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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name   = AFC U-16 Championship
| year           = 2008
| other_titles   = 2008 yilgi U-16 Osiyo chempionati
| image          = Comp_logo_467.jpg
| size           = 175px
| caption        =
| country        = Uzbekistan
| dates          = {{nowrap|4–19 October}}
| num_teams      = 16
| confederations = 1
| venues         = 2
| cities         = 1
| champion_other = {{fbu|17|IRN}}
| count          = 1
| second_other   = {{fbu|17|KOR}}
| matches        = 31
| goals          = 113
| attendance     = {{#expr: <!--Group A--> 10000 + 500 + 12000 + 170 + 1000 + 6000 <!--Group B-->+ 2000 + 2300 + 700 + 1000 + 700 + 3000 <!--Group C-->+ 1200 + 1000 + 4000 + 300 + 700 + 3000 <!--Group D-->+ 300 + 250 + 1000 + 1200 + 1000 + 1000 <!--Quarter-finals-->+ 500 + 3500 + 500 + 12000 <!--Semi-finals-->+ 1300 + 500 <!--Final-->+ 600 }}
| top_scorer     = {{fbuicon|17|IRN}} [[Kaveh Rezaei]] (6 goals)
| player         = {{fbuicon|17|KOR}} [[Lee Jong-ho (footballer, born 1992)|Lee Jong-ho]]
| fair_play      = {{fbu|17|KOR}}
| prevseason     = [[2006 AFC U-17 Championship|2006]] <!--Until 2006, the AFC U-16 Championships were called "U-17 Championships"--> 
| nextseason     = [[2010 AFC U-16 Championship|2010]]
}}

The '''2008 AFC U-16 Championship''' was the 13th competition of the AFC U-17 Championship organized by the [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC), which was held between 4 and 19 October 2008 in [[Tashkent, Uzbekistan]]. The [[AFC U-17 Championship 2008 Qualification|Qualifiers]] was held in 2007 from 17–28 October.

[[Iran national under-17 football team|Iran]] won their first title after beating [[South Korea national under-17 football team|South Korea]] 2–1 in the final.

==Qualification competition==
{{Main|2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification}}
{|width=100%
|- valign="top"
|width=25%|
* {{fbu|17|AUS}}
* {{fbu|17|BHR}}
* {{fbu|17|CHN}}
* {{fbu|17|IND}}
|width=25%|
* {{fbu|17|IDN}}
* {{fbu|17|IRN}}
* {{fbu|17|JPN}}
* {{fbu|17|KOR}}
|width=25%|
* {{fbu|17|MAS}}
* {{fbu|17|KSA}}
* {{fbu|17|SIN}}
* {{fbu|17|SYR}}
|width=25%|
* {{fbu|17|TKM}}
* {{fbu|17|UAE}}
* {{fbu|17|YEM}}
* {{fbu|17|UZB}} (host country)
|valign="top"|
|}

==Stadiums==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! colspan=2|[[Tashkent]]
|-
| [[Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]]
| [[MHSK Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''35,000'''
| Capacity: '''15,000'''
|-
|[[File:Pakhtakor_Markaziy_Stadium.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:MHSK_Stadioni_081022_183350.jpg|200px]]
|}

== Squads ==
{{main|2008 AFC U-16 Championship squads}}

==Group stage==
All times local ([[UTC+5]])

===Group A===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[http://stats.the-afc.com/tournaments/37 AFC]
|name_IRN={{fbu|17|IRN}}
|name_SIN={{fbu|17|SIN}}
|name_UZB={{fbu|17|UZB}}
|name_BHR={{fbu|17|BHR}}

<!--UPDATE standings below (including date)-->
|update=complete
|win_IRN=3 |draw_IRN=0 |loss_IRN=0 |gf_IRN=8 |ga_IRN=2
|win_SIN=0 |draw_SIN=0 |loss_SIN=3 |gf_SIN=1 |ga_SIN=14
|win_UZB=2 |draw_UZB=0 |loss_UZB=1 |gf_UZB=10|ga_UZB=2 |status_UZB=H
|win_BHR=1 |draw_BHR=0 |loss_BHR=2 |gf_BHR=3 |ga_BHR=4

