AFF U-16 Youth Championship

The AFF U-16 Championship is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and occasionally invited nations from the rest of Asia. The tournament used to be played at under-17 level, however, the AFF followed the lead of the Asian Football Confederation after they renamed its U-17 competition to fall in line with FIFA's naming conventions and also to reflect the age of the players at the competition.[1] The competition was first held in 2002[2] and resumed in 2005.

AFF U-16 Youth Championship

Founded	2002
Region	Southeast Asia (AFF)
Number of teams	12
Current champions	Malaysia (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Thailand  Vietnam (3 titles)
2019 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2002 Details	Indonesia  Malaysia		Myanmar	4 – 1	Laos		Indonesia	1 – 0	Malaysia
2005 Details	Thailand		Myanmar	1 – 1 4–3 (p)	Thailand		Laos	3 – 1	Malaysia
2006 Details	Vietnam		Vietnam	RR	Myanmar		Bangladesh	RR	Laos
2007 Details	Cambodia		Thailand	3 – 2	Laos		Vietnam	1 – 1 4–3 (p)	Indonesia
2008 Details	Indonesia		Australia	1 – 1 5–4 (p)	Bahrain		Malaysia	3 – 0	Singapore
2009 Details	Thailand		Cancelled				Cancelled
2010 Details	Indonesia		Vietnam	1 – 0	China PR		Timor-Leste	2 – 0	Indonesia
2011 Details	Laos		Thailand	1 – 0	Laos		Myanmar	2 – 1	Singapore
2012 Details	Laos		Japan	3 – 1	Australia		Laos	3 – 0	Thailand
2013 Details	Myanmar		Malaysia	1 – 1 3–2 (p)	Indonesia		Australia	0 – 0 7–6 (p)	Vietnam
2014 Details	Indonesia		Cancelled				Cancelled
2015 Details	Cambodia		Thailand	3 – 0	Myanmar		Australia	10 – 2	Laos
2016 Details	Cambodia		Australia	3 – 3 5–3 (p)	Vietnam		Thailand	3 – 0	Cambodia
2017 Details	Thailand		Vietnam	0 – 0 4–2 (p)	Thailand		Australia	3 – 2	Malaysia
2018 Details	Indonesia		Indonesia	1 – 1 4–3 (p)	Thailand		Malaysia	1 – 0	Myanmar
2019 Details	Thailand		Malaysia	2 – 1	Thailand		Indonesia	0 – 0 3–2 (p)	Vietnam
2020 Details	Indonesia

Performance by country

Nation	Champions	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Thailand	3 (2007, 2011, 2015)	4 (2005, 2017, 2018, 2019)	1 (2016)	1 (2012)
Vietnam	3 (2006, 2010, 2017)	1 (2016)	1 (2007)	2 (2013, 2019)
Myanmar	2 (2002, 2005)	2 (2006, 2015)	1 (2011)	1 (2018)
Australia	2 (2008, 2016)	1 (2012)	3 (2013, 2015, 2017)	—
Malaysia	2 (2013, 2019)	—	2 (2008, 2018)	3 (2002, 2005, 2017)
Indonesia	1 (2018)	1 (2013)	2 (2002, 2019)	2 (2007, 2010)
Japan	1 (2012)	—	—	—
Laos	—	3 (2002, 2007, 2011)	2 (2005, 2012)	2 (2006, 2015)
China PR	—	1 (2010)	—	—
Bahrain	—	1 (2008)	—	—
Bangladesh	—	—	1 (2006)	—
Timor-Leste	—	—	1 (2010)	—
Singapore	—	—	—	2 (2008, 2011)
Cambodia	—	—	—	1 (2016)

Participating nations

Team	2002 (10)	2005 (7)	2006 (4)	2007 (9)	2008 (5)	2010 (4)	2011 (10)	2012 (4)	2013 (10)	2015 (11)	2016 (11)	2017 (12)	2018 (11)	2019 (12)	2020	Total
Australia	×	×	×	×	1st	×	×	2nd	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	×	GS		7
Brunei	GS	×	×	GS	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS		8
Cambodia	GS	GS	×	GS	×	×	GS	×	GS	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS		10
Indonesia	3rd	GS	×	4th	GS	4th	GS	×	2nd	×	×	GS	1st	3rd	q	11
Laos	2nd	3rd	4th	2nd	×	×	2nd	3rd	GS	4th	GS	GS	GS	GS		12
Malaysia	4th	4th	×	GS	3rd	×	GS	×	1st	GS	GS	4th	3rd	1st		11
Myanmar	1st	1st	2nd	GS	×	×	3rd	×	GS	2nd	GS	GS	4th	GS		11
Philippines	GS	×	×	×	×	×	GS	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS		8
Singapore	GS	×	×	GS	4th	×	4th	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS		10
Thailand	GS	2nd	×	1st	×	×	1st	4th	×	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd		10
Timor-Leste	×	×	×	×	×	3rd	GS	×	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS		7
Vietnam	GS	GS	1st	3rd	×	1st	GS	×	4th	GS	2nd	1st	GS	4th		12
Invitees nations
Bahrain	×	×	×	×	2nd	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1
Bangladesh	×	×	3rd	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1
China PR	×	×	×	×	×	2nd	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1
Japan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1st	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	1

Legend

1st — Champions 2nd — Runners-up 3rd — Third place 4th — Fourth place

GS — Group stage q — Qualified for the current tournament  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned    — Hosts

All-time ranking table

As of 2019

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Best finish
1	Thailand	10	57	38	10	9	131	55	+76	124	Champions (2007, 2011, 2015)
2	Vietnam	12	60	32	11	17	144	75	+69	107	Champions (2006, 2010, 2017)
3	Malaysia	11	55	29	12	14	113	68	+45	99	Champions (2013, 2019)
4	Myanmar	11	55	30	7	18	124	77	+47	97	Champions (2002, 2005)
5	Laos	12	59	26	11	22	93	85	+8	89	Runners-up (2002, 2007, 2011)
6	Australia	7	40	25	9	6	149	52	+97	84	Champions (2008, 2016)
7	Indonesia	10	51	19	15	17	82	72	+10	72	Champions (2018)
8	Cambodia	10	44	11	9	24	49	88	–39	42	Fourth place (2016)
9	Singapore	10	44	9	8	27	61	99	–38	35	Fourth place (2008, 2011)
10	Timor-Leste	7	30	7	6	17	45	60	–15	27	Third place (2010)
11	Japan	1	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	10	Champions (2012)
12	Philippines	8	36	2	4	30	23	141	–118	10	Group stage (8 times)
13	Bahrain	1	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2	8	Runners-up (2008)
14	Brunei	8	35	1	4	30	11	163	–152	7	Group stage (8 times)
15	China PR	1	4	2	0	2	4	3	+1	6	Runners-up (2010)
16	Bangladesh	1	3	1	0	2	4	7	–3	3	Third place (2006)

See also

• AFC U-16 Championship
• AFF U-19 Youth Championship
• AFF Championship
• Football at the Southeast Asian Games
• ASEAN Football Federation

References

1. "AFC U-16 Championship 2008 Competition Information". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 18 September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 August 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
2. "ASEAN U-17 Championship 2002". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2010.

External links

• AFF U16 Youth Championship at ASEAN Football Federation official website.