1988 AFC Youth Championship
Tournament details
Host countryَQatar
Dates17–28 October
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsIraq Iraq (4th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored39 (2.44 per match)
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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 won the tournament, beating Syria 4–3 after a penalty shootout. Hosts Qatar grabbed the third place.[citation needed]

The Iraqi team qualified for the World Cup Finals, whereas Syria and Qatar had to enter a play-off round against Australia and New Zealand. Syria won the tournament it hosted in January 1989 in Aleppo.[citation needed]

Teams

Main article: 1988 AFC Youth Championship qualification

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Syria 6 3 3 0 0 4 0 +4
 Qatar 4 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5
 North Korea 2 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3
 China 0 3 0 0 3 3 9 −6
China 0 – 1 Syria
Qatar 4 – 1 North Korea
North Korea 0 – 2 Syria
Qatar 5 – 2 China
Syria 1 – 0 Qatar
North Korea 3 – 1 China

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Iraq 5 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2
 United Arab Emirates 4 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1
 South Korea 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1
 Japan 0 3 0 0 3 3 7 −4
Japan 1 – 3 South Korea
Iraq 0 – 0 United Arab Emirates
Japan 1 – 2 United Arab Emirates
South Korea 0 – 1 Iraq
Iraq 2 – 1 Japan
United Arab Emirates 0 – 0 South Korea

Semi finals

Iraq 1 – 1
5–4 (PSO)		 Qatar
Syria 2 – 0 United Arab Emirates

Third place play-off

Qatar 2 – 0 United Arab Emirates

Final

Iraq 1 – 1
5–4 (PSO)		 Syria

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

External links

AFC U-20 Asian Cup
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