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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = AFC U-19 Championship
| year = 2008
| other_titles = بطولة آسيا تحت 19 سنة لكرة القدم 2008
| image =
| size = 175px
| caption =
| country = Saudi Arabia
| dates = 31 October – 14 November
| num_teams = 16
| confederations = 1
| venues = 2
| cities = 2
| champion_other = {{fbu|20|UAE}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{fbu|20|UZB}}
| matches = 31
| goals = 86
| attendance =
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Ahmed Khalil]]<br>{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kensuke Nagai]]<br />(4 goals each)
| player = {{flagicon|UAE}} [[Ahmed Khalil]]
| prevseason = [[2006 AFC Youth Championship|2006]]
| nextseason = [[2010 AFC U-19 Championship|2010]]
}}

The '''2008 [[AFC U-19 Championship]]''' the 35th edition of this tournament organized by the [[Asian Football Confederation]] (AFC), was hosted by [[Saudi Arabia]] between 31 October and 14 November. The matches were played in [[Dammam]] and [[Khobar]], both located at the [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|Eastern Province]].

==Qualification Competition==
{{main|2008 AFC U-19 Championship qualification}}

==Seedings==
{| class="wikitable" width=98%
|-
!width=20%|Pot 1
!width=20%|Pot 2
!width=20%|Pot 3
!width=20%|Pot 4
|-
|
{{fbu|20|PRK}}<br />
{{fbu|20|JPN}}<br />
{{fbu|20|KOR}}<br />
{{fbu|20|JOR}}<br />
|
{{fbu|20|CHN}}<br />
{{fbu|20|IRQ}}<br />
{{fbu|20|KSA}} (hosts)<br />
{{fbu|20|AUS}}
|
{{fbu|20|IRN}}<br />
{{fbu|20|THA}}<br />
{{fbu|20|UAE}}<br />
{{fbu|20|TJK}}
|
{{fbu|20|SYR|1980}}<br />
{{fbu|20|UZB}}<br />
{{fbu|20|YEM}}<br />
{{fbu|20|LIB}}
|}

==Draw==
The draw was held on 6 April 2008 in [[Dammam]], [[Saudi Arabia]].
==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin:1em auto;"
|-
! [[Dammam]]
! [[Khobar]]
|-
| [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]]
| [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''26,000'''
| Capacity: '''15,000'''
|-
|[[File:Mohammed_Bin_Fahd_Stadium,_Dammam,_Saudi_Arabia.jpg|200px]]
|
|}

==Squads==
{{main|2008 AFC U-19 Championship squads}}

==Group stage==
''All times are local ([[UTC+03:00|UTC+3]]).''

=== Group A===
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|section=Group A
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

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|team2=KSA|name_KSA={{fbu|20|KSA}}
|team3=IRN|name_IRN={{fbu|20|IRN}}
|team4=YEM|name_YEM={{fbu|20|YEM}}
|win_JPN=2|draw_JPN=1|loss_JPN=0|gf_JPN=10|ga_JPN=3
|win_KSA=2|draw_KSA=1|loss_KSA=0|gf_KSA=7|ga_KSA=3
|win_IRN=1|draw_IRN=0|loss_IRN=2|gf_IRN=5|ga_IRN=6
|win_YEM=0|draw_YEM=0|loss_YEM=3|gf_YEM=1|ga_YEM=11

