The 2008 AFF U-16 Youth Championship is the first edition of the tournament as an under-16 youth championship as it was previously played at under-17 level. It took place in Jakarta, Indonesia in July 2008.
Only five nations took part which includes associate AFF member Australia and guest nation Bahrain, competing in a round-robin format with the top two teams playing in the final.
Participant teams
Tournament All times are Western Indonesian Time (WIT) – UTC+7
Group stage TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts4310133+1010421153+27421165+17402225−324013111−101
Third place play-off
Final
Winner
Goalscorers
4 goals Kamal Ibrahim Kerem Bulut
2 goals Salman Ahmed Aldakheel Muhammad Muhaymin Salim D. Saarvindran Ahmad Fauzan Yahya
1 goal Joseph Costa Brendan Hamill Jared Lum Marc Warren Tedros Alemaw Yabio
1 goal Sayed Dhiya Saeed Ahmed Isa Ali Hasan Ahmed Ishaq Ali Muneer Redha Fahreza Agamal Garry Steven Robbat Mohammad Aminuddin Samki Mohamed Amer Saidin Sabri Sahar Iffi Afinaz Ismail
Own goal Abduh Lestaluhu (for Australia)
External links AFF U16 Youth Championship 2008 at ASEAN Football Federation official website