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2016 AFC U-19 Championship

بطولة آسيا للشباب تحت 19 عاما 2016
Tournament details
Host country	Bahrain
Dates	13–30 October
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runners-up	Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	84 (2.71 per match)
Attendance	39,304 (1,268 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sami Al-Najei Abdulrahman Al-Yami (4 goals each)
Best player(s)	Ritsu Dōan
Fair play award	Japan
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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, and was scheduled to be played between 13–30 October 2016. A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.

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.

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

Qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 5 June 2015. 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.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Appearance	Previous best performance
Bahrain	Hosts	9th	Runners-up (1986)
Japan	Group J winners	36th	Runners-up (1973, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006)
Iraq	Group F winners	16th	Champions (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)
China	Group I winners	17th	Champions (1985)
Vietnam	Group G winners	18th	Quarter-finals (1967, 1969)
Uzbekistan	Group A winners	7th	Runners-up (2008)
South Korea	Group H winners	37th	Champions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)
Tajikistan	Group F (1st best) runners-up	3rd	Group stage (2006, 2008)
United Arab Emirates	Group C winners	13th	Champions (2008)
Australia	Group J (2nd best) runners-up	6th	Runners-up (2010)
Qatar	Group D winners	13th	Champions (2014)
Thailand	Group H (3rd best) runners-up	32nd	Champions (1962, 1969)
Saudi Arabia	Group B winners	13th	Champions (1986, 1992)
North Korea	Group I (4th best) runners-up	12th	Champions (1976, 2006, 2010)
Iran	Group E winners	20th	Champions (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
Yemen	Group B (5th best) runners-up	6th	Group stage (1978, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014)

As South Vietnam

Venues

The tournament is played in two venues:

Riffa	RiffaIsa Town2016 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. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous edition in 2014.

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).

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:

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).

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

1. ^ Head-to-head results: Bahrain 3–2 Saudi Arabia, South Korea 2–1 Bahrain, South Korea 1–2 Saudi Arabia. Head-to-head standings:

   • Bahrain: 3 pts, 0 GD, 4 GF
   • Saudi Arabia: 3 pts, 0 GD, 4 GF
   • South Korea: 3 pts, 0 GD, 3 GF

   South Korea are ranked third on head-to-head goals scored. Bahrain are ranked ahead of Saudi Arabia on their own head-to-head result.

Thailand	1–3	South Korea
Anon 76'	Report	Jeong Tae-wook 13' Han Chan-hee 41' Kang Ji-hoon 90+3'

Bahrain	3–2	Saudi Arabia
Marhoon 41' Al-Hardan 49' (pen.) Mohamed 90+4'	Report	Al-Shamlan 56' Al-Najei 80' (pen.)

Saudi Arabia	4–0	Thailand
Al-Shamlan 43' Al-Muwallad 60' Al-Khulaif 68' Ghareeb 90+3'	Report

South Korea	2–1	Bahrain
Cho Young-wook 84', 90+2'	Report	Ebrahim 56'

Bahrain	3–2	Thailand
Al-Hardan 12' (pen.) Bughammar 47' Al-Naar 51'	Report	Sittichok 30' Supachai 84'

South Korea	1–2	Saudi Arabia
Kim Geon-ung 32'	Report	Al-Najei 38' Al-Amri 64'

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

North Korea	1–2	Vietnam
Ryang Hyon-ju 90+2'	Report	Hà Đức Chinh 71' Đoàn Văn Hậu 90+1'

United Arab Emirates	0–1	Iraq
	Report	Kareem 26'

Vietnam	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Hồ Minh Dĩ 21'	Report	Omar 58' (pen.)

Iraq	4–0	North Korea
Fayyadh 54' (pen.) Kareem 63', 65' Abbas 79'	Report

North Korea	1–3	United Arab Emirates
Han Kwang-song 8'	Report	Rashed 31' Al-Matroushi 52' Yaqoub 77'

Iraq	0–0	Vietnam
	Report

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

Japan	3–0	Yemen
Ogawa 47' Iwasaki 79' Hara 88'	Report

Qatar	1–1	Iran
Razzaghpour 38' (o.g.)	Report	Razzaghpour 58'

Iran	0–0	Japan
	Report

Yemen	0–1	Qatar
	Report	Umaru 84'

Qatar	0–3	Japan
	Report	Iwasaki 14' Miyoshi 45' Tomiyasu 62'

Yemen	0–1	Iran
	Report	Razzaghpour 45'

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	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	1

