U-19 soccer Asian Cup 2016

U-19 Asian Football Championship AFC U-19 Championship 2016
Logo of the U-19 soccer championship
Number of nations	16  (of 43 applicants)
Asian champion	Japan (1st title)
venue	Bahrain
Opening game	October 13, 2016
Endgame	October 30, 2016
Games	31
Gates	84  (⌀: 2.71 per game)
spectator	39,204  (⌀: 1,265 per game)
Top scorer	Sami Al-Najai Abdulrahman Al-Yami (4 goals each)
Best player	Ritsu Doan
yellow cards	115  (⌀: 3.71 per game)
Yellow-red cards	6  (⌀: 0.19 per game)
Red cards	0

The 2016 U-19 Asian Football Championship (officially: AFC U-19 Championship 2016 ) was the 39th edition of the tournament and took place for the first time in Bahrain from October 13 to 30, 2016 . The tournament served as the Asian qualification for the 2017 U-20 World Cup in South Korea . The best four teams qualified for it.

Japan won the tournament on penalties 5-3 in the final against Saudi Arabia . The two had prevailed in the semi-finals against Vietnam and Iran . Defending champion Qatar was eliminated in the group stage. The top scorer was the two Saudi Arabians Sami Al-Najai and Abdulrahman Al-Yami, who each scored four goals.

Eligible were players born on or after January 1, 1997.

Attendees

qualification

→ Main article : 2016 U-19 Asian Cup / Qualification

Of the 47 member associations of the AFC, 43 registered to take part. 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 was composed of one group of five teams and five groups of four teams and the eastern region of two groups of five teams and two groups of four teams.

The games of the groups of four were played between October 2 and 6, 2015, those of the groups of five began on September 28, 2015. The ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualified alongside host Bahrain, which also took part in the qualification, for the finals.

draw

The group draw took place on April 30, 2016 in the Bahraini capital Manama . The teams were divided into four different pots according to their placements at the last event in October 2014 and drawn into four different groups with four teams each. Host Bahrain was already set as the group head of group A.

• Lottery pot 1 : Bahrain, Qatar, North Korea, Uzbekistan
• Lottery pot 2 : Japan, Thailand, Ver. Arab. Emirates, China
• Lottery pot 3 : Australia, Iraq, South Korea, Yemen
• Lottery pot 4 : Iran, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan

The draw resulted in the following group allocation:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Bahrain	North Korea	Qatar	Uzbekistan
Thailand	Ver. Arab. Emirates	Japan	China
South Korea	Iraq	Yemen	Australia
Saudi Arabia	Vietnam	Iran	Tajikistan

Squad

Each team consisted of a maximum of 23 players, at least three of whom had to be goalkeepers . Eligible were players born on or after January 1, 1997.

Group stage

One of the two venues, the Bahrain National Stadium in Riffa

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:

1. Number of points in direct comparison
2. Goal difference in direct comparison
3. Number of goals in direct comparison
4. 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.
5. Goal difference from all group matches
6. Number of goals in all group matches
7. 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 .
8. 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)
9. Drawing lots

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Bahrain	3	2	0	1	007: 600	+1	06th
2.	Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	008: 400	+4	06th
3.	South Korea	3	2	0	1	006: 400	+2	06th
4th	Thailand	3	0	0	3	003:100	−7	00

October 13, 2016, 4:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST ) in Riffa
Thailand	-	South Korea	1: 3 (0: 2)
October 13, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CEST) in Madinat Isa
Bahrain	-	Saudi Arabia	3: 2 (1: 0)
October 16, 2016, 4:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Riffa
Saudi Arabia	-	Thailand	4: 0 (1: 0)
October 16, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CEST) in Madinat Isa
South Korea	-	Bahrain	2: 1 (0: 0)
October 19, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CEST) in Madinat Isa
Bahrain	-	Thailand	3: 2 (1: 1)
October 19, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CEST) in Riffa
South Korea	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 2 (1: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Iraq	3	2	1	0	005-000	+5	07th
2.	Vietnam	3	1	2	0	003: 200	+1	05
3.	Ver. Arab. Emirates	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
4th	North Korea	3	0	0	3	002: 900	−7	00

October 14, 2016, 4:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST ) in Madinat Isa
North Korea	-	Vietnam	1: 2 (0: 0)
October 14, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CEST) in Madinat Isa
Ver. Arab. Emirates	-	Iraq	0: 1 (0: 1)
October 17, 2016, 4:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Madinat Isa
Vietnam	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates	1: 1 (1: 0)
October 17, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CEST) in Madinat Isa
Iraq	-	North Korea	4: 0 (0: 0)
October 20, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CEST) in Madinat Isa
North Korea	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates	1: 3 (1: 1)
October 20, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CEST) in Riffa
Iraq	-	Vietnam	0-0

