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2016 AFC U-19 Championship

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2016 AFC U-19 Championship
بطولة آسيا للشباب تحت 19 عاما 2016
Tournament details
Host countryBahrain
Dates13–30 October
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored84 (2.71 per match)
Attendance39,304 (1,268 per match)
Top scorer(s)Saudi Arabia Sami Al-Najei
Saudi Arabia Abdulrahman Al-Yami
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Japan Ritsu Dōan
Fair play award Japan
← 2014
2018 →

The 2016 AFC U-19 Championship was the 39th edition of the AFC U-19 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament was hosted by Bahrain, as announced by the AFC on 3 June 2015,[1] and was scheduled to be played between 13–30 October 2016.[2] A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea as the AFC representatives, besides South Korea who qualified automatically as hosts. If South Korea were among the top four teams, three play-off matches would be played to decide the fifth-placed team which also qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup; however, this was not necessary as South Korea were eliminated in the group stage.[3]

Japan conquered the title for the first time after beating Saudi Arabia in the final's penalty shootout, and also set a record in the competition for being the first team to win the tournament without conceding a single goal.

On 25 October 2016, the AFC President, Salman Al-Khalifa, congratulated Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, IR Iran and Japan on qualifying for the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2017. The four teams will join hosts South Korea to make up Asia's five representatives at the tournament.[4]

Qualification

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Main article: 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 5 June 2015.[5] A total of 43 teams were drawn into ten groups, with the ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualifying for the final tournament, together with Bahrain who qualified automatically as hosts but also competed in the qualifying stage.

The qualifiers were played between 28 September – 6 October 2015.[6]

Qualified teams

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The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[7]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 Bahrain Hosts 9th Runners-up (1986)
 Japan Group J winners 36th Runners-up (1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006)
 Iraq Group F winners 16th Champions (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)
 China Group I winners 17th Champions (1985)
 Vietnam Group G winners 18th Quarter-finals (19671, 19691)
 Uzbekistan Group A winners 7th Runners-up (2008)
 South Korea Group H winners 37th Champions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)
 Tajikistan Group F (1st best) runners-up 3rd Group stage (2006, 2008)
 United Arab Emirates Group C winners 13th Champions (2008)
 Australia Group J (2nd best) runners-up 6th Runners-up (2010)
 Qatar Group D winners 13th Champions (2014)
 Thailand Group H (3rd best) runners-up 32nd Champions (1962, 1969)
 Saudi Arabia Group B winners 13th Champions (1986, 1992)
 North Korea Group I (4th best) runners-up 12th Champions (1976, 2006, 2010)
 Iran Group E winners 20th Champions (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
 Yemen Group B (5th best) runners-up 6th Group stage (1978, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014)

Venues

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The tournament is played in two venues:

Riffa
2016 AFC U-19 Championship (Bahrain)
Bahrain National Stadium
Capacity: 30,000
Isa Town
Khalifa Sports City Stadium
Capacity: 20,000

Draw

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The draw for the final tournament was held on 30 April 2016, 19:00 AST (UTC+3), in Manama.[8] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[3] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous edition in 2014.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Bahrain (hosts; position A1)
 Qatar
 North Korea
 Uzbekistan

 Japan
 Thailand
 United Arab Emirates
 China

 Australia
 Iraq
 South Korea
 Yemen

 Iran
 Vietnam
 Saudi Arabia
 Tajikistan

Squads

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Main article: 2016 AFC U-19 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1997 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).[9]

