1988 AFC Youth Championship Tournament details Host country َQatar Dates 17–28 October Teams 8 (from 1 confederation) Venue 1 (in 1 host city) Final positions Champions Iraq (4th title) Tournament statistics Matches played 16 Goals scored 39 (2.44 per match)
International football competition
The1988AFC Youth Championship were held between October 17 and October 28 inDoha , capital ofQatar . Eight teams entered the final tournament, playing for the Asian Youth title and a spot at the1989 FIFA World Youth Championship inSaudi Arabia .
Iraq won the tournament, beatingSyria 4–3 after apenalty shootout . HostsQatar grabbed the third place.[citation needed
The Iraqi team qualified for the World Cup Finals, whereas Syria and Qatar had to enter a play-off round againstAustralia andNew Zealand . Syria won the tournament which was hosted in January 1989 inAleppo .[citation needed
Third place play-off [ edit ] Qualification to World Youth Championship [ edit ] The following teams qualified for the1989 FIFA World Youth Championship .
Tournaments
Youth Championship U-19 Championship U-20 Asian Cup
Qualification Squads
Iraq (4th title)
Syria
Qatar
North Korea
China
United Arab Emirates
South Korea
Japan
Saudi Arabia(host)