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	3	2	1	0	006-000	+6	07th
2.	Iran	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	05
3.	Qatar	3	1	1	1	002: 400	−2	04th
4th	Yemen	3	0	0	3	000: 500	−5	00

October 14, 2016, 4:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST ) in Riffa
Japan	-	Yemen	3: 0 (0: 0)
October 14, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CEST) in Riffa
Qatar	-	Iran	1: 1 (1: 0)
October 17, 2016, 4:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Riffa
Iran	-	Japan	0-0
October 17, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CEST) in Riffa
Yemen	-	Qatar	0: 1 (0: 0)
October 20, 2016, 4:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Riffa
Qatar	-	Japan	0: 3 (0: 2)
October 20, 2016, 4:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Madinat Isa
Yemen	-	Iran	0: 1 (0: 1)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	005: 300	+2	07th
2.	Tajikistan	3	1	1	1	003: 200	+1	04th
3.	Australia	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	China	3	0	1	2	000: 300	−3	01

October 15, 2016, 4:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST ) in Madinat Isa
Uzbekistan	-	Tajikistan	2: 1 (0: 1)
October 15, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CEST) in Riffa
China	-	Australia	0: 1 (0: 0)
October 18, 2016, 4:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. CEST) in Riffa
Tajikistan	-	China	2: 0 (1: 0)
October 18, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CEST) in Madinat Isa
Australia	-	Uzbekistan	2: 3 (0: 2)
October 21, 2016, 4:30 pm (3:30 pm CEST) in Madinat Isa
Uzbekistan	-	China	0-0
October 21, 2016, 7:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. CEST) in Riffa
Australia	-	Tajikistan	0-0

Final round

The quarter- and semi-finals as well as the final were played in the knockout system . If the games in the final round were tied after the regular playing time of 90 minutes, there was an extension of 15 minutes twice and possibly (if there was still no winner) a penalty shoot-out .

game schedule

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Bahrain

0

Vietnam

1

Vietnam

0

Japan

3

Japan

4th

Tajikistan

0

Japan

00 (5) 2

Saudi Arabia

0 (3)

Iraq

2 (5)

Saudi Arabia

02 (6) 2

Saudi Arabia

6th

Iran

5

Uzbekistan

0

Iran

2

¹ win after extra time
² win on penalties

Quarter finals

October 23, 2016, 3:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CEST ) in Madinat Isa
Iraq	-	Saudi Arabia	2: 2 n.v. (2: 2, 0: 0); 5: 6 i. E.
October 23, 2016, 6:15 p.m. (5:15 p.m. CEST) in Riffa
Bahrain	-	Vietnam	0: 1 (0: 0)
October 24, 2016, 3:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CEST) in Riffa
Japan	-	Tajikistan	4: 0 (2: 0)
October 24, 2016, 6:15 p.m. (5:15 p.m. CEST) in Madinat Isa
Uzbekistan	-	Iran	0: 2 (0: 1)

Semifinals

October 27, 2016, 3:15 p.m. (2:15 p.m. CEST ) in Riffa
Saudi Arabia	-	Iran	6: 5 (3: 2)
October 27, 2016, 6:15 p.m. (5:15 p.m. CEST) in Madinat Isa
Vietnam	-	Japan	0: 3 (0: 2)

final

October 30, 2016, 3:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. CEST ) in Riffa
Japan	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 0 n.v . ; 5: 3 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.

space	player	Gates
01	Sami Al-Najai	4th
	Abdulrahman Al-Yami	4th
03	Rakan Al-Anaze	3
	Waleed Kareem Ali	3
	Yuto Iwasaki	3
	Reza Jafari	3
	Koki Ogawa	3

In addition to these top scorers with at least three goals, there are seven more with two goals each and 46 others with one goal each. There is also an own goal .

Web links

• Official website of the U-19 Asian Football Championship

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} AFC U-19 Championship 2016 Regulations (PDF) In: The-AFC.com . P. 24. Accessed April 29, 2016.
2. ↑ Champions Qatar learn Bahrain 2016 qualifying opponents . In: The-AFC.com . June 5, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
3. ↑ Nations learn AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016 fate . In: The-AFC.com . April 30, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
4. ↑ U-19 Asian Football Championship 2016: List of goalscorers . In: The-AFC.com . Retrieved October 2, 2016.