2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification decided the participating teams of the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship. The tournament is the 17th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia.

2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Host countries Palestine (Group A)
 Kyrgyzstan (Group B)
 Qatar (Group C)
 Bangladesh (Group D)
 Iran (Group E)
 Kuwait (Group F)
 Laos (Group G)
 Singapore (Group H)
 China (Group I)
 Vietnam (Group J)
 Mongolia (Group K)
Dates2–20 September 2015
Teams45 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored341 (5.59 per match)
Attendance71,152 (1,166 per match)
Top scorer(s) Park Jeong-in
Rasul Yuldoshov
(6 goals each)

A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including India who qualified automatically as hosts but also competed in the qualifying stage.[1]

Same as previous editions, the tournament acts as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top four teams of the final tournament will qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India as the AFC representatives, besides India who qualified automatically as hosts. If India are among the top four teams, the fifth-placed team (i.e., the losing quarter-finalist with the best record in the tournament) will also qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Draw

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 5 June 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[2] A total of 45 teams entered the qualifying stage and were drawn into eleven groups.

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2014.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
West Zone
(Groups A–F)

 Iran
   Nepal
 Qatar
 Uzbekistan
 Saudi Arabia
 Syria

 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Oman
 Tajikistan
 United Arab Emirates
 Yemen

 Afghanistan
 India
 Iraq
 Kyrgyzstan
 Pakistan
 Palestine

 Bangladesh
 Jordan
 Lebanon
 Maldives
 Sri Lanka
 Turkmenistan
East Zone
(Groups G–K)

 Australia
 Japan
 Malaysia
 North Korea
 South Korea

 China PR
 Hong Kong
 Laos
 Thailand
 Vietnam

 Brunei
 Chinese Taipei
 Myanmar
 Philippines
 Singapore

 Cambodia
 Guam
 Macau
 Mongolia
 Northern Mariana1

 Timor-Leste

Note:
1 Non-FIFA member, ineligible for U-17 World Cup.

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship.[4]

Format

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The eleven group winners and the four best runners-up from all groups qualified for the final tournament. If India were one of the group winners or best runners-up, the fifth-best runner-up also qualified for the final tournament.[1]

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[4]

  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.

Groups

The matches were played between 2–6 September 2015 for Group H; 12–20 September 2015 for Group G (five-team group); 16–20 September 2015 for all other groups.[5]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and best four runners-up, and India as hosts, qualify for the finals.
Withdrawn

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 19 2 +17 9 Final tournament
2  Yemen 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
3  Palestine (H) 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4  Maldives 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Uzbekistan 8–0 Maldives
Yuldoshov  12', 50', 71'
Abdurakhmonov  60', 74', 86'
Karimov  62'
Muydinov  83'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Yemen 2–0 Palestine
Sabarah  86', 90+3' Report
Arab American University Stadium, Jenin
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Maldives 0–6 Yemen
Report Aswad  23', 34'
Murshed  29'
Hamid  32' (o.g.)
Al-Khalil  43'
Saeed  75'
Arab American University Stadium, Jenin
Attendance: 250
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Palestine 0–6 Uzbekistan
Report Kholdorov  13'
Ismoilov  20'
Muydinov  29' (pen.), 33'
Soatov  83'
Urunov  89'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Wathik Al-Baag (Iraq)
Uzbekistan 5–2 Yemen
Yuldoshov  23', 67', 69'
Muydinov  37'
Nematov  41'		 Report Al-Hamdani  35'
Murshed  90+1'
Attendance: 70
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Palestine 3–0 Maldives
Eleyan  11', 18'
Aburdaha  17'		 Report
Arab American University Stadium, Jenin
Attendance: 150

