2016 AFF U-16
Youth Championship
ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ AFF U16
Championship 2016

Tournament details
Host country	Cambodia
City	Phnom Penh
Dates	10–23 July
Teams	11 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runners-up	Vietnam
Third place	Thailand
Fourth place	Cambodia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	102 (3.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)	John Roberts (8 goals)
Fair play award	Cambodia
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The 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship was the 11th edition of the AFF U-16 Youth Championship, organised by the ASEAN Football Federation for the men's under-16 national teams of Southeastern Asia. It is hosted by Cambodia for the third time after the 2007 AFF U-17 Youth Championship and 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship, and won by Australia. It is played between 10 and 23 July 2016.^[1]

A total of 11 teams played in the tournament. The Indonesian Football Association was suspended by football's world governing body FIFA because of government interference in the Southeast Asian country's national league on 30 May 2015 but this was lifted on 13 May 2016.^[2][3] However, Indonesia withdrew from the tournament.

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).

All twelve member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation were set to take part in the tournament featuring three groups of four teams, but with Indonesia's suspension, they were omitted and the AFF reverted to two groups featuring six and five teams.^[4]

Team	Association	App	Previous best performance
Cambodia (H)	FF Cambodia	7th	Group stage (6 times)
Australia	FF Australia	5th	Winners (2008)
Brunei	FA Brunei DS	5th	Group stage (4 times)
Laos	Lao FF	9th	Runners-up (2002, 2007, 2011)
Malaysia	FA Malaysia	8th	Winners (2013)
Myanmar	Myanmar FF	8th	Winners (2002, 2005)
Philippines	Philippine FF	5th	Group stage (4 times)
Singapore	FA Singapore	7th	Fourth place (2008, 2011)
Thailand	FA Thailand	7th	Winners (2007, 2011, 2015)
East Timor	FF Timor-Leste	4th	Third place (2010)
Vietnam	Vietnam FF	9th	Winners (2006, 2010)

The two venues to host matches are Olympic Stadium and Army Stadium in Phnom Penh. The matches of Group A will hold in Olympic Stadium and Army Stadium, the matches of Group B will hold in Olympic Stadium and the matches of Knockout stage will hold in Olympic Stadium.

Phnom Penh
Olympic Stadium	Phnom Penh class=notpageimage| Location of stadiums of the 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship	Army Stadium
Capacity: 50,000		Capacity: 7,000

The following groups were drawn at the AFF Council meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam on 13 March 2016.^[5]

The seeding are based on the 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship (shown in parentheses below)The 12 teams are seeded into Six pots:

• Pot 1 contained the teams ranked 1–2.
• Pot 2 contained the teams ranked 3–4.
• Pot 3 contained the teams ranked 5–6.
• Pot 4 contained the teams ranked 7–8.
• Pot 5 contained the teams ranked 9–10.
• Pot 6 contained the teams ranked 11.

Each group is contain one team from each of the six pots.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Thailand	7	6	0	1	16	4	+12	18
2	Myanmar	6	4	0	2	10	8	+2	12
3	Australia	6	5	0	1	36	9	+27	15
4	Laos	7	4	1	2	12	15	−3	13
5	East Timor	4	1	1	2	7	9	−2	4
6	Singapore	4	1	1	2	7	12	−5	4
7	Cambodia	4	1	1	2	1	7	−6	4
8	Malaysia	4	1	0	3	3	8	−5	3
9	Vietnam	4	0	2	2	4	7	−3	2
10	Brunei	4	0	0	4	2	11	−9	0
11	Philippines	4	0	0	4	3	16	−13	0

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Thailand (1)  Myanmar (2)	Australia (3)  Laos (4)	East Timor (5)  Singapore (6)	Cambodia (7)  Malaysia (8)	Vietnam (9)  Brunei (10)	Philippines (11)

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers^[6]

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:

1. Goal difference in all the group matches;
2. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
3. Result of the direct match between the teams concerned;
4. Kicks from the penalty mark if the teams concerned are still on the field of play.
5. Lowest score using Fair Play Criteria;
6. Drawing of lots.

• All matches held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
• All times are local, UTC+7.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	5	4	1	0	17	4	+13	13	Knockout stage
2	Australia	5	3	1	1	21	7	+14	10
3	Myanmar	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	7
4	Malaysia	5	2	1	2	6	12	−6	7
5	Singapore	5	1	0	4	6	16	−10	3
6	Philippines	5	0	2	3	6	18	−12	2

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	4	4	0	0	12	0	+12	12	Knockout stage
2	Cambodia (H)	4	3	0	1	8	7	+1	9
3	Laos	4	1	1	2	6	6	0	4
4	East Timor	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4
5	Brunei	4	0	0	4	0	10	−10	0

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In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).

	Semi-finals				Final
	21 July – Phnom Penh
	Vietnam	1
					23 July – Phnom Penh
	Cambodia	0
					Vietnam	3 (3)
	21 July – Phnom Penh
					Australia (p)	3 (5)
	Thailand	3 (3)
	Australia (p)	3 (5)
					Third place match
					23 July – Phnom Penh
					Cambodia	0
					Thailand	3

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2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship Winners
Australia Second title

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As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Australia	7	3	3	1	27	13	+14	12	Champions
2	Vietnam	7	5	2	0	21	7	+14	17	Runners-up
3	Thailand	6	5	1	0	18	3	+15	16	Third place
4	Cambodia (H)	6	3	0	3	8	11	−3	9	Fourth place
5	Laos	4	1	1	2	6	6	0	4
6	Myanmar	5	2	1	2	9	8	+1	7
7	Malaysia	5	2	1	2	6	12	−6	7
8	East Timor	4	1	1	2	4	7	−3	4
9	Singapore	5	1	0	4	6	16	−10	3
10	Brunei	4	0	0	4	0	10	−10	0
11	Philippines	5	0	2	3	6	18	−12	2

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2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship television broadcasters in Southeast Asia
Country	Broadcast network	Television station
Australia
Brunei
Cambodia	MYTV	Cambodian Television Network
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar	MWD
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand	True Visions
East Timor
Vietnam
2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship international television broadcasters
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