The 2017 AFF U-15 Championship was the twelfth edition of the AFF U-16 Championship (first edition of the under-15 era), the annual international youth association football championship organised by the ASEAN Football Federation for men's under-15 national teams of Southeast Asia. It had reverted from an under-16 competition to an under-15 competition in preparation for the AFC U-16 Championship 2018 qualifiers. Thailand, which were selected to host the tournament, returning for the first time since the cancelled 2009 AFF U-16 Youth Championship. Vietnam won the tournament after beating Thailand 4–2 on penalties in the final.
A total of 12 teams played in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2002 eligible to participate. Each match had a duration of 80 minutes, consisting of two halves of 40 minutes.
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.
TeamAssociationPrevious best performance FF Australia 6th (2008, 2016) FA Brunei DS 6th (5 times) FF Cambodia 8th (2016) FA Indonesia 8th (2013) Lao FF 10th (2002, 2007, 2011) FA Malaysia 9th (2013) Myanmar FF 9th (2002, 2005) Philippine FF 6th (5 times) FA Singapore 8th (2008, 2011) (H) FA Thailand 8th (2007, 2011, 2015) FF Timor-Leste 5th (2010) Vietnam FF 10th (2006, 2010)
Venues The competition was played at two venues in Chonburi, Chonburi Province: Chonburi Campus Stadium and Chonburi Stadium (in Mueang Chonburi).
Chonburi Province Mueang Chonburi
Group stageKnockout stageChonburi Campus StadiumChonburi StadiumCapacity: 12,000Capacity: 8,680
Draw Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (unranked)
Group stage The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Tiebreakers 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: Goal difference in all the group matches; Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches; Result of the direct match between the teams concerned; Kicks from the penalty mark if the teams concerned are still on the field of play. Lowest score using Fair Play Criteria; Drawing of lots.
All matches held in Thailand. All times are local, UTC+7.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage In the knockout stage, the penalty shoot-outs are used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).
Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Winner
Goalscorers 5 goals
Sieng Chanthea
4 goals
Chony Wenpaserth Suphanat Mueanta
3 goals
Noah Botic Birkan Kirdar Jaiden Kucharski Bagus Kahfi Muhammad Amirul Ashrafiq Hanifah Muhammad Amirul Azzim Mohd Ruzki La Min Htwe Nguyễn Bá Dương
2 goals
George Antonis Navarone Darjani Trent Ostler Lachlan Sepping Giovanni Stellitano Joshua Varga Addy Raimi Bunthoeun Bunnarong Brylian Aldama Muhammad Danial Amali Naung Naung Soe Đinh Thanh Trung Ngô Quang Thuận Nguyễn Quốc Hoàng Trịnh Văn Chung Võ Nguyên Hoàng
1 goal
Brodie Broyce Stephan de Robillard Luke Duzel Thomas Main Ryan Teague Riley Warland Aminuddin Haji Masri Ros Darapich Althaf Alrizky Rendy Juliansyah Miftakhul Pradika Khamsavanh Louanthammakhanh Soubanh Keopheth Souphan Khambaion Mohammad Ikhwan Mohd Hafizo Mohammad Danish Ishak Harith Naem Jaineh Ahmad Zikri Mohd Khalili Muhammad Azrul Haikal Ramlee Yan Kyaw Soe Asignar Gonzales Ferrer Padernal Kittiphong Khetpara Thanarat Thumsen Thakdanai Jaihan Khuất Văn Khang Ngô Đức Hoàng Nguyễn Thế Hùng Trịnh Quang Trường Vũ Tiến Long
1 own goal
Jack Simmons Nyan Lin Htet
Final ranking
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