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kyrgyzstan (H) 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 Final tournament
2  Oman 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  Jordan 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
4    Nepal[lower-alpha 1] 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. On 27 October 2015, the AFC announced that Nepal were penalized as a result of the player Manish Karki failing a MRI bone test.[6] Nepal were ruled to have forfeited all three matches where the ineligible player was fielded by a 3–0 scoreline.[7]
Nepal   0–3
Awarded[7]		 Jordan
Subba  27', 69' Report Abu Awad  90+2'
Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 100
Oman 2–0 Kyrgyzstan
Al-Bakri  10'
Al-Khamisi  27'		 Report
Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)
Jordan 2–0 Oman
Kourdi  82'
Abu Awad  83'		 Report
Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 700
Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)
Kyrgyzstan 3–0
Awarded[7]		   Nepal
Boubaev  29'
Shigaibaev  31' (pen.)		 Report Karki  55'
Subba  67'
Hemjan  73', 90+2'
Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 8,523
Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)
Nepal   0–3
Awarded[7]		 Oman
Tamang  88' (pen.) Report Al-Zaabi  11'
Al-Khamisi  44' (pen.)
Al-Qaidi  90+2'
Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)
Kyrgyzstan 4–1 Jordan
Alykulov  11'
Shigaibaev  33'
Dzhakybaliev  72'
Orzobek  90+4'		 Report Hbowal  48' (pen.)
Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 7,400
Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)

Group C
  • All matches were held in Qatar.
  • Times listed were UTC+3.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Final tournament
2  Tajikistan 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3  Qatar (H) 3 1 0 2 5 2 +3 3
4  Turkmenistan 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Qatar 5–0 Turkmenistan
Al-Ganehi  10'
Bahramen  40'
Ali  60', 90+4'
Saeed  83'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Tajikistan 1–3 Iraq
Nematov  39' Report Jalil  45'
Abdulsada  45+2'
Jabbar  68'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Turkmenistan 1–5 Tajikistan
Karabekov  85' Report Fuzaylov  3'
Hanonov  45+3'
Jumayev  50' (o.g.)
Muminov  67'
Qamchinov  82'
Attendance: 50
Iraq 1–0 Qatar
Jabbar  22' Report
Attendance: 300
Qatar 0–1 Tajikistan
Report Fuzaylov  82'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Iraq 5–0 Turkmenistan
Jabbar  19', 51' (pen.), 54'
Omar  32'
Saleh  53'		 Report
Attendance: 50

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 11 3 +8 6 Final tournament
2  United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 8 7 +1 3
3  Bangladesh (H) 2 0 0 2 2 11 −9 0
4  Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Saudi Arabia 5–1 Bangladesh
 Report Nipu  29'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi (Iraq)
Bangladesh 1–6 United Arab Emirates
  • Shawon  52'
 Report
  • Al-Naqbi  12'
  • Rashed  18', 62' (pen.), 68'
  • Saeed  22'
  • Amro  38'
Attendance: 6,000
Saudi Arabia 6–2 United Arab Emirates
  • Al-Shaikhi  8'
  • Al-Abdan  16', 57', 70'
  • Al-Anazi  27'
  • Almas  61'
 Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

Group E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran (H) 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 Final tournament
2  India 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6 Final tournament as hosts
3  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 2 12 −10 3
4  Lebanon 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Bahrain 0–5 India
Report Gaston  16'
Chetri  20', 48'
Thangjam  29'
Wangjam  77'
Attendance: 10
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 3–1 Lebanon
Namdari  9' (pen.)
Ghobeishavi  12'
Sardari  47'		 Report Kaawar  87'
Attendance: 150
Lebanon 1–2 Bahrain
Abdullah  17' Report Abdulrahim  38' (pen.), 51'
Attendance: 10
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
India 0–3 Iran
Report Sharifi  17'
Khodamoradi  43'
Ghaderi  65'
Gostaresh Foulad Stadium, Tabriz
Attendance: 165
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
India 6–0 Lebanon
 Report
Attendance: 22
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 6–0 Bahrain
Ghobeishavi  1'
Sharifi  18', 51'
Godarzi  45'
Sadeghi  65'
Davari  89'		 Report
Gostaresh Foulad Stadium, Tabriz
Attendance: 100

