U-16 soccer Asian Cup 2016
U-16 soccer Asian Championship AFC U-16 Championship 2016 |
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Logo of the U-16 soccer championship |
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Number of nations | 16 (of 45 applicants) |
U-16 Asian champions | Iraq (1st title) |
venue | India |
Opening game | 15th September 2016 |
Endgame | October 2nd, 2016 |
Games | 31 |
Gates | 109 (⌀: 3.52 per game) |
spectator | 32,983 (⌀: 1,064 per game) |
Top scorer | Mohammed Dawood (6 goals) |
Best player | Mohammed Dawood |
yellow cards | 85 (⌀: 2.74 per game) |
Yellow-red cards | 3 (⌀: 0.1 per game) |
Red cards | 1 (⌀: 0.03 per game) |
The 2016 U-16 Asian Football Championship (officially: AFC U-16 Championship 2016 ) was the 17th edition of the tournament and took place for the first time in India from September 15 to October 2, 2016 . The tournament served as the Asian qualification for the 2017 U-17 World Cup , which is also taking place in India. The best four teams qualified for it.
The Iraq won the tournament in the penalty shoot-out with 4: 3 in the final against Iran . The two had prevailed in the semifinals against Japan and the defending champion North Korea . The top scorer was the Iraqi Mohammed Dawood, who scored six goals.
Eligible players were born on or after January 1, 2000.
Attendees
qualification
Of the 47 member associations of the AFC, 45 registered to participate. The group draw took place on June 5, 2015 in Kuala Lumpur . The teams were divided according to their geographical location into the western region, consisting of West, Central and South Asia, and the eastern region, consisting of Southeast and East Asia and Australia. The western region consisted of six groups with four teams and the eastern region of one group with five teams and four groups with four teams.
The games of most groups of four were played between September 16 and 20, 2015, only in group H the games took place from September 2 to 6, 2015. The individual group of five already started on September 12, 2015. The eleven group winners and the five best runners-up qualified for the finals alongside hosts India, which also took part in the qualification.
After the end of the qualification, Nepal was subsequently disqualified for playing an ineligible player and Kuwait was subsequently disqualified due to the FIFA suspension and replaced by Kyrgyzstan and Yemen .
draw
The group draw took place on May 26, 2016 in the Indian state of Goa . The teams were divided into four different pots according to their placements at the last event in September 2014 and drawn into four different groups with four teams each. Host India was already set as the group head of group A.
- Lottery pot 1 : India, North Korea, South Korea, Australia,
- Lottery pot 2 : Iran, Malaysia, Japan, Uzbekistan
- Lottery pot 3 : Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Vietnam
- Lottery pot 4 : Ver. Arab. Emirates, Yemen, Kyrgyzstan, Iraq
The draw resulted in the following group allocation:
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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India | Australia | South Korea | North Korea |
Iran | Japan | Malaysia | Uzbekistan |
Saudi Arabia | Vietnam | Oman | Thailand |
Ver. Arab. Emirates | Kyrgyzstan | Iraq | Yemen |
Squad
Each team consisted of a maximum of 23 players, at least three of whom had to be goalkeepers . Eligible players were born on or after January 1, 2000.
Group stage
The group winners and runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals, while those placed third and fourth were eliminated from the competition. If two or more teams were tied, the placement was determined by the following criteria:
- Number of points in direct comparison
- Goal difference in direct comparison
- Number of goals in direct comparison
- If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, several teams still occupied the same place in the table, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied, but only for the direct encounters between the teams in question. Should this also not lead to a definitive placement, criteria 5 to 9 were applied.
- Goal difference from all group matches
- Number of goals in all group matches
- If it had only been about two teams and these two were on the pitch, there would have been a penalty shoot-out between them .
- Lower number of points through yellow and red cards (yellow card 1 point, yellow-red and red card 3 points, yellow card followed by a direct red card 4 points)
- Drawing lots
Group A
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7: 3 | +4 | 7th |
2. | Ver. Arab. Emirates | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7: 4 | +3 | 7th |
3. | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6: 9 | −3 | 1 |
4th | India | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5: 9 | −4 | 1 |
September 15, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST ) in Margao | |||
Iran | - | Saudi Arabia | 3: 2 (0: 2) |
September 15, 2016, 7:00 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Margao | |||
India | - | Ver. Arab. Emirates | 2: 3 (2: 1) |
September 18, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST) in Margao | |||
Ver. Arab. Emirates | - | Iran | 1: 1 (0: 0) |
September 18, 2016, 7:00 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Margao | |||
Saudi Arabia | - | India | 3: 3 (1: 2) |
September 21, 2016, 7:00 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Margao | |||
India | - | Iran | 0: 3 (0: 1) |
September 21, 2016, 7:00 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Bambolim | |||
Saudi Arabia | - | Ver. Arab. Emirates | 1: 3 (0: 1) |
Group B
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21: 0 | +21 | 9 |
2. | Vietnam | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6:10 | −4 | 6th |
3. | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2:11 | −9 | 3 |
4th | Australia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2:10 | −8 | 0 |
