U-19 soccer Asian Cup 2014

U-19 Asian Football Championship AFC U-19 Championship 2014
Number of nations	16  (of 36 applicants)
Asian champion	Qatar (1st title)
venue	Myanmar
Opening game	October 9, 2014
Endgame	23 October 2014
Games	31
Gates	92  (⌀: 2.97 per game)
spectator	233,703  (⌀: 7,539 per game)
Top scorer	Ahmed Al Saadi (5) Jo Kwang-myong (5) Zabikhillo Urinboev (5)
Best player	Ahmed Doozandeh
yellow cards	83  (⌀: 2.68 per game)
Yellow-red cards	3  (⌀: 0.1 per game)
Red cards	1  (⌀: 0.03 per game)

The 2014 U-19 Asian Football Championship (officially: AFC U-19 Championship 2014 ) was the 38th edition of the tournament and was held in Myanmar from October 9 to 23 . At the same time, the finals served as qualifiers for the U-20 World Cup in New Zealand in 2015 .

Venues

The U-19 Asian Cup was played in two stadiums in Myanmar. Five of the seven games in the final round were played in Rangoon .

The following stages served:

• Thuwanna Stadium , Rangoon (capacity: 32,000 seats)
• Wunna Theikdi Stadium , Naypyidaw (capacity: 30,000 seats)

Attendees

qualification

Of the 46 member associations of the AFC, 36 registered to take part. The teams were divided according to their geographical location into the West Group, consisting of West, Central and South Asia, and the East Group, consisting of Southeast and East Asia and Australia. During the draw, the teams were divided into two groups of five teams, five groups of four teams and two groups of three teams. The nine group winners and the six best runners-up qualified for the final round.

The qualification was played between October 3 and October 12, 2013. The following teams qualified for the final round:

group	Qualified teams
A.	Qatar, Uzbekistan
B.	Ver. United Arab Emirates, Yemen
C.	Iraq
D.	Iran
E.	Oman
F.	Vietnam, Australia
G	Indonesia, South Korea
H	North Korea, Thailand
I.	Japan, China

Group stage draw

The group draw was held on April 24, 2014 in Yangon . The hosts were set as the group head of the first group, the remaining teams were distributed over the four pots according to their results at the last edition.

The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Myanmar	Uzbekistan	South Korea	Iraq
Iran	Australia	Japan	North Korea
Thailand	UAE	People's Republic of China	Qatar
Yemen	Indonesia	Vietnam	Oman

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up qualify for the round of 16, the third and fourth-placed finishers are eliminated from the competition. If two or more teams are tied, the placement is determined by the following criteria:

1. Number of points in direct comparison
2. Goal difference in direct comparison
3. Number of goals in direct comparison
4. Number of away goals in direct comparison
5. If, after applying criteria 1 to 4, two or more teams still occupy the same place in the table, criteria 1 to 4 are only used for the matches between the respective teams. If this does not result in a definitive placement, criteria 6 to 9 will be applied.
6. Goal difference from all group matches
7. Number of goals in all group matches
8. If it is only about two teams and these two are on the field, there will be a penalty shoot-out between them .
9. 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)
10. Drawing lots

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Thailand	3	2	0	1	005: 600	−1	06th
2.	Myanmar	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	04th
3.	Yemen	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Iran	3	1	0	2	003: 300	± 0	03

October 9, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Rangoon
Iran	-	Thailand	1: 2 (1: 0)
October 9, 2014, 6:30 p.m. in Rangoon
Myanmar	-	Yemen	0-0
October 11, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Rangoon
Yemen	-	Iran	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 11, 2014, 6:30 p.m. in Rangoon
Thailand	-	Myanmar	0: 3 (0: 3)
October 13, 2014, 6:30 p.m. in Rangoon
Myanmar	-	Iran	0: 2 (0: 0)
October 13, 2014, 6:30 p.m. in Naypyidaw
Thailand	-	Yemen	3: 2 (1: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	UAE	3	1	2	0	007: 400	+3	05
2.	Uzbekistan	3	1	2	0	006: 400	+2	05
3.	Australia	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
4th	Indonesia	3	0	0	3	002: 800	−6	00