<!--UPDATE positions below (check tiebreakers)-->
|team1=IRN |team2=UZB |team3=BHR |team4=SIN
|class_rules=

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=KO |result2=KO
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=[[#Knockout stage|Knockout stage]]
}}

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|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|4|df=y}}
|time       = 16:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|SIN}}
|score      = 0–7
|team2      = {{fbu|17|UZB}}
|goals1     =
|goals2     =
*[[Abdumutallib Abdullayev|Abdullayev]] {{goal|10|pen.|86}}
*[[Ayubhon Gapparov|Gapparov]] {{goal|20}}
*[[Maksim Utkin|Utkin]] {{goal|23||90+1}}
*[[Aleksandr Galeev|Galeev]] {{goal|81||89}}
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 10,000
|referee    = Mohammad Mansour ([[Lebanon Football Association|Lebanon]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3129
}}
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|4|df=y}}
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|IRN}}
|score      = 2–0
|team2      = {{fbu|17|BHR}}
|goals1     =
*[[Payam Sadeghian|Sadeghian]] {{goal|72}}
*[[Kaveh Rezaei|Rezaei]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 500
|referee    = [[Peter Green (referee)|Peter Green]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3128
}}
----
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|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|6|df=y}}
|time       = 16:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|UZB}}
|score      = 1–2
|team2      = {{fbu|17|IRN}}
|goals1     =
*[[Oyatullohon Muhiddinov|Muhiddinov]] {{goal|80}}
|goals2     =
*[[Mehrdad Yeghaneh|Yeghaneh]] {{goal|27}}
*[[Kaveh Rezaei|Rezaei]] {{goal|55}}
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 12,000
|referee    = [[Minoru Tōjō]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3131
}}
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|6|df=y}}
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|BHR}}
|score      = 3–0
|team2      = {{fbu|17|SIN}}
|goals1     =
*[[Salman Al-Dakheel|Al-Dakheel]] {{goal|41}}
*[[Sayed Dhiya Saeed|Saeed]] {{goal|58}}
*[[Dheya Salman Yusuf|Yusuf]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 170
|referee    = Mukhtar Al Yarimi ([[Yemen Football Association|Yemen]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3130
}}
----
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|8|df=y}}
|time       = 15:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|IRN}}
|score      = 4–1
|team2      = {{fbu|17|SIN}}
|goals1     =
*[[Mehrgan Golbarg|Golbarg]] {{goal|31}}
*[[Ali Darvishi|Darvishi]] {{goal|51}}
*[[Kenneth Chang|Chang]] {{goal|67|o.g.}}
*[[Farhad Gholizadeh|Gholizadeh]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2     =
*[[Al-Qaasimy Rahman|Al-Qaasimy]] {{goal|81}}
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 1,000
|referee    = [[Võ Minh Trí]] ([[Vietnam Football Federation|Vietnam]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3132
}}
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|8|df=y}}
|time       = 15:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|UZB}}
|score      = 2–0
|team2      = {{fbu|17|BHR}}
|goals1     =
*[[Bobur Abdurakhmonov|Abdurakhmonov]] {{goal|44}}
*[[Oyatullohon Muhiddinov|Muhiddinov]] {{goal|51}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 6,000
|referee    = [[Peter Green (referee)|Peter Green]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3133
}}

===Group B===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[http://stats.the-afc.com/tournaments/37 AFC]
|name_SYR={{fbu|17|SYR}}
|name_KOR={{fbu|17|KOR}}
|name_IND={{fbu|17|IND}}
|name_IDN={{fbu|17|IDN}}

<!--UPDATE standings below (including date)-->
|update=complete
|win_SYR=2 |draw_SYR=1 |loss_SYR=0 |gf_SYR=6 |ga_SYR=2
|win_KOR=2 |draw_KOR=1 |loss_KOR=0 |gf_KOR=15|ga_KOR=3
|win_IND=1 |draw_IND=0 |loss_IND=2 |gf_IND=3 |ga_IND=8
|win_IDN=0 |draw_IDN=0 |loss_IDN=3 |gf_IDN=1 |ga_IDN=12

<!--UPDATE positions below (check tiebreakers)-->
|team1=KOR |team2=SYR |team3=IND |team4=IDN
|class_rules=

