AFF U-16 Youth Championship

AFF U-16 Youth Championship
Organising body	AFF
Founded	2002
Region	Southeast Asia
Number of teams	varying
Current champions	Indonesia (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Thailand; Vietnam; (3 titles)
	2024 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

The AFF U-16 Championship is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and occasionally invited nations from the rest of Asia. The tournament used to be played at under-17 level, however the AFF followed the lead of the Asian Football Confederation after they renamed its U-17 competition to fall in line with FIFA's naming conventions and also to reflect the age of the players at the competition.^[1] The competition was first held in 2002^[2] and resumed in 2005.

Summary edit

Year	Host	Final			Third place match
Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2002 Details	Indonesia Malaysia	Myanmar	4–1	Laos	Indonesia	1–0	Malaysia
2005 Details	Thailand	Myanmar	1–1 (4–3 p)	Thailand	Laos	3–1	Malaysia
2006 Details	Vietnam	Vietnam	RR	Myanmar	Bangladesh	RR	Laos
2007 Details	Cambodia	Thailand	3–2	Laos	Vietnam	1–1 (4–3 p)	Indonesia
2008 Details	Indonesia	Australia	1–1 (5–4 p)	Bahrain	Malaysia	3–0	Singapore
2009 Details	Thailand	Cancelled
2010 Details	Indonesia	Vietnam	1–0	China	East Timor	2–0	Indonesia
2011 Details	Laos	Thailand	1–0	Laos	Myanmar	2–1	Singapore
2012 Details	Laos	Japan	3–1	Australia	Laos	3–0	Thailand
2013 Details	Myanmar	Malaysia	1–1 (3–2 p)	Indonesia	Australia	0–0 (7–6 p)	Vietnam
2014	Indonesia	Cancelled
2015 Details	Cambodia	Thailand	3–0	Myanmar	Australia	10–2	Laos
2016 Details	Cambodia	Australia	3–3 (5–3 p)	Vietnam	Thailand	3–0	Cambodia
2017 Details	Thailand	Vietnam	0–0 (4–2 p)	Thailand	Australia	3–2	Malaysia
2018 Details	Indonesia	Indonesia	1–1 (4–3 p)	Thailand	Malaysia	1–0	Myanmar
2019 Details	Thailand	Malaysia	2–1	Thailand	Indonesia	0–0 (3–2 p)	Vietnam
2020		Not held because of COVID-19 pandemic
2021		Not held because of COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Details	Indonesia	Indonesia	1–0	Vietnam	Thailand	3–0	Myanmar
2024 Details	Indonesia

Performance by country edit

Nation	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Thailand	3 (2007, 2011, 2015)	4 (2005, 2017, 2018, 2019)	2 (2016, 2022)	1 (2012)
Vietnam	3 (2006, 2010, 2017)	2 (2016, 2022)	1 (2007)	2 (2013, 2019)
Myanmar	2 (2002, 2005)	2 (2006, 2015)	1 (2011)	2 (2018, 2022)
Australia	2 (2008, 2016)	1 (2012)	3 (2013, 2015, 2017)	—
Indonesia	2 (2018, 2022)	1 (2013)	2 (2002, 2019)	2 (2007, 2010)
Malaysia	2 (2013, 2019)	—	2 (2008, 2018)	3 (2002, 2005, 2017)
Japan	1 (2012)	—	—	—
Laos	—	3 (2002, 2007, 2011)	2 (2005, 2012)	2 (2006, 2015)
Bahrain	—	1 (2008)	—	—
China	—	1 (2010)	—	—
Bangladesh	—	—	1 (2006)	—
East Timor	—	—	1 (2010)	—
Singapore	—	—	—	2 (2008, 2011)
Cambodia	—	—	—	1 (2016)

Participating nations edit

Team	2002 (10)	2005 (7)	2006 (4)	2007 (9)	2008 (5)	2010 (4)	2011 (10)	2012 (4)	2013 (10)	2015 (11)	2016 (11)	2017 (12)	2018 (11)	2019 (12)	2022 (12)	Total
Australia	×	×	×	×	1st	×	×	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	×	GS	GS	8
Brunei	GS	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	9
Cambodia	GS	GS	×	GS	×	×	GS	×	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	11
Indonesia	3rd	GS	×	4th	GS	4th	GS	×	2nd	×	×	GS	1st	3rd	1st	11
Laos	2nd	3rd	4th	2nd	×	×	2nd	3rd	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	13
Malaysia	4th	4th	×	GS	3rd	×	GS	×	1st	GS	GS	4th	3rd	1st	GS	12
Myanmar	1st	1st	2nd	GS	×	×	3rd	×	GS	2nd	GS	GS	4th	GS	4th	12
Philippines	GS	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	9
Singapore	GS	×	×	GS	4th	×	4th	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	11
Thailand	GS	2nd	×	1st	×	×	1st	4th	×	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	11
East Timor	×	×	×	×	×	3rd	GS	×	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	8
Vietnam	GS	GS	1st	3rd	×	1st	GS	×	4th	GS	2nd	1st	GS	4th	2nd	13
Invitees
Bahrain	×	×	×	×	2nd	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1
Bangladesh	×	×	3rd	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1
China	×	×	×	×	×	2nd	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1
Japan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1st	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1

Legend

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place

GS — Group stage
q — Qualified for the current tournament
× — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
— Hosts

All-time ranking table edit

As of 2022

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Best finish
1	Thailand	11	62	41	11	10	144	59	+85	134	Champions (2007, 2011, 2015)
2	Vietnam	13	65	35	11	19	157	79	+78	116	Champions (2006, 2010, 2017)
3	Myanmar	12	60	32	9	19	130	84	+46	105	Champions (2002, 2005)
4	Malaysia	12	58	30	14	14	119	71	+48	104	Champions (2013, 2019)
5	Laos	13	62	27	13	22	105	87	+18	94	Runners-up (2002, 2007, 2011)
6	Australia	8	43	25	10	8	155	61	+94	85	Champions (2008, 2016)
7	Indonesia	11	56	23	16	17	97	74	+23	85	Champions (2018, 2022)
8	Cambodia	11	47	12	9	26	53	94	–41	45	Fourth place (2016)
9	Singapore	11	47	9	8	30	63	115	–52	35	Fourth place (2008, 2011)
10	East Timor	8	33	8	7	18	57	65	–8	31	Third place (2010)
11	Philippines	9	39	3	4	32	25	149	–124	13	Group stage (9 times)
12	Japan	1	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	10	Champions (2012)
13	Bahrain	1	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2	8	Runners-up (2008)
14	Brunei	9	38	1	4	33	11	188	–177	7	Group stage (9 times)
15	China	1	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	6	Runners-up (2010)
16	Bangladesh	1	3	1	0	2	4	7	–3	3	Third place (2006)

References edit

^ "AFC U-16 Championship 2008 Competition Information". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 18 September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 August 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
^ "ASEAN U-17 Championship 2002". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.

External links edit

AFF U16 Youth Championship at ASEAN Football Federation official website.

[1] "AFC U-16 Championship 2008 Competition Information". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 18 September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 August 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2010.

[2] "ASEAN U-17 Championship 2002". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.

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