1996 AFC U-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Dates17 September – 1 October
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Oman (1st title)
Runners-up Thailand
Third place Bahrain
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored86 (3.58 per match)

The 1996 AFC U-16 Championship was the 7th edition of the tournament, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) every two years. Thailand was the host nation.

Venue

All matches were played in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Qualification

Qualified Teams:

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Oman4310124+810Knockout stage
2 Japan4310136+710
3 South Korea411278−14
4 Kuwait410359−43
5 Uzbekistan4013212−101
Japan 2–2 Oman
Kuwait 1–3 South Korea

Japan 3–2 South Korea
Uzbekistan 1–6 Oman

Oman 3–1 South Korea
Uzbekistan 0–2 Kuwait

Japan 5–2 Kuwait
Uzbekistan 1–1 South Korea

Oman 1–0 Kuwait
Uzbekistan 0–3 Japan

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Thailand4310153+1210Knockout Stage
2 Bahrain4301137+69
3 China4112510−54
4 Iran410358−33
5 India4103616−103
China 2–0 Iran
Thailand 7–0 India

Bahrain 3–2 India
Thailand 3–0 Iran

Bahrain 6–0 China
India 1–4 Iran

Bahrain 2–4 Thailand
India 3–2 China

Bahrain 2–1 Iran
Thailand 1–1 China

Knock Stage

Semifinals

Oman 1–0 Bahrain
Thailand 1–0 Japan

Third place match

Bahrain 0–0 (a.e.t.) Japan
Penalties
4–1

Final

Oman 1–0 Thailand

Winners

 AFC U-16 Championship 1996 winners 

Oman

First title

Teams qualified for 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Sources

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