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=KO |result2=KO
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=[[#Knockout stage|Knockout stage]]
}}

{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|4|df=y}}
|time       = 14:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|KOR}}
|score      = 5–2
|team2      = {{fbu|17|IND}}
|goals1     =
*[[Kim Dong-jin (footballer, born 1992)|Kim Dong-jin]] {{goal|3}}
*[[Lee Chang]] {{goal|49||61}}
*[[Rim Chang-woo]] {{goal|52}}
*[[Son Heung-min]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2     =
*[[Lalrindika Ralte|Ralte]] {{goal|69||88}}
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 2,000
|referee    = [[Abdullah Balideh]] ([[Qatar Football Association|Qatar]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3135
}}
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|4|df=y}}
|time       = 18:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|SYR}}
|score      = 2–1
|team2      = {{fbu|17|IDN}}
|goals1     =
*[[Rabie Jmhaa|Jmhaa]] {{goal|25}}
*[[Mohamad Ali Rammal|Rammal]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2     =
*[[Vava Mario Yagalo|Vava]] {{goal|36}}
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 2,300
|referee    = [[Minoru Tōjō]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3134
}}
----
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|6|df=y}}
|time       = 14:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|IDN}}
|score      = 0–9
|team2      = {{fbu|17|KOR}}
|goals1     =
|goals2     =
*[[Lee Dong-nyck]] {{goal|2}}
*[[Kim Jin-su]] {{goal|5}}
*[[Rim Chang-woo]] {{goal|15}}
*[[Lee Jong-ho (footballer, born 1992)|Lee Jong-ho]] {{goal|29||80||90+1}}
*[[Son Heung-min]] {{goal|65||75}}
*[[Kim Dong-min]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 700
|referee    = [[Peter Green (referee)|Peter Green]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3136
}}
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|6|df=y}}
|time       = 18:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|IND}}
|score      = 0–3
|team2      = {{fbu|17|SYR}}
|goals1     =
|goals2     =
*[[Asaad Al-Khadr|Al-Khadr]] {{goal|44}}
*[[Deepak Devrani|Devrani]] {{goal|66|o.g.}}
*[[Ashish Chettri|Chettri]] {{goal|72|o.g.}}
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 1,000
|referee    = Mohammad Mansour ([[Lebanon Football Association|Lebanon]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3137
}}
----
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|8|df=y}}
|time       = 19:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|SYR}}
|score      = 1–1
|team2      = {{fbu|17|KOR}}
|goals1     =
*[[Mohamad Ali Rammal|Rammal]] {{goal|63}}
|goals2     =
*[[Rim Chang-woo]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 700
|referee    = [[Minoru Tōjō]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3138
}}
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|8|df=y}}
|time       = 19:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|IND}}
|score      = 1–0
|team2      = {{fbu|17|IDN}}
|goals1     =
*[[Manandeep Singh|Ma. Singh]] {{goal|24}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 3,000
|referee    = Mukhtar Al Yarimi ([[Yemen Football Association|Yemen]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3139
}}

===Group C===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[http://stats.the-afc.com/tournaments/37 AFC]
|name_CHN={{fbu|17|CHN}}
|name_KSA={{fbu|17|KSA}}
|name_AUS={{fbu|17|AUS}}
|name_TKM={{fbu|17|TKM}}

<!--UPDATE standings below (including date)-->
|update=complete
|win_CHN=1 |draw_CHN=1 |loss_CHN=1 |gf_CHN=4 |ga_CHN=4
|win_KSA=1 |draw_KSA=1 |loss_KSA=1 |gf_KSA=6 |ga_KSA=4
|win_AUS=3 |draw_AUS=0 |loss_AUS=0 |gf_AUS=11|ga_AUS=2
|win_TKM=0 |draw_TKM=0 |loss_TKM=3 |gf_TKM=1 |ga_TKM=12

<!--UPDATE positions below (check tiebreakers)-->
|team1=AUS |team2=KSA |team3=CHN |team4=TKM
|class_rules=

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=KO |result2=KO
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=[[#Knockout stage|Knockout stage]]
}}

