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1998 AFC U-16 Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	AFC U-16 Championship
year	1998
other_titles	بطولة آسيا تحت 16 سنة لكرة القدم 1998
country	Qatar
dates	3–17 September
num_teams	10
confederations	1
venues	1
cities	1
champion_other
count	1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches	34
goals	90
prevseason	1996
nextseason	2000

1998 AFC U-16 Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship. Qatar hosted the tournament from 3 to 17 September 1998. The top two teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand.

Qualification

Main article: 1998 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

The following 10 teams qualified for the final tournament:

Group 1:
Group 2:
Group 3:
Group 4:
Group 5:
Group 6:
Group 7:
Group 8:
Group 9:
Host:

Venues

All matches were held in Grand Hamad Stadium in the city of Doha.

Doha
Grand Hamad Stadium
Capacity: 13,000
[[File:Grand Hamad stadioni.jpg	192x192px]]

Group stage

Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semifinals.

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Semifinals

Hamza

Third place match

Final

Winners

Teams qualified for [[1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship]]

Inter-confederation playoff

Third-placed Bahrain played off against Australia, winners of the 1999 OFC U-17 championship for the final slot for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

Australia won 3–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship.

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