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
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{{footballbox
|date = 31 October 2008
|time = 16:15
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|JPN}}
|score = 5–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511212944/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1766.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|YEM}}
|goals1 = [[Kota Mizunuma|Mizunuma]] {{goal|12||53}}<br />[[Kensuke Nagai|Nagai]] {{goal|32}}<br />[[Kosuke Yamamoto|Yamamoto]] {{goal|52}}<br />[[Jun Suzuki (footballer born 1989)|Suzuki]] {{goal|55}}
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 5,000
|referee = [[Tayeb Shamsuzzaman]] ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 31 October 2008
|time = 18:45
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|KSA}}
|score = 2–1
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511212953/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1765.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|IRN}}
|goals1 = [[Mohammed Abusabaan|Abusabaan]] {{goal|9|pen.}}<br />[[Nawaf Al-Abid|Al-Abid]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2 = [[Ehsan Hajsafi|Hajsafi]] {{goal|35|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 8,000
|referee = [[Ben Williams (referee)|Ben Williams]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 2 November 2008
|time = 16:15
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|YEM}}
|score = 1–4
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213028/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1764.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|KSA}}
|goals1 = [[Abdullah Mousa|Mousa]] {{goal|31}}
|goals2 = [[Nawaf Al Abed|Al Abed]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Abdulrahim Jaizawi|Jezawi]] {{goal|47||85}}<br />[[Omar Khudari|Khudari]] {{goal|83}}
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 6,000
|referee = [[Valentin Kovalenko]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Association|Uzbekistan]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 2 November 2008
|time = 18:45
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|IRN}}
|score = 2–4
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213034/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1763.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|JPN}}
|goals1 = [[Ehsan Hajsafi|Hajsafi]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[Iman Mousavi|Mousavi]] {{goal|26}}
|goals2 = [[Hiroki Miyazawa|Miyazawa]] {{goal|1}}<br />[[Kensuke Nagai|Nagai]] {{goal|7||33||77}}
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 1,000
|referee = [[Fareed Ali Mohamed]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 4 November 2008
|time = 16:15
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|JPN}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213043/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1762.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|KSA}}
|goals1 = [[Kota Mizunuma|Mizunuma]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = [[Mohammed Al-Qarni|Al-Qarni]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 7,000
|referee = [[Tan Hai (referee)|Tan Hai]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 4 November 2008
|time = 16:15
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|IRN}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213052/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1761.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|YEM}}
|goals1 = [[Iman Mousavi|Mousavi]] {{goal|19}}<br />[[Jalaleddin Ali-Mohammadi|Ali-Mohammadi]] {{goal|90+1}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|attendance = 35
|referee = [[Kim Dong-Jin (referee)|Kim Dong-Jin]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
}}

===Group B===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group B
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=UAE|name_UAE={{fbu|20|UAE}}
|team2=KOR|name_KOR={{fbu|20|KOR}}
|team3=IRQ|name_IRQ={{fbu|20|IRQ}}
|team4=SYR|name_SYR={{fbu|20|SYR|1980}}
|win_UAE=3|draw_UAE=0|loss_UAE=0|gf_UAE=6|ga_UAE=2
|win_KOR=2|draw_KOR=0|loss_KOR=1|gf_KOR=4|ga_KOR=2
|win_IRQ=1|draw_IRQ=0|loss_IRQ=2|gf_IRQ=3|ga_IRQ=5
|win_SYR=0|draw_SYR=0|loss_SYR=3|gf_SYR=1|ga_SYR=5

