# ASEAN U-16 Boys' Championship

The ASEAN U-16 Boys' Championship (formerly AFF U-16 Youth Championship) is an annual international football competition contested by the national teams of the members of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and occasionally invited nations from the rest of Asia.
The tournament used to be played at under-17 level, however the AFF followed the lead of the Asian Football Confederation after they renamed its U-17 competition to fall in line with FIFA's naming conventions and also to reflect the age of the players at the competition. The competition was first held in 2002 and resumed in 2005.

## Summary

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Champions | Score | Runners-up | | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 2002 Details | Indonesia Malaysia | Myanmar | 4–1 | Laos | | Indonesia | 1–0 | Malaysia |
| 2005 Details | Thailand | Myanmar | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Thailand | | Laos | 3–1 | Malaysia |
| 2006 Details | Vietnam | Vietnam | RR | Myanmar | | Bangladesh | RR | Laos |
| 2007 Details | Cambodia | Thailand | 3–2 | Laos | | Vietnam | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Indonesia |
| 2008 Details | Indonesia | Australia | 1–1 (5–4 p) | Bahrain | | Malaysia | 3–0 | Singapore |
| 2009 Details | Thailand | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2010 Details | Indonesia | Vietnam | 1–0 | China | | East Timor | 2–0 | Indonesia |
| 2011 Details | Laos | Thailand | 1–0 | Laos | | Myanmar | 2–1 | Singapore |
| 2012 Details | Laos | Japan | 3–1 | Australia | | Laos | 3–0 | Thailand |
| 2013 Details | Myanmar | Malaysia | 1–1 (3–2 p) | Indonesia | | Australia | 0–0 (7–6 p) | Vietnam |
| 2014 | Indonesia | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2015 Details | Cambodia | Thailand | 3–0 | Myanmar | | Australia | 10–2 | Laos |
| 2016 Details | Cambodia | Australia | 3–3 (5–3 p) | Vietnam | | Thailand | 3–0 | Cambodia |
| 2017 Details | Thailand | Vietnam | 0–0 (4–2 p) | Thailand | | Australia | 3–2 | Malaysia |
| 2018 Details | Indonesia | Indonesia | 1–1 (4–3 p) | Thailand | | Malaysia | 1–0 | Myanmar |
| 2019 Details | Thailand | Malaysia | 2–1 | Thailand | | Indonesia | 0–0 (3–2 p) | Vietnam |
| 2022 Details | Indonesia | Indonesia | 1–0 | Vietnam | | Thailand | 3–0 | Myanmar |
| 2024 Details | Indonesia | Australia | 1–1 (8–7 p) | Thailand | | Indonesia | 5–0 | Vietnam |

## Performance by country

| Nation | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| Thailand | 3 (2007, 2011, 2015) | 5 (2005, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024) | 2 (2016, 2022) | 1 (2012) |
| Vietnam | 3 (2006, 2010, 2017) | 2 (2016, 2022) | 1 (2007) | 3 (2013, 2019, 2024) |
| Australia | 3 (2008, 2016, 2024) | 1 (2012) | 3 (2013, 2015, 2017) | — |
| Myanmar | 2 (2002, 2005) | 2 (2006, 2015) | 1 (2011) | 2 (2018, 2022) |
| Indonesia | 2 (2018, 2022) | 1 (2013) | 3 (2002, 2019, 2024) | 2 (2007, 2010) |
| Malaysia | 2 (2013, 2019) | — | 2 (2008, 2018) | 3 (2002, 2005, 2017) |
| Japan | 1 (2012) | — | — | — |
| Laos | — | 3 (2002, 2007, 2011) | 2 (2005, 2012) | 2 (2006, 2015) |
| Bahrain | — | 1 (2008) | — | — |
| China | — | 1 (2010) | — | — |
| Bangladesh | — | — | 1 (2006) | — |
| East Timor | — | — | 1 (2010) | — |
| Singapore | — | — | — | 2 (2008, 2011) |
| Cambodia | — | — | — | 1 (2016) |

