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2014 AFC U-16 Championship

ฟุตบอลเอเชียเยาวชนอายุไม่เกิน 16 ปี 2014
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	6–20 September
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	94 (3.03 per match)
Attendance	9,954 (321 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Lee Seung-woo (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Lee Seung-woo
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The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 16 and below. Thailand were approved as hosts of the competition on 25 April 2013. The tournament was held from 6 to 20 September 2014, with the top four teams qualifying for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.

North Korea won the tournament, and were joined by South Korea, Australia, and Syria as AFC qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Venues

Bangkok	Nonthaburi
Rajamangala Stadium	Thunderdome Stadium
Capacity: 49,722	Capacity: 15,000
BangkokNonthaburiclass=notpageimage| Location of stadiums of the 2014 AFC U-16 Championship

Qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 April 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Qualified teams

•  Australia
•  China
•  Hong Kong
•  Iran
•  Japan
•  Kuwait
•  Malaysia
•    Nepal
•  North Korea
•  Oman
•  Qatar
•  Saudi Arabia
•  South Korea
•  Syria
•  Thailand (hosts)
•  Uzbekistan

Draw

The draw for the competition was held on 6 April 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Group stage

The top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.

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. Goal difference in all the group matches;
5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local (UTC+7).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Malaysia	3	2	0	1	3	2	+1	6
Thailand	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
Oman	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0

South Korea	3–1	Oman
Kim Jung-min 22' Yu Seung-min 86' You Ju-an 90'	Report	Al-Yahmadi 31'

Thailand	0–1	Malaysia
	Report	Syazwan 34'

Malaysia	0–1	South Korea
	Report	Lee Seung-woo 15'

Oman	0–1	Thailand
	Report	Samart 60'

Thailand	0–2	South Korea
	Report	Lee Seung-woo 45+1' Hwang Tae-hyoen 62'

Oman	1–2	Malaysia
Al-Ubaidani 68'	Report	Najmuddin 64', 77'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9
Japan	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
China	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

Japan	2–0	Hong Kong
Doan 53' Suga 73'	Report

Australia	3–0	China
Bandiera 16' Joice 60' Petratos 72'	Report

Hong Kong	0–2	Australia
	Report	Devereux 27' Reiners 86'

China	0–3	Japan
	Report	Suga 48' (pen.) Onozawa 54' Nagasawa 57'

Japan	2–4	Australia
Sasaki 27' Yasui 69'	Report	Brimmer 15', 59' Joice 25', 81'

China	2–0	Hong Kong
He Xin 25' (pen.) Duan Liuyu 66'	Report

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	8	5	+3	7
North Korea	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
Nepal	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
Kuwait	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

Uzbekistan	1–1	Nepal
Kuchimov 54' (pen.)	Report	Sunar 90+4'

Kuwait	0–3	North Korea
	Report	Han Kwang-song 5' (pen.) Jong Chang-bom 73' Choe Song-hyok 83'

Nepal	2–1	Kuwait
Al-Khaldi 3' (o.g.) Magar 81' (pen.)	Report	Al-Bariki 75' (pen.)

North Korea	2–3	Uzbekistan
Han Kwang-song 17' Jong Chang-bom 60'	Report	Nurulloev 40', 59' Ganijonov 45+2'

Uzbekistan	4–2	Kuwait
Abramov 9' Kuchimov 43' Nurulloev 68' Kholikov 90+4'	Report	Al Hadiyah 45' Mohammad 45+2'

North Korea	4–1	Nepal
Ju Hyon-hyok 4' Choe Song-hyok 23', 45+1' Han Kwang-song 27'	Report	Tamang 26'

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Syria	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Qatar	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
Saudi Arabia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2

Iran	3–2	Qatar
Karimi 22' Shekari 48', 61'	Report	Palang 4', 59'

Syria	0–0	Saudi Arabia
	Report

Qatar	1–1	Syria
Mazeed 60'	Report	Al-Aji 21'

Saudi Arabia	1–2	Iran
Abdullah 41'	Report	Shamsi 64' Karimi 65'

Iran	1–2	Syria
Soltanimehr 45+2'	Report	Jaddoua 26' Naem 40'

Saudi Arabia	1–1	Qatar
Dubaysh 86'	Report	Palang 90+4'

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	14 September 2014
	South Korea	2
					17 September 2014
	Japan	0
					South Korea	7
	14 September 2014
					Syria	1
	Uzbekistan	2
									20 September 2014
	Syria	5
									South Korea	1
	14 September 2014
									North Korea	2
	Australia	2
					17 September 2014
	Malaysia	1
					Australia	1 (1)
	14 September 2014
					North Korea (p)	1 (4)
	Iran	0 (2)
	North Korea (p)	0 (4)

Quarter-finals

South Korea	2–0	Japan
Lee Seung-woo 42', 47'	Report

Australia	2–1	Malaysia
Joice 35' Maskin 76'	Report	Raj 31'

