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1988 AFC Youth Championship

Tournament details
Host country	َQatar
Dates	17–28 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iraq (4th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	39 (2.44 per match)
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The 1988 AFC Youth Championship were held between October 17 and October 28 in Doha, capital of Qatar. Eight teams entered the final tournament, playing for the Asian Youth title and a spot at the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship in Saudi Arabia.

Iraq won the tournament, beating Syria 4–3 after a penalty shootout. Hosts Qatar grabbed the third place.

The Iraqi team qualified for the World Cup Finals, whereas Syria and Qatar had to enter a play-off round against Australia and New Zealand. Syria won the tournament which was hosted in January 1989 in Aleppo.

Teams

•  Qatar
•  China
•  Iraq
•  Japan
•  South Korea
•  North Korea
•  Syria
•  United Arab Emirates

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Syria	6	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4
Qatar	4	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5
North Korea	2	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3
China	0	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6

China	0 – 1	Syria

Qatar	4 – 1	North Korea

North Korea	0 – 2	Syria

Qatar	5 – 2	China

Syria	1 – 0	Qatar

North Korea	3 – 1	China

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iraq	5	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2
United Arab Emirates	4	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1
South Korea	3	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1
Japan	0	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4

Japan	1 – 3	South Korea

Iraq	0 – 0	United Arab Emirates

Japan	1 – 2	United Arab Emirates

South Korea	0 – 1	Iraq

Iraq	2 – 1	Japan

United Arab Emirates	0 – 0	South Korea

Semi finals

Iraq	1 – 1 5–4 (PSO)	Qatar

Syria	2 – 0	United Arab Emirates

Third place play-off

Qatar	2 – 0	United Arab Emirates

Final

Iraq	1 – 1 5–4 (PSO)	Syria

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The following teams qualified for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Iraq
•  Syria
•  Saudi Arabia (host)

External links

• RSSSF

• 1988 AFC Youth Championship
• AFC U-19 Championship
• 1988 in Asian football
• International association football competitions hosted by Qatar
• 1988–89 in Qatari football
• 1988 in youth association football