2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was the qualification for the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship football competition. The matches were held from 1 October to 7 November 2007.

The draw for the qualification stages was made on 22 December 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, seven groups with six teams and one group with three teams were made. However Afghanistan, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, the Maldives and Myanmar withdrew before the start of the qualification.

On 18 February 2008, the AFC Disciplinary Committee ejected eight teams for fielding overage players, including DPR Korea, Tajikistan and Iraq, who had originally qualified for the AFC U-16 Championship 2008.^[1]

The winners and runners-up of Groups A–G along with the winner of the three-team Group H qualified for the finals. Hosts Uzbekistan also qualified automatically for the finals, after qualified by its own performances during the qualification.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Syria	5	5	0	0	20	2	+18	15	Final tournament
2	Yemen	5	3	1	1	12	8	+4	10	Final tournament
3	Qatar	5	3	0	2	11	11	0	9
4	Oman	5	1	2	2	4	7	−3	5
5	Pakistan	5	1	1	3	4	10	−6	4
6	Kyrgyzstan	5	0	0	5	6	19	−13	0	Disqualified

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	4	4	0	0	17	0	+17	12	Final tournament
2	Bahrain	4	2	1	1	5	9	−4	7	Final tournament
3	Kuwait	4	1	2	1	6	8	−2	5
4	Nepal	4	1	0	3	7	10	−3	3
5	Jordan	4	0	1	3	4	12	−8	1
6	Afghanistan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iraq	5	4	1	0	28	2	+26	13	Disqualified
2	India	5	4	1	0	18	2	+16	13	Final tournament
3	Saudi Arabia	5	3	0	2	13	7	+6	9	Final tournament
4	Lebanon	5	2	0	3	9	15	−6	6
5	Sri Lanka	5	1	0	4	3	22	−19	3
6	Bhutan	5	0	0	5	1	24	−23	0	Disqualified

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	5	4	1	0	17	7	+10	13	Final tournament
2	Tajikistan	5	3	1	1	12	6	+6	10	Disqualified
3	Turkmenistan	5	2	2	1	8	8	0	8	Final tournament
4	United Arab Emirates	5	2	1	2	20	9	+11	7	Final tournament
5	Bangladesh	5	1	0	4	14	19	−5	3	Disqualified
6	Palestine	5	0	1	4	4	26	−22	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
China	4	4	0	0	28	1	+27	12	Final tournament
Singapore	4	3	0	1	17	3	+14	9	Final tournament
Mongolia	4	1	1	2	1	13	−12	4
Guam	4	1	1	2	1	13	−12	4
Macau	4	0	0	4	1	18	−17	0	Disqualified
Philippines	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

Groups

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Group E

Group F

Group G

Group H

Countries to participate in 2008 AFC U-16 Championship

References

External links

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