Year Winners Runners-Up Third Fourth Venue
U-16
1985 Saudi Arabia 0-0 4-3p Qatar Iraq 1-0 Thailand Doha
1986 South Korea 0-0 5-4p Qatar Saudi Arabia 2-0 North Korea Doha
1988 Saudi Arabia 2-0 Bahrain China 1-1 4-3p Iraq Bangkok
1990 Qatar 2-0 UAE China 5-0 Indonesia UAE
1992 China 2-2 8-7p Qatar Saudi Arabia 2-1 North Korea Riyadh
1994 Japan 1-0 aet Qatar Oman 3-2 Bahrain Doha
1996 Oman 1-0 Thailand Bahrain 0-0 4-1p Japan Bangkok
1998 Thailand 1-1 3-2p Qatar Bahrain 5-1 South Korea Doha
2000 Oman 1-0 Iran Japan 4-2 Vietnam Danang
U-17
2002 South Korea 1-1 5-3p Yemen China 1-0 Uzbekistan UAE
2004 China 1-0 North Korea Qatar 2-1 Iran Japan
2006 Japan 4-2 aet North Korea Tajikistan 3-3 5-4p Syria Singapore
2008 Iran 2-1 South Korea Japan and UAE Uzbekistan
U-16
2010 North Korea 2-0 Uzbekistan Australia and Japan Uzbekistan
2012 Uzbekistan 1-1 3-1p Japan Iran and Iraq Iran
2014 North Korea 2-1 South Korea Australia and Syria Thailand
2016 Iraq 0-0 4-3p Iran Japan and North Korea India
2018 Japan 1-0 Tajikistan Australia and South Korea Malaysia
2020 cancelled due to Covid-19 pandemic
U-17
2023 Japan 3-0 South Korea Iran and Uzbekistan Thailand
NB: although both finalists were caught cheating with players ages at the 2000
championships (Iran had 5, Oman 6 players suspended for 2 years in May 2001
following X-ray tests), the final rankings were apparently not changed.
Number of Titles
4 Japan
2 China
North Korea
Oman
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
1 Iran
Iraq
Qatar
Thailand
Uzbekistan
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