Group F
  • All matches were held in Kuwait.
  • Times listed were UTC+3.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kuwait (H) 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Qualified for final tournament, but suspended
2  Syria 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3  Afghanistan 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
4  Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Afghanistan 2–2 Syria
Ali  29'
Saneh  56'		 Report Malta  45+2'
Kanaan  70'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Abdulaziz Ahmed Abdulla (Bahrain)
Kuwait 1–0 Afghanistan
Rashed  52' Report
Attendance: 300
Syria 0–0 Kuwait
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)

Group G
  • All matches were held in Laos.
  • Times listed were UTC+7.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Malaysia 4 3 1 0 22 1 +21 10 Final tournament
2  Laos (H) 4 2 2 0 13 3 +10 8
3  Timor-Leste 4 2 1 1 18 2 +16 7
4  Philippines 4 1 0 3 10 24 −14 3
5  Northern Mariana 4 0 0 4 2 35 −33 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Timor-Leste 8–0 Northern Mariana
  • Jelito  45'
  • Danilson  49'
  • Armindo Vieira  51'
  • João Pedro  66', 88'
  • Dom Lucas  70'
  • Yafet Belima  72'
  • Orcelio  81'
 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Philippines 1–6 Laos
  • Tacardon  88'
 Report Inthapanya  18', 34'
Bounkong  47'
Monlangsy  56'
Nilan  75', 90+1'
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Northern Mariana 0–13 Malaysia
Report
  • Izreen  6', 32', 54', 67'
  • Amirul  22'
  • Arif  36', 46'
  • Iqbal  41', 44', 56'
  • Alif  58', 61'
  • Najmi  89'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)
Timor-Leste 9–0 Philippines
  • Danilson  18', 28', 54'
  • João Pedro  38', 62'
  • Jelito  53'
  • Filomeno Junior  70'
  • Dom Lucas  73', 89'
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
Malaysia 1–0 Timor-Leste
Arif  79' Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Laos 5–0 Northern Mariana
Sengsavang  53', 56', 61'
Chaleunsouk  79'
Phoutthavong  81'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rysbek Shekerbekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Philippines 0–7 Malaysia
Report
  • James  26' (o.g.)
  • Haiqal  32'
  • Iqbal  36'
  • Izreen  42'
  • Alif  67', 70'
  • Arifin  74'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
Laos 1–1 Timor-Leste
  • Salvador  20' (o.g.)
 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Northern Mariana 2–9 Philippines
 Report
  • Napolitano  8'
  • Tacardon  11', 67', 69'
  • Suba  18', 65', 73'
  • Ronquillo  41'
  • Borbon  77'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rysbek Shekerbekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Malaysia 1–1 Laos
Azahari  48' Report Chaleunsouk  45+1'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Group H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 Final tournament
2  Thailand 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  Singapore (H) 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4  Cambodia 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
North Korea 7–0 Cambodia
Kung Jin-song  6', 53', 72'
Kwon Nam-hyok  29'
Kim Chung-jin  43', 60'
Kim Kyong-sok  50'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ho Wai Sing (Hong Kong)
Thailand 5–0 Singapore
Korawich  18', 59', 73'
Jinnawat  28', 45'		 Report
Attendance: 945
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)
Cambodia 0–1 Thailand
Report Korawich  13'
Attendance: 247
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Singapore 0–3 North Korea
Report Yun Min  15'
Kye Tam  71'
Ri Song-jin  90'
Attendance: 621
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
North Korea 2–0 Thailand
Kye Tam  32'
Paek Kwang-min  62'		 Report
Attendance: 816
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)
Singapore 3–1 Cambodia
Kweh  69'
Hamid  81'
Jeferee  88'		 Report Chanthea  48'
Attendance: 1,227
Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Group I
  • All matches were held in China.
  • Times listed were UTC+8.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 27 0 +27 9 Final tournament
2  China PR (H) 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3
4  Macau 3 0 0 3 1 29 −28 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
China PR 1–0 Chinese Taipei
Chen Rong  78' Report
Attendance: 786
South Korea 17–0 Macau
Park Jeong-in  7', 17', 24', 39', 52', 56'
Ko Jun-hee  10', 82'
Lee Dong-ryul  31', 58', 67'
Shin Sang-whi  36', 41', 70', 75'
Son Jae-hyeok  62'
Yu Je-ho  64'		 Report
Attendance: 280
Referee: Vichhika Tuy (Cambodia)
Macau 0–10 China PR
Report Zhou Junchen  8', 32'
Zhu Chenjie  17'
Chen Quanjiang  20'
Chen Rong  35'
Wu Zewei  50', 73', 81'
Geng Taili  59'
Sun Qinhan  90+2'
Attendance: 192
Chinese Taipei 0–6 South Korea
Report Cheon Seong-hoon  19'
Kim Dong-bum  29', 90+2'
Yong Dong-hyun  37'
Park Chan-bin  63', 70'
Attendance: 166
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
South Korea 4–0 China PR
Lee Dong-ryul  9'
Yong Dong-hyun  15'
Kim Tae-hwan  51'
Shin Sang-whi  56'		 Report
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Chinese Taipei 2–1 Macau
Chen Wei-tze  46'
Tsai Cheng-ju  75'		 Report Leung Chi Seng  82'
Attendance: 66

