U-19 soccer Asian Cup 2018

U-19 soccer Asian Cup 2018
2018 AFC U-19 Championship
Logo of the U-19 soccer championship
Number of nations	16  (of 43 applicants)
Asian champion	Saudi Arabia (3rd title)
venue	Indonesia
Opening game	October 18, 2018
Endgame	4th November 2018
Games	31
Gates	117  (⌀: 3.77 per game)
spectator	175,004  (⌀: 5,645 per game)
Top scorer	Abdulrasheed Umaru  (7 goals)
Best player	Turki al-Ammar
yellow cards	137  (⌀: 4.42 per game)
Yellow-red cards	4  (⌀: 0.13 per game)
Red cards	3  (⌀: 0.1 per game)

The 40th U-19 Asian Football Championship (officially: 2018 AFC U-19 Championship ) took place in Indonesia from October 18 to November 4, 2018 . 16 teams competed against each other first in the group stage in four groups and then in the knockout system . The tournament served as the Asian qualification for the U-20 World Cup 2019 in Poland . The best four teams qualified for it.

Saudi Arabia won the tournament by beating South Korea 2-1 in the final . The two had prevailed in the semifinals against Qatar and defending champion Japan . The top scorer was Abdulrasheed Umaru from Qatar, who scored seven goals. The Saudi Arabian Turki al-Ammar was named the best player of the tournament .

Attendees

qualification

Of the 47 member associations of the AFC , 44 originally registered to participate. But since one team withdrew, there were only 43 participants. The group draw took place on April 21, 2017 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 . The western region consisted of two groups of five and three groups of four teams each and the eastern region of one group of five and four groups of four teams each.

The groups were held as mini-tournaments from October 24 to November 8, 2017, in which one of the participants acted as the host of a group. The only exception was Group J, which was played in neutral Vietnam. Each team played once against each other in their group. The ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualified for the finals. The hosts from Indonesia also took part in qualifying but were automatically seeded for the finals.

South Korea was able to qualify for the final round for the 38th time and remains a record participant. Close behind is the neighbor Japan with 37 and Thailand with 33 participations. For Indonesia it is the first participation since 2014 , for Jordan the first after 2012 , for Malaysia the first after 2006 and for Chinese Taipei the first after 1974 . On the other hand, four participants from 2016 - Bahrain , Iran , Yemen and Uzbekistan - failed to qualify.

draw

The group draw took place on May 18, 2018 in the Indonesian capital Jakarta . The teams were divided into four pots according to their placements at the last event in October 2016 and drawn into four groups of four teams each. Host Indonesia was already set as the group head of group A.

• Lottery pot 1 : Indonesia, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam
• Lottery pot 2 : Iraq, Tajikistan, South Korea, Ver. Arab. Emirates
• Lottery pot 3 : Australia, Qatar, China, Thailand
• Lottery pot 4 : North Korea, Jordan, Malaysia, Chinese Taipei

The draw resulted in the following group allocation:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Indonesia	Japan	Vietnam	Saudi Arabia
Ver. Arab. Emirates	Iraq	South Korea	Tajikistan
Qatar	Thailand	Australia	China
Chinese Taipei	North Korea	Jordan	Malaysia

Squad

Each team consists of a minimum of 18 and a maximum of 23 players, at least three of whom must be goalkeepers . Eligible are players born on or after January 1st, 2002. As the U-19 Asian Cup takes place outside of the FIFA calendar for international matches, the clubs are not obliged to release their players for the tournament.

Venues

Bekasi Cibinong Jakarta

Venues for the 2018 U-19 Asian Cup

When the exact schedule was announced in May 2018, the AFC named the three cities of Bekasi , Cibinong and Jakarta as venues, all of which are located in the northwest of the island of Java . The three stadiums in the three cities were also named. In the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium , both the opening also takes place as the final.

The largest planned stadium is the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium with a capacity of over 76,000 spectators, while the other two stadiums only have space for 30,000 spectators each.

Bekasi	Cibinong	Jakarta
Patriot Stadium Capacity: 30,000	Pakansari Stadium Capacity: 30,000	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Capacity: 77,193

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:

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 was only about two teams and those two were on the pitch, there would be 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.	Qatar	3	2	0	1	011: 700	+4	06th
2.	Indonesia	3	2	0	1	009: 700	+2	06th
3.	Ver. Arab. Emirates	3	2	0	1	010: 300	+7	06th
4th	Chinese Taipei	2	0	0	2	002:150	−13	00

October 18, 2018, 4:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST ) in Jakarta
Ver. Arab. Emirates	-	Qatar	2: 1 (2: 1)
October 18, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Jakarta
Indonesia	-	Chinese Taipei	3: 1 (0: 0)
October 21, 2018, 4:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Jakarta
Chinese Taipei	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates	1: 8 (0: 3)
October 21, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Jakarta
Qatar	-	Indonesia	6: 5 (4: 1)
October 24, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Jakarta
Indonesia	-	Ver. Arab. Emirates	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 24, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Cibinong
Qatar	-	Chinese Taipei	4: 0 (0: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	3	3	0	0	013: 300	+10	09
2.	Thailand	3	1	1	1	006: 700	−1	04th
3.	North Korea	3	1	0	2	004: 700	−3	03
4th	Iraq	3	0	1	2	003: 900	−6	01

