2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

2018 AFF U-16 Championship
Kejuaraan Remaja U-16 AFF 2018
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
CityGresik and Sidoarjo
Dates29 July – 11 August
Teams11 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Indonesia (1st title)
Runners-up Thailand
Third place Malaysia
Fourth place Myanmar
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored115 (3.97 per match)
Attendance130,497 (4,500 per match)
Top scorer(s)Indonesia Bagus Kahfi (13 goals)
Best player(s)Thailand Thanarin Thumsen
Fair play award Thailand
2017
2019

The 2018 AFF U-16 Championship was the thirteenth edition of the AFF U-16 Championship, the annual international youth association football championship organised by the ASEAN Football Federation for men's under-16 national teams of Southeast Asia.

A total of 11 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2003 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes.

Indonesia beat Thailand 4–3 through penalty shoot-out in the final for their first title in the championship.[1]

  1. ^ Harley Ikhsan (11 August 2018). "Sejarah, Timnas Indonesia Juara Piala AFF U-16 2018" [History, Indonesian National Team Champion of 2018 AFF U-16 Cup] (in Indonesian). Liputan6. Retrieved 12 August 2018.