{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|5|df=y}}
|time       = 16:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|CHN}}
|score      = 2–1
|team2      = {{fbu|17|TKM}}
|goals1     =
*[[Nan Yunqi]] {{goal|32}}
*[[Guo Yi (footballer)|Guo Yi]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2     =
*[[Didar Durdyýew|Durdyýew]] {{goal|30}}
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 1,200
|referee    = [[Mohsen Torky]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3140
}}
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|5|df=y}}
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|KSA}}
|score      = 1–3
|team2      = {{fbu|17|AUS}}
|goals1     =
*[[Nawaf Al-Ghamdi|Al-Ghamdi]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2     =
*[[Stephen Domenici|Domenici]] {{goal|14||30}}
*[[Brendan Hamill (footballer)|Hamill]] {{goal|49}}
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 1,000
|referee    = [[Valentin Kovalenko]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Association|Uzbekistan]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3141
}}
----
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|7|df=y}}
|time       = 16:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|AUS}}
|score      = 2–1
|team2      = {{fbu|17|CHN}}
|goals1     =
*[[Jared Lum|Lum]] {{goal|16|pen.}}
*[[Kamal Ibrahim (footballer)|Ibrahim]] {{goal|50}}
|goals2     =
*[[Jin Jingdao]] {{goal|45+1|pen.}}
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 4,000
|referee    = [[Mohsen Torky]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3143
}}
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|7|df=y}}
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|TKM}}
|score      = 0–4
|team2      = {{fbu|17|KSA}}
|goals1     =
|goals2     =
*Al-Aoufi {{goal|22||55}}
*[[Yasser Al-Shahrani|Al-Shahrani]] {{goal|32}}
*[[Mohammed Al-Asiri|Al-Asiri]] {{goal|48}}
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 300
|referee    = [[Abdullah Balideh]] ([[Qatar Football Association|Qatar]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3142
}}
----
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|9|df=y}}
|time       = 15:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|CHN}}
|score      = 1–1
|team2      = {{fbu|17|KSA}}
|goals1     =
*[[Yu Baobao]] {{goal|52}}
|goals2     =
*[[Abdulrahim Al-Khamis|Al-Khamis]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 700
|referee    = [[Valentin Kovalenko]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Association|Uzbekistan]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3144
}}
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|9|df=y}}
|time       = 15:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|AUS}}
|score      = 6–0
|team2      = {{fbu|17|TKM}}
|goals1     =
*[[Ben Kantarovski|Kantarovski]] {{goal|7}}
*[[Tedros Yabio|Yabio]] {{goal|32}}
*[[Danai Gapare|Gapare]] {{goal|43||48}}
*[[Dimitri Petratos|Petratos]] {{goal|63}}
*[[Marc Warren (footballer)|Warren]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 3,000
|referee    = Salem Mujghef ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3145
}}

===Group D===
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|source=[http://stats.the-afc.com/tournaments/37 AFC]
|name_JPN={{fbu|17|JPN}}
|name_YEM={{fbu|17|YEM}}
|name_UAE={{fbu|17|UAE}}
|name_MAS={{fbu|17|MAS}}

<!--UPDATE standings below (including date)-->
|update=complete
|win_JPN=3 |draw_JPN=0 |loss_JPN=0 |gf_JPN=13|ga_JPN=1
|win_YEM=0 |draw_YEM=0 |loss_YEM=2 |gf_YEM=0 |ga_YEM=6
|win_UAE=1 |draw_UAE=0 |loss_UAE=1 |gf_UAE=4 |ga_UAE=8
|win_MAS=1 |draw_MAS=0 |loss_MAS=2 |gf_MAS=5 |ga_MAS=7

<!--UPDATE positions below (check tiebreakers)-->
|team1=JPN |team2=UAE |team3=MAS |team4=YEM
|hth_UAE=Head-to-head result: United Arab Emirates 3–2 Malaysia. |hth_MAS=UAE
|class_rules=

|note_YEM=Yemen were ejected from the tournament for fielding an overage player, Wesam Saleh Al-Worafi.<ref name="YEM Disqualification">{{cite web |title=AFC disqualifies Yemen on age rule |url=https://www.uzdaily.com/articles-id-3663.htm |publisher=UzDaily.com |date=12 October 2008 |access-date=19 January 2019 |archive-date=19 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174644/https://www.uzdaily.com/articles-id-3663.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=KO |result2=KO
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=[[#Knockout stage|Knockout stage]]
}}

