The 2008

AFF U-16 Youth Championship The AFF U-16 Championship is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and occasionally invited nations from the rest of Asia. The tournament used to be pl ...

is the first edition of the tournament as an under-16 youth championship as it was previously played at under-17 level. It took place in

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, Indonesia in July 2008. Only five nations took part which includes associate AFF member Australia and guest nation Bahrain, competing in a round-robin format with the top two teams playing in the final.

Participating nations

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Tournament

All times are

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(WIT) - UTC+7

Group stage

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Third place play-off

Final

Winner

Goalscorers

;4 goals * Kamal Ibrahim *

Kerem Bulut Kerem Bulut (born 3 February 1992) is an Australian professional football player. Bulut represented the Australia under-20 national team at the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship, where he scored seven goals in six games to win the Golden Boot as Aust ...

;2 goals *

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D. Saarvindran Saarvindran a/l Devandran (born 4 October 1992 in Selangor) is a Malaysian footballer who plays for Penang in Malaysia Super League. He is known for his fast pace and long range shooting. Saarvindran captained Harimau Muda B at the 2011 Mala ...

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;1 goal * Joseph Costa * Brendan Hamill * Jared Lum * Marc Warren * Tedros Alemaw Yabio ;1 goal *

Sayed Dhiya Saeed Sayed Dhiya Saeed Ebrahim Alawi Shubbar ( ar, سيد ضياء سيد سعيد, born July 17, 1992 in Muharraq, Bahrain) is a Bahraini footballer who plays for Al-Riffa in Bahraini Premier League The Bahraini Premier League is the main football ...

* Ahmed Isa Ali *

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* Ali Muneer Redha *

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* Garry Steven Robbat * Mohammad Aminuddin Samki *

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* Iffi Afinaz Ismail ;Own goal *

Abduh Lestaluhu Muhammad Abduh Lestaluhu (born 16 October 1993) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Liga 1 club PSS Sleman. He lives in Ternate and his childhood friend is Persib Bandung player, Ardi Idrus. His uncle, Ramdani ...

''(for Australia)''

External links

AFF U16 Youth Championship 2008
at ASEAN Football Federation official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Aff U16 Youth Championship 2008 2008 in AFF football 2008–09 in Indonesian football

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2008 in youth association football