The 2024 ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship is the 19th edition of the ASEAN U-16 Boys 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
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.
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.
The following officials were chosen for the competition. Video assistant referees (VAR) would be used from the semi-finals onwards. This was the first AFF tournament which uses the video assistant referee.
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
Nguyễn Mạnh Hải
Assistant Referees
Faisal Ali
Nurhadi Sulchan
Azizul Alimmudin Hanafiah
Akbar Jamaluddin
Tomoyuki Umeda
Faisal Nasser Alqahtani
Farhan Abdul Aziz
Zayar Maung
Nophuan Apichit
Nguyễn Lâm Minh Đăng
Video Assistant Referees
Hiroyuki Kimura
Jumpei Iida
Kim Woo-sung
Lee Seul-gi
Venues
In May 2024, the ASEAN Football Federation officially announced the 2 venues for the tournament which was located in Surakarta, Central Java.[3]
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).