{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|5|df=y}}
|time       = 14:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|JPN}}
|score      = 4–0
|team2      = {{fbu|17|MAS}}
|goals1     =
*[[Gaku Shibasaki|Shibasaki]] {{goal|32}}
*[[Takashi Usami|Usami]] {{goal|34||70}}
*[[Takumi Miyayoshi|Miyayoshi]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 300
|referee    = Salem Mujghef ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3146
}}
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|5|df=y}}
|time       = 18:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|YEM}}
|score      = 1–1 <br> '''Annulled'''{{refn|group="note"|The match was annulled due to both teams fielding ineligible players: United Arab Emirates fielded a suspended player, [[Haddaf Al Ameri]], while Yemen fielded an overage player, Wesam Saleh Al-Worafi.<ref name="YEM Disqualification"/>}}
|team2      = {{fbu|17|UAE}}
|goals1     =
*[[Mohammed Muhsen|Muhsen]] {{goal|21}}
|goals2     =
*[[Fahad Hadeed|Hadeed]] {{goal|35}}
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 250
|referee    = [[Võ Minh Trí]] ([[Vietnam Football Federation|Vietnam]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3147
}}
----
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|7|df=y}}
|time       = 14:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|MAS}}
|score      = 3–0 <br> '''Awarded'''{{refn|group="note"|The match was awarded 3–0 to Malaysia as Yemen fielded an ineligible player. The match initially ended in a 1–1 draw.<ref name="YEM Disqualification"/>}}
|team2      = {{fbu|17|YEM}}
|goals1     =
*[[Fandi Othman|Fandi]] {{goal|90+1|pen.}}
|goals2     =
*[[Mohamed Hussein Al-Shamsi|Al-Shamsi]] {{goal|10|pen.}}
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 1,000
|referee    = Salem Mujghef ([[Jordan Football Association|Jordan]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3148
}}
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|7|df=y}}
|time       = 18:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|UAE}}
|score      = 1–6
|team2      = {{fbu|17|JPN}}
|goals1     =
*[[Fahad Hadeed|Hadeed]] {{goal|76|pen.}}
|goals2     =
*[[Takumi Miyayoshi|Miyayoshi]] {{goal|7||16||57}}
*[[Tatsuya Uchida|T. Uchida]] {{goal|60}}
*[[Kenyu Sugimoto|Sugimoto]] {{goal|72||88}}
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 1,200
|referee    = [[Valentin Kovalenko]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Association|Uzbekistan]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3149
}}
----
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|9|df=y}}
|time       = 19:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|JPN}}
|score      = 3–0 <br> '''Awarded'''{{refn|group="note"|The match was awarded 3–0 to Japan as Yemen fielded an ineligible player. The match initially ended 2–1 to Yemen.<ref name="YEM Disqualification"/>}}
|team2      = {{fbu|17|YEM}}
|goals1     =
*[[Tatsuya Uchida|T. Uchida]] {{goal|52}}
|goals2     =
*[[Mohamed Hussein Al-Shamsi|Al-Shamsi]] {{goal|56|pen.}}
*[[Ahmed Al-Baidhani|Al-Baidhani]] {{goal|90+5}}
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 1,000
|referee    = [[Mohsen Torky]] ([[Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran|Iran]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3150
}}
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|9|df=y}}
|time       = 19:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|UAE}}
|score      = 3–2
|team2      = {{fbu|17|MAS}}
|goals1     =
*[[Marwan Al-Saffar|Al-Saffar]] {{goal|16}}
*[[Mohamed Al-Khoori|Al-Khoori]] {{goal|29}}
*[[Haddaf Al-Ameri|Al-Ameri]] {{goal|58}}
|goals2     =
*[[Muhamad Bukhari|Bukhari]] {{goal|68|pen.|72}}
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 1,000
|referee    = [[Abdullah Balideh]] ([[Qatar Football Association|Qatar]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3151
}}

