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 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 9430196
 South Korea 9430186
 Japan 7421186
 Bangladesh 2402247
 Oman 1401337

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

Playoff

August 14 Canberra, Australia

Australia  2 - 1  Bahrain

August 27 Manama, Bahrain

Bahrain  0 - 1  Australia

Sources

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