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{footballbox
|date = 31 October 2008
|time = 16:15
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|KOR}}
|score = 1–0
|report= [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511212937/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1760.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|SYR|1980}}
|goals1 = [[Kim Young-Gwon]] {{goal|90+3}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|attendance = 750
|referee = [[Hedayat Mombeini]] ([[Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation|Iran]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 31 October 2008
|time = 18:45
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|IRQ}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511212958/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1759.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|UAE}}
|goals1 = [[Ali Oudah|Oudah]] {{goal|84}}
|goals2 = [[Hamdan Al-Kamali|Al-Kamali]] {{goal|65}}<br />[[Mohamed Fawzi (footballer)|Fawzi]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium = [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|attendance = 300
|referee = [[Abdulrahman Abdou]] ([[Qatar Football Association|Qatar]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 2 November 2008
|time = 16:15
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|SYR|1980}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213058/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1758.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|IRQ}}
|goals1 = [[Omar Al-Somah|Al-Somah]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2 = [[Ali Oudah|Oudah]] {{goal|51||61}}
|stadium = [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|attendance = 300
|referee = [[Tan Hai (referee)|Tan Hai]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 2 November 2008
|time = 18:45
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|UAE}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213112/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1757.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|KOR}}
|goals1 = [[Ahmed Khalil|Khalil]] {{goal|90+2}}<br />[[Habib Fardan|Fardan]] {{goal|90+3}}
|goals2 = [[Kim Dong-Sub]] {{goal|28}}
|stadium = [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|attendance = 300
|referee = [[Ben Williams (referee)|Ben Williams]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 4 November 2008
|time = 18:45
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|SYR|1980}}
|score = 0–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213125/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1755.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|UAE}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Hamdan Al-Kamali|Al-Kamali]] {{goal|54}} <br /> [[Mohamed Fawzi (footballer)|Fawzi]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium = [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|attendance = 150
|referee = [[Hiroyoshi Takayama]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 4 November 2008
|time = 18:45
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|KOR}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213119/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1756.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|IRQ}}
|goals1 = [[Kim Bo-Kyung]] {{goal|23}}<br />[[Moon Ki-Han]] {{goal|87}}
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 400
|referee = [[Valentin Kovalenko]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Association|Uzbekistan]])
}}

===Group C===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group C
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=CHN|name_CHN={{fbu|20|CHN}}
|team2=PRK|name_PRK={{fb|PRK}}
|team3=TJK|name_TJK={{fb|TJK}}
|team4=LIB|name_LIB={{fb|LIB}}
|win_CHN=2|draw_CHN=1|loss_CHN=0|gf_CHN=9|ga_CHN=1
|win_PRK=1|draw_PRK=2|loss_PRK=0|gf_PRK=5|ga_PRK=1
|win_TJK=1|draw_TJK=1|loss_TJK=1|gf_TJK=6|ga_TJK=8
|win_LIB=0|draw_LIB=0|loss_LIB=3|gf_LIB=2|ga_LIB=12

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
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{{footballbox
|date = 1 November 2008
|time = 16:15 [[UTC+3|AST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PRK}}
|score = 4–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213006/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1754.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|LIB}}
|goals1 = [[An Il-Bom]] {{goal|15}} <br /> [[Jo Jong-Chol]] {{goal|32}} <br /> [[Ri Sang-Chol]] {{goal|64}} <br /> [[Ri Hyong-Mu]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 50
|referee = [[Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi]] ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 1 November 2008
|time = 18:45 [[UTC+3|AST]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|CHN}}
|score = 6–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120919184639/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1753.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|TJK}}
|goals1 = [[Farkhod Vasiev|Vasiev]] {{goal|19|o.g.}} <br /> [[Zhou Liao]] {{goal|21||33}} <br /> [[Zhang Yuan (footballer, born 1989)|Zhang Yuan]] {{goal|28}} <br /> [[Cao Yunding]] {{goal|41}} <br /> [[Piao Cheng]] {{goal|45}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 200
|referee = Mukhtar Al Yarimi ([[Yemen Football Association|Yemen]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 3 November 2008
|time = 16:15 [[UTC+3|AST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|LIB}}
|score = 1–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120919184627/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1752.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|CHN}}
|goals1 = [[Kassem Mannaa|Mannaa]] {{goal|45+2}}
|goals2 = [[Tan Yang]] {{goal|58}} <br /> [[Hui Jiakang]] {{goal|64}} <br /> [[Zhou Liao]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 150
|referee = [[Tayeb Shamsuzzaman]] ([[Bangladesh Football Federation|Bangladesh]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 3 November 2008
|time = 18:45 [[UTC+3|AST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TJK}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213159/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1751.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PRK}}
|goals1 = [[Samad Shohzukhurov|Shohzukhurov]] {{goal|58}}
|goals2 = [[An Il-Bom]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 300
|referee = [[Hedayat Mombeini]] ([[Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation|Iran]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 5 November 2008
|time = 16:15 [[UTC+3|AST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PRK}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213208/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1750.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|CHN}}
|goals1= 
|goals2= 
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 100
|referee = [[Abdulrahman Abdou]] ([[Qatar Football Association|Qatar]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 5 November 2008
|time = 16:15 [[UTC+3|AST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|TJK}}
|score = 5–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213216/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1749.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|LIB}}
|goals1 = [[Farkhod Tokhirov|Tokhirov]] {{goal|11}} <br /> [[Samad Shohzukhurov|Shohzukhurov]] {{goal|54|pen.|90+4|pen.}} <br /> [[Davrondzhon Tukhtasunov|Tukhtasunov]] {{goal|55}} <br /> [[Farkhod Vasiev|Vasiev]] {{goal|83}}
|goals2 = [[Ahmad Zreik|Zreik]] {{goal|42}}
|stadium = [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|attendance = 200
|referee = [[Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi]] ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]])
}}

