2018 AFC U-19 Championship

2018 AFC U-19 Championship
Kejuaraan AFC U-19 2018
Tournament details
Host country Indonesia
Dates 18 October – 4 November 2018
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 3 (in 3 host cities)

The 2018 AFC U-19 Championship will be the 40th 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. It will take place in Indonesia, which was appointed as the host by the AFC on 25 July 2017,[1] between 18 October and 4 November 2018.[2] A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament.

The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the AFC representatives.

Japan are the defending champions.

Qualification

  Qualified for 2018 AFC U-19 Championship
  Failed to qualify
  Disqualified or withdrew
  Not an AFC member

Qualification process

Qualification matches were played between 24 October and 8 November 2017.[3]

Although Indonesia had already qualified automatically as hosts, they also participated in the qualifiers and finished third place after going down 0–3 and 1–4 loss to South Korea and Malaysia sides respectively.[4]

Chinese Taipei mark their return for the tournament finals since 1974 as one of the best group runners-up.[5][6][7]

The 2018 qualifiers also witnessed a unique situation where two teams had to take a penalties shoot-out to determine the higher-position team. It happened in Group C after Qatar and Iraq are tied in all tiebreaking criteria and both of them played among each other in the last match.[8] Qatar won the penalties and finished top of the group while Iraq finished second.[9]

Twelve out of 2018 qualified sixteen teams played in the 2016 finals.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[10]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 IndonesiaHosts17thChampions (1961)
 United Arab EmiratesGroup A winners14thChampions (2008)
 TajikistanGroup B winners4thQuarter-finals (2016)
 QatarGroup C winners14thChampions (2014)
 Saudi ArabiaGroup D winners14thChampions (1986, 1992)
 JordanGroup E winners7thFourth place (2006)
 South KoreaGroup F winners38thChampions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)
 China PRGroup G winners18thChampions (1985)
 VietnamGroup H winners19th[note 1]Semi-finals (2016)
 JapanGroup I winners37thChampions (2016)
 AustraliaGroup J winners7thRunners-up (2010)
 IraqGroup C runners-up[note 2]17thChampions (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)
 ThailandGroup I runners-up[note 2]33rdChampions (1962, 1969)
 North KoreaGroup J runners-up[note 2]13thChampions (1976, 2006, 2010)
 Chinese TaipeiGroup H runners-up[note 2]10thThird place (1966)
 MalaysiaGroup F runners-up[note 2]23rdRunners-up (1959, 1960, 1968)

Notes:

  1. ↑ Vietnam between 1959 and 1974 were to play at AFC tournaments as South Vietnam. A separate North Vietnam state did not join FIFA and they mostly played against other communist and communist-sympathizing countries[11]. The Vietnam's 19 appearances included 11 appearances as South Vietnam.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 The five best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

The matches will be played in three venues in Java.

Jakarta Cibinong Bekasi
Gelora Bung Karno Pakansari Patriot Chandrabhaga
Capacity: 76,127 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 30,000

Draw

The draw was held on 18 May 2018, 15:00 WIB (UTC+7), at the Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta.[12] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[13] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Indonesia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[14]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 24.1 and 24.2).[15]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):[15]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, WIB (UTC+7).

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 18–20 October 2018 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2 21–23 October 2018 4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3 24–26 October 2018 1 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Indonesia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 18 October 2018. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
United Arab Emirates  v  Qatar
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Indonesia  v  Chinese Taipei
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Chinese Taipei  v  United Arab Emirates
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Qatar  v  Indonesia
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Indonesia  v  United Arab Emirates
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Qatar  v  Chinese Taipei
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 19 October 2018. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iraq  v  Thailand
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Japan  v  North Korea
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North Korea  v  Iraq
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Thailand  v  Japan
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Japan  v  Iraq
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Thailand  v  North Korea
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Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Jordan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 19 October 2018. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Vietnam  v  Jordan
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South Korea  v  Australia
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Australia  v  Vietnam
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Jordan  v  South Korea
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Vietnam  v  South Korea
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Australia  v  Jordan
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Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  China PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Malaysia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 20 October 2018. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Saudi Arabia  v  Malaysia
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Tajikistan  v  China PR
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China PR  v  Saudi Arabia
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Malaysia  v  Tajikistan
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Saudi Arabia  v  Tajikistan
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China PR  v  Malaysia
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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 12.1 and 12.2).[15]

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
28 October – Jakarta
 
 
Winner Group A
 
1 November – Jakarta
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner QF1
 
29 October – Bekasi
 
Winner QF3
 
Winner Group C
 
4 November – Jakarta
 
Runner-up Group D
 
Winner SF1
 
28 October – Jakarta
 
Winner SF2
 
Winner Group B
 
1 November – Jakarta
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Winner QF2
 
29 October – Bekasi
 
Winner QF4
 
Winner Group D
 
 
Runner-up Group C
 

Quarter-finals

Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Winner Group A QF1 Runner-up Group B
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Winner Group B QF2 Runner-up Group A
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Winner Group C QF3 Runner-up Group D
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Winner Group D QF4 Runner-up Group C
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Semi-finals

Winner QF1 SF1 Winner QF3
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Winner QF2 SF2 Winner QF4
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Final

Winner SF1 v Winner SF2
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Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
TBD28 October 2018
TBD28 October 2018
TBD29 October 2018
TBD29 October 2018
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "AFC Competitions Committee's decisions published". AFC. 25 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018". AFC. 11 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2017" (PDF). AFC. 12 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "A stroll for Korea Republic, Azeman shines in Malaysian win". AFC. 4 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "Vietnam, Chinese Taipei enjoy perfect starts". AFC. 4 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Vietnam seal finals spot, Macau remain hopeful". AFC. 6 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Vietnam end campaign in style". AFC. 8 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Qatar top group after nail-biting win over Iraq". AFC. 9 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "Qatar reach AFC U 19 championship". qfa. 8 November 2017.
  10. ↑ "Cast finalised for AFC U-19 Championship 2018". AFC. 9 November 2017.
  11. ↑ S. W. Pope; John Nauright (17 December 2009). Routledge Companion to Sports History. Routledge. pp. 595–. ISBN 978-1-135-97813-6.
  12. ↑ "Asia's best identify opponents for Indonesia 2018". AFC. 18 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Facts to know before the Final Draw". AFC. 17 May 2018.
  14. ↑ "AFC U-19 Championship Indonesia 2018 - Final Draw". AFC. 18 May 2018.
  15. 1 2 3 "Regulations AFC U-19 Championship 2018". AFC.
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