The 2008 AFC U-16 Championship was the 13th competition of the AFC U-17 Championship organized by the

Asian Football Confederation The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in some countries/territories in Asia and Oceania. It has 47 member countries most of which are located in Asia. Australia, formerly in ...

(AFC), which was held between 4 and 19 October 2008 in

Tashkent, Uzbekistan Tashkent (, uz, Toshkent, Тошкент/, ) (from russian: Ташкент), or Toshkent (; ), also historically known as Chach is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous ...

. The Qualifiers was held in 2007 from 17–28 October.

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

won their first title after beating

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

2–1 in the final.

Qualification competition

Stadiums

Squads

Group stage

All times local (

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stages

Bracket

Quarterfinal

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Semifinal

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Final

Winners

Awards

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

Goalscorers

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from AFC qualified for the

2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup The 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup was the thirteenth tournament of the FIFA U-17 World Cup held in Nigeria from 24 October to 15 November 2009. The tournament was won by Switzerland, beating the host team and holders, Nigeria. The Golden Ball to the Be ...

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

Notes

References

External links

*, the-AFC.com
AFC U-16 Championship 2008
stats.the-AFC.com {{AFC U-17 Championship

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International association football competitions hosted by Uzbekistan 2008 in Uzbekistani football 2008 in youth association football AFC U-16 Championships