:1988 AFC U-16 Championship

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name= AFC U-16 Championship

| year= 1988

| other_titles=

| image=

| size=

| country= {{flagdeco|Thailand}} Thailand

| dates= 1–14 November

| num_teams= 10

| confederations= 1

| venues =

| cities = 1

| champion_other = {{fbu|17|KSA}}

| count = 2

| second_other = {{fbu|17|BHR}}

| third_other = {{fbu|17|CHN}}

| fourth_other = {{fbu|17|IRQ|1963}}

| matches = 24

| goals = 67

| attendance =

| top_scorer =

| player =

| fair_play =

| prevseason = 1986

| nextseason = 1990

}}

The 1988 AFC U-16 Championship was the 3rd edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It was played by Asian under-16 teams and also served as a qualification tournament for the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship to be held at Scotland. Saudi Arabia won the tournament by winning 2–0 in the final against Bahrain; both teams qualified to the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship, along with third-placed China.

Qualification

{{main|1988 AFC U-16 Championship qualification}}

Qualified teams:

{{fbu|17|Bahrain}}
{{fbu|17|China}}
{{fbu|17|Indonesia}}
{{fbu|17|Iraq|1963}}
{{fbu|17|Japan}}
{{fbu|17|North Korea}}
{{fbu|17|South Korea}}
{{fbu|17|Qatar}}
{{fbu|17|Saudi Arabia}}
{{fbu|17|Thailand}} (host)

Group stage

=Group A=

width="25"\| Pos ! width="150"\| Team ! width="25"\| Pld ! width="25"\| W ! width="25"\| D ! width="25"\| L ! width="25"\| GF ! width="25"\| GA ! width="25"\| GD ! width="25"\| Pts ! width="150"\| Qualification
class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align: center;"
bgcolor= #D0F0C0 \| 1	align="left"\| {{fbu\|17\|Saudi Arabia}}	4	3	1	0	13	2	+11	7	rowspan=2\| Knockout Stage
bgcolor= #D0F0C0 \| 2	align="left"\| {{fbu\|17\|Bahrain}}	4	1	3	0	3	2	+1	5
3	align="left"\| {{fbu\|17\|South Korea}}	4	2	0	2	10	9	+1	4
4	align="left"\| {{fbu\|17\|Thailand}}	4	1	1	2	4	5	−1	3
5	align="left"\| {{fbu\|17\|Indonesia}}	4	0	1	3	3	15	−12	1

{{footballbox

|date = November 1, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Thailand}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbu|17|South Korea}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

{{footballbox

|date = November 2, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Bahrain}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Saudi Arabia}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = November 3, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Indonesia}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Thailand}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

{{footballbox

|date = November 4, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|South Korea}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Bahrain}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = November 5, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Saudi Arabia}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Indonesia}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

{{footballbox

|date = November 6, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Thailand}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Bahrain}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = November 7, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|South Korea}}

|score = 1–6

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Saudi Arabia}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

{{footballbox

|date = November 8, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Bahrain}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Indonesia}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = November 9, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Saudi Arabia}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Thailand}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

{{footballbox

|date = November 10, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Indonesia}}

|score = 1–7

|team2 = {{fbu|17|South Korea}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

=Group B=

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class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align: center;"
bgcolor= #D0F0C0 \| 1	align="left"\| {{fbu\|17\|China}}	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	6	rowspan=2\| Knockout Stage
bgcolor= #D0F0C0 \| 2	align="left"\| {{fbu\|17\|Iraq\|1963}}	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	5
3	align="left"\| {{fbu\|17\|Qatar}}	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3	5
4	align="left"\| {{fbu\|17\|Japan}}	4	1	1	2	4	8	−4	3
5	align="left"\| {{fbu\|17\|North Korea}}	4	0	1	3	4	10	−6	1

{{footballbox

|date = November 1, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Qatar}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|North Korea}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

{{footballbox

|date = November 2, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|China}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Japan}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = November 3, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Iraq|1963}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Qatar}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

{{footballbox

|date = November 4, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|North Korea}}

|score = 2–2

|team2 = {{fbu|17|China}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = November 5, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Japan}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Iraq|1963}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

{{footballbox

|date = November 6, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Qatar}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|China}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = November 7, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|North Korea}}

|score = 2–3

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Japan}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

{{footballbox

|date = November 8, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|China}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Iraq|1963}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

----

{{footballbox

|date = November 9, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Japan}}

|score = 1–4

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Qatar}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

{{footballbox

|date = November 10, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Iraq|1963}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|North Korea}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

Knockout stage

=Semifinals=

{{footballbox

|date = November 12, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|China}}

|score = 0–0

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Bahrain}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

|penaltyscore = 3–5

}}

{{footballbox

|date = November 12, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Saudi Arabia}}

|score = 2–1

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Iraq|1963}}

|goals1 = Jabarti Al-Shamrani {{goal|73}}
Abdullah Al-Theneyan {{goal|98}}

|goals2 = Abdullah Al-Theneyan {{goal|75|o.g.}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

=Third-place match=

{{footballbox

|date = November 14, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|China}}

|score = 1–1

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Iraq|1963}}

|goals1 = Su Maozhen {{goal|50}}

|goals2 = Khalid Mohamed Karim {{goal|19}}

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

|penaltyscore = 4–3

}}

=Final=

{{footballbox

|date = November 14, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Saudi Arabia}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Bahrain}}

|goals1 = Khalid Al-Rowaihi {{goal|33||39}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

Winners

{{winners|fbu|17|AFC U-17 Championship 1988 winners|Saudi Arabia|Second}}

Teams qualified for [[1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship]]

{{fbu|17|Saudi Arabia}}
{{fbu|17|Bahrain}}
{{fbu|17|China}}

Sources

[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/as-u16-88.html rsssf.com]

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