Qualifying (8 groups, winners qualify)
Group 2 (in Malé, Maldives)
16- 6 Maldives 0-4 South Yemen
17- 6 Kuwait 0-2 Iraq
19- 6 Maldives 1-6 Kuwait
Iraq 4-2 South Yemen
21- 6 Iraq 11-0 Maldives
South Yemen 2-1 Kuwait
23- 6 Kuwait 0-3 Iraq
South Yemen 2-1 Maldives
25- 6 Iraq 3-1 South Yemen
Maldives 1-5 Kuwait
27- 6 Kuwait 0-3 South Yemen
Maldives 0-3 Iraq
1.IRAQ 6 6 0 0 26- 3 12
2.South Yemen 6 4 0 2 14- 9 8
3.Kuwait 6 2 0 4 12-12 4
4.Maldives 6 0 0 6 3-31 0
Group 5 (in Hong Kong)
19- 6 Hong Kong 3-0 Macao
19- 6 China 1-0 Thailand
21- 6 China 9-0 Macao
21- 6 Thailand 1-1 Hong Kong
23- 6 China 4-1 Hong Kong
23- 6 Thailand 14-0 Macao
25- 6 China 2-0 Thailand
25- 6 Hong Kong 3-1 Macao
27- 6 Hong Kong 1-5 Thailand
27- 6 China 5-0 Macao
29- 6 China 3-1 Hong Kong
29- 6 Thailand 5-0 Macao
1.CHINA 6 6 0 0 24- 2 12
2.Thailand 6 3 1 2 25- 5 7
3.Hong Kong 6 2 1 3 10-14 5
4.Macao 6 0 0 6 1-39 0
Group 6 (in Singapore)
14- 6 South Korea 4-0 Burma
16- 6 Singapore 1-2 Burma
18- 6 Singapore 0-7 South Korea
1.SOUTH KOREA 2 2 0 0 11- 0 4
2.Burma 2 1 0 1 2- 5 2
3.Singapore 2 0 0 2 1- 9 0
Group 8 (in Kyoto, Japan)
26- 6 Indonesia 1-1 Malaysia
28- 6 Japan 1-1 Malaysia
30- 6 Japan 1-0 Indonesia
2- 7 Indonesia 1-2 Malaysia
4- 7 Japan 7-0 Malaysia
6- 7 Japan 0-0 Indonesia
1.JAPAN 4 2 2 0 9- 1 6
2.Malaysia 4 1 2 1 4-10 3
3.Indonesia 4 0 2 2 2- 4 2
FINAL TOURNAMENT
Played in Doha, Qatar
Group A
17-10-88 China 0-1 Syria
Qatar 4-1 North Korea
19-10-88 North Korea 0-2 Syria
Qatar 5-2 China
21-10-88 North Korea 3-1 China
Syria 1-0 Qatar
1.SYRIA 3 3 0 0 4- 0 6
2.QATAR 3 2 0 1 9- 4 4
3.North Korea 3 1 0 2 4- 7 2
4.China 3 0 0 3 3- 9 0
Group B
18-10-88 Japan 1-3 South Korea
Iraq 0-0 UAE
20-10-88 Japan 1-2 UAE
South Korea 0-1 Iraq
[Laith Hussain pen]
22-10-88 Iraq 2-1 Japan
[Younis Abid Ali (2) / ?]
South Korea 0-0 UAE
1.IRAQ 3 2 1 0 3- 1 5
2.UAE 3 1 2 0 2- 1 4
3.South Korea 3 1 1 1 3- 2 3
4.Japan 3 0 0 3 3- 7 0
Semifinals
25-10-88 Iraq 1-1 Qatar [aet, 5-4 pen]
[Younis Abid Ali / ?]
Syria 2-0 UAE
Third Place Match
27-10-88 Qatar 2-0 UAE
Final
28-10-88 Iraq 1-1 Syria [aet, 5-4 pen]
[Ahmed Daham / ?]
Iraq qualified for 1989 World Youth Cup
in Saudi Arabia (who qualified as hosts).
Syria and Qatar to play off with Australia and New Zealand.
Asia/Oceania Playoff (in Aleppo, Syria)
January 18-22, 1989.
18- 1 Australia 3-0 New Zealand
18- 1 Syria 0-0 Qatar
20- 1 Australia 1-1 Qatar
20- 1 Syria 2-0 New Zealand
22- 1 Syria 1-0 Australia
22- 1 Qatar 1-0 New Zealand
1.SYRIA 3 2 1 0 3- 0 5
2.Qatar 3 1 2 0 2- 1 4
3.Australia 3 1 1 1 4- 2 3
4.New Zealand 3 0 0 3 0- 6 0
Syria qualified for 1989 World Youth Cup.
Source: [sss 6, 9]
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