Group J
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 18 1 +17 9 Final tournament
2  Vietnam (H) 3 2 0 1 23 2 +21 6
3  Myanmar 3 1 0 2 12 8 +4 3
4  Guam 3 0 0 3 0 42 −42 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Australia 14–0 Guam
  • Naputi  5' (o.g.)
  • Akbari  15', 46'
  • Martis  39'
  • Muratovic  43', 53', 59'
  • Selden  45+1', 80'
  • Sweedan  65' (pen.), 79', 90'
  • Visciglio  70'
  • Yates  77'
 Report
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 60
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
Vietnam 5–1 Myanmar
Trần Văn Đạt  25', 68', 76'
Nguyễn Khắc Khiêm  29'
Nguyễn Huỳnh Sang  33'		 Report Aung Chit Oo Ko Ko  30'
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 100
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Myanmar 1–3 Australia
Hein Htet Aung  25' Report Brook  2'
Moric  27'
Najjarine  37'
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 100
Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
Guam 0–18 Vietnam
Report Nguyễn Duy Khiêm  1', 78', 83'
Bùi Anh Đức  8', 30', 32', 38'
Mạch Ngọc Hà  11', 35', 49'
Nguyễn Khắc Khiêm  29'
Nguyễn Hữu Thắng  54'
Uông Ngọc Tiến  63' (pen.)
Trần Văn Đạt  67' (pen.), 80'
Nguyễn Trọng Long  70'
Vũ Đình Hai  81', 85'
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 80
Referee: Alongkorn Feemuechang (Thailand)
Myanmar 10–0 Guam
Htun Sai  10', 43', 68'
Kyaw Kyaw Htet  16', 33', 35', 73'
Bo Bo Aung  18'
Thet Paing Htoo  26'
Hein Htet Aung  90'		 Report
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 50
Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
Australia 1–0 Vietnam
Memeti  30' Report
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 500
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

Group K
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 2 2 0 0 24 0 +24 6 Final tournament
2  Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 5 9 −4 3
3  Mongolia (H) 2 0 0 2 2 22 −20 0
4  Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Mongolia 0–17 Japan
Report Seko  6' (pen.)
Kubo  8', 24', 44', 45+1', 60'
Miyashiro  16', 34', 82'
Tanahashi  33'
Hirakawa  37', 72', 79'
Suzuki  42'
Nakamura  49', 56'
Sugawara  51'
Attendance: 1,830
Hong Kong 5–2 Mongolia
Jonathan Cheung  4' (pen.)
Whilborn  45+2'
Chan Ka Shing  63'
Ethan Yeung  76', 85'		 Report Bayarkhuu  68'
Erdenechimeg  89'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Jasem Ahmad (Kuwait)
Japan 7–0 Hong Kong
Nakamura  15'
Sugawara  34'
Tanahashi  71', 90+1'
Seko  75'
Yamada  79'
Hirakawa  84'		 Report
Attendance: 186
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

Ranking of second-placed teams

The ranking among the runner-up team of all groups are determined as follows:[4]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches;
  2. Greater goal difference resulting from the group matches;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in group matches;
  4. Greater number of wins in the group matches;
  5. 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);
  6. Drawing of lots.