Group stage

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The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-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:[9]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  6. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  8. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).[10]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bahrain (H) 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6[a] Knockout stage
2  Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6[a]
3  South Korea 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6[a]
4  Thailand 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head results: Bahrain 3–2 Saudi Arabia, South Korea 2–1 Bahrain, South Korea 1–2 Saudi Arabia. Head-to-head standings:
    • Bahrain: 3 pts, 0 GD, 4 GF
    • Saudi Arabia: 3 pts, 0 GD, 4 GF
    • South Korea: 3 pts, 0 GD, 3 GF
    South Korea are ranked third on head-to-head goals scored. Bahrain are ranked ahead of Saudi Arabia on their own head-to-head result.
Thailand 1–3 South Korea
Anon 76' Report Jeong Tae-wook 13'
Han Chan-hee 41'
Kang Ji-hoon 90+3'
Attendance: 200
Bahrain 3–2 Saudi Arabia
Marhoon 41'
Al-Hardan 49' (pen.)
Mohamed 90+4'		 Report Al-Shamlan 56'
Al-Najei 80' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,500
Saudi Arabia 4–0 Thailand
Al-Shamlan 43'
Al-Muwallad 60'
Al-Khulaif 68'
Ghareeb 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 185
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
South Korea 2–1 Bahrain
Cho Young-wook 84', 90+2' Report Ebrahim 56'
Attendance: 6,677
Bahrain 3–2 Thailand
Al-Hardan 12' (pen.)
Bughammar 47'
Al-Naar 51'		 Report Sittichok 30'
Supachai 84'
Attendance: 8,650
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
South Korea 1–2 Saudi Arabia
Kim Geon-ung 32' Report Al-Najei 38'
Al-Amri 64'
Attendance: 210

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 3 2 1 0 5 0 +5 7 Knockout stage
2  Vietnam 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
3  United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
4  North Korea 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
North Korea 1–2 Vietnam
Ryang Hyon-ju 90+2' Report Hà Đức Chinh 71'
Đoàn Văn Hậu 90+1'
Attendance: 100
United Arab Emirates 0–1 Iraq
Report Kareem 26'
Attendance: 250
Vietnam 1–1 United Arab Emirates
Hồ Minh Dĩ 21' Report Omar 58' (pen.)
Attendance: 50
Referee: Hanna Hattab (Syria)
Iraq 4–0 North Korea
Fayyadh 54' (pen.)
Kareem 63', 65'
Abbas 79'		 Report
Attendance: 156
North Korea 1–3 United Arab Emirates
Han Kwang-song 8' Report Rashed 31'
Al-Matroushi 52'
Yaqoub 77'
Attendance: 155
Iraq 0–0 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 263
Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 2 1 0 6 0 +6 7 Knockout stage
2  Iran 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3  Qatar 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
4  Yemen 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Japan 3–0 Yemen
Ogawa 47'
Iwasaki 79'
Hara 88'		 Report
Attendance: 500
Qatar 1–1 Iran
Razzaghpour 38' (o.g.) Report Razzaghpour 58'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
Iran 0–0 Japan
Report
Attendance: 225
Yemen 0–1 Qatar
Report Umaru 84'
Attendance: 525
Qatar 0–3 Japan
Report Iwasaki 14'
Miyoshi 45'
Tomiyasu 62'
Attendance: 120
Yemen 0–1 Iran
Report Razzaghpour 45'
Attendance: 535
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 3 2 1 0 5 3 +2 7 Knockout stage
2  Tajikistan 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3  Australia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  China 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Uzbekistan 2–1 Tajikistan
Davlatjonov 67'
Yakhshiboev 72'		 Report Saidov 20'
Attendance: 100
China 0–1 Australia
Report Shabow 46'
Attendance: 370
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Tajikistan 2–0 China
Panjshanbe 3'
Hamroqulov 65'		 Report
Attendance: 82
Australia 2–3 Uzbekistan
Youlley 63' (pen.)
Blackwood 90+3' (pen.)		 Report Abdukhalikov 29'
Ibrokhimov 40', 46'
Attendance: 58
Uzbekistan 0–0 China
Report
Attendance: 135
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Australia 0–0 Tajikistan
Report
Attendance: 165

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[9]

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
23 October – Riffa
 
 
 Bahrain0
 
27 October – Riffa
 
 Vietnam1
 
 Vietnam0
 
24 October – Riffa
 
 Japan3
 
 Japan4
 
30 October – Riffa
 
 Tajikistan0
 
 Japan (p)0 (5)
 
23 October – Isa Town
 
 Saudi Arabia0 (3)
 
 Iraq2 (5)
 
27 October – Isa Town
 
 Saudi Arabia (p)2 (6)
 
