U-16 soccer Asian Cup 2008

The 13th U-16 Asian Football Championship was held in 2008 in Uzbekistan . The tournament started on October 4th and ended on October 19th . The winner was Iran with a 2; 1 victory against South Korea . The two finalists qualified with the two defeated semi-finalists United Arab Emirates and Japan for the 2009 U-17 World Cup .

qualification

The reported nations identified the participants in eight groups. Uzbekistan also had to qualify as hosts:

The 16 teams played a single round in four groups of four . The first two in each group qualified for the quarter-finals.

The final round took place from October 4th to 19th, 2008.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iran Iran	3	3	0	008: 200	+6	09
2.	Uzbekistan Uzbekistan	3	2	1	010: 200	+8	06th
3.	Bahrain Bahrain	3	1	2	003: 400	−1	03
4th	Singapore Singapore	3	0	3	001:140	−13	00

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Korea South South Korea	3	2	1	0	015: 300	+12	07th
2.	Syria Syria	3	2	1	0	006: 200	+4	07th
3.	India India	3	1	0	2	003: 800	−5	03
4th	Indonesia Indonesia	3	0	0	3	001:120	−11	00

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Australia Australia	3	3	0	0	011: 200	+9	09
2.	Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	006: 400	+2	04th
3.	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	04th
4th	Turkmenistan Turkmenistan	3	0	0	3	001:120	−11	00

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan Japan	3	3	0	013: 100	+12	09
2.	United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates	3	2	1	007: 800	−1	06th
3.	Malaysia Malaysia	3	1	2	005: 700	−2	03
4th	Yemen Yemen ¹	3	0	3	000: 900	−9	00

¹Yemen was disqualified. All games were rated 0: 3.

The finalists Iran and South Korea as well as the two defeated semi-finalists Japan and United Arab Emirates qualified for the U-17 World Cup in 2009 .