

Stadiums

Tashkent
Pakhtakor Stadium	MHSK Stadium
Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 15,000

Squads

Main article: 2008 AFC U-16 Championship squads

Group stage

All times local (UTC+5)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9	Knockout stage
2	Uzbekistan (H)	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8	6
3	Bahrain	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Singapore	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Singapore	0–7	Uzbekistan
	Report	Abdullayev 10' (pen.), 86' Gapparov 20' Utkin 23', 90+1' Galeev 81', 89'

4 October 2008 (2008-10-4)

16:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Mohammad Mansour (Lebanon)

Iran	2–0	Bahrain
Sadeghian 72' Rezaei 82'	Report

4 October 2008 (2008-10-4)

20:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 500

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

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Uzbekistan	1–2	Iran
Muhiddinov 80'	Report	Yeghaneh 27' Rezaei 55'

6 October 2008 (2008-10-6)

16:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Bahrain	3–0	Singapore
Al-Dakheel 41' Saeed 58' Yusuf 75'	Report

6 October 2008 (2008-10-6)

20:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 170

Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)

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Iran	4–1	Singapore
Golbarg 31' Darvishi 51' Chang 67' (o.g.) Gholizadeh 85'	Report	Al-Qaasimy 81'

8 October 2008 (2008-10-8)

15:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

Uzbekistan	2–0	Bahrain
Abdurakhmonov 44' Muhiddinov 51'	Report

8 October 2008 (2008-10-8)

15:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	15	3	+12	7	Knockout stage
2	Syria	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	India	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Indonesia	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: AFC

South Korea	5–2	India
Kim Dong-jin 3' Lee Chang 49', 61' Rim Chang-woo 52' Son Heung-min 72'	Report	Ralte 69', 88'

4 October 2008 (2008-10-4)

14:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Syria	2–1	Indonesia
Jmhaa 25' Rammal 65'	Report	Vava 36'

4 October 2008 (2008-10-4)

18:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 2,300

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

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Indonesia	0–9	South Korea
	Report	Lee Dong-nyck 2' Kim Jin-su 5' Rim Chang-woo 15' Lee Jong-ho 29', 80', 90+1' Son Heung-min 65', 75' Kim Dong-min 86'

6 October 2008 (2008-10-6)

14:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 700

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

India	0–3	Syria
	Report	Al-Khadr 44' Devrani 66' (o.g.) Chettri 72' (o.g.)

6 October 2008 (2008-10-6)

18:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Mohammad Mansour (Lebanon)

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Syria	1–1	South Korea
Rammal 63'	Report	Rim Chang-woo 80'

8 October 2008 (2008-10-8)

19:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 700

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

India	1–0	Indonesia
Ma. Singh 24'	Report

8 October 2008 (2008-10-8)

19:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (Yemen)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	China	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Turkmenistan	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: AFC

China	2–1	Turkmenistan
Nan Yunqi 32' Guo Yi 83'	Report	Durdyýew 30'

5 October 2008 (2008-10-5)

16:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Saudi Arabia	1–3	Australia
Al-Ghamdi 83'	Report	Domenici 14', 30' Hamill 49'

5 October 2008 (2008-10-5)

20:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

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Australia	2–1	China
Lum 16' (pen.) Ibrahim 50'	Report	Jin Jingdao 45+1' (pen.)

7 October 2008 (2008-10-7)

16:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Turkmenistan	0–4	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Aoufi 22', 55' Al-Shahrani 32' Al-Asiri 48'

7 October 2008 (2008-10-7)

20:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 300

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

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China	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Yu Baobao 52'	Report	Al-Khamis 71'

9 October 2008 (2008-10-9)

15:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 700

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Australia	6–0	Turkmenistan
Kantarovski 7' Yabio 32' Gapare 43', 48' Petratos 63' Warren 65'	Report

9 October 2008 (2008-10-9)

15:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Knockout stage
2	United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	4	8	−4	3[a]
3	Malaysia	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3[a]
4	Yemen[b]	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: AFC
Notes:

1. Head-to-head result: United Arab Emirates 3–2 Malaysia.
2. Yemen were ejected from the tournament for fielding an overage player, Wesam Saleh Al-Worafi.^[1]

Japan	4–0	Malaysia
Shibasaki 32' Usami 34', 70' Miyayoshi 65'	Report

5 October 2008 (2008-10-5)

14:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 300

Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)

Yemen	1–1 Annulled[note 1]	United Arab Emirates
Muhsen 21'	Report	Hadeed 35'

5 October 2008 (2008-10-5)

18:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 250

Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

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Malaysia	3–0 Awarded[note 2]	Yemen
Fandi 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Al-Shamsi 10' (pen.)

