1998 AFC U-17 Championship

1998 AFC U-17 Championship

بطولة آسيا تحت 17 سنة لكرة القدم 1998
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	3–17 September
Teams	10 (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 played	34
Goals scored	90 (2.65 per match)

1998 AFC U-17 Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC U-17 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

The following 10 teams qualified for the final tournament.

• Group 1:  Oman
• Group 2:  Iran
• Group 3:  Bahrain
• Group 4:  North Korea
• Group 5:  Bangladesh
• Group 6:  Iraq
• Group 7:  South Korea
• Group 8:  Japan
• Group 9:  Thailand
• Host:  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

September 3

Qatar	4 - 0	Iran

September 4

Iraq	3 - 0	North Korea

September 5

Iran	1 - 2	Thailand

September 6

Qatar	3 - 2	North Korea

September 8

Thailand	3 - 2	Iraq

North Korea	1 - 0	Iran

September 9

Qatar	1 - 0	Iraq

September 10

Thailand	0 - 2	North Korea

September 11

Iran	0 - 4	Iraq

September 12

Thailand	1 - 1	Qatar

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GD
Bahrain	9	4	3	0	1	9	6
South Korea	9	4	3	0	1	8	6
Japan	7	4	2	1	1	8	6
Bangladesh	2	4	0	2	2	4	7
Oman	1	4	0	1	3	3	7

September 4

Oman	1 - 1	Bangladesh

Japan	1 - 2	South Korea

September 5

Bangladesh	0 - 2	Bahrain

September 6

South Korea	1 - 0	Oman

September 7

Bahrain	1 - 2	Japan

September 8

Bangladesh	1 - 2	South Korea

September 9

Japan	3 - 1	Oman

September 10

Bahrain	4 - 3	South Korea

September 11

Japan	2 - 2	Bangladesh

September 12

Bahrain	2 - 1	Oman

Knockout stage

Semifinals

September 15

Qatar	2 - 1	South Korea

Bahrain	0 - 6	Thailand

Third place match

September 17

Bahrain	5 - 1	South Korea

Final

September 17

Thailand	1 - 1 (aet, 3 PK 2)	Qatar

Winners

AFC U-17 Championship 1998 Winners
Thailand First title

Teams qualified for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship

•  Thailand
•  Qatar
• Bahrain play off against Australia (1st in Oceanian U-17 championship 1999) for a place in New Zealand.

Playoff

August 14 Canberra, Australia

Australia	2 - 1	Bahrain

August 27 Manama, Bahrain

Bahrain	0 - 1	Australia

• Agg 3-1, Australia is qualified.

Sources

• rsssf.com