2014 AFC U-19 Championship

2014 AFC U-19 Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Myanmar
Dates 9–23 October
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Qatar (1st title)
Runners-up  North Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 92 (2.97 per match)
Attendance 233,739 (7,540 per match)
Top scorer(s) Qatar Ahmed Al Saadi
Uzbekistan Zabikhillo Urinboev
North Korea Jo Kwang-myong
(5 goals each)
Best player Qatar Ahmed Doozandeh
Fair play award  North Korea

The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship was the 38th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 19 and below. Myanmar were approved as hosts of the competition on 25 April 2013.[1] The tournament was held from 9 to 23 October 2014, with the top four teams qualifying for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.[2]

Qatar won the tournament, and were joined by North Korea, hosts Myanmar, and Uzbekistan as AFC qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Venues

Cities Venues Capacity
Yangon Thuwunna Stadium 32,000
Naypyidaw Wunna Theikdi Stadium 30,000

Qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 April 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

Qualified teams

Draw

The draw for the competition was held on 24 April 2014 in Yangon, Myanmar.[4]

Pot 1
(Host & Seeds)		 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Myanmar
 South Korea
 Iraq
 Uzbekistan

 Australia
 Japan
 Iran
 North Korea

 United Arab Emirates
 Thailand
 China PR
 Qatar

 Indonesia
 Oman
 Vietnam
 Yemen

Squads

Only players born on or after 1 January 1995 are eligible to compete in the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).[2]

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.[2]

  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+6:30).

Group A

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Thailand 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1 6
 Myanmar 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
 Yemen 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
 Iran 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3

9 October 2014
15:30
Iran  1–2  Thailand
Mazloum  15' Report Thanasit  65'
Chenrop  82'
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 2,850
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

9 October 2014
18:30
Myanmar  0–0  Yemen
Report
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 13,142
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

11 October 2014
15:30
Yemen  1–0  Iran
Al-Sarori  6' Report

11 October 2014
18:30
Thailand  0–3  Myanmar
Report Nyein Chan Aung  13', 18'
Aung Thu  42'
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 24,568
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

13 October 2014
18:30
Myanmar  0–2  Iran
Report Seyyedi  56'
Moharrami  83'
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 19,784
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

13 October 2014
18:30
Thailand  3–2  Yemen
Patipan  40', 85', 88' Report K. Mahdi  1'
Mohammed  64'

Group B

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 United Arab Emirates 3 1 2 0 7 4 +3 5
 Uzbekistan 3 1 2 0 6 4 +2 5
 Australia 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Indonesia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0

10 October 2014
15:30
Uzbekistan  3–1  Indonesia
Khamdanov  18'
Urinboev  22' (pen.)
Shukurov  87' 		Report Sitanggang  58'

10 October 2014
18:30
Australia  1–1  United Arab Emirates
Borrello  79' Report Mubarak  85' (pen.)
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 625
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

12 October 2014
15:30
Indonesia  0–1  Australia
Report Sotirio  67'

12 October 2014
18:30
United Arab Emirates  2–2  Uzbekistan
Ghanim  25'
Al-Hashmi  90+3' 		Report Shomurodov  44'
Urinboev  53'
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 628
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

14 October 2014
18:30
Uzbekistan  1–1  Australia
Urinboev  82' Report Mauk  66'

14 October 2014
18:30
United Arab Emirates  4–1  Indonesia
Al-Akberi  11'
Al-Hashmi  22'
Jassim  50'
Rabia  79' 		Report Drajad  52'

Group C

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Japan 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
 China PR 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 South Korea 3 1 1 1 7 2 +5 4
 Vietnam 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1

9 October 2014
15:30
South Korea  6–0  Vietnam
Lee Jung-bin  45'
Kim Gun-hee  54', 90+1'
Shim Je-hyeok  60'
Hwang Hee-chan  66' (pen.)
Baek Seung-ho  76' 		Report