7 October 2008 (2008-10-7)

14:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Salem Mujghef (Jordan)

United Arab Emirates	1–6	Japan
Hadeed 76' (pen.)	Report	Miyayoshi 7', 16', 57' T. Uchida 60' Sugimoto 72', 88'

7 October 2008 (2008-10-7)

18:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

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Japan	3–0 Awarded[note 3]	Yemen
T. Uchida 52'	Report	Al-Shamsi 56' (pen.) Al-Baidhani 90+5'

9 October 2008 (2008-10-9)

19:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

United Arab Emirates	3–2	Malaysia
Al-Saffar 16' Al-Khoori 29' Al-Ameri 58'	Report	Bukhari 68' (pen.), 72'

9 October 2008 (2008-10-9)

19:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Knockout stages

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	12 October – Pakhtakor
	Iran	2
					15 October – Pakhtakor
	Syria	0
					Iran	3
	12 October – MHSK
					United Arab Emirates	0
	Australia	2
									19 October – Pakhtakor
	United Arab Emirates	3
									Iran	2
	12 October – Pakhtakor
									South Korea	1
	South Korea	3
					15 October – Pakhtakor
	Uzbekistan	0
					South Korea	2
	12 October – MHSK
					Japan	1
	Japan	2
	Saudi Arabia	0

Quarterfinal

Australia	2–3	United Arab Emirates
Kantarovski 48' Sainsbury 57'	Report	Hadeed 7', 64' Mohammad 90+1'

12 October 2008 (2008-10-12)

14:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 500

Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

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Iran	2–0	Syria
Rezaei 79', 90'	Report

12 October 2008 (2008-10-12)

16:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

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Japan	2–0	Saudi Arabia
Sugimoto 38' Otayf 45' (o.g.)	Report

12 October 2008 (2008-10-12)

18:00

MHSK Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 500

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

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South Korea	3–0	Uzbekistan
Kim Dong-jin 12' Son Heung-min 54' Lee Chang 72'	Report

12 October 2008 (2008-10-12)

20:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Mohammad Mansour (Lebanon)

Semifinal

Iran	3–0	United Arab Emirates
Dabbagh 59' Imani 77' Rezaei 90+3'	Report

15 October 2008 (2008-10-15)

15:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

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South Korea	2–1	Japan
Kim Dong-jin 4' Lee Dong-nyck 26'	Report	T. Uchida 2'

15 October 2008 (2008-10-15)

19:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 500

Referee: Abdullah Balideh (Qatar)

Final

Iran	2–1	South Korea
Talebat 38' Rezaei 62'	Report	Lee Chang 90+3'

19 October 2008 (2008-10-19)

16:00

Pakhtakor Stadium, Tashkent

Attendance: 600

Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Winners

2008 AFC U-16 Championship
Iran First title

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer	Fair Play Award
Lee Jong-ho	Kaveh Rezaei	South Korea

Goalscorers

There were 113 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.65 goals per match.

6 goals

• Kaveh Rezaei

4 goals

• Takumi Miyayoshi
• Lee Chang
• Son Heung-min
• Fahad Hadeed^{[note 4]}

3 goals

• Kenyu Sugimoto
• Tatsuya Uchida^{[note 4]}
• Lee Jong-ho
• Kim Dong-jin
• Rim Chang-woo

2 goals

• Stephen Domenici
• Danai Gapare
• Ben Kantarovski
• Lalrindika Ralte
• Takashi Usami
• Muhamad Bukhari
• Ahmed Al-Aoufi
• Lee Dong-nyck
• Mohamad Ali Rammal
• Abdumutallib Abdullaev
• Aleksandr Galeev
• Oyatullahon Muhiddinov
• Maksim Utkin
• Mohamed Hussein Al-Shamsi^{[note 4]}

1 goal

• Brendan Hamill
• Kamal Ibrahim
• Jared Lum
• Dimitrios Petratos
• Marc Warren
• Trent Sainsbury
• Tedros Yabio
• Salman Al-Dakheel
• Sayed Dhiya Saeed
• Dheya Salman Yusuf
• Guo Yi
• Jin Jingdao
• Nan Yunqi
• Yu Baobao
• Manandeep Singh
• Vava Mario Yagalo
• Bahram Dabbagh
• Ali Darvishi
• Farhad Gholizadeh
• Mehrgan Golbarg
• Akbar Imani
• Payam Sadeghian
• Mohsen Talebat
• Mehrdad Yeghaneh
• Gaku Shibasaki
• Fandi Othman^{[note 4]}
• Mohammed Al-Asiri
• Nawaf Al-Ghamdi
• Abdulrahim Al-Khamis
• Yasser Al-Shahrani
• Al-Qaasimy Rahman
• Kim Dong-min
• Kim Jin-su
• Rabie Jmhaa
• Asaad Al-Khadr
• Didar Durdyýew
• Bobur Abdurakhmonov
• Ayubhon Gapparov
• Haddaf Al-Ameri
• Mohamed Al-Khoori
• Abdulla Mohammad
• Marwan Al-Saffar
• Ahmed Al-Baidhani^{[note 4]}
• Mohammed Muhsen^{[note 4]}

1 own goal

• Ashish Chettri (against Syria)
• Deepak Devrani (against Syria)
• Abdullah Otayf (against Japan)
• Kenneth Chang (against Iran)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup 1
United Arab Emirates	12 October 2008	1 (1991)
Iran	12 October 2008	1 (2001)
Japan	12 October 2008	4 (1993, 1995, 2001, 2007)
South Korea	12 October 2008	3 (1987, 2003, 2007)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Notes

1. The match was annulled due to both teams fielding ineligible players: United Arab Emirates fielded a suspended player, Haddaf Al Ameri, while Yemen fielded an overage player, Wesam Saleh Al-Worafi.^[1]
2. The match was awarded 3–0 to Malaysia as Yemen fielded an ineligible player. The match initially ended in a 1–1 draw.^[1]
3. The match was awarded 3–0 to Japan as Yemen fielded an ineligible player. The match initially ended 2–1 to Yemen.^[1]
4. This player's goal tally includes one or more goals which the player scored in matches that were subsequently forfeited, but which AFC continues to count in its statistics.