Qatar national under-17 football team
| Association | Qatar Football Association |
|---|---|
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
| Sub-confederation | WAFF (West Asia) |
| Head coach | Óscar Fernández |
| Home stadium | Khalifa International Stadium, Jassim bin Hamad Stadium |
| FIFA code | QAT |
| FIFA U-17 World Cup | |
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1991) |
| Best result | Fourth place: 1991 |
| AFC U-16 Championship | |
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1986) |
| Best result | Champions: 1990 |
Qatar national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of Qatar and is controlled by the Qatar Football Association.
Despite being a country with a small base of footballers; Qatar has a respectable amount of achievements at the youth level. In addition to becoming champions of Asia in 1990 after winning the 1990 AFC U-17 Championship held in UAE, they also finished runners up at least four times in 1986, 1992, 1994, and 1998. In addition, Qatar were the hosts of four of the U-17 championships; a record.
The youth players became consistent finalists in the Asian U-17 championships since they first reached the final in 1986 when they lost to South Korea in a dramatic penalty shoot-out on home soil, which was tightly clinched 5-4. This was followed by another appearance in 1988 before winning it 1990 after defeating China by a scoreline of 2-0.
One year later, they managed an Asian record high fourth-place finish in the FIFA-17 World Cup, even with a relatively slow start as they failed to gain more than a single point in the first two group B matches, however, a Jassim Al Tammimi goal against Australia was enough for a quarterfinal place.
Qatar advanced to the semis on the expense of the United States, whom they defeated 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out after the score had settled 1-1 at the end of regulation time. Shortly after, they themselves went down in a penalty shootout to eventual champions, Ghana, in the semi-finals, before suffering the same fate against Argentina in the third-place match respectively.
Qatar's tradition of youth teams' excellence was to be prolonged for another decade; they reached the World Cup three more times on 1993, 1995 and 2005.
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