2016 AFC U-19 Championship

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.

2016 AFC U-19 Championship
بطولة آسيا للشباب تحت 19 عاما 2016
Tournament details
Host countryBahrain
Dates13–30 October 2016
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) Sami Al-Najei
Abdulrahman Al-Yami
(4 goals each)
Best player(s) Ritsu Doan
Fair play award Japan

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, Islamic Republic of Iran and Japan on qualifying for the FIFA U-20 World Cup South Korea 2017. The four teams will join hosts South Korea to make up Asia's five representatives at the tournament.[4]

Qualification
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

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

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 BahrainHosts9thRunners-up (1986)
 JapanGroup J winners36thRunners-up (1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006)
 IraqGroup F winners16thChampions (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)
 China PRGroup I winners17thChampions (1985)
 VietnamGroup G winners18thQuarter-finals (19671, 19691)
 UzbekistanGroup A winners7thRunners-up (2008)
 South KoreaGroup H winners37thChampions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)
 TajikistanGroup F (1st best) runners-up3rdGroup stage (2006, 2008)
 United Arab EmiratesGroup C winners13thChampions (2008)
 AustraliaGroup J (2nd best) runners-up6thRunners-up (2010)
 QatarGroup D winners13thChampions (2014)
 ThailandGroup H (3rd best) runners-up32ndChampions (1962, 1969)
 Saudi ArabiaGroup B winners13thChampions (1986, 1992)
 North KoreaGroup I (4th best) runners-up12thChampions (1976, 2006, 2010)
 IranGroup E winners20thChampions (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
 YemenGroup B (5th best) runners-up6thGroup stage (1978, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014)

Venues

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

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 PR

 Australia
 Iraq
 South Korea
 Yemen

 Iran
 Vietnam
 Saudi Arabia
 Tajikistan

Squads
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

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Bahrain (H) 3 2 0 1 7 6 +1 6 Knockout stage
2  Saudi Arabia 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3  South Korea 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
4  Thailand 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Thailand 1–3 South Korea
Anon  76' Report Jeong Tae-wook  13'
Han Chan-hee  41'
Kang Ji-hoon  90+3'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
Bahrain 3–2 Saudi Arabia
Marhoon  41'
Al-Hardan  49' (pen.)
Mohamed  90+4'		 Report Al-Anaze  56'
Al-Najei  80' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,500
Saudi Arabia 4–0 Thailand
Al-Anaze  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
  • Note

 Bahrain is ahead of  Saudi Arabia on head-to-head records : Bahrain 3-2 Saudi Arabia. While  Saudi Arabia is ahead of  South Korea on numbers of goals which scored (excluding results against  Thailand) : Saudi Arabia 4 goals, South Korea 3 goals

Group B
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
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
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
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
North Korea 1–3 United Arab Emirates
Han Kwang-song  8' Report Rashed  31'
Al-Matroushi  52'
Yaqoub  77'
Attendance: 155
Referee: Muhammad Taqi (Singapore)
Iraq 0–0 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 263
Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Group C
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
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)
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
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Qatar 0–3 Japan
Report Iwasaki  14'
Miyoshi  45'
Tomiyasu  62'
Attendance: 120
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
Yemen 0–1 Iran
Report Razzaghpour  45'
Attendance: 535
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

Group D
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 PR 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
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
China PR 0–1 Australia
Report Shabow  46'
Attendance: 370
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Tajikistan 2–0 China PR
Panjshanbe  3'
Hamroqulov  65'		 Report
Attendance: 82
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)
Australia 2–3 Uzbekistan
Youlley  63' (pen.)
Blackwood  90+3' (pen.)		 Report Abdukhalikov  29'
Ibrokhimov  40', 46'
Attendance: 58
Uzbekistan 0–0 China PR
Report
Attendance: 135
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Australia 0–0 Tajikistan
Report
Attendance: 165
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

Knockout stage

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

Bracket
 
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

Winners qualified for 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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

Semi-finals
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
Japan 0–0 (a.e.t.) Saudi Arabia
Report
Penalties
Sakai
Doan
Endo
Nakayama
Ogawa 		5–3 Al-Dawsari
Kariri
A. Al-Yami
Magrashi
Attendance: 3,460
Referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

Winners
 AFC U-19 Championship 2016 Winners 

Japan
First title

Awards
Most Valuable Player
Top Scorer
Fair Play

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

Tournament team rankings

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 PR 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) Host.

Qualified teams for U-20 World Cup

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 Korea5 December 2013[14]13 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 Japan24 October 20168 (1979, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
 Saudi Arabia23 October 20167 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2011)
 Iran24 October 20162 (1977, 2001)
 Vietnam23 October 20160 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

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