September 16, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST ) in Bambolim | |||
Australia | - | Kyrgyzstan | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
September 16, 2016, 8:00 p.m. (4:30 p.m. CEST) in Bambolim | |||
Japan | - | Vietnam | 7: 0 (3: 0) |
September 19, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST) in Bambolim | |||
Kyrgyzstan | - | Japan | 0: 8 (0: 3) |
September 19, 2016, 8:00 p.m. (4:30 p.m. CEST) in Bambolim | |||
Vietnam | - | Australia | 3: 2 (0: 2) |
September 22, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST) in Bambolim | |||
Australia | - | Japan | 0: 6 (0: 1) |
September 22, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST) in Margao | |||
Vietnam | - | Kyrgyzstan | 3: 1 (1: 1) |
Group C
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Oman | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4: 1 | +3 | 5 |
2. | Iraq | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4: 3 | +1 | 5 |
3. | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4: 2 | +2 | 4th |
4th | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1: 7 | −6 | 1 |
September 16, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST ) in Margao | |||
South Korea | - | Iraq | 1: 2 (1: 1) |
September 16, 2016, 7:00 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Margao | |||
Malaysia | - | Oman | 0: 3 (0: 1) |
September 19, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST) in Margao | |||
Iraq | - | Malaysia | 1: 1 (1: 0) |
September 19, 2016, 7:00 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Margao | |||
Oman | - | South Korea | 0-0 |
September 22, 2016, 8:00 p.m. (4:30 p.m. CEST) in Margao | |||
South Korea | - | Malaysia | 3: 0 (2: 0) |
September 22, 2016, 8:00 p.m. (4:30 p.m. CEST) in Bambolim | |||
Oman | - | Iraq | 1: 1 (0: 1) |
Group D
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Uzbekistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9: 4 | +5 | 9 |
2. | North Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7: 4 | +3 | 6th |
3. | Yemen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1: 4 | −3 | 1 |
4th | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5:10 | −5 | 1 |
September 17, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST ) in Bambolim | |||
North Korea | - | Yemen | 2: 0 (0: 0) |
September 17, 2016, 8:00 p.m. (4:30 p.m. CEST) in Bambolim | |||
Uzbekistan | - | Thailand | 5: 3 (2: 1) |
September 20, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST) in Bambolim | |||
Yemen | - | Uzbekistan | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
September 20, 2016, 8:00 p.m. (4:30 p.m. CEST) in Bambolim | |||
Thailand | - | North Korea | 1: 4 (0: 1) |
September 23, 2016, 7:00 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Bambolim | |||
North Korea | - | Uzbekistan | 1: 3 (0: 0) |
September 23, 2016, 7:00 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Margao | |||
Thailand | - | Yemen | 1: 1 (0: 1) |
Final round
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final are played in the knockout system . If the games in the final round are tied after the regular playing time of 90 minutes, there will be two extra times of 15 minutes and possibly (if there is still no winner) a penalty shoot-out .
game schedule
Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
Iran | 5 | ||||||||||||
Vietnam | 0 | ||||||||||||
Iran | 1 (6) 2 | ||||||||||||
North Korea | 1 (5) | ||||||||||||
Oman | 1 (2) | ||||||||||||
North Korea | 1 (4) 2 | ||||||||||||
Iran | 0 (3) | ||||||||||||
Iraq | 0 (4) 2 | ||||||||||||
Japan | 1 | ||||||||||||
Ver. Arab. Emirates | 0 | ||||||||||||
Japan | 2 | ||||||||||||
Iraq | 4th | ||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | 0 | ||||||||||||
Iraq | 2 |
1 win after extra time
2 win on penalties
Quarter finals
September 25, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST ) in Margao | |||
Iran | - | Vietnam | 5: 0 (1: 0) |
September 25, 2016, 8:00 p.m. (4:30 p.m. CEST) in Bambolim | |||
Japan | - | Ver. Arab. Emirates | 1: 0 (1: 0) |
September 26, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST) in Margao | |||
Oman | - | North Korea | 1: 1 n.d. (1: 1, 0: 0); 2: 4 i. E. |
September 26, 2016, 7:00 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Bambolim | |||
Uzbekistan | - | Iraq | 0: 2 (0: 1) |
Semifinals
September 29, 2016, 4:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. CEST ) in Bambolim | |||
Japan | - | Iraq | 2: 4 (2: 1) |
September 29, 2016, 7:00 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Margao | |||
Iran | - | North Korea | 1: 1 n.v. (1: 0, 1: 1); 6: 5 i. E. |
final
October 2, 2016, 6:00 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CEST ) in Margao | |||
Iran | - | Iraq | 0: 0 n.v . ; 3: 4 i. E. |
List of goalscorers
Below are the top scorers of the tournament. If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.
In addition to these top scorers with at least three goals, there are eleven more with two goals each and 42 others with one goal each. There are also three own goals .
Web links
- Official website of the U-16 soccer Asian Cup
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b AFC U-16 Championship 2016 Regulations (PDF) In: The-AFC.com . P. 23. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ AFC U-16 Championship 2016 qualifying draw concluded . In: The-AFC.com . June 5, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ Kyrgyzstan to compete at AFC U-16 C'ship after Nepal exclusion . In: The-AFC.com . October 27, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ AFC U-16 Championship India 2016: Meet the Teams . In: The-AFC.com . September 15, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ AFC U-16 Championship India 2016 draw concluded . In: The-AFC.com . May 26, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
- ↑ U-16 soccer Asian Cup 2016: list of goalscorers . In: The-AFC.com . Retrieved October 2, 2016.