2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification is the qualification for the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship football competition. The matches were held from 1 October to 7 November 2007. The AFC U-16 Championship is organized by the Asian Football Confederation.

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 overaged 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. The yet to be identified hosts also qualify automatically for the finals.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Syria	5	5	0	0	20	3	+17	15
Yemen	5	3	1	1	12	8	+4	10
Qatar	5	3	0	2	11	11	0	9
Oman	5	1	2	2	4	7	-3	5
Pakistan	5	1	1	3	5	10	-5	4
Kyrgyzstan	5	0	0	5	6	19	-13	0

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Group B

All matches in Tehran, Iran

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	4	4	0	0	17	0	+17	12
Bahrain	4	2	1	1	5	9	-4	7
Kuwait	4	1	1	2	6	8	-2	5
Nepal	4	1	0	3	7	10	-3	3
Jordan	4	0	1	3	4	12	-8	1
Afghanistan	withdrew

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Group C

All matches in Dammam and Khobar, Saudi Arabia

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

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Group D

All matches in Abu Dhabi, UAE

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

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Group E

All matches in Hebei Province, China (UTC+8).

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	4	4	0	0	28	1	+27	12
Singapore	4	3	0	1	17	3	+14	9
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
Philippines	withdrew

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Group F

All matches in Jakarta, Indonesia (UTC+7).

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	5	5	0	0	22	1	+21	15
Indonesia	5	3	0	2	7	4	+3	9
Laos	5	3	0	2	12	3	+9	9
Cambodia	5	1	2	2	3	15	-12	5
Vietnam	5	0	2	3	2	11	-19	2
Hong Kong	5	0	2	3	1	13	-12	2

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Group G

All matches in Singapore (UTC+8).

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	2	1	1	0	4	0	+4	4
Australia	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4
Malaysia	2	0	0	2	0	6	-6	0
Timor-Leste	withdrew
Maldives	withdrew
Myanmar	withdrew

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Group H

All matches in Bangkok, Thailand (UTC+7).

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	3	0	1	28	5	+23	9
Thailand	4	2	0	2	15	7	+8	6
Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	3	2	33	-31	3

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Countries to participate in 2008 AFC U-16 Championship

Australia  Bahrain  China PR  India

Indonesia  Iran  Japan  South Korea

Malaysia  Saudi Arabia  Singapore  Syria

Turkmenistan  United Arab Emirates  Yemen  Uzbekistan (host country)

References

External links

• Details on AFC.com
• Details on Goalzz.com