October 10, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Rangoon
Uzbekistan	-	Indonesia	3: 1 (2: 0)
October 10, 2014, 6:30 p.m. in Rangoon
Australia	-	UAE	1: 1 (0: 0)
October 12, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Rangoon
Indonesia	-	Australia	0: 1 (0: 0)
October 12, 2014, 6:30 p.m. in Rangoon
UAE	-	Uzbekistan	2: 2 (1: 1)
October 14, 2014, 6:30 p.m. in Rangoon
Uzbekistan	-	Australia	1: 1 (0: 0)
October 14, 2014, 6:30 p.m. in Naypyidaw
UAE	-	Indonesia	4: 1 (2: 0)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	3	2	0	1	006: 400	+2	06th
2.	People's Republic of China	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	South Korea	3	1	1	1	007: 200	+5	04th
4th	Vietnam	3	0	1	2	002:100	−8	01

October 9, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Naypyidaw
South Korea	-	Vietnam	6: 0 (1: 0)
October 9, 2014, 6:30 p.m. in Naypyidaw
Japan	-	China	1: 2 (1: 1)
October 11, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Naypyidaw
Vietnam	-	Japan	1: 3 (0: 0)
October 11, 2014, 6:30 p.m. in Naypyidaw
China	-	South Korea	0-0
October 13, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Naypyidaw
South Korea	-	Japan	1: 2 (1: 1)
October 13, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Rangoon
China	-	Vietnam	1: 1 (0: 1)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Qatar	3	2	1	0	006: 200	+4	07th
2.	North Korea	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	04th
3.	Iraq	3	1	1	1	008: 300	+5	04th
4th	Oman	3	0	1	2	001: 900	−8	01

October 10, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Naypyidaw
Iraq	-	Oman	6: 0 (3: 0)
October 10, 2014, 6:30 p.m. in Naypyidaw
North Korea	-	Qatar	1: 3 (1: 0)
October 12, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Naypyidaw
Oman	-	North Korea	1: 1 (0: 0)
October 12, 2014, 6:30 p.m. in Naypyidaw
Qatar	-	Iraq	1: 1 (0: 1)
October 14, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Naypyidaw
Iraq	-	North Korea	1: 2 (0: 0)
October 14, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Rangoon
Qatar	-	Oman	2: 0 (0: 0)

All times in local time UTC + 6: 30 .

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
	Thailand	1
	Uzbekistan	2
					Uzbekistan	0
					North Korea	5 1
	Japan	1 (4)
	North Korea	1 (5) 2
									North Korea	0
									Qatar	1
	UAE	0
	Myanmar	1
					Myanmar	2
					Qatar	3
	Qatar	4th
	China	2

¹ win after extra time
² win on penalties

Quarter finals

October 17, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Rangoon
Thailand	-	Uzbekistan	1: 2 (0: 2)
October 17, 2014, 7:00 p.m. in Rangoon
UAE	-	Myanmar	0: 1 (0: 0)
October 17, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Naypyidaw
Japan	-	North Korea	1: 1 n.V., 4: 5 i. E.
October 17, 2014, 7:00 p.m. in Naypyidaw
Qatar	-	China	4: 2 (2: 0)

Semifinals

October 20, 2014, 3:30 p.m. in Rangoon
Uzbekistan	-	North Korea	0: 5 (0: 2)
October 20, 2014, 7:00 p.m. in Rangoon
Myanmar	-	Qatar	2: 3 a.d.

final

October 23, 2014, 7:00 p.m. in Rangoon
North Korea	-	Qatar	0: 1 (0: 0)

All times in local time UTC + 6: 30 .

Web links

• Official website of the U-19 Asian Football Championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Myanmar, Thaiand to host age-group competitions. In: the-afc.com. AFC , April 25, 2013, accessed July 18, 2016 . 
2. ^ U-19 Qualifications' draw held. In: the-afc.com. AFC , April 26, 2013, accessed July 18, 2016 . 
3. ^ Tough draw for defending champions. In: the-afc.com. AFC , April 24, 2014, accessed July 18, 2016 .