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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = 
| year           = 
| other_titles   = 
| image          = 
| size           = 
| caption        = 
| country        = َQatar
| dates          = 17&ndash;28 October
| num_teams      = 8
| confederations = 1
| venues         = 1
| cities         = 1
| champion_other = {{flagicon|IRQ|1963}} [[Iraq national football team|Iraq]]
| count          = 4
| matches        = 16
| goals          = 39
| attendance     = 
| top_scorer     = 
| player         = 
| prevseason =  [[1986 AFC Youth Championship|1986]]
| nextseason =  [[1990 AFC Youth Championship|1990]]
}}

The '''1988 [[AFC Youth Championship]]''' were held between October 17 and October 28 in [[Doha]], capital of [[Qatar]]. Eight teams entered the final tournament, playing for the Asian Youth title and a spot at the [[1989 FIFA World Youth Championship]] in [[Saudi Arabia]].

[[Iraq national football team|Iraq]] won the tournament, beating [[Syria national football team|Syria]] 4&ndash;3 after a [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootout]]. Hosts [[Qatar national football team|Qatar]] grabbed the third place.{{fact|date=December 2021}}

The Iraqi team qualified for the World Cup Finals, whereas Syria and Qatar had to enter a play-off round against [[Australia national under-20 football team|Australia]] and [[New Zealand national football team|New Zealand]]. Syria won the tournament which was hosted in January 1989 in [[Aleppo]].{{fact|date=December 2021}}

==Teams==
{{main|1988 AFC Youth Championship qualification}}

* {{fbu|20|Qatar}}
* {{fbu|20|China}}
* {{fbu|20|Iraq|1963}}
* {{fbu|20|Japan}}
* {{fbu|20|South Korea}}
* {{fbu|20|North Korea}}
* {{fbu|20|Syria|1980}}
* {{fbu|20|UAE}}

==Group stage==

=== Group A===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=200|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
|-style=background:#ccffcc
|align=left|{{fbu|20|SYR|1980}}
|'''6'''||3||3||0||0||4||0||+4
|-style=background:#ccffcc
|align=left|{{fbu|20|QAT}}
|'''4'''||3||2||0||1||9||4||+5
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|20|PRK}}
|'''2'''||3||1||0||2||4||7||&minus;3
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|20|CHN}}
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||3||9||&minus;6
|}

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|date = 17 October 1988
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|score = 0 &ndash; 1
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|date = 17 October 1988
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|score = 4 &ndash; 1
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----
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|date = 19 October 1988
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|score = 0 &ndash; 2
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----
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|date = 19 October 1988
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|score = 5 &ndash; 2
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----
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|date = 21 October 1988
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|score = 1 &ndash; 0
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----
{{football box
|date = 21 October 1988
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|North Korea}}
|score = 3 &ndash; 1
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===Group B===

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=200|Team
!width=20|Pts
!width=20|Pld
!width=20|W
!width=20|D
!width=20|L
!width=20|GF
!width=20|GA
!width=20|GD
|-style=background:#ccffcc
|align=left|{{fbu|20|IRQ|1963}}
|'''5'''||3||2||1||0||3||1||+2
|-style=background:#ccffcc
|align=left|{{fbu|20|UAE}}
|'''4'''||3||1||2||0||2||1||+1
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|20|KOR}}
|'''3'''||3||1||1||1||3||2||+1
|-
|align=left|{{fbu|20|JPN}}
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||3||7||&minus;4
|}

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|date = 18 October 1988
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|score = 1 &ndash; 3
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|date = 18 October 1988
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|score = 0 &ndash; 0
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{{football box
|date = 20 October 1988
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|Japan}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 2
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----
{{football box
|date = 20 October 1988
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|South Korea}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 1
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----
{{football box
|date = 22 October 1988
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|Iraq|1963}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 1
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{{football box
|date = 22 October 1988
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|UAE}}
|score = 0 &ndash; 0
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==Semi finals==
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|date = 25 October 1988
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|Iraq|1963}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 1 <br/> 5&ndash;4 ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|PSO]])
|report=
|team2 = {{fbu|20|Qatar}}
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----
{{football box
|date = 25 October 1988
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|Syria|1980}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 0
|report=
|team2 = {{fbu|20|UAE}}
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==Third place play-off==

{{football box
|date = 27 October 1988
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|Qatar}}
|score = 2 &ndash; 0
|report=
|team2 = {{fbu|20|UAE}}
|goals1 =
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==Final==
{{football box
|date = 28 October 1988
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|Iraq|1963}}
|score = 1 &ndash; 1 <br/> 5&ndash;4 ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|PSO]])
|report=
|team2 = {{fbu|20|Syria|1980}}
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium =
|attendance =
|referee =
}}

==Qualification to World Youth Championship==
The following teams qualified for the [[1989 FIFA World Youth Championship]].

* {{fbu|20|IRQ|1963}} 
* {{fbu|20|SYR|1980}} 
* {{fbu|20|KSA}} ''(host)''

==External links==
* [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/as-u19-88.html RSSSF]

{{AFC Youth Championship}}

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[[Category:1988 AFC Youth Championship| ]]
[[Category:AFC U-20 Asian Cup tournaments|1988]]
[[Category:1988–89 in AFC football|Youth Championship]]
[[Category:1988–89 in Asian youth football|Championship]]
[[Category:1988–89 in Qatari football]]
[[Category:International association football competitions hosted by Qatar]]
[[Category:October 1988 sports events in Asia]]