==Knockout stages==

===Bracket===
{{#invoke:RoundN|N8
|3rdplace=no|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2-->
<!--Quarter-finals-->
|12 October – [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor]]|{{fbu|17|IRN}}|2|{{fbu|17|SYR}}|0
|12 October – [[MHSK Stadium|MHSK]]|{{fbu|17|AUS}}|2|{{fbu|17|UAE}}|3
|12 October – [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor]]|{{fbu|17|KOR}}|3|{{fbu|17|UZB}}|0
|12 October – [[MHSK Stadium|MHSK]]|{{fbu|17|JPN}}|2|{{fbu|17|KSA}}|0
<!--Semi-finals-->
|15 October – [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor]]|{{fbu|17|IRN}}|3|{{fbu|17|UAE}}|0
|15 October – [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor]]|{{fbu|17|KOR}}|2|{{fbu|17|JPN}}|1
<!--Final-->
|19 October – [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor]]|{{fbu|17|IRN}}|2|{{fbu|17|KOR}}|1
}}

===Quarterfinal===
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|12|df=y}}
|time       = 14:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|AUS}}
|score      = 2–3
|team2      = {{fbu|17|UAE}}
|goals1     =
*[[Ben Kantarovski|Kantarovski]] {{goal|48}}
*[[Trent Sainsbury|Sainsbury]] {{goal|57}}
|goals2     =
*[[Fahad Hadeed|Hadeed]] {{goal|7||64}}
*[[Abdulla Mohammad|Mohammad]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 500
|referee    = [[Minoru Tōjō]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3154
}}
----
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|12|df=y}}
|time       = 16:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|IRN}}
|score      = 2–0
|team2      = {{fbu|17|SYR}}
|goals1     =
*[[Kaveh Rezaei|Rezaei]] {{goal|79||90}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 3,500
|referee    = [[Valentin Kovalenko]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Association|Uzbekistan]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3152
}}
----
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|12|df=y}}
|time       = 18:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|JPN}}
|score      = 2–0
|team2      = {{fbu|17|KSA}}
|goals1     =
*[[Kenyu Sugimoto|Sugimoto]] {{goal|38}}
*[[Abdullah Otayf|Otayf]] {{goal|45|o.g.}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[MHSK Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 500
|referee    = [[Peter Green (referee)|Peter Green]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3155
}}
----
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|12|df=y}}
|time       = 20:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|KOR}}
|score      = 3–0
|team2      = {{fbu|17|UZB}}
|goals1     =
*[[Kim Dong-jin (footballer, born 1992)|Kim Dong-jin]] {{goal|12}}
*[[Son Heung-min]] {{goal|54}}
*[[Lee Chang]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 12,000
|referee    = Mohammad Mansour ([[Lebanon Football Association|Lebanon]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3153
}}

===Semifinal===
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|15|df=y}}
|time       = 15:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|IRN}}
|score      = 3–0
|team2      = {{fbu|17|UAE}}
|goals1     =
*[[Bahram Dabbagh|Dabbagh]] {{goal|59}}
*[[Akbar Imani|Imani]] {{goal|77}}
*[[Kaveh Rezaei|Rezaei]] {{goal|90+3}}
|goals2     =
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 1,300
|referee    = [[Võ Minh Trí]] ([[Vietnam Football Federation|Vietnam]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3156
}}
----
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|15|df=y}}
|time       = 19:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|KOR}}
|score      = 2–1
|team2      = {{fbu|17|JPN}}
|goals1     =
*[[Kim Dong-jin (footballer, born 1992)|Kim Dong-jin]] {{goal|4}}
*[[Lee Dong-nyck]] {{goal|26}}
|goals2     =
*[[Tatsuya Uchida|T. Uchida]] {{goal|2}}
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 500
|referee    = [[Abdullah Balideh]] ([[Qatar Football Association|Qatar]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3157
}}

===Final===
{{football box
|date       = {{Start date|2008|10|19|df=y}}
|time       = 16:00
|team1      = {{fbu-rt|17|IRN}}
|score      = 2–1
|team2      = {{fbu|17|KOR}}
|goals1     =
*[[Mohsen Talebat|Talebat]] {{goal|38}}
*[[Kaveh Rezaei|Rezaei]] {{goal|62}}
|goals2     =
*[[Lee Chang]] {{goal|90+3}}
|stadium    = [[Pakhtakor Central Stadium|Pakhtakor Stadium]], [[Tashkent]]
|attendance = 600
|referee    = [[Valentin Kovalenko]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Association|Uzbekistan]])
|report     = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/3158
}}

