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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name= AFC U-16 Championship
| year= 1990
| other_titles= 
| image= 
| size= 
| country= {{flagdeco|United Arab Emirates}} [[United Arab Emirates]]
| dates= 19–29 October
| num_teams= [[#Qualification|7]]
| confederations= 1
| venues =
| cities = 
| champion_other = {{fbu|17|QAT}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{fbu|17|UAE}}
| third_other = {{fbu|17|CHN}}
| fourth_other = {{fbu|17|IDN}}
| matches = 13
| goals = 32
| attendance =
| top_scorer =
| player =
| fair_play =
| prevseason = [[1988 AFC U-16 Championship|1988]]
| nextseason = [[1992 AFC U-17 Championship|1992]]
}}

The '''1990 AFC U-16 Championship''', was the fourth iteration of the AFC U-16 Championship, a tournament organised by the [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC) and held every two years for Asian under-16 teams.

[[United Arab Emirates]] was the host nation. The tournament was played out in [[Dubai]], [[Sharjah]], and [[Abu Dhabi]].

==Qualification==
{{main|1990 AFC U-16 Championship qualification}}

'''Qualified teams'''
*{{fbu|17|UAE}} (host)
*{{fbu|17|Jordan}} (Group 1 winner)
*{{fbu|17|Qatar}} (Group 2 winner)
*{{fbu|17|Saudi Arabia}} (Group 3 winner)
*{{fbu|16|India}} (Group 4 winner)
*{{fbu|17|KOR|1984}} (Group 5 winner)
*{{fbu|17|China}} (Group 6 winner)
*{{fbu|17|Indonesia}} (Group 7 winner)

==Group stage==

===Group A===
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align: center;" 
|- 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr title> 
! width="200"| Team 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Win">W</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Draw">D</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Loss">L</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Goal For">GF</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Goal Against">GA</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Goal Difference">GD</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr title> 
! width="150"| Qualification 
|- bgcolor= #D0F0C0
| 1 ||align="left"| {{fbu|17|UAE}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 ||8||1 || +7 || '''5''' ||rowspan=2 |Knockout stage
|- bgcolor= #D0F0C0
| 2 ||align="left"| {{fbu|17|China}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 ||6||1 || +5 || '''5'''
|- 
| 3 ||align="left"| {{fbu|17|India}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 ||2||6 || −4 || '''2'''
|- 
| 4 ||align="left"| {{fbu|17|Jordan}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 ||1||9 || −8 || '''0'''
|-
|}

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| date = 19 October 1990
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|UAE}}
| score = 3–0
| team2 = {{fbu|17|India}}
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| date = 19 October 1990
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|China}}
| score = 3–0
| team2 = {{fbu|17|Jordan}}
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| date = 21 October 1990
| team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|China}}
| score = 3–1
| team2 = {{fbu|17|India}}
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|date = 21 October 1990
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|UAE}}
|score = 5–1
|team2 = {{fbu|17|Jordan}}
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}}
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|date = 23 October 1990
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|India}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fbu|17|Jordan}}
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}}
{{footballbox
|date = 23 October 1990
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|UAE}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fbu|17|China}}
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}}

===Group B===
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align: center;" 
|- 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Position">Pos</abbr title> 
! width="150"| Team 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Played">Pld</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Win">W</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Draw">D</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Loss">L</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Goal For">GF</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Goal Against">GA</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Goal Difference">GD</abbr title> 
! width="25"| <abbr title="Points">Pts</abbr title> 
! width="150"| Qualification 
|- bgcolor= #D0F0C0
| 1 ||align="left"| {{fbu|17|Qatar}} || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 ||3||0 || +3 || '''3''' ||rowspan=2|Knockout stage
|- bgcolor= #D0F0C0
| 2 ||align="left"| {{fbu|17|Indonesia}} || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 ||1||1 || 0 || '''2'''
|- 
| 3 ||align="left"| {{fbu|17|South Korea}} || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 ||1||4 || −3 || '''1'''
|- bgcolor= lightgrey
| – ||align="left"| {{fbu|17|Saudi Arabia}} || colspan=8|''withdrew''
|-
|}
The then-reigning U-16 world champions Saudi Arabia withdrew, citing [[Blue Diamond Affair]].

{{footballbox
|date = 20 October 1990
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|South Korea}}
|score = 1–1
|team2 = {{fbu|17|Indonesia}}
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}}
{{footballbox
|date = 22 October 1990
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Qatar}}
|score = 3–0
|team2 = {{fbu|17|South Korea}}
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|goals2 = 
|stadium = 
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 24 October 1990
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Qatar}}
|score = 0–0
|team2 = {{fbu|17|Indonesia}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = 
}}

==Knockout stage==

===Semifinals===
{{footballbox
|date = 26 October 1990
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|UAE}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fbu|17|Indonesia}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = 
}}
{{footballbox
|date = 26 October 1990
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Qatar}}
|score = 1–0
|team2 = {{fbu|17|China}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = 
}}

===Third-place match===
{{footballbox
|date = 28 October 1990
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|China}}
|score = 5–0
|team2 = {{fbu|17|Indonesia}}
|goals1 = 
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|stadium = 
}}

===Final===
{{footballbox
|date = 29 October 1990
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|Qatar}}
|score = 2–0
|team2 = {{fbu|17|UAE}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = 
}}

==Winners==
{{winners|fb|AFC U-16 Championship 1990  winners|Qatar|First}}

==Teams qualified for [[1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship]]==
*{{fbu|17|Qatar}}
*{{fbu|17|UAE}}
*{{fbu|17|China}}

==Sources==
*[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/as-u16-90.html rsssf.com]

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[[Category:AFC U-17 Asian Cup tournaments|1990]]
[[Category:1990–91 in AFC football|U-16 Championship]]
[[Category:1990–91 in Asian youth football|U-16 Championship]]
[[Category:1990–91 in Emirati football]]
[[Category:International association football competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates]]
[[Category:October 1990 sports events in Asia]]

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