1988 AFC Youth Championship qualification

The qualification of AFC Youth Championship 1988 was held from 16 June to 25 September 1988.

Qualification

Group A

All matches in Muscat, Oman.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Syria	6	4	3	0	1	8	4	+4
Oman	6	4	3	0	1	7	4	+3
Lebanon	0	4	0	0	4	4	11	−7

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Group B

All matches in Malé, Maldives.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Iraq	12	6	6	0	0	26	3	+23
South Yemen	8	6	4	0	2	14	9	+5
Kuwait	4	6	2	0	4	12	12	0
Maldives	0	6	0	0	6	3	31	−28

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Group C

All matches in Manama, Bahrain.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Qatar	8	4	4	0	0	13	2	+11
Bahrain	4	4	2	0	2	9	5	+4
Pakistan	0	4	0	0	4	0	15	−15

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Group D

All matches in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
United Arab Emirates	4	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1
North Yemen	4	4	1	2	1	4	3	+1
Iran	4	4	1	2	1	2	4	−2

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Group E

All matches in Hong Kong.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	12	6	6	0	0	24	2	+22
Thailand	7	6	3	1	2	26	5	+21
Hong Kong	5	6	2	1	3	10	14	−4
Macau	0	6	0	0	3	1	39	−38

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Group F

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	South Korea	qualified
—	Burma	withdrew
—	India	withdrew
—	Singapore	withdrew

Burma, India and Singapore withdrew, so the Korea Republic qualified automatically.

Group G

All matches in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
North Korea	3	1	1	1	0	5	1	+4
Bangladesh	1	1	0	1	1	1	5	−4

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Group H

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1	Japan	qualified
—	Brunei	withdrew
—	Indonesia	withdrew
—	Malaysia	withdrew

Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia withdrew, so the Japan qualified automatically.

External links

• FIFA: Technical Report Saudi Arabia 89 [Page 13]