==Winners==
{{winners|fbu|17|2008 AFC U-16 Championship|IRN|First}}

==Awards==
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
!Most Valuable Player
!Top Scorer
!Fair Play Award
|-
|{{fbuicon|17|KOR}} [[Lee Jong-ho (footballer, born 1992)|Lee Jong-ho]]
|{{fbuicon|17|IRN}} [[Kaveh Rezaei]]
|{{fbu|17|KOR}}
|}

==Goalscorers==
{{Goalscorers|goals=113 |matches=31

|6 goals=
*{{fbuicon|17|IRN}} [[Kaveh Rezaei]]

|4 goals=
*{{fbuicon|17|JPN}} [[Takumi Miyayoshi]]
*{{fbuicon|17|KOR}} [[Lee Chang]]
*{{fbuicon|17|KOR}} [[Son Heung-min]]
*{{fbuicon|17|UAE}} [[Fahad Hadeed]]<ref group=note name=goals/>

|3 goals=
*{{fbuicon|17|JPN}} [[Kenyu Sugimoto]]
*{{fbuicon|17|JPN}} [[Tatsuya Uchida]]<ref group=note name=goals/>
*{{fbuicon|17|KOR}} [[Lee Jong-ho (footballer, born 1992)|Lee Jong-ho]]
*{{fbuicon|17|KOR}} [[Kim Dong-jin (footballer, born 1992)|Kim Dong-jin]]
*{{fbuicon|17|KOR}} [[Rim Chang-woo]]

|2 goals=
*{{fbuicon|17|AUS}} [[Stephen Domenici]]
*{{fbuicon|17|AUS}} [[Danai Gapare]]
*{{fbuicon|17|AUS}} [[Ben Kantarovski]]
*{{fbuicon|17|IND}} [[Lalrindika Ralte]]
*{{fbuicon|17|JPN}} [[Takashi Usami]]
*{{fbuicon|16|MAS}} [[Muhamad Bukhari]]
*{{fbuicon|17|KSA}} Ahmed Al-Aoufi
*{{fbuicon|17|KOR}} [[Lee Dong-nyck]]
*{{fbuicon|17|SYR}} [[Mohamad Ali Rammal]]
*{{fbuicon|17|UZB}} [[Abdumutallib Abdullaev]]
*{{fbuicon|17|UZB}} [[Aleksandr Galeev]]
*{{fbuicon|17|UZB}} [[Oyatullahon Muhiddinov]]
*{{fbuicon|17|UZB}} [[Maksim Utkin]]
*{{fbuicon|17|YEM}} [[Mohamed Hussein Al-Shamsi]]<ref group=note name=goals/>

