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1998 AFC U-16 Championship
بطولة آسيا تحت 16 سنة لكرة القدم 1998
Tournament details
Host country Qatar
Dates3–17 September
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Thailand (1st title)
Runners-up Qatar
Third place Bahrain
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played34
Goals scored90 (2.65 per match)
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1998 AFC U-16 Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship. Qatar hosted the tournament from 3 to 17 September 1998. The top two teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand.

Qualification

Main article: 1998 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

The following 10 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Stadium

All matches were held in Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar.

Group stage

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals.

All matches were held in Grand Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Qatar 4 3 1 0 9 3 +6 10
 Thailand 4 2 1 1 6 6 0 7
 Iraq 4 2 0 2 9 4 +5 6
 North Korea 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 6
 Iran 4 0 0 4 1 11 −10 0
Source:[citation needed]
Qatar 4–0 Iran
Iraq 3–0 North Korea
Iran 1–2 Thailand
Qatar 3–2 North Korea
Thailand 3–2 Iraq
North Korea 1–0 Iran
Qatar 1–0 Iraq
Thailand 0–2 North Korea
Iran 0–4 Iraq
Thailand 1–1 Qatar

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Bahrain 4 3 0 1 9 6 +3 9
 South Korea 4 3 0 1 8 6 +2 9
 Japan 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7
 Bangladesh 4 0 2 2 4 7 −3 2
 Oman 4 0 1 3 3 7 −4 1
Source:[citation needed]
Oman 1–1 Bangladesh
Japan 1–2 South Korea
Bangladesh 0–2 Bahrain
South Korea 1–0 Oman
Bahrain 1–2 Japan
Bangladesh 1–2 South Korea
Japan 3–1 Oman
Bahrain 4–3 South Korea
Japan 2–2 Bangladesh
Bahrain 2–1 Oman

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Qatar 2–1 South Korea
Bahrain 0–6 Thailand


Third place match

Bahrain 5–1 South Korea

Final

Thailand 1–1 (a.e.t.) Qatar
Penalties
3–2

Winners

 AFC U-16 Championship 1998 winners 

Thailand
First title

Teams qualified for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Inter-confederation playoff

Third-placed Bahrain played off against Australia (winners of the 1999 OFC U-17 championship) for the final slot for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Australia 2–1 Bahrain
Canberra, Australia
Bahrain 0–1 Australia
Manama, Bahrain

Australia won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

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