===Group D===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group D
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n

|team1=AUS|name_AUS={{fb|AUS}}
|team2=UZB|name_UZB={{fb|UZB}}
|team3=THA|name_THA={{fb|THA}}
|team4=JOR|name_JOR={{fb|JOR}}
|win_AUS=2|draw_AUS=1|loss_AUS=0|gf_AUS=4|ga_AUS=2
|win_UZB=2|draw_UZB=1|loss_UZB=0|gf_UZB=3|ga_UZB=1
|win_THA=1|draw_THA=0|loss_THA=2|gf_THA=3|ga_THA=4
|win_JOR=0|draw_JOR=0|loss_JOR=3|gf_JOR=3|ga_JOR=6

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete|source=
}}</onlyinclude>

{{footballbox
|date = 1 November 2008
|time = 16:15 [[UTC+3|AST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213021/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1748.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|UZB}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Davron Mirzaev|Mirzaev]] {{goal|3}}
|stadium = [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|attendance = 300
|referee = [[Hiroyoshi Takayama]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 1 November 2008
|time = 18:45 [[UTC+3|AST]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|AUS}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213222/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1747.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|THA}}
|goals1 = [[Sam Munro|Munro]] {{goal|20}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|attendance = 150
|referee = [[Kim Dong-Jin (referee)|Kim Dong-Jin]] ([[Korea Football Association|South Korea]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 3 November 2008
|time = 16:15 [[UTC+3|AST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UZB}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213228/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1746.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|AUS}}
|goals1 = [[Sherzod Karimov|Karimov]] {{goal|37}}
|goals2 = [[Tahj Minniecon|Minniecon]] {{goal|48}}
|stadium = [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|attendance = 250
|referee = [[Mahmood Al-Ghatrifi]] ([[Oman Football Association|Oman]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 3 November 2008
|time = 18:45 [[UTC+3|AST]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|THA}}
|score = 3–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213252/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1745.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|JOR}}
|goals1 = [[Yordrak Namuangrak|Namuangrak]] {{goal|28}} <br /> [[Anusorn Srichaluang|Srichaluang]] {{goal|63}} <br /> [[Attapong Nooprom|Nooprom]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = [[Amer Abu Hwaiti|Abu Hwaiti]] {{goal|80}} <br /> [[Yusuf Al-Rawashdeh|Al-Rawashdeh]] {{goal|87}}
|stadium = [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|attendance = 100
|referee = Mukhtar Al Yarimi ([[Yemen Football Association|Yemen]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 5 November 2008
|time = 18:45 [[UTC+3|AST]]
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|THA}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213316/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1743.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|UZB}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Fozil Musaev|Musaev]] {{goal|34}}
|stadium = [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|attendance = 300
|referee = [[Fareed Ali Mohamed]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 5 November 2008
|time = 18:45 [[UTC+3|AST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|JOR}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213303/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1744.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fbu|20|AUS}}
|goals1 = [[Khalil Bani Attiah|Bani Attiah]] {{goal|81}}
|goals2 = Lujic {{goal|40}} <br /> [[Sebastian Ryall|Ryall]] {{goal|71|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 150
|referee = [[Hedayat Mombeini]] ([[Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation|Iran]])
}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Round8
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--quarter finals  -->
|8 November - [[Dammam]]|{{fbu|20|Japan}}|0|'''{{fbu|20|KOR}}'''|'''3'''
|8 November - [[Khobar]]|{{fbu|20|CHN}}|0 (3)|'''{{fbu|20|UZB}}''' ([[Penalty shootout (association football)|p]])|0 (4)
|8 November - [[Dammam]]|'''{{fbu|20|UAE}}'''|1|{{fbu|20|KSA}}|0
|8 November - [[Khobar]]|'''{{fbu|20|AUS}}''' {{aet}}|2|{{fbu|20|PRK}}|1
<!--semi finals  -->
|11 November - [[Dammam]]|{{fbu|20|KOR}}|0|'''{{fbu|20|UZB}}'''|1
|11 November - [[Dammam]]|'''{{fbu|20|UAE}}'''|3|{{fbu|20|AUS}}|0
<!--final  -->
|14 November - [[Dammam]]|{{fbu|20|UZB}}|1|'''{{fbu|20|UAE}}'''|2
}}