|1 goal=
*{{fbuicon|17|AUS}} [[Brendan Hamill (footballer)|Brendan Hamill]]
*{{fbuicon|17|AUS}} [[Kamal Ibrahim (footballer)|Kamal Ibrahim]]
*{{fbuicon|17|AUS}} [[Jared Lum]]
*{{fbuicon|17|AUS}} [[Dimitrios Petratos]]
*{{fbuicon|17|AUS}} [[Marc Warren (footballer)|Marc Warren]]
*{{fbuicon|17|AUS}} [[Trent Sainsbury]]
*{{fbuicon|17|AUS}} [[Tedros Yabio]]
*{{fbuicon|17|BHR}} [[Salman Al-Dakheel]]
*{{fbuicon|17|BHR}} [[Sayed Dhiya Saeed]]
*{{fbuicon|17|BHR}} [[Dheya Salman Yusuf]]
*{{fbuicon|17|CHN}} [[Guo Yi (footballer)|Guo Yi]]
*{{fbuicon|17|CHN}} [[Jin Jingdao]]
*{{fbuicon|17|CHN}} [[Nan Yunqi]]
*{{fbuicon|17|CHN}} [[Yu Baobao]]
*{{fbuicon|17|IND}} [[Manandeep Singh]]
*{{fbuicon|17|IDN}} [[Vava Mario Yagalo]]
*{{fbuicon|17|IRN}} [[Bahram Dabbagh]]
*{{fbuicon|17|IRN}} [[Ali Darvishi]]
*{{fbuicon|17|IRN}} [[Farhad Gholizadeh]]
*{{fbuicon|17|IRN}} [[Mehrgan Golbarg]]
*{{fbuicon|17|IRN}} [[Akbar Imani]]
*{{fbuicon|17|IRN}} [[Payam Sadeghian]]
*{{fbuicon|17|IRN}} [[Mohsen Talebat]]
*{{fbuicon|17|IRN}} [[Mehrdad Yeghaneh]]
*{{fbuicon|17|JPN}} [[Gaku Shibasaki]]
*{{fbuicon|16|MAS}} [[Fandi Othman]]<ref group=note name=goals/>
*{{fbuicon|17|KSA}} [[Mohammed Al-Asiri]]
*{{fbuicon|17|KSA}} [[Nawaf Al-Ghamdi]]
*{{fbuicon|17|KSA}} [[Abdulrahim Al-Khamis]]
*{{fbuicon|17|KSA}} [[Yasser Al-Shahrani]]
*{{fbuicon|17|SIN}} [[Al-Qaasimy Rahman]]
*{{fbuicon|17|KOR}} [[Kim Dong-min]]
*{{fbuicon|17|KOR}} [[Kim Jin-su]]
*{{fbuicon|17|SYR}} [[Rabie Jmhaa]]
*{{fbuicon|17|SYR}} [[Asaad Al-Khadr]]
*{{fbuicon|17|TKM}} [[Didar Durdyýew]]
*{{fbuicon|17|UZB}} [[Bobur Abdurakhmonov]]
*{{fbuicon|17|UZB}} [[Ayubhon Gapparov]]
*{{fbuicon|17|UAE}} [[Haddaf Al-Ameri]]
*{{fbuicon|17|UAE}} [[Mohamed Al-Khoori]]
*{{fbuicon|17|UAE}} [[Abdulla Mohammad]]
*{{fbuicon|17|UAE}} [[Marwan Al-Saffar]]
*{{fbuicon|17|YEM}} [[Ahmed Al-Baidhani]]<ref group=note name=goals/>
*{{fbuicon|17|YEM}} [[Mohammed Muhsen]]<ref group=note name=goals>This player's goal tally includes one or more goals which the player scored in matches that were subsequently forfeited, but which AFC continues to count in its statistics.</ref>

|1 own goal=
*{{fbuicon|17|IND}} [[Ashish Chettri]] (against Syria)
*{{fbuicon|17|IND}} [[Deepak Devrani]] (against Syria)
*{{fbuicon|17|KSA}} [[Abdullah Otayf]] (against Japan)
*{{fbuicon|17|SIN}} [[Kenneth Chang]] (against Iran)
}}

==Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup==
The following four teams from AFC qualified for the [[2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Qualified on
! data-sort-type="number"|Previous [[National team appearances in the FIFA U-17 World Cup|appearances]] in [[FIFA U-17 World Cup]] <sup>'''[[#1|1]]'''</sup>
|-
| {{fbu|17|UAE}} || {{dts|2008|10|12|addkey=1|format=dmy}} || 1 ([[1991 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1991]])
|-
| {{fbu|17|IRN}} || {{dts|2008|10|12|addkey=2|format=dmy}} || 1 ([[2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2001]])
|-
| {{fbu|17|JPN}} || {{dts|2008|10|12|addkey=3|format=dmy}} || 4 (''[[1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1993]]'', [[1995 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1995]], [[2001 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2001]], [[2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2007]])
|-
| {{fbu|17|KOR}} || {{dts|2008|10|12|addkey=4|format=dmy}} || 3 ([[1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1987]], [[2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship|2003]], ''[[2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2007]]'')
|}
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> '''Bold''' indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.</div>

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.the-afc.com/eng/competitions/news/index.jsp_U16-07-08-545-1.html|name=AFC U-16 Championship}}, the-AFC.com
*[http://stats.the-afc.com/tournaments/37 AFC U-16 Championship 2008], stats.the-AFC.com

{{AFC U-17 Championship}}

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