2016 AFC U-19 Championship

2016 AFC U-19 Championship
بطولة آسيا تحت 19 سنة لكرة القدم 2016
Tournament details
Host country  Bahrain
Dates 13–30 October 2016
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) TBD (in TBD host cities)

The 2016 AFC U-19 Championship will be 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 will be held in Bahrain, as announced by the AFC on 3 June 2015,[1] and is scheduled to be played between 13–30 October 2016.[2] A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acts as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify 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 are among the top four teams, the fifth-placed team will also qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 5 June 2015.[3] 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 will also compete in the qualifying stage.

The qualifiers were played between 28 September – 6 October 2015.[4]

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[5]

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 PR Group I winners 17th Champions (1985)
 Vietnam Group G winners 7th Group stage (2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 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)

Venues

To be announced.

Draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 30 April 2016, 19:00 AST (UTC+3), in Manama.[6] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[7] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous edition in 2014.

Pot 1 (Host & Seeds) 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

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).[8]

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:[8]

  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) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Saudi Arabia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 13 October 2016. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

13 October 2016 (2016-10-13)
Bahrain  v  Saudi Arabia
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13 October 2016 (2016-10-13)
Thailand  v  South Korea
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16 October 2016 (2016-10-16)
Saudi Arabia  v  Thailand
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16 October 2016 (2016-10-16)
South Korea  v  Bahrain
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19 October 2016 (2016-10-19)
Bahrain  v  Thailand
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19 October 2016 (2016-10-19)
South Korea  v  Saudi Arabia
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Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Vietnam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 14 October 2016. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
North Korea  v  Vietnam
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14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
United Arab Emirates  v  Iraq
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17 October 2016 (2016-10-17)
Vietnam  v  United Arab Emirates
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17 October 2016 (2016-10-17)
Iraq  v  North Korea
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20 October 2016 (2016-10-20)
North Korea  v  United Arab Emirates
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20 October 2016 (2016-10-20)
Iraq  v  Vietnam
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Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Yemen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 14 October 2016. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
Qatar  v  Iran
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14 October 2016 (2016-10-14)
Japan  v  Yemen
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17 October 2016 (2016-10-17)
Iran  v  Japan
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17 October 2016 (2016-10-17)
Yemen  v  Qatar
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20 October 2016 (2016-10-20)
Qatar  v  Japan
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20 October 2016 (2016-10-20)
Yemen  v  Iran
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Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  China PR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 15 October 2016. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

15 October 2016 (2016-10-15)
Uzbekistan  v  Tajikistan
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15 October 2016 (2016-10-15)
China PR  v  Australia
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18 October 2016 (2016-10-18)
Tajikistan  v  China PR
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18 October 2016 (2016-10-18)
Australia  v  Uzbekistan
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21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)
Uzbekistan  v  China PR
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21 October 2016 (2016-10-21)
Australia  v  Tajikistan
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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[8]

Bracket

  5th place match 5th – 8th place play-offs Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                                               
    A1  
    B2  
         
         
  C1
    D2  
       
       
    B1  
      A2  
     
  7th place match               3rd place match
  - N.A. -   D1  
  - N.A. -     C2    


Quarter-finals

Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

23 October 2016 (2016-10-23)
Winner Group A QF1 Runner-up Group B
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23 October 2016 (2016-10-23)
Winner Group B QF2 Runner-up Group A
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24 October 2016 (2016-10-24)
Winner Group C QF3 Runner-up Group D
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24 October 2016 (2016-10-24)
Winner Group D QF4 Runner-up Group C
Report

Possible fifth place play-offs

If South Korea are among the semi-finalists, three play-off matches will be organised among the four losing quarter-finalists to determine the fifth-placed team which will also qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Otherwise, the following play-off matches will not be played.

Play-off semi-finals

27 October 2016 (2016-10-27)
Loser QF1 PO1 Loser QF3

27 October 2016 (2016-10-27)
Loser QF2 PO2 Loser QF4

Play-off final

Winner qualifies for 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

30 October 2016 (2016-10-30)
Winner PO1 v Winner PO2

Semi-finals

27 October 2016 (2016-10-27)
Winner QF1 SF1 Winner QF3
Report

27 October 2016 (2016-10-27)
Winner QF2 SF2 Winner QF4
Report

Final

30 October 2016 (2016-10-30)
Winner SF1 v Winner SF2
Report

References

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