2024 ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship

2024 ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship
Kejuaraan Remaja U-16 ASEAN 2024
Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia
City	Surakarta
Dates	21 June – 3 July
Teams	12 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	54 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nguyễn Việt Long; (4 goals)
	← 2022 2026 →

The 2024 ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship is the 19th edition of the AFF U-16 Youth Championship, organised by ASEAN Football Federation. It will be hosted by Indonesia from 21 June to 3 July 2024.^[1]^[2] This is also the first edition that the tournament was rebranded to ASEAN Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 2008 could participate in this tournament.

Participant teams[edit]

There was no qualification, and all entrants advanced to the final tournament. The following 12 teams from member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation entered the tournament.

Team	Association	App	Previous best performance
Australia	Football Australia	9th	Winners (2008, 2016)
Brunei	FA Brunei DS	10th	Group stage (9 times)
Cambodia	FF Cambodia	12th	Fourth place (2016)
Indonesia	FA Indonesia	12th	Winners (2018, 2022)
Laos	Lao FF	14th	Runners-up (2002, 2007, 2011)
Malaysia	FA Malaysia	13th	Winners (2013, 2019)
Myanmar	Myanmar FF	13th	Winners (2002, 2005)
Philippines	Philippine FF	10th	Group stage (9 times)
Singapore	FA Singapore	12th	Fourth place (2008, 2011)
Thailand	FA Thailand	12th	Winners (2007, 2011, 2015)
East Timor	FF Timor-Leste	9th	Third place (2010)
Vietnam	Vietnam FF	14th	Winners (2006, 2010, 2017)

Draw[edit]

The tournament's official draw was held on 30 May 2024 in Jakarta, Indonesia at 14:00 (GMT+07:00). The pot placements followed each teams progress based on the previous edition.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Indonesia (H) Vietnam Thailand	Myanmar Laos Malaysia	East Timor Cambodia Philippines	Australia Singapore Brunei

(H): Tournament host

Officials[edit]

The following officials were chosen for the competition.

Referees

Khin Ouseyha
Du Jianxin
Poon Chun Kit
Ryan Nanda Saputra
Koji Takasaki
Kamil Zakaria Ismail
Muhammad Zulfiqar
Clarence Leow Hong Wei
Warintorn Sassadee
Lê Vũ Linh

Assistant Referees

Faisal Ali
Nurhadi Sulchan
Azizul Alimmudin Hanafiah
Tomoyuki Umeda
Faisal Nasser Alqahtani
Farhan Abdul Aziz
Zayar Maung
Nophuan Apichit

Venues[edit]

In May 2024, the ASEAN Football Federation officially announced the 2 venues for the tournament which was located in Surakarta, Central Java.^[3]

Surakarta
Manahan Stadium	Sriwedari Stadium
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 10,000

Surakarta

Squads[edit]

Players born on or after 1 January 2008 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).

Group stage[edit]

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia (H)	2	2	0	6	0	+6	6	Knockout stage
2	Laos	2	2	0	5	1	+4	6	Possible Knockout stage
3	Singapore (E)	2	0	2	1	5	−4	0
4	Philippines (E)	2	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Updated to match(es) played on 24 June 2024. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (H) Hosts

21 June 2024