In order to ensure equality when comparing the runner-up team of all groups, the results of the matches against the fourth-placed and fifth-placed teams in the groups having four or five teams are ignored due to Groups D, F and K having only three teams after one of the teams in the group withdrew.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 J  Vietnam 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3[lower-alpha 1] Final tournament
2 H  Thailand 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3[lower-alpha 1]
3 E  India 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3 Final tournament as hosts
4 D  United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 8 7 +1 3 Final tournament
5 B  Oman 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
6 A  Yemen 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3 Qualified in Final tournament
for the suspension of Kuwait made by FIFA.
7 C  Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
8 I  China PR 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3
9 K  Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 5 9 −4 3
10 F  Syria 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2[lower-alpha 2]
11 G  Laos 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2[lower-alpha 2]
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. Vietnam and Thailand are ranked by disciplinary points.
  2. Syria and Laos are ranked by disciplinary points.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[8]

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament2
 IndiaHosts and 3rd best runners-up3 June 20156 (1990, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 UzbekistanGroup A winners20 September 20158 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 KyrgyzstanGroup B winners27 October 2015[9]0 (debut)
 IraqGroup C winners20 September 20158 (1985, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012)
 Saudi ArabiaGroup D winners20 September 20159 (1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014)
 IranGroup E winners20 September 20159 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 MalaysiaGroup G winners20 September 20153 (2004, 2008, 2014)
 North KoreaGroup H winners6 September 20159 (1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 South KoreaGroup I winners20 September 201511 (1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014)
 AustraliaGroup J winners20 September 20154 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 JapanGroup K winners20 September 201512 (1988, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Vietnam1st best runners-up20 September 20155 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010)
 Thailand2nd best runners-up20 September 20159 (1985, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2014)
 United Arab Emirates4th best runners-up20 September 20156 (1990, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2008, 2010)
 Oman5th best runners-up20 September 20158 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Yemen6th best runners-up28 May 2016 [10]4 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2012)
2 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
  • Rahmat Akbari
  • Jaidon Selden
  • Khaled Abdulrahim
  • Chen Rong
  • Zhou Junchen
  • Ethan Yeung Yat Yung
  • Aman Chetri
