1998 AFC U-16 Championship was the 8th edition of the
AFC U-16 Championship. Qatar hosted the tournament from 3 to 17 September 1998. The top two teams qualified for the
1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The 1999 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the eighth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Napier, and Dunedin in New Zealand between 10 and 27 November 1999. Players born after 1 January 1982 could participate ...
in
New Zealand.
Qualification
The following 10 teams qualified for the final tournament.
*Group 1:
*Group 2:
*Group 3:
*Group 4:
*Group 5:
*Group 6:
*Group 7:
*Group 8:
*Group 9:
*Host:
Stadium
All matches were held in
Grand Hamad Stadium,
Doha,
Qatar.
Group stage
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the
semi-finals.
All matches were held in
Grand Hamad Stadium,
Doha,
Qatar.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semifinals
Third place match
Final
Winners
Teams qualified for
1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The 1999 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the eighth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Napier, and Dunedin in New Zealand between 10 and 27 November 1999. Players born after 1 January 1982 could participate ...
*
*
Inter-confederation playoff
Third-placed Bahrain played off against Australia (winners of the
1999 OFC U-17 championship
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoo ...
) for the final slot for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for the
1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship
The 1999 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the eighth edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Auckland, Christchurch, Napier, and Dunedin in New Zealand between 10 and 27 November 1999. Players born after 1 January 1982 could participate ...
.
Sources
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Under
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* "Under" (Pleasure P song), 2009
*Bülent Ünder (born 1949), Turkish footballer
*Cengiz Ünder (born 1997), Turkish footballer
*Marie Under
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International association football competitions hosted by Qatar
1998–99 in Qatari football
1998 in youth association football
AFC U-16 Championships