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

Jakarta

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, Indonesia

Indonesia

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 in July 2008.

Only five nations took part which includes associate AFF

ASEAN Football Federation

ASEAN Football Federation is a subset of nations within the Asian Football Confederation from Southeast Asia. ASEAN stands for Association of South East Asian Nations. The AFF was founded in 1984 by the nations of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.Cambodia, Laos,...

 member Australia

Australia

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 and guest nation Bahrain

Bahrain

' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

, competing in a round-robin format with the top two teams playing in the final.

Group stage

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	4	3	1	0	13	3
10
	4	2	1	1	5	3
7
	4	2	1	1	6	5
7
	4	0	2	2	2	5	−3	2
	4	0	1	3	1	11	−10	1

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Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

4 goals Kamal Ibrahim

Kamal Ibrahim

Kamal Said Ibrahim is an Ethiopian Australian football player who currently plays for A-League team...

 Kerem Bulut

Kerem Bulut

Kerem Bulut is an Australian footballer currently playing for FK Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Republic's Gambrinus liga and the Australia under-20 national team...

2 goals Salman Ahmed Aldakheel Muhammad Muhaymin Salim D. Saarvindran

D. Saarvindran

D. Saarvindran is a Malaysian national footballer who is currently on loan to Selangor FA from Harimau Muda A in the Malaysia Super League....

 Ahmad Fauzan Yahya

1 goal Joseph Costa

Joseph Costa

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 Brendan Hamill

Brendan Hamill (footballer)

Brendan Hamill is a football player currently playing for the Melbourne Heart in the A-League.-Club career:...

 Jared Lum Marc Warren

Marc Warren (footballer)

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 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

Sabri Sahar

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 Iffi Afinaz Ismail

Own goal Muhammad Abduh Lestaluhu (for Australia)

External links

• AFF U16 Youth Championship 2008 at ASEAN Football Federation official website