AFC U-17 Championship 2008 Qualification
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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. The AFC U-16 Championship is organized by the Asian Football Confederation
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The Draw for the qualification stages was made on December 22, 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, seven groups with six teams and one group with three teams were made. However Afghanistan, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, the Maledives and Myanmar withdrew before the start of the qualification.
On February 18, 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.
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.
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AFC U-17 Championship 2008
The 2008 AFC U-16 Championship was the 13th AFC U-16 Championship football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation , which was held between October 4 and October 19, 2008 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan...
football
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. The matches were held from October 1 to November 7, 2007. The AFC U-16 Championship is 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...
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The Draw for the qualification stages was made on December 22, 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, seven groups with six teams and one group with three teams were made. However Afghanistan, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, the Maledives and Myanmar withdrew before the start of the qualification.
On February 18, 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.
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
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| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 | |
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| 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |||
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| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 19 | |||
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Group B
All matches in TehranTehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | |||
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| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||
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| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | |||
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| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | |||
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Group C
All matches in DammamDammam
Dammam is the capital of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, the most oil-rich region in the world. The judicial and administrative bodies of the province and several government departments are located in the city. Dammam is the largest city in the Eastern Province and third largest in Saudi...
and Khobar
Khobar
Khobar is a large city located in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the Persian Gulf. It has a population of 360,000 and forms part of the greater Dammam metropolitan area along with Dhahran, which together have a combined population of over two million...
, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
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| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |||
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| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 22 | |||
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| 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 24 | |||
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Group D
All matches in Abu DhabiAbu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...
, UAE
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
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| 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 9 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 19 | |||
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| 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 26 | |||
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Group E
All matches in Hebei Province, ChinaChina
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
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UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .With an estimated population of 1.53 billion living within the time zone, roughly 22.5% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in world, as well as a possible...
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | |||
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| 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 18 | |||
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Group F
All matches in JakartaJakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
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Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
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UTC+7
UTC+07:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +07:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .Also known as Indochina Time , it is used in:-As standard time :*Australia...
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| 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 9 | ||
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| 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | |||
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Group G
All matches in SingaporeSingapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
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UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .With an estimated population of 1.53 billion living within the time zone, roughly 22.5% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in world, as well as a possible...
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Group H
All matches in BangkokBangkok
Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
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Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
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| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 33 | |||
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Countries to participate in AFC U-16 Championship 2008
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