## Participating nations

| Team | 2002 (10) | 2005 (7) | 2006 (4) | 2007 (9) | 2008 (5) | 2010 (4) | 2011 (10) | 2012 (4) | 2013 (10) | 2015 (11) | 2016 (11) | 2017 (12) | 2018 (11) | 2019 (12) | 2022 (12) | 2024 (12) | Total |
| Australia | × | × | × | × | 1st | × | × | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | × | GS | GS | 1st | 9 |
| Brunei | GS | × | × | GS | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 10 |
| Cambodia | GS | GS | × | GS | × | × | GS | × | GS | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 12 |
| Indonesia | 3rd | GS | × | 4th | GS | 4th | GS | × | 2nd | × | × | GS | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 12 |
| Laos | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | × | × | 2nd | 3rd | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 14 |
| Malaysia | 4th | 4th | × | GS | 3rd | × | GS | × | 1st | GS | GS | 4th | 3rd | 1st | GS | GS | 13 |
| Myanmar | 1st | 1st | 2nd | GS | × | × | 3rd | × | GS | 2nd | GS | GS | 4th | GS | 4th | GS | 13 |
| Philippines | GS | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 10 |
| Singapore | GS | × | × | GS | 4th | × | 4th | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 12 |
| Thailand | GS | 2nd | × | 1st | × | × | 1st | 4th | × | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 12 |
| East Timor | × | × | × | × | × | 3rd | GS | × | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 9 |
| Vietnam | GS | GS | 1st | 3rd | × | 1st | GS | × | 4th | GS | 2nd | 1st | GS | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 14 |
| Invitees |||||||||||||||||
| Bahrain | × | × | × | × | 2nd | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |
| Bangladesh | × | × | 3rd | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |
| China | × | × | × | × | × | 2nd | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |
| Japan | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1st | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |

### Legend
## All-time ranking table

    As of 2024
| Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts | Best finish |
| 1 | Thailand | 12 | 67 | 44 | 13 | 10 | 156 | 62 | +94 | 145 | Champions (2007, 2011, 2015) |
| 2 | Vietnam | 14 | 70 | 37 | 12 | 21 | 179 | 88 | +91 | 123 | Champions (2006, 2010, 2017) |
| 3 | Myanmar | 13 | 63 | 33 | 9 | 21 | 140 | 92 | +48 | 108 | Champions (2002, 2005) |
| 4 | Malaysia | 13 | 61 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 125 | 76 | +49 | 107 | Champions (2013, 2019) |
| 5 | Laos | 14 | 65 | 29 | 13 | 23 | 111 | 94 | +17 | 100 | Runners-up (2002, 2007, 2011) |
| 6 | Indonesia | 12 | 61 | 27 | 16 | 18 | 117 | 80 | +37 | 97 | Champions (2018, 2022) |
| 7 | Australia | 9 | 48 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 175 | 65 | +110 | 96 | Champions (2008, 2016, 2024) |
| 8 | Cambodia | 12 | 50 | 14 | 10 | 26 | 62 | 96 | –34 | 52 | Fourth place (2016) |
| 9 | Singapore | 12 | 50 | 10 | 8 | 32 | 68 | 120 | –52 | 38 | Fourth place (2008, 2011) |
| 10 | East Timor | 9 | 36 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 57 | 88 | –31 | 31 | Third place (2010) |
| 11 | Philippines | 10 | 42 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 25 | 159 | –134 | 13 | Group stage (10 times) |
| 12 | Japan | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | Champions (2012) |
| 13 | Bahrain | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 | Runners-up (2008) |
| 14 | Brunei | 10 | 41 | 1 | 4 | 36 | 12 | 217 | –205 | 7 | Group stage (10 times) |
| 15 | China | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Runners-up (2010) |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 | 3 | Third place (2006) |