The 2008 AFC U-19 Championship the 35th edition of this tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), was hosted by Saudi Arabia between 31 October and 14 November. The matches were played in Dammam and Khobar, both located at the Eastern Province.
Qualification Competition
Seedings Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (hosts)
Draw The draw was held on 6 April 2008 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. Venues Dammam Khobar Prince Mohamed bin Fahd Stadium Prince Saud bin Jalawi Stadium Capacity: 26,000 Capacity: 15,000
Squads
Group stage All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final
Winners
Qualified to the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup
Awards Most Valuable PlayerTop ScorerFair Play Award Ahmed Khalil Ahmed Khalil Kensuke Nagai Uzbekistan
Goalscorers 4 goals
Ahmed Khalil Kensuke Nagai
3 goals
Zhou Liao Ali Oudah Kota Mizunuma Samad Shohzukhurov
2 goals
Sherzod Karimov Mitch Nichols Nawaf Al-Abid Abdulrahim Jaizawi Ehsan Hajsafi Iman Mousavi An Il-Bom Mohamed Fawzi Hamdan Al Kamali
1 goal
Milos Lujic Sebastian Ryall Sam Munro Tahj Minniecon Cao Yunding Hui Jiakang Piao Cheng Tan Yang Zhang Yuan Jalaleddin Ali-Mohammadi Kosuke Yamamoto Jun Suzuki Hiroki Miyazawa Amer Abu Hwaiti Yusuf Al-Rawashdeh Khalil Bani Attiah Yu Ji-No Choi Jung-Han Cho Young-Cheol Kim Young-Gwon Kim Dong-Sub Kim Bo-Kyung Moon Ki-Han Mohammed Abusabaan Omar Khudari Mohammed Al-Qarni Kassem Mannaa Ahmad Zreik Jo Jong-Chol Ri Sang-Chol Ri Hyong-Mu Myong Cha-Hyon Omar Al Soma Davrondzhon Tukhtasunov Farkhod Tokhirov Farkhod Vasiev Yodrak Namueangrak Anusorn Srichaloung Attapong Nooprom Theyab Awana Rashed Eisa Habib Fardan Abdulaziz Haikal Davron Mirzaev Fozil Musaev Kenja Turaev Abdullah Mousa
Own goal Farkhod Vasiev (playing against China)
References
External links Details on AFC.com