1988 U-19 Asian Football Championship

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1988 U-19 Asian Football Championship
AFC U-19 Championship
Number of nations 8  (from at least 18 applicants)
Asian champion Iraq 1963Iraq Iraq (4th title)
venue QatarQatar Qatar
Opening game 17th October 1988
Endgame October 28, 1988
Games 16
Gates 39  (⌀: 2.44 per game)

The 25th U-19 Asian Football Championship was held in Doha ( Qatar ) in 1988 . The tournament started on October 17th and ended on October 28th . Iraq became the winner . The tournament winner qualified together with the runner-up Syria for the 1989 World Junior Championship .

qualification

The registered teams identified the eight participants in eight groups. Doha was chosen as the final destination .

mode

The eight teams initially played in two groups of four teams each. There were two points for a win and one point for a draw. The first two in each group qualified for the semi-finals. The tournament winner qualified for the Junior World Championship. The second and third placed had to play relegation games against the first two of the U-20 Oceania Championship .

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SyriaSyria Syria  3  3  0  0 004-000  +4 06-00
 2. QatarQatar Qatar  3  2  0  1 009: 400  +5 04: 20
 3. Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea  3  1  0  2 004: 700  −3 02: 40
 4th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China  3  0  0  3 003: 900  −6 00: 60
date Result
17th October 1988 China 0: 1 Syria
17th October 1988 Qatar 4: 1 North Korea
October 19, 1988 North Korea 0: 2 Syria
October 19, 1988 Qatar 5: 2 China
October 21, 1988 North Korea 3: 1 China
October 21, 1988 Syria 1-0 Qatar

Group B

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Iraq 1963Iraq Iraq  3  2  1  0 003: 100  +2 05: 10
 2. United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates  3  1  2  0 002: 100  +1 04: 20
 3. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea  3  1  1  1 003: 200  +1 03: 30
 4th JapanJapan Japan  3  0  0  3 003: 700  −4 00: 60
date Result
October 18, 1988 Japan 1: 3 South Korea
October 18, 1988 Iraq 0-0 UAE
October 20, 1988 Japan 1: 2 UAE
October 20, 1988 South Korea 0: 1 Iraq
October 22, 1988 Iraq 2: 1 Japan
October 22, 1988 South Korea 0-0 UAE

Finals

  Semifinals final
October 25, 1988      
 SyriaSyria Syria 2
 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 0  
   
October 28, 1988
 SyriaSyria Syria 1 (4)
   Iraq 1963Iraq Iraq 1 (5)
 
Game for third place
October 25, 1988 October 27, 1988
 Iraq 1963Iraq Iraq 1 (5)  United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 0
 QatarQatar Qatar 1 (4)    QatarQatar Qatar 2

Play-offs

The play-offs between Asia and Oceania took place from January 18-22, 1989 in Aleppo ( Syria ).

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SyriaSyria Syria  3  2  1  0 003-000  +3 05: 10
 2. QatarQatar Qatar  3  1  2  0 002: 100  +1 04: 20
 3. AustraliaAustralia Australia  3  1  1  1 004: 200  +2 03: 30
 4th New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand  3  0  0  3 000: 600  −6 00: 60
date Result
January 18, 1989 Australia 3-0 New Zealand
January 18, 1989 Syria 0-0 Qatar
January 20, 1989 Australia 1: 1 Qatar
January 20, 1989 Syria 2-0 New Zealand
January 22, 1989 Syria 1-0 Australia
January 22, 1989 Qatar 1-0 New Zealand

Result

Iraq became Asian champions for the fourth time and qualified together with Syria and host Saudi Arabia for the 1989 World Junior Championship in Chile. There the Asian champions prevailed in the preliminary round against Argentina , Norway and Spain and made it to the quarter-finals. There he was eliminated from the United States . Syria finished the preliminary round behind the Soviet Union and Colombia in third place and was eliminated. Hosts Saudi Arabia only reached the last place in their preliminary group behind Portugal , Nigeria and Czechoslovakia .

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