  • Mohammad Reza Ghobeishavi
  • Ayumu Seko
  • Yukinari Sugawara
  • Muhannad Abu Awad
  • Emir Shigaibaev
  • Boualapha Chaleunsouk
  • Nilanh Inthapanya
  • Nilan
  • Hein Htet Aung
  • Dinesh Hemjan
  • Kim Chung-jin
  • Kye Tam
  • Mohammed Al-Khamisi
  • Ahmed Eleyan
  • Hisham Ali
  • Naif Almas
  • Kim Dong-bum
  • Ko Jun-hee
  • Park Chan-bin
  • Yong Dong-hyun
  • Ziyovuddin Fuzaylov
  • Jinnawat Russamee
  • Jelito
  • Nguyễn Khắc Khiêm
  • Vũ Đình Hai
  • Waleed Aswad
  • Murad Murshed
  • Abdulmajeed Sabarah
1 goal
  • Amir Ali
  • Omid Haidar Saneh
  • Lachlan Brook
  • Antonis Martis
  • Mersim Memeti
  • Mark Moric
  • Ramy Najjarine
  • Andrew Visciglio
  • Ryan Yates
  • Sarwar Zaman Nipu
  • Mohammad Shawon
  • Sieng Chanthea
  • Chen Quanjiang
  • Geng Taili
  • Sun Qinhan
  • Zhu Chenjie
  • Chen Wei-tze
  • Tsai Cheng-ju
  • Chan Ka Shing
  • Jonathan Linux Cheung
  • Erik Anders Whilborn
  • Gaston D’Silva
  • Amarjit Singh Kiyam
  • Boris Singh Thangjam
  • Komal Thatal
  • Mohammad Reza Davari
  • Mohammad Ghaderi
  • Mohsen Godarzi
  • Amir Khodamoradi
  • Vahid Namdari
  • Erfan Sadeghi
  • Mohammad Sardari
  • Muntadher Abdulsada
  • Mohammed Ridha Jalil
  • Ahmed Sartip Omar
  • Saleh Mahdi Saleh
  • Toichi Suzuki
  • Hiroto Yamada
  • Laith Hbowal
  • Khaled Radi Kourdi
  • Jasem Rashed
  • Gulzhigit Alykulov
  • Gulzhigit Boubaev
  • Maksat Dzhakybaliev
  • Timur Uulu Orzobek
  • Bounphachan Bounkong
  • Saya Monlangsy
  • Thatthaya Phoutthavong
  • Jawad Abdullah
  • Mahmoud Kaawar
  • Leung Chi Seng
  • Aliff Haiqal
  • Azrin Azahari
  • Mohamad Najmi
  • Nor Amirul
  • Zainul Arifin
  • Aung Chit Oo Ko Ko
  • Bo Bo Aung
  • Thet Paing Htoo
  • Khosbayar Bayarkhuu
  • Bat-Erdene Erdenechimeg
  • Manish Bahadur Karki
  • Prezen Tamang
  • Kim Kyong-sok
  • Kwon Nam-hyok
  • Paek Kwang-min
  • Ri Song-jin
  • Yun Min
  • Anthony Fruit
  • Sunjoon Tenorio
  • Mutassim Al-Bakri
  • Mohammed Al-Qaidi
  • Thamer Al-Zaabi
  • Ahmed Aburdaha
  • Jelani Borbon
  • Kier Napolitano
  • Kyle Ronquillo
  • Ahmed Al-Ganehi
  • Mohammad Bahramen
  • Saleh Saeed
  • Dhari Al-Anazi
  • Ali Al-Shaikhi
  • Mohammed Mansour Mali
  • Abdulaziz Al-Dhuwayhi
  • Firas Al-Buraikan
  • Khairie Abdul Hamid
  • Irfan Jeferee
  • Glenn Kweh
  • Cheon Seong-hoon
  • Kim Tae-hwan
  • Son Jae-hyeok
  • Yu Je-ho
  • Mohammad Fares Kanaan
  • Mohammad Malta
  • Vahdat Hanonov
  • Mubindzhon Muminov
  • Faridun Nematov
  • Avaz Qamchinov
  • Yafet Belima
  • Filomeno Junior da Costa
  • Armindo Vieira
  • Orcelio
  • Kerim Karabekov
  • Abdulla Al-Naqbi
  • Ali Saleh Amro
  • Sultan Saeed
  • Abdulkhay Ismoilov
  • Islom Karimov
  • Ikhtiyor Kholdorov
  • Shukhrat Nematov
  • Bakhromjon Soatov
  • Oston Urunov
  • Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
  • Nguyễn Huỳnh Sang
  • Nguyễn Trọng Long
  • Uông Ngọc Tiến
  • Mohammed Al-Hamdani
  • Mukhtar Al-Khalil
  • Ahmed Hamed Saeed
1 own goal
  • Xavier Naputi (against Australia)
  • Habib Antoine Baladi (against India)
  • Mohamed Azhan Hamid (against Yemen)
  • Prichi James (against Malaysia)
  • Abdulaziz Al-Malki (against United Arab Emirates)
  • Salvador Varela (against Laos)
  • Agajan Jumayev (against Tajikistan)
Source: the-afc.com

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