2012 AFC U-19 Championship

The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship is the 37th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved UAE as hosts of the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship on 23 November 2011.[1] The top four teams will qualify directly to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosted by Turkey.

2012 AFC U-19 Championship
بطولة آسيا تحت 19 سنة لكرة القدم 2012
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates3 November – 17 November
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (12th title)
Runners-up Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored93 (3 per match)
Attendance39,997 (1,290 per match)
Top scorer(s) Igor Sergeev (7 goals)
Best player(s) Mohannad Abdul-Raheem

Hosts

The Organising Committee announced that Bangladesh, Iran, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan had expressed an interest to host the finals.

The decision of the Committee, the member associations should qualify for the finals to be eligible to host the competition. The decision on the hosts was taken in the committee’s next meeting on 23 November 2011 based on the results of the qualifiers.[1]

Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Fujairah Fujairah Club Stadium 5,000
Ras al-Khaimah Emirates Club Stadium 3,000

Qualification

The qualification draw was held on 30 March 2011.[2]

Qualifiers

Draw

The draw for the Final tournament was held on 13 May 2012 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[3]

Pot 1 (host & seeds) Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 United Arab Emirates
 North Korea
 Australia
 South Korea

 Saudi Arabia
 Japan
 Uzbekistan
 China PR

 Syria
 Iran
 Vietnam
 Thailand

 Jordan
 Iraq
 Qatar
 Kuwait

Squads

Group stage

All times are UTC+04:00.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7 Knockout stage
2  Japan 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 4
3  United Arab Emirates (H) 3 0 3 0 2 2 0 3
4  Kuwait 3 0 1 2 1 8 7 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
United Arab Emirates 1–1 Kuwait
Report
  • Al-Fahad  46'
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 2,158
Japan 0–2 Iran
Report
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 341
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Kuwait 0–1 Japan
Report
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 215
Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)
Iran 1–1 United Arab Emirates
Report
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 3,750

United Arab Emirates 0–0 Japan
Report
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 5,700
Iran 6–0 Kuwait
Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 321051+47
 South Korea 321031+27
 Thailand 310236–33
 China PR 300325−30
South Korea 0 – 0 Iraq
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

China PR 1 – 2 Thailand
Feng Gang  90+1' Report Notechaiya  84'
Thongkruea  87'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)

Iraq 2 – 1 China PR
Abdul-Raheem  43', 62' Report Wu Xinghan  38'

Thailand 1 – 2 South Korea
Puangchan  64' Report Heo Yong-joon  22'
Kim Seung-jun  72'

South Korea 1 – 0 China PR
Moon Chang-Jin  80' Report
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 150
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Thailand 0 – 3 Iraq
Report Hattab  11' (pen.)
Shokan 49'
Abdul-Raheem  52'

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Uzbekistan 321082+67
 Jordan 312085+35
 North Korea 311163+34
 Vietnam 3003214−120
North Korea 1 – 1 Jordan
Ri Ji-Song  76' Report Qwaider  90'
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 330
Uzbekistan 4 – 0 Vietnam
Fomin  28'
Sergeev  45+1', 79'
Khakimov  90+1'
Report
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 152
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Jordan 2 – 2 Uzbekistan
Fadi Awad  49'
Rakhmanov  65' (o.g.)
Report Sergeev  60' (pen.)  90+3'
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 255
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (UAE)
Vietnam 0 – 5 North Korea
Report Kang Nam-Gwon  3'
Pak Myong-Song  22'
Jong Kwang-Sok  62'
Jang Kuk-Chol  75'
Kim Ju-Song  82'
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)

North Korea 0 – 2 Uzbekistan
Report Sergeev  79' (pen.)
Khakimov  85'
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 175
Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)
Vietnam 2 – 5 Jordan
Nguyễn Xuân Nam  54'
Nguyễn Thanh Hiền  85' (pen.)
Report Qwaider  52', 87'
Al-Bashtawi  64'
Rateb  73'
Al-Essawi  90+1'

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 312032+15
 Syria 311174+34
 Saudi Arabia 311168−24
 Qatar 310246−23
Australia 1 – 0 Qatar
Gameiro  11' Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

Saudi Arabia 1 – 5 Syria
A. Al-Shehri  30' Report Maowas  8', 14', 69'
Al-Taki  10'
Salem  86'
Attendance: 900
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (UAE)

Qatar 2 – 4 Saudi Arabia
Mohamed  20'
Al Yazidi  71'
Report S. Al-Shehri  8'
Al-Muwallad  16', 56'
A. Al-Shehri  34'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Syria 1 – 1 Australia
Maowas  74' Report Gameiro  81'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Australia 1 – 1 Saudi Arabia
Gameiro  90+1' Report Al-Muwallad  57'
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 170

Syria 1 – 2 Qatar
Maowas  68' (pen.) Report Alaaeldin  44', 49'

Knockout stage

Knockout map

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
11 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah
 
 
 Iran1
 
14 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah
 
 South Korea4
 
 South Korea3
 
11 November 2012 – Fujairah
 
 Uzbekistan1
 
 Uzbekistan (p.)2 (3)
 
17 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah
 
 Syria2 (0)
 
 South Korea (p.)1 (4)
 
11 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah
 
 Iraq1 (1)
 
 Iraq2
 
14 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah
 
 Japan1
 
 Iraq2
 
11 November 2012 – Fujairah
 
 Australia0
 
 Australia3
 
 
 Jordan0
 

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Uzbekistan 2 – 2 Syria
Sergeev  44'
Tashpulatov  76'
Report Mido  38'
Al-Mawas  45+2' (pen.)
Penalties
Kozak
Sabirkhodjaev
Khakimov
3 – 0 Al Kaddour
Mobayed
Al-Mawas
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Iran 1 – 4 South Korea
Jahanbakhsh  29' Report Moon Chang-Jin  2'
Lee Gwang-Hoon  49'
Kim Seung-jun  81'
Kwon Chang-Hoon  90+5'
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 387
Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

Australia 3 – 0 Jordan
Gameiro  10', 55', 83' Report

Iraq 2 – 1 Japan
Shokan  34'
Adnan  53'
Report Yajima  48'
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 814
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Semi-finals

South Korea 3 – 1 Uzbekistan
Kang Sang-Woo  51', 76'
Moon Chang-Jin  61' (pen.)
Report Sergeev  66'
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 250

Iraq 2 – 0 Australia
Abdul-Raheem  60'
Kadhim  85'
Report
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 1,350

Final

South Korea 1 – 1 Iraq
Moon Chang-Jin  90+2' Report Abdul-Raheem  35'
Penalties
Kim Sun-Woo
Ryu Seung-Woo
Sim Sang-min
Woo Joo-Sung
4 – 1 Hattab
Abdul-Raheem
Saif
Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah
Attendance: 5,750
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (UAE)

Winners

 2012 AFC U-19 Championship Winners 

South Korea
12th title

Goalscorers

There were 93 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

  • Moon Chang-Jin

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Sardor Rakhmanov (against Jordan)

Awards

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Top 4 teams qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

References

  1. AFC to put best foot forward The AFC. 2011-11-23. Retrieved on 2011-11-23.
  2. "U16, U19, Olym, WC q'fiers draw on Mar 30". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  3. "U-19 Draw procedures confirmed". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
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