1986 AFC U-16 Championship

The 1986 AFC U-16 Championship was the 2nd edition of the AFC U-16 Championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It also served as a qualification tournament for the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship to be held at Canada. South Korea won the tournament, and qualified for the 1987 U-16 World Cup along runners-up Qatar and third-placed Saudi Arabia.

1986 AFC U-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Qatar
Dates15–24 November
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (1st title)
Runners-up Qatar
Third place Saudi Arabia
Fourth place North Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored37 (2.31 per match)
1985
1988

Qualification

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Qualified teams:

Group stage

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Qatar 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 6
  Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 4
  Bangladesh 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 2
  Indonesia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Indonesia  1−5  Saudi Arabia
Qatar  6−1  Bangladesh

Bangladesh  0−1  Saudi Arabia
Qatar  1−0  Indonesia

Bangladesh  2−1  Indonesia
Saudi Arabia  0−1  Qatar

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 3 1 2 0 5 0 +5 4
  North Korea 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3
  Burma 3 1 1 1 2 6 −4 3
  Bahrain 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Bahrain  3−3  North Korea
Burma  0−5  South Korea

Bahrain  0−0  South Korea
Burma  1−1  North Korea

Bahrain  0−1  Burma
North Korea  0−0  South Korea

Knockout stage

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Semifinals

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South Korea  1–0  Saudi Arabia
Qatar  1–0  North Korea

Third place match

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Saudi Arabia  2–0  North Korea

Final

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South Korea  0–0  Qatar
Penalties
5–4

Winners

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 AFC U-17 Championship 1986 winners 
 
South Korea

First title

Tournament ranking

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As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   South Korea 5 2 3 0 6 0 +6 7 Champions
2   Qatar (H) 5 4 1 0 9 1 +8 9 Runners-up
3   Saudi Arabia 5 3 0 2 8 3 +5 6 3rd places
4   North Korea 5 0 3 2 4 7 −3 3 4th places
5   Myanmar 3 1 1 1 2 6 −4 3 Eliminated in
group stage
6   Bahrain 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
7   Bangladesh 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 2
8   Indonesia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
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