2008 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was the qualification for the 2008 AFC U-16 Championship football competition. The matches were held from 1 October to 7 November 2007.
The draw for the qualification stages was made on 22 December 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, seven groups with six teams and one group with three teams were made. However Afghanistan, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, the Maldives and Myanmar withdrew before the start of the qualification.
On 18 February 2008, the AFC Disciplinary Committee ejected eight teams for fielding overage players, including DPR Korea, Tajikistan and Iraq, who had originally qualified for the AFC U-16 Championship 2008.[ 1]
The winners and runners-up of Groups A–G along with the winner of the three-team Group H qualified for the finals. Hosts Uzbekistan also qualified automatically for the finals, after qualified by its own performances during the qualification.
Groups
Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification 1 Syria 5 5 0 0 20 2 +18 15 Final tournament 2 Yemen 5 3 1 1 12 8 +4 10 3 Qatar 5 3 0 2 11 11 0 9 4 Oman 5 1 2 2 4 7 −3 5 5 Pakistan 5 1 1 3 4 10 −6 4 6 Kyrgyzstan 5 0 0 5 6 19 −13 0 Disqualified
Source: AFC
All matches were held in Qatar. Times listed are UTC+3. 22 October 2007 (2007-10-22 )
17:45
Syria 6–0 Pakistan Al Khadr 7' Al-Mawas 32' , 53' , 83' Saleh 56' Adib 66' (pen.) Report
Al-Arabi Stadium, Doha
Referee: Kadhum Auda (Iraq)
22 October 2007 (2007-10-22 )
20:00
Yemen 3–2 Kyrgyzstan Al-Baidhani 20' Al-Sahmi 26' Al-Shamsi 82' Report Ageev 30' Ad. T. Uulu 62'
Al-Arabi Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 50
Referee: Atallah Al-Enezi (Kuwait)
22 October 2007 (2007-10-22 )
20:00
25 October 2007 (2007-10-25 )
17:45
Attendance: 200
Referee: Alaa Al-Abadee (
Iraq )
25 October 2007 (2007-10-25 )
17:45
Attendance: 30
Referee: Sabah Kasim Khalaf (
Iraq )
25 October 2007 (2007-10-25 )
20:00
Attendance: 200
Referee: Naser Al Enezi (
Kuwait )
27 October 2007 (2007-10-27 )
17:40
Attendance: 10
Referee: Kadhum Auda (
Iraq )
27 October 2007 (2007-10-27 )
17:40
Attendance: 300
Referee: Atallah Al-Enezi (
Kuwait )
27 October 2007 (2007-10-27 )
20:00
30 October 2007 (2007-10-30 )
17:40
Attendance: 150
Referee: Naser Al Enezi (
Kuwait )
30 October 2007 (2007-10-30 )
20:00
Attendance: 50
Referee: Atallah Al-Enezi (
Kuwait )
30 October 2007 (2007-10-30 )
20:00
Oman 0–4 Syria Report Al Khadr 38' , 78' Medo 74' Jmhaa 86'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Alaa Al-Abadee (
Iraq )
2 November 2007 (2007-11-02 )
20:00
Attendance: 200
Referee: Naser Al Enezi (
Kuwait )
2 November 2007 (2007-11-02 )
20:00
Attendance: 50
Referee: Alaa Al-Abadee (
Iraq )
Group B
Source: AFC
All matches were held in Iran . Times listed are UTC+3:30. 19 October 2007 (2007-10-19 )
18:00
21 October 2007 (2007-10-21 )
14:00
21 October 2007 (2007-10-21 )
18:00
23 October 2007 (2007-10-23 )
18:00
25 October 2007 (2007-10-25 )
14:00
25 October 2007 (2007-10-25 )
18:00
Group C
Source: AFC
All matches were held in Saudi Arabia . Times listed are UTC+3. 27 October 2007 (2007-10-27 )
16:15
27 October 2007 (2007-10-27 )
17:40
Attendance: 100
Referee: Abdulrahman Racho (
Syria )
27 October 2007 (2007-10-27 )
19:00
30 October 2007 (2007-10-30 )
16:15
30 October 2007 (2007-10-30 )
17:40
30 October 2007 (2007-10-30 )
19:00
1 November 2007 (2007-11-01 )
16:15
1 November 2007 (2007-11-01 )
17:40
Attendance: 300
Referee: Abdulrahman Racho (
Syria )
4 November 2007 (2007-11-04 )
16:15
4 November 2007 (2007-11-04 )
17:40
4 November 2007 (2007-11-04 )
19:00
7 November 2007 (2007-11-07 )
16:15
Attendance: 500
Referee: Abdulrahman Racho (
Syria )
7 November 2007 (2007-11-07 )
17:40
7 November 2007 (2007-11-07 )
19:00
Group D
Source: AFC
17 October 2007 (2007-10-17 )
16:00
Attendance: 100
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafari (
Jordan )
17 October 2007 (2007-10-17 )
18:30
Military Physical Education Centre, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 300
20 October 2007 (2007-10-20 )
16:00
Military Physical Education Centre, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 300
Referee: Abdullah Al Harrasi (
Oman )
20 October 2007 (2007-10-20 )
16:00
Attendance: 100
Referee: Khalaf Al Labani (
Yemen )
20 October 2007 (2007-10-20 )
18:30
Military Physical Education Centre, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 150
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (
Yemen )
22 October 2007 (2007-10-22 )
16:00
Military Physical Education Centre, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 150
22 October 2007 (2007-10-22 )
16:00
22 October 2007 (2007-10-22 )
18:30
Military Physical Education Centre, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 250
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafari (
Jordan )
25 October 2007 (2007-10-25 )
16:00
Uzbekistan 3–2 Bangladesh Gapparov 67' Shotursunov 70' Abdullayev 73' Report Sohel 66' Saifuddin 84'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Abdullah Al Harrasi (
Oman )
25 October 2007 (2007-10-25 )
16:00
Military Physical Education Centre, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 100
Referee: Khalaf Al Labani (
Yemen )
25 October 2007 (2007-10-25 )
18:30
Military Physical Education Centre, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 300
Referee: Mukhtar Al Yarimi (
Yemen )
28 October 2007 (2007-10-28 )
16:00
Attendance: 100
Referee: Naser Al-Ghafari (
Jordan )
28 October 2007 (2007-10-28 )
16:00
Military Physical Education Centre, Abu Dhabi Attendance: 200
Group E
Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 20
Referee: Sachiko Baba (
Japan )
Attendance: 25
Referee: Mohd Yussof Mat Karim (
Malaysia )
Attendance: 25
Referee: Jaafar Alawi Jawad Mahfoodh (
Bahrain )
Attendance: 5
Referee: Sachiko Baba (
Japan )
Attendance: 5
Referee: Mohd Yussof Mat Karim (
Malaysia )
Attendance: 6
Referee: Jaafar Alawi Jawad Mahfoodh (
Bahrain )
Group F
Source: [citation needed ]
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Arjunan Ajjagowder (
India )
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Arjunan Ajjagowder (
India )
Attendance: 300
Referee: Arjunan Ajjagowder (
India )
Group G
Source: [citation needed ]
Group H
Source: [citation needed ]
References ^ the-afc.com: AFC Disciplinary Committee disqualifies DPR Korea, Tajikistan and Iraq from AFC U-16 Championship 2008
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