2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

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)
Timor-Leste	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 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	Timor-Leste	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)	Timor-Leste (5)  Singapore (6)	Cambodia (7)  Malaysia (8)	Vietnam (9)  Brunei (10)	Philippines (11)

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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	Timor-Leste	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	Timor-Leste	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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