9 October 2014
18:30
Japan  1–2  China PR
Minamino  16' Report Wei Shihao  1' (pen.), 77'

11 October 2014
15:30
Vietnam  1–3  Japan
Hoàng Thanh Tùng  90' Report Okugawa  59'
Nakatani  90+5'
Ideguchi  90+6'

11 October 2014
18:30
China PR  0–0  South Korea
Report

13 October 2014
15:30
South Korea  1–2  Japan
Kim Gun-hee  29' Report Minamino  13', 65'

13 October 2014
15:30
China PR  1–1  Vietnam
Tang Shi  88' Report Hoàng Thanh Tùng  20'

Group D

Team Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Qatar 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
 North Korea 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
 Iraq 3 1 1 1 8 3 +5 4
 Oman 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1

10 October 2014
Iraq  6–0  Oman
Mohsin  7', 43'
Al Shiyadi  27' (o.g.)
Kareem  74'
Tahseen  85'
Aymen  89' 		Report

10 October 2014
18:30
North Korea  1–3  Qatar
Jo Kwang-myong  5' Report Al Saadi  74' (pen.)
Almoez Ali  79'
Afif  86' (pen.)

12 October 2014
15:30
Oman  1–1  North Korea
Mubarak  72' Report So Jong-hyok  90'

12 October 2014
18:30
Qatar  1–1  Iraq
Al Saadi  51' Report Rasan  39' (pen.)

14 October 2014
15:30
Iraq  1–2  North Korea
Mhawi  90+3' Report Jo Kwang-myong  50'
Kim Yu-song  63'

14 October 2014
15:30
Qatar  2–0  Oman
Al Saadi  58' (pen.), 65' Report
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 536
Referee: Yudai Yamamoto (Japan)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[2]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
17 October 2014        
  Thailand  1
20 October 2014
  Uzbekistan  2  
  Uzbekistan  0
17 October 2014
      North Korea  5  
  Japan  1 (4)
23 October 2014
  North Korea (pen.)

 1 (5)  
  North Korea  0
17 October 2014    
    Qatar  1
  United Arab Emirates  0
20 October 2014
  Myanmar  1  
  Myanmar  2
17 October 2014
      Qatar (a.e.t.)  3  
  Qatar  4
  China PR  2  
 

Quarter-finals

17 October 2014
19:00
Thailand  1–2  Uzbekistan
Chenrop  48' Report Urinboev  6', 20'
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

17 October 2014
15:30
United Arab Emirates  0–1  Myanmar
Report Than Paing  53'
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 29,000
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

17 October 2014
15:30
Japan  1–1 (a.e.t.)  North Korea
Minamino  83' (pen.) Report Kim Kuk-chol  36'
  Penalties  
Mochizuki
Sakai
Ideguchi
Nakatani
Minamino 		4–5 Kang Nam-gwon
Ri Un-chol
Min Hyo-song
Jon Kum-dong
Jo Sol-song

17 October 2014
19:00
Qatar  4–2  China PR
Al Saadi  6'
Afif  45+5' (pen.)
Doozandeh  58'
Ali  90+6' 		Report Gui Hong  54'
Wei Jingzong  86' (pen.)

Semi-finals

20 October 2014
15:30
Uzbekistan  0–5  North Korea
Report Jo Kwang-myong  5', 39', 63'
Kim Yu-song  70'
So Jong-hyok  73'

20 October 2014
19:00
Myanmar  2–3 (a.e.t.)  Qatar
Aung Thu  62'
Nyein Chan Aung  64' 		Report Ali  45+1'
Afif  75'
Abdou  92'

Final

23 October 2014
19:00
North Korea  0–1  Qatar
Report Afif  52'
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Attendance: 2,375
Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Winners

 2014 AFC U-19 Championship Winners 

Qatar
First title

Qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup

The top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup:

Awards

Award[5] Winner
Top scorer Qatar Ahmed Al Saadi
MVP Qatar Ahmed Doozandeh
Fair play team  North Korea

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

References

  1. ↑ "Myanmar, Thailand to host age-group competitions". AFC. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "AFC U19 Championship 2014 Regulations" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "U-19 qualifications' draw held". AFC. 26 April 2013.
  4. ↑ "Tough draw for defending champions". www.the-afc.com. The Asian Football Confederation. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Qatari duo bag U-19 individual accolades". AFC. 24 October 2014.

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