2008 AFC U-19 Championship

The U-19 Asian Cup 2008 was the 35 edition of this tournament. It was organized by the AFC and found from 31 October to 14 November 2008 in Saudi Arabia instead. The Games were held in Dammam and Al- Khobar.

  • 3.1 Preliminary 3.1.1 Group A
  • 3.1.2 Group B
  • 3.1.3 Group C
  • 3.1.4 Group D
  • 3.2.1 quarterfinals
  • 3.2.2 Semi-finals
  • 3.2.3 final

Mode

The competition consisted of a discharged the league system, with round-trip games qualifying round, and the discharged in a group stage and the finals finals.

In the final round of the sixteen participants formed four preliminary round groups of four teams, of which the top two qualify for the quarter-finals. In the group stage, each team played each of the other teams in the group after the championship mode, where one point was awarded for a win and three for a draw. In case of equality of several teams in the group initially ruled the goal difference, then the number of goals scored in the matches about the placement. After that, the goal difference and the number of goals scored all group matches was used.

From the quarter- finals, the tournament was continued in the semi-finals and final of the knockout system, with the winner of the match qualified for the next round. Finished a game after regular time undecided, it was extended by two times 15 minutes. Was also after extra time no decision has been made, the winner of the match on penalties was determined. The four best teams in the tournament also qualified for the U- 20 World Cup 2009.

Participant

Final Draw

The draw for the final tournament was held in Dammam on April 6, 2008.

For the draw for the qualified teams were divided into four pots.

  • Lostopf 1: North Korea, Japan, South Korea and Jordan
  • Lostopf 2: China, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Australia
  • Lostopf 3: Iran, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Tajikistan
  • Lostopf 4: Syria, Uzbekistan, Yemen and Lebanon

The draw gave the following Groups:

Fixtures and Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinal

Final

Qualified countries for the FIFA U - 20 World Cup

The top four teams qualified for the U- 20 World Cup 2009 These were. :

  • United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
  • Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
  • Australia Australia
  • Flag of South Korea South Korea
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