AFC U-17 Championship 2008
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The 2008 AFC U-16 Championship was the 13th AFC U-16 Championship football
competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation
(AFC), which was held between October 4 and October 19, 2008 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Qualifiers
was held in 2007 from October 17-28.
Iran
won their first title after beating Korea Republic
2-1 in the final.
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In the following tables:
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!width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
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|9||3||3||0||0||8||2||+6
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!width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
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Korea Republic
|7||3||2||1||0||15||3||+12
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|7||3||2||1||0||6||2||+4
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|-
!width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
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Australia
|9||3||3||0||0||11||2||+9
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|-
!width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
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|9||3||3||0||0||13||1||+12
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|3||22||1||0||1||4||8||-4
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|3||3||1||0||2||5||7||-2
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Note: United Arab Emirates is ranked higher than Malaysia by the head-to-head result (3 - 2).
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4 goals Takumi Miyayoshi
Son Heung-Min
Lee Chang
3 goals Kenyu Sugimoto
Lee Jong-Ho
Rim Chang-Woo Kim Dong-Jin Fahad Salim
2 goals Stephen Domenici Danai Gapare Ben Kantarovski
Ralte Lalrindika Takashi Usami
Tatsuya Uchida Lee Dong-Nyck Ahmed Al-Oufi Muhamad Bukhari Mohamad Ali
Abdumutallib Abdullaev Aleksander Galeev Oyatullahon Muhiddinov Maksim Utkin
1 goal Brendan Hamill
Kamal Ibrahim
Jared Lum Tedros Yabio Dimitrios Petratos Marc Warren
Trent Sainsbury
Salman Ahmed Salem Dheya Salman Sayed Dhiya Saeed Guo Yi Jin Jingdao
Nan Yunqi Yu Baobao Manandeep Vava Mario Yagalo Payam Sadeghian
Mehrdad Yeganeh Mehrgan Golbarg Ali Darvishi Farhad Gholizadeh Akbar Imani
Bahram Dabbagh Mohsen Talebat Gaku Shibasaki
Kim Dong-Min
Kim Jin-Su Nawaf Al-Ghamdi Mohammad Al-Asiri Yasir Al-Shahrani Yousef Abdulrahim Rahman Muhammad Asaad Al-Khadr Rabeea Jumaa
Didar Durdiyev Bobur Abdurakhmonov Ayubhon Gapparov Marwan Al-Saffar Mohamed Hussain Haddaf Al Ameri
Abdulla Mohammad
Own goals Ashish Chettri (1) (for Syria) Deepak Devrani
(1) (for Syria) Abdullah Otayf (1) (for Japan) Kenneth Chang (1) (for Iran)
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
(AFC), which was held between October 4 and October 19, 2008 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Qualifiers
AFC U-17 Championship 2008 Qualification
AFC U-16 Championship 2008 Qualification is the qualification for the AFC U-17 Championship 2008 football competition. The matches were held from October 1 to November 7, 2007...
was held in 2007 from October 17-28.
Iran
Iran national under-17 football team
The Iran national under-17 football team, more commonly known as Nojavanan, is controlled by I.R.I.F.F. and represents Iran in international under-17 football competitions...
won their first title after beating Korea Republic
Korea Republic national football team
The Korea Republic national football team represents Korea Republic in international football and is controlled by the Korea Football Association. Korea Republic is the most successful Asian football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup having participated in eight World Cup tournaments,...
2-1 in the final.
Qualification competition
| Australia Australia national under-17 football team The Australia national under-17 association football team, more commonly known as the Joeys, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia in international Under 17 or youth football competitions.-FIFA U-17 World Cup:... |
Korea Republic | (host country) |
Stadiums
| City | Stadium | Capacity |
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| Tashkent Tashkent Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was about 2.2 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.-Early Islamic History:... |
Pakhtakor Stadium Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium Central Stadium Pakhtakor or Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it also has athletics facilities. The stadium holds 35,000, which is all seated. It was built in Soviet time, in 1956, and renovated in... |
55,000 |
| Tashkent Tashkent Tashkent is the capital of Uzbekistan and of the Tashkent Province. The officially registered population of the city in 2008 was about 2.2 million. Unofficial sources estimate the actual population may be as much as 4.45 million.-Early Islamic History:... |
MHSK Stadium MHSK Stadium The Markaziy Harbiy Sportklubi Army Stadium, commonly known as the MHSK Stadium is a multi-use stadium in the Chilanzar area of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of FC Bunyodkor.... |
15,000 |
Group Stages
All times local (UTC+5UTC+5
UTC+05:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +05:00. This time is used in:-Central Asia:* Kazakhstan** western part - Aktobe Province, Atyrau Province, Mangystau Province, West Kazakhstan Province* Tajikistan* Uzbekistan* Turkmenistan...