Uzbekistan	2–1	Tajikistan
Davlatjonov 67' Yakhshiboev 72'	Report	Saidov 20'

China	0–1	Australia
	Report	Shabow 46'

Tajikistan	2–0	China
Panjshanbe 3' Hamroqulov 65'	Report

Australia	2–3	Uzbekistan
Youlley 63' (pen.) Blackwood 90+3' (pen.)	Report	Abdukhalikov 29' Ibrokhimov 40', 46'

Uzbekistan	0–0	China
	Report

Australia	0–0	Tajikistan
	Report

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	23 October – Riffa
	Bahrain	0
					27 October – Riffa
	Vietnam	1
					Vietnam	0
	24 October – Riffa
					Japan	3
	Japan	4
									30 October – Riffa
	Tajikistan	0
									Japan (p)	0 (5)
	23 October – Isa Town
									Saudi Arabia	0 (3)
	Iraq	2 (5)
					27 October – Isa Town
	Saudi Arabia (p)	2 (6)
					Saudi Arabia	6
	24 October – Isa Town
					Iran	5
	Uzbekistan	0
	Iran	2

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-Shamlan 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

Bahrain	0–1	Vietnam
	Report	Trần Thành 72'

Japan	4–0	Tajikistan
Ogawa 8', 73' Dōan 19' Iwasaki 88'	Report

Uzbekistan	0–2	Iran
	Report	Jafari 14', 47'

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'

Vietnam	0–3	Japan
	Report	Kishimoto 6' Nakamura 10', 51'

Final

Japan	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Saudi Arabia
	Report
Penalties
Sakai Dōan Endo Nakayama Ogawa	5–3	Al-Dawsari Kariri A. Al-Yami Magrashi

Winners

AFC U-19 Championship 2016 winners
Japan First title

Awards

Most Valuable Player

• Ritsu Dōan

Top Scorer

• Sami Al-Najei

Fair Play

•  Japan

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Sami Al-Najei
• Abdulrahman Al-Yami

3 goals

• Reza Jafari
• Waleed Kareem Ali
• Yuto Iwasaki
• Koki Ogawa
• Rakan Al-Shamlan

2 goals

• Mohammed Al-Hardan
• Abolfazl Razzaghpour
• Mazin Fayyadh
• Shunta Nakamura
• Ayman Al-Khulaif
• Cho Young-wook
• Doston Ibrokhimov

1 goal

• George Blackwood
• Mario Shabow
• Liam Youlley
• Ahemd Bughammar
• Sayed Ebrahim
• Mohamed Marhoon
• Ahmed Mohamed
• Talal Al Naar
• Aref Aghasi
• Reza Karamolachaab
• Mehdi Mehdikhani
• Reza Shekari
• Sajad Hussein
• Alaa Abbas Abdulnabi
• Ritsu Dōan
• Teruki Hara
• Takeru Kishimoto
• Koji Miyoshi
• Takehiro Tomiyasu
• Han Kwang-song
• Ryang Hyon-ju
• Abdulrasheed Umaru
• Abdulelah Al-Amri
• Abdulrahman Ghareeb
• Mansour Al-Muwallad
• Han Chan-hee
• Jeong Tae-wook
• Kang Ji-hoon
• Kim Geon-ung
• Nuriddin Hamroqulov
• Ehson Panjshanbe
• Karomatullo Saidov
• Anon Amornlerdsak
• Supachai Jaided
• Sittichok Phaso
• Faisal Al Matroushi
• Husain Abdulla Omar
• Ahmed Rashed
• Jassem Yaqoub
• Bobur Abdukhalikov
• Sayidjamol Davlatjonov
• Jasurbek Yakhshiboev
• Hà Đức Chinh
• Hồ Minh Dĩ
• Đoàn Văn Hậu
• Trần Thành

1 own goal

• Abolfazl Razzaghpour (against Qatar)

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	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

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.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
South Korea	5 December 2013	13 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1991, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Japan	24 October 2016	8 (1979, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Saudi Arabia	23 October 2016	7 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1999, 2003, 2011)
Iran	24 October 2016	2 (1977, 2001)
Vietnam	23 October 2016	0 (debut)

Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

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External links

• AFC U-19 Championship, the-AFC.com

• 2016 AFC U-19 Championship
• AFC U-19 Championship
• 2016 in Asian football
• International association football competitions hosted by Bahrain
• 2015–16 in Bahraini football
• October 2016 sports events in Asia
• 2016 in youth association football