Uzbekistan	2–5	Syria
Shokhrukh 62', 87' (pen.)	Report	Barakat 16', 30', 48' Jaddoua 52' Al-Aji 55'

Iran	0–0	North Korea
	Report
Penalties
Soltanpour Karimi Daghestani Shekari	2–4	Han Kwang-song Kim Wi-song Kim Ye-Bom Ri Kuk-hyon

Semi-finals

South Korea	7–1	Syria
Jang Gyeol-hee 6', 49' Lee Seung-woo 47' (pen.) Jang Jae-won 52' Park Sang-hyeok 57' Lee Sang-heon 60' Lee Sang-min 62'	Report	Al-Aji 61'

Australia	1–1	North Korea
Arzani 85'	Report	Pak Yong-gwan 47'
Penalties
Brimmer Rowles Bandiera	1–4	Kim Wi-song Kim Ye-Bom Ri Kuk-hyon Jang Song-Il

Final

South Korea	1–2	North Korea
Choi Jae-young 34'	Report	Han Kwang-song 50' Choe Song-hyok 67'

Winners

AFC U-16 Championship 2014 winners
North Korea Second title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from AFC qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup
Australia	14 September 2018	11 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011)
North Korea	14 September 2018	3 (2005, 2007, 2011)
South Korea	14 September 2018	4 (1987, 2003, 2007, 2009)
Syria	14 September 2018	1 (2007)

Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Australia qualified as a member of the OFC between 1985 and 2005.

Awards

Award	Winner
Top scorer	Lee Seung-woo
MVP	Lee Seung-woo
Fair Play Award	South Korea

Goalscorers

5 goals

• Lee Seung-woo

4 goals

• Cameron Joice
• Han Kwang-song
• Anas Al-Aji

3 goals

• Choe Song-hyok
• Hassan Palang
• Abd Al-Rahman Barakat
• Sukhrob Nurulloev

2 goals

• Jake Brimmer
• Reza Karimi
• Reza Shekari
• Suga Daiki
• Jong Chang-bom
• Muhammad Najmuddin
• Jang Gyeol-hee
• Mohammad Jaddoua
• Jonibek Kuchimov
• Mahmudxojiyev Shokhrukh

1 goal

• Daniel Arzani
• Jackson Bandiera
• Charlie Devereux
• Daniel Maskin
• Kosta Petratos
• Jamal Reiners
• Duan Liuyu
• He Xin
• Mohammad Shamsi
• Mohammad Soltanimehr
• Ryosuke Nagasawa
• Doan Ritsu
• Sasaki Takumi
• Yasui Takuya
• Onozawa Toshiki
• Salem Al-Bariki
• Abdulaziz Al-Hadiyah
• Khaled Mohammad
• Kogileswaran Raj
• Muhammad Syazwan
• Bimal Magar
• Kiran Sunar
• Ananta Tamang
• Ju Hyon-hyok
• Pak Yong-gwan
• Mohammad Al-Ubaidani
• Dhakil Al-Yahmadi
• Khalid Mazeed
• Mashhour Abdullah
• Khalid Dubaysh
• Choi Jae-young
• Hwang Tae-hyoen
• Jang Jae-won
• Kim Jung-min
• Lee Sang-heon
• Lee Sang-min
• Park Sang-hyeok
• You Ju-an
• Yu Seung-min
• Naeim Naem
• Samart Authairatsamee
• Saveliy Abramov
• Abdugani Ganijonov
• Khudoberdi Kholikov

Own goal

• Shabaib Al-Khaldi (playing against Nepal)

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	North Korea	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	11	Champion
2	South Korea	6	5	0	1	16	4	+12	15	Runner-up
3	Australia	5	4	1	0	12	4	+8	13	Third place
4	Syria	5	2	2	1	9	11	−2	8	Fourth place
5	Iran	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	7	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	Uzbekistan	4	2	1	1	10	10	0	7
7	Japan	4	2	0	2	7	6	+1	6
8	Malaysia	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
9	Nepal	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4	Eliminated in group stage
10	Thailand (H)	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
11	China	3	1	0	2	2	6	−4	3
12	Qatar	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
13	Saudi Arabia	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
14	Oman	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0
15	Kuwait	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0
16	Hong Kong	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0

References

1. "Myanmar, Thailand to host age-group competitions". AFC. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
2. "U-16 draw: Uzbekistan get Yemen, Palestine and Maldives". AFC. 26 April 2013.
3. "Stage set for AFC U-16 Championship draw". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
4. "Tough draw for hosts Thailand". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
5. ^ "AFC U16 Championship 2014 Regulations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2014.
6. "Lee scoops MVP, top scorer awards". AFC. 21 September 2014.

External links

• AFC U-16 Championship, the-AFC.com

• 2014 AFC U-16 Championship
• 2014 in Asian football
• International association football competitions hosted by Thailand
• 2014 in Thai football
• 2014 in youth association football
• September 2014 sports events in Asia