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In the following tables:
- Pts = total points accumulated
- Pld = total games played
- W = total games won
- D = total games drawn (tied)
- L = total games lost
- GF = total goals scored (goals for)
- GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
- GD = goal difference (GF−GA)
Group A
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!width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
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|9||3||3||0||0||8||2||+6
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|6||3||2||0||1||10||2||+8
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|3||3||1||0||2||3||4||-1
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Group B
|-
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!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
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Korea Republic|7||3||2||1||0||15||3||+12
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Group C
|-
!width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
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AustraliaAustralia national under-17 football team
The Australia national under-17 association football team, more commonly known as the Joeys, is controlled by Football Federation Australia and represents Australia in international Under 17 or youth football competitions.-FIFA U-17 World Cup:...
|9||3||3||0||0||11||2||+9
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|4||3||1||1||1||6||4||+2
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Group D
|-
!width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Goals for" |GF
!width=20 abbr="Goals against" |GA
!width=20 abbr="Goal difference" |GD
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|9||3||3||0||0||13||1||+12
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|3||22||1||0||1||4||8||-4
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|3||3||1||0||2||5||7||-2
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|0||22||0||0||2||0||6||-6
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Note: United Arab Emirates is ranked higher than Malaysia by the head-to-head result (3 - 2).
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- 1Yemen were ejected from the competition for fielding an overage player, Wesam Saleh Ahmed Al-Worafi.
- 2The match between Yemen and the United Arab Emirates was declared null and void because the UAE fielded a suspended player, Abdullah Hadaf Al Amery.
Knockout map
Quarterfinal
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Semifinal
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Final
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Awards
| Most Valuable Player | Top Scorer | Fair Play Award |
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| Lee Jong-Ho Lee Jong-Ho Lee, Jong-Ho is a South Korean footballer who plays as forward for Chunnam Dragons in the K-League, and nicknamed "Gwangyang Rooney"-Career:... |
 Kaveh Rezaei |
Goalscorers
6 goals Kaveh Rezaei4 goals Takumi Miyayoshi
Takumi Miyayoshi
is a Japanese football player currently playing for Kyoto Sanga F.C..-Club:Statistics accurate as of match played March 5, 2011-Under-17:-Appearances in major competitions:-External links:* – Kyoto Sanga F.C. official site...
Son Heung-Min
Son Heung-Min
Son Heung-Min is a South Korean footballer who plays for German Bundesliga side Hamburger SV.-Hamburger SV:In 2008, Son dropped out of FC Seoul Academy and joined Hamburg’s youth academy at the age of 16. He was impressive in the 2010–11 preseason, by leading the team with nine goals and signed...
Lee Chang
3 goals Kenyu Sugimoto
Kenyu Sugimoto
is a Japanese football player. He currently plays for Cerezo Osaka.-Club:Statistics accurate as of match played 6 August 2011-International:-External links:* at Cerezo Osaka official site * at Yahoo! Japan sports...
Lee Jong-Ho
Lee Jong-Ho
Lee, Jong-Ho is a South Korean footballer who plays as forward for Chunnam Dragons in the K-League, and nicknamed "Gwangyang Rooney"-Career:...
Rim Chang-Woo Kim Dong-Jin Fahad Salim
Fahad Salim
Fahad Salim Hadid Obaid Ghraib , commonly known as Fahad Hadid, is an Emirati footballer. who plays as a Midfielder for Sharjah and the UAE national under-20 football team.-External links:*...
