Afghanistan Under 16 Football Team Played in 2012 AFC U 16 Championship Qualification where they finished 3rd on group B. Started its first match with Host nation, Kuwait and drawn 1-1. Murtaza Muhammad Zaher scored first and only goal for Afghanistan at 37th Minutes of the match and Afghanistan reached last minutes on with one and only goal ahead of Kuwait while Abdullah Al Asfour of Kuwait drawn the match with first and only goal for Kuwait at 82nd Minutes in Penalty.
On Second match vs United Arab Emirates, UAE led the match with one goal until 65th Minutes while Mohammad Amin score the goal and match finish with another draw for Afghanistan and UAE as well.
In the first two match it was not bad start but neither it could be said good start, while Afghanistan saved two match with draw in the group table.
3rd Match of the tournament favored Afghanistan while Afghanistan defeated Yemen 2-1. Mohammad Reza Rezayi and Mohammad Amin scored one goal each for Afghanistan in defeat of Yemen.
On fourth match vs Pakistan, Afghanistan lost its first match of the tournament 3-1. Players showed well effort and tried hard to go without any loss, but nothing changed the situation and Afghanistan lost to Pakistan.
One the last match of the tournament Afghanistan played very well and outstanding performance of players defeated Maldives 9-0. Qader Zaman scored 5 goals while Rezaye 2 goals and Hussain 1 goal for the victory. Against Maldives Afghanistan had the whole control of the match in second half and back to back players put the ball inside goals and it was a great finish in the group by Afghanistan. Afghanistan finished 3rd on the group table with two wins, two draws and one loss in the tournament.
Finish third on the group Afghanistan failed to qualify for the 2012 AFC U 16 Championship while Yemen and Kuwait qualified for the tournament. At the end of the tournament best third placed team from West and East zones will also qualify for the tournament. In the Eastern zone Laos qualified as best third place finisher. Currently Afghanistan as best third placed team of Group B is placed on the top of selection group along with Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan and Qatar. Yet number of matches left between groups D, C, and A. Best third placed team of Groups A.B.C.and D will qualify for the tournament.
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Yemen | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
 Kuwait | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||
 Afghanistan | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
 United Arab Emirates | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
 Pakistan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
 Maldives | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 29 | −29 | 0 |
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