October 19, 2018, 4:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST ) in Cibinong
Iraq	-	Thailand	3: 3 (2: 1)
October 19, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Cibinong
Japan	-	North Korea	5: 2 (2: 2)
October 22, 2018, 4:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Cibinong
North Korea	-	Iraq	1: 0 (0: 0)
October 22, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Cibinong
Thailand	-	Japan	1: 3 (0: 3)
October 25, 2018, 4:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Cibinong
Japan	-	Iraq	5: 0 (3: 0)
October 25, 2018, 4:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Bekasi
Thailand	-	North Korea	2: 1 (1: 1)

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	3	2	1	0	007: 300	+4	07th
2.	Australia	3	1	2	0	004: 300	+1	05
3.	Jordan	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	04th
4th	Vietnam	3	0	0	3	003: 700	−4	00

October 19, 2018, 4:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST ) in Bekasi
Vietnam	-	Jordan	1: 2 (1: 1)
October 19, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Bekasi
South Korea	-	Australia	1: 1 (0: 0)
October 22, 2018, 4:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Bekasi
Australia	-	Vietnam	2: 1 (1: 0)
October 22, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Bekasi
Jordan	-	South Korea	1: 3 (0: 1)
October 25, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Bekasi
Vietnam	-	South Korea	1: 3 (1: 1)
October 25, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Cibinong
Australia	-	Jordan	1: 1 (1: 0)

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Saudi Arabia	3	3	0	0	006: 200	+4	09
2.	Tajikistan	3	1	1	1	004: 500	−1	04th
3.	China	3	1	0	2	002: 200	± 0	03
4th	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	003: 600	−3	01

October 20, 2018, 4:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST ) in Bekasi
Saudi Arabia	-	Malaysia	2: 1 (1: 0)
October 20, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Bekasi
Tajikistan	-	China	1: 0 (0: 0)
October 23, 2018, 4:00 p.m. (11:00 a.m. CEST) in Bekasi
China	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 1 (0: 0)
October 23, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Bekasi
Malaysia	-	Tajikistan	2: 2 (1: 1)
October 26, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Bekasi
Saudi Arabia	-	Tajikistan	3: 1 (0: 1)
October 26, 2018, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. CEST) in Cibinong
China	-	Malaysia	2: 0 (1: 0)

Final round

In the quarter-finals, semi-finals and the final, the knockout system was used . 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
	Qatar		07 1
	Thailand		3
						Qatar		1
						South Korea		3
	South Korea		1
	Tajikistan		0
											South Korea		1
											Saudi Arabia		2
	Japan		2
	Indonesia		0
						Japan		0
						Saudi Arabia		2
	Saudi Arabia		3
	Australia		1

¹ win after extra time

Quarter finals

October 28, 2018, 4:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. CET ) in Jakarta
Qatar	-	Thailand	7: 3 n.v. (3: 3, 2: 0)
October 28, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CET) in Jakarta
Japan	-	Indonesia	2: 0 (1: 0)
October 29, 2018, 4:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. CET) in Bekasi
South Korea	-	Tajikistan	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 29, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CET) in Bekasi
Saudi Arabia	-	Australia	3: 1 (1: 1)

Semifinals

November 1, 2018, 4:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. CET ) in Jakarta
Qatar	-	South Korea	1: 3 (0: 3)
November 1, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CET) in Jakarta
Japan	-	Saudi Arabia	0: 2 (0: 2)

final

November 4, 2018, 7:30 p.m. (1:30 p.m. CET ) in Jakarta
South Korea	-	Saudi Arabia	1: 2 (0: 2)

List of goalscorers

Below are the top scorers of the tournament. If the number of goals is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

rank	Nat	player	Gates
01		Abdulrasheed Umaru	7th
02		Hashim Ali	5
		Jeon Se-jin	5
04th		Turki al-Ammar	4th
		Cho Young-wook	4th
		Taisei Miyashiro	4th
07th		Todd Rivaldo	3
		Kōki Saitō	3
		Ali Saleh	3
		Witan Sulaeman	3
		Korrawit Tasa	3

In addition to these top scorers with at least three goals, there are 11 more with two goals each and 49 others with one goal each. There are also two own goals .

Web links

• Official website of the U-19 Asian Football Championship

Individual evidence

1. ^ Qatar's Abdulrasheed Umaru lands Top Scorer award . In: The-AFC.com . November 4, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
2. ^ Turki Al Ammar claims MVP . In: The-AFC.com . November 4, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
3. ↑ Record number entries received for youth qualifiers . In: The-AFC.com . February 26, 2017. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
4. ↑ AFC U-19 Championship 2018 qualifying draw concluded . In: The-AFC.com . April 21, 2017. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
5. ↑ Asia's best identify opponents for Indonesia 2018 . In: The-AFC.com . May 18, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
6. ↑ ^{a b} AFC U-19 Championship 2018 Regulations (PDF) In: The-AFC.com . Retrieved October 15, 2018.