1988 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

{{Short description|Discontinued qualification method for the Asian Football Confederation youth division Championship}}

This page provides information of the qualification process of the 1988 AFC U-16 Championship.

Groups

=Group 1=

The group matches were played in Kuwait in August, 1988. However, match results were not fully available from online. The final positions are shown below.

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width="25"| Pos

! width="150"| Team

! width="150"| Qualification

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| 1

align="left"| {{fbu|17|Saudi Arabia}}rowspan=2| Final Tournament
bgcolor= #D0F0C0

| 2

align="left"| {{fbu|17|Iraq}}
3align="left"| {{fbu|17|South Yemen}}
4align="left"| {{fbu|17|North Yemen}}
5align="left"| {{fbu|17|Oman}}
6align="left"| {{fbu|17|Kuwait}}

=Group 2=

The group consisted {{fbu|17|Bahrain}}, {{fbu|17|Iran}}, {{fbu|17|Qatar}}, and {{fbu|17|Syria}}, with matches played in Doha, Qatar.

{{fbu|17|Bahrain}} and {{fbu|17|Qatar}} qualified for the final tournament.

=Group 3=

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! 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

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| 1

align="left"| {{fbu|17|Thailand}}4310142+127rowspan=2|Final Tournament
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| 2

align="left"| {{fbu|17|China}}431051+47
3align="left"| {{fbu|17|India}}411258−33
4align="left"| {{fbu|17|Nepal}}4103111−102
5align="left"| {{fbu|17|Bangladesh}}401325−31

{{footballbox

|date = May 19, 1988

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

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|India}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

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{{footballbox

|date = May 19, 1988

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

|score = 1–1

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

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = May 21, 1988

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

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Bangladesh}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

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{{footballbox

|date = May 21, 1988

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

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Nepal}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = May 23, 1988

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

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|India}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

{{footballbox

|date = May 23, 1988

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

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Bangladesh}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = May 25, 1988

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

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Nepal}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

{{footballbox

|date = May 25, 1988

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

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|India}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = May 27, 1988

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

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Bangladesh}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

{{footballbox

|date = May 27, 1988

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

|score = 6–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Nepal}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bangkok, Thailand

}}

=Group 4=

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! 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

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| 1

align="left"| {{fbu|17|North Korea}}3300123+96rowspan=2|Final Tournament
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| 2

align="left"| {{fbu|17|Indonesia}}32013304
3align="left"| {{fbu|17|Malaysia}}310274+32
4align="left"| {{fbu|17|Singapore}}3003214−120

{{footballbox

|date = June 14, 1988

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

|score = 6–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Singapore}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

}}

{{footballbox

|date = June 14, 1988

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

|score = 3–0

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

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = June 16, 1988

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

|score = 0–1

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

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

}}

{{footballbox

|date = June 16, 1988

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

|score = 2–6

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

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = June 18, 1988

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

|score = 1–3

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

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

}}

{{footballbox

|date = June 18, 1988

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

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Singapore}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

}}

=Group 5=

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! 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

bgcolor= #D0F0C0

| 1

align="left"| {{fbu|17|Japan}}3210202+185rowspan=2|Final Tournament
bgcolor= #D0F0C0

| 2

align="left"| {{fbu|17|South Korea}}3210192+175
3align="left"| {{fbu|17|Hong Kong|colonial}}3102212−102
4align="left"| {{fbu|17|Brunei}}3003025−250

{{footballbox

|date = April 1, 1988

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

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Hong Kong|colonial}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

}}

{{footballbox

|date = April 1, 1988

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

|score = 2–2

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

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = April 3, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Hong Kong|colonial}}

|score = 0–7

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

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

}}

{{footballbox

|date = April 3, 1988

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

|score = 13–0

|team2 = {{fbu|17|Brunei}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

}}

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{{footballbox

|date = April 5, 1988

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

|score = 0–10

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

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

}}

{{footballbox

|date = April 5, 1988

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Hong Kong|colonial}}

|score = 0–5

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

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei

}}