2 goals Stephen Domenici Danai Gapare Ben Kantarovski
Ben Kantarovski
Ben Kantarovski is an Australian football player currently playing for the Newcastle Jets.-Newcastle Jets:...
Ralte Lalrindika Takashi Usami
Takashi Usami
is a Japanese footballer who plays for Bayern Munich on loan from Gamba Osaka. He plays as a attacking midfielder, second striker or winger.-Gamba Osaka:...
Tatsuya Uchida Lee Dong-Nyck Ahmed Al-Oufi Muhamad Bukhari Mohamad Ali
Mohamad Ali (Syrian footballer)
Mohamad Ali is a Syrian football player currently playing for Teshrin in the Syrian Premier League.-External links:*...
Abdumutallib Abdullaev Aleksander Galeev Oyatullahon Muhiddinov Maksim Utkin
1 goal Brendan Hamill
Brendan Hamill (footballer)
Brendan Hamill is a football player currently playing for the Melbourne Heart in the A-League.-Club career:...
Kamal Ibrahim
Kamal Ibrahim
Kamal Said Ibrahim is an Ethiopian Australian football player who currently plays for A-League team...
Jared Lum Tedros Yabio Dimitrios Petratos Marc Warren
Marc Warren (footballer)
Marc Warren is an Australian footballer currently playing for Sheffield United in the Football League Championship. He is a product of the Australian Institute of Sport Football Program having played for them in the 2009–10 A-League National Youth League-Club career:Warren grew up in the...
Trent Sainsbury
Trent Sainsbury
Trent Sainsbury in Perth, Western Australia, is an football player currently signed to the Central Coast Mariners.-Club career:He grew up in the hills district and graduated from Muirfield High School in North Rocks....
Salman Ahmed Salem Dheya Salman Sayed Dhiya Saeed Guo Yi Jin Jingdao
Jin Jingdao
Jin Jingdao is a Korean-Chinese football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Yanbian FC.-Club career:Jin was promoted to Yanbian FC's first team squad in the 2010 league season and would go on to make his debut for Yanbian in a league game for them on 17 April 2010 with a new player of...
Nan Yunqi Yu Baobao Manandeep Vava Mario Yagalo Payam Sadeghian
Payam Sadeghian
Payam Sadeghian is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Zob Ahan F.C. in the Iran Pro League and also captained the Iran national under-17 football team in under-17 world cup and scored twice.-Club career:...
Mehrdad Yeganeh Mehrgan Golbarg Ali Darvishi Farhad Gholizadeh Akbar Imani
Akbar Imani
Akbar Imani ghareh Aghaj Sofla , also known as Akbar Imani , is an Iranian footballer who currently plays for Sepahan in the Iran Pro League as a midfielder.-Club Career:...
Bahram Dabbagh Mohsen Talebat Gaku Shibasaki
Gaku Shibasaki
is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kashima Antlers.-Club:Statistics accurate as of match played 29 April 2011-International:-External links:* at Kashima Antlers official site* at Yahoo! Japan sports...
Kim Dong-Min
Kim Jin-Su Nawaf Al-Ghamdi Mohammad Al-Asiri Yasir Al-Shahrani Yousef Abdulrahim Rahman Muhammad Asaad Al-Khadr Rabeea Jumaa
Rabeea Jumaa
Rabeea Jumaa is an Syrian footballer. He currently plays for Teshrin.- External links :*...
Didar Durdiyev Bobur Abdurakhmonov Ayubhon Gapparov Marwan Al-Saffar Mohamed Hussain Haddaf Al Ameri
Haddaf Al Ameri
Haddaf Abdullah Al Ameri commonly known as Haddaf, is an Emirati footballer. who currently plays as a Midfielder for Al Ain.-External links:...
Abdulla Mohammad
Own goals Ashish Chettri (1) (for Syria) Deepak Devrani
Deepak Devrani
Deepak Devrani is an Indian football player. He currently playes for Pailan Arrows in the I-League which is India's top-tier football league as a midfielder.-Early career:...
(1) (for Syria) Abdullah Otayf (1) (for Japan) Kenneth Chang (1) (for Iran)