The 2024 ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship was the 19th edition of the ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It was hosted by Indonesia from 21 June to 3 July 2024. This was also the first edition that the tournament was rebranded to ASEAN Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 2008 could participate in this tournament.
Participant teams There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament. The following 12 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered the tournament. TeamAssociationPrevious best performanceFootball Australia9th (2008, 2016)FA Brunei DS10th (9 times)FF Cambodia12th (2016) (H)FA Indonesia12th (2018, 2022)Lao FF14th (2002, 2007, 2011)FA Malaysia13th (2013, 2019)Myanmar FF13th (2002, 2005)Philippine FF10th (9 times)FA Singapore12th (2008, 2011)FA Thailand12th (2007, 2011, 2015)FF Timor-Leste9th (2010)Vietnam FF14th (2006, 2010, 2017)
Draw The tournament's official draw was held on 30 May 2024 in Jakarta, Indonesia at 14:00 (GMT+07:00). The pot placements followed each teams progress based on the previous edition.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4 (H)
(H): Tournament host
Officials The following officials were chosen for the competition. Video assistant referees (VAR) would be used from the semi-finals onwards. This was the first AFF tournament which uses the video assistant referee.
Referees
Khin Ouseyha Du Jianxin Poon Chun Kit Ryan Nanda Saputra Koji Takasaki Zakaria Ismail Muhammad Zulfiqar Clarence Leow Hong Wei Warintorn Sassadee Lê Vũ Linh Nguyễn Mạnh Hải
Assistant Referees
Faisal Ali Nurhadi Sulchan Azizul Alimmudin Hanafiah Akbar Jamaluddin Tomoyuki Umeda Faisal Nasser Alqahtani Farhan Abdul Aziz Zayar Maung Nophuan Apichit Nguyễn Lâm Minh Đăng
Video Assistant Referees
Hiroyuki Kimura Jumpei Iida Kim Woo-sung Lee Seul-gi
Venues In May 2024, the ASEAN Football Federation officially announced the 2 venues for the tournament which was located in Surakarta, Central Java.
Surakarta Manahan Stadium Sriwedari Stadium Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 10,000
Squads Players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).
Group stage All times listed are WIB (UTC+7).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of runner-up teams The best runner-up team from three groups advance to the Knockout stage.
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Winner
Awards Most Valuable PlayerTop Scorer AwardBest Goalkeeper Award Zahaby Gholy Anthony Didulica Quinn MacNicol Supakorn Poonpol
Goalscorers
Final ranking
Broadcasting rights Broadcasters in Southeast Asia who acquired rights to the tournament include: TerritoryBroadcaster(s)Ref.Hang Meas HDTV
See also 2024 ASEAN Championship 2024 ASEAN U-19 Boys Championship
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