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2016 AFC U-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country India
Dates15 September – 2 October 2016
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored24 (4 per match)
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All statistics correct as of 16 September 2016.

The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship will be the 17th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia. The tournament will be held in India, as announced by the AFC on 3 June 2015,[1][2] and is scheduled to be played between 15 September and 2 October 2016.[3] 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-17 World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup also in India as the AFC representatives, besides India who qualified automatically as hosts. If India are among the top four teams, the fifth-placed team will also qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

This will mark the first time a U-17 World Cup host nation hosts the AFC U-16 Championship.

Qualification

Main article: 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 5 June 2015.[4] A total of 45 teams were drawn into eleven groups, with the eleven group winners and the four best runners-up qualifying for the final tournament, together with India who qualified automatically as hosts but also competed in the qualifying stage.

The qualifiers were played between