===Quarterfinal===
{{footballbox
|date = 8 November 2008
|time = 16:15
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|JPN}}
|score = 0–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120511213338/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1930.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KOR}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Yu Ji-No]] {{goal|21}}<br />[[Cho Young-Cheol]] {{goal|84}}<br />[[Choi Jung-Han]] {{goal|90+2}}
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 500
|referee = [[Fareed Ali Mohamed]] ([[United Arab Emirates Football Association|United Arab Emirates]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 8 November 2008
|time = 19:30 [[UTC+3|AST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120517222905/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1929.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}
|goals1 = [[Theyab Awana|Awana]] {{goal|64}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 8,000
|referee = [[Abdulrahman Abdou]] ([[Qatar Football Association|Qatar]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 8 November 2008
|time = 16:15
|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|CHN}}
|score = 0–0
|aet = yes
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120919184703/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1928.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|UZB}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium =[[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|referee = [[Ben Williams (referee)|Ben Williams]] ([[Football Federation Australia|Australia]])
|penalties1 = [[Piao Cheng]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Zhang Linpeng]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Wu Xi]] {{penmiss}}<br />[[Zhou Liao]] {{pengoal}}<br />[[Li Zhichao]] {{penmiss}}
|penaltyscore = 3–4
|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} [[Sherzod Azamov|Azamov]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Sherzod Karimov|Karimov]]<br />{{pengoal}} [[Islom Tuhtahujaev|Tuhtahujaev]]<br />{{penmiss}} [[Sanat Shikov|Shikov]]<br />{{pengoal}} Urunov
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 8 November 2008
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|AUS}}
|score = 2–1
|aet = yes
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120517222944/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1927.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PRK}}
|goals1 = [[Mitch Nichols|Nichols]] {{goal|12||115}}
|goals2 = [[Myong Cha-Hyon]] {{goal|54}}
|stadium = [[Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium]], [[Khobar]]
|attendance = 50
|referee = [[Valentin Kovalenko]] ([[Uzbekistan Football Association|Uzbekistan]])
}}

===Semifinal===
{{footballbox
|date = 11 November 2008
|time = 16:05
|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120517223021/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1926.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|UZB}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Sherzod Karimov|Karimov]] {{goal|17}}
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 300
|referee = [[Hedayat Mombeini]] ([[Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation|Iran]])
}}
----
{{footballbox
|date = 11 November 2008
|time = 19:30
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120517223029/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1925.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}
|goals1 = [[Ahmed Khalil|Khalil]] {{goal|4}}<br />[[Rashed Eisa|Eisa]] {{goal|12}}<br />[[Abdulaziz Haikal|Haikal]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 1,000
|referee = [[Hiroyoshi Takayama]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}