 Saudi Arabia6
 
24 October – Isa Town
 
 Iran5
 
 Uzbekistan0
 
 
 Iran2
 

Quarter-finals

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Winners qualified for 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Iraq 2–2 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia
Hussein 75'
Fayyadh 79'		 Report Al-Shamlan 65'
A. Al-Yami 69'
Penalties
Habeeb soccer ball with red X
M. Kareem soccer ball with check mark
Hussein soccer ball with check mark
Fayyadh soccer ball with check mark
Jalal soccer ball with check mark
Abdulnabi soccer ball with check mark
Hadi soccer ball with red X		 5–6 soccer ball with check mark Al-Dawsari
soccer ball with check mark Ghareeb
soccer ball with check mark A. Al-Yami
soccer ball with check mark Al-Amri
soccer ball with red X Al-Najei
soccer ball with check mark Zabani
soccer ball with check mark Al-Saluli
Attendance: 338
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Bahrain 0–1 Vietnam
Report Trần Thành 72'
Attendance: 10,610
Japan 4–0 Tajikistan
Ogawa 8', 73'
Dōan 19'
Iwasaki 88'		 Report
Attendance: 135
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
Uzbekistan 0–2 Iran
Report Jafari 14', 47'
Attendance: 160

Semi-finals

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Saudi Arabia 6–5 Iran
Al-Najei 18' (pen.), 51'
Al-Khulaif 42'
A. Al-Yami 45+1', 64', 76'		 Report Jafari 45'
Aghasi 45+3'
Shekari 62'
Mehdikhani 75'
Karamolachaab 83'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
Vietnam 0–3 Japan
Report Kishimoto 6'
Nakamura 10', 51'
Attendance: 190

Final

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Japan 0–0 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia
Report
Penalties
Sakai soccer ball with check mark
Dōan soccer ball with check mark
Endo soccer ball with check mark
Nakayama soccer ball with check mark
Ogawa soccer ball with check mark		 5–3 soccer ball with check mark Al-Dawsari
soccer ball with check mark Kariri
soccer ball with check mark A. Al-Yami
soccer ball with red X Magrashi
Attendance: 3,460

Winners

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 AFC U-19 Championship 2016 winners 

Japan
First title

Awards

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Most Valuable Player
Top Scorer
Fair Play

Goalscorers

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4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: the-afc.com

Tournament team rankings

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As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Japan 6 4 2 0 13 0 +13 14 Champions
2  Saudi Arabia 6 3 2 1 16 11 +5 11 Runners-up
3  Iran 5 2 2 1 9 7 +2 8 Semi-finalists
4  Vietnam 5 2 2 1 4 5 −1 8
5  Iraq 4 2 2 0 7 2 +5 8 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  Uzbekistan 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7
7  Bahrain (H) 4 2 0 2 7 7 0 6
8  Tajikistan 4 1 1 2 3 6 −3 4
9  South Korea 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6 Eliminated in
group stage
10  United Arab Emirates 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
11  Australia 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
12  Qatar 3 1 1 1 2 4 −2 4
13  China 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
14  Yemen 3 0 0 3 0 5 −5 0
15  Thailand 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0
16  North Korea 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for U-20 World Cup

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The following five teams from AFC qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup, including South Korea which qualified as hosts.[13]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 South Korea 5 December 2013[14] 13 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 Japan 24 October 2016 8 (1979, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
 Saudi Arabia 23 October 2016 7 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2011)
 Iran 24 October 2016 2 (1977, 2001)
 Vietnam 23 October 2016 0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

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  2. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Nations learn AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016 fate". AFC. 1 May 2016.
  4. ^ "AFC PRESIDENT CONGRATULATES TEAMS FOR QUALIFYING TO FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP KOREA REPUBLIC 2017". the-afc.com. 25 October 2016. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Champions Qatar learn Bahrain 2016 qualifying opponents". AFC. 5 June 2015.
  6. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014.
  7. ^ "AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016 Draw: The Groups". AFC. 1 May 2016.
  8. ^ "AFC confirms raft of crucial draw dates". AFC. 17 March 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "Regulations AFC U-19 Championship 2016" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2017.
  10. ^ "AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016: Match Schedule" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2017.
  11. ^ "Japan's Doan named AFC U-19 Championship MVP". The-AFC.com. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Al Naji scoops U-19 Top Scorer award and looks to the future". The-AFC.com. 30 October 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  13. ^ "Asian quartet book Korea 2017 tickets". FIFA.com. 24 October 2016. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016.
  14. ^ "FIFA launches 2014 FIFA World Cup Legacy Trust". FIFA.com. 5 December 2013. Archived from the original on April 15, 2014.
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