===Final===
{{footballbox
|date = 14 November 2008
|time = 18:45
|team1 = {{fb-rt|UZB}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20120517223123/http://images.the-afc.com/Documents/competitions/fixtures/18-1924.pdf Report]
|team2 = {{fb|UAE}}
|goals1 = [[Kenja Turaev|Turaev]] {{goal|64}}
|goals2 = [[Ahmed Khalil|Khalil]] {{goal|33||72}}
|stadium = [[Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium]], [[Dammam]]
|attendance = 14,500
|referee = [[Tan Hai (referee)|Tan Hai]] ([[Chinese Football Association|China]])
}}

==Winners==
{{winners|fb|2008 AFC U-19 Championship winners|UAE|First}}

==Qualified to the [[2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup]]==
*{{fbu|20|UAE}}
*{{fbu|20|UZB}}
*{{fbu|20|KOR}}
*{{fbu|20|AUS}}

==Awards==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
!Most Valuable Player
!Top Scorer
!Fair Play Award
|-
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Ahmed Khalil]]
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Ahmed Khalil]] <br/> {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kensuke Nagai]]
|{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Uzbekistan]]
|}

==Goalscorers==
;4 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Ahmed Khalil]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kensuke Nagai]]
{{colend}}
;3 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhou Liao]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ}} Ali Oudah
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kota Mizunuma]]
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Samad Shohzukhurov]]
{{colend}}
;2 goals
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Sherzod Karimov]]
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Mitch Nichols]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Nawaf Al-Abid]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Abdulrahim Jaizawi]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Ehsan Hajsafi]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Iman Mousavi]]
*{{flagicon|PRK}} [[An Il-Bom]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Mohamed Fawzi (footballer)|Mohamed Fawzi]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Hamdan Al Kamali]]
{{colend}}
;1 goal
{{colbegin|colwidth=18em}}
*{{flagicon|AUS}} Milos Lujic
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sebastian Ryall]]
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sam Munro]]
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tahj Minniecon]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Cao Yunding]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Hui Jiakang]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Piao Cheng]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tan Yang]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Yuan (footballer, born 1989)|Zhang Yuan]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Jalaleddin Ali-Mohammadi]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kosuke Yamamoto]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Jun Suzuki (footballer born 1989)|Jun Suzuki]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroki Miyazawa]]
*{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Amer Abu Hwaiti]]
*{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Yusuf Al-Rawashdeh]]
*{{flagicon|JOR}} [[Khalil Bani Attiah]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Yu Ji-No]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Choi Jung-Han]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Cho Young-Cheol]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Young-Gwon]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Dong-Sub]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Kim Bo-Kyung]]
*{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Moon Ki-Han]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammed Abusabaan]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Omar Khudari]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Mohammed Al-Qarni]]
*{{flagicon|LIB}} [[Kassem Mannaa]]
*{{flagicon|LIB}} [[Ahmad Zreik]]
*{{flagicon|PRK}} [[Jo Jong-Chol]]
*{{flagicon|PRK}} [[Ri Sang-Chol]]
*{{flagicon|PRK}} [[Ri Hyong-Mu]]
*{{flagicon|PRK}} [[Myong Cha-Hyon]]
*{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} [[Omar Al Soma]]
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Davrondzhon Tukhtasunov]]
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Farkhod Tokhirov]]
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Farkhod Vasiev]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Yodrak Namueangrak]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Anusorn Srichaloung]]
*{{flagicon|THA}} [[Attapong Nooprom]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Theyab Awana]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Rashed Eisa]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Habib Fardan]]
*{{flagicon|UAE}} [[Abdulaziz Haikal]]
*{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Davron Mirzaev]]
*{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Fozil Musaev]]
*{{flagicon|UZB}} [[Kenja Turaev]]
*{{flagicon|YEM}} [[Abdullah Mousa]]
{{colend}}
;Own goal
*{{flagicon|TJK}} [[Farkhod Vasiev]] (playing against China)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.the-afc.com/eng/competitions/news/index.jsp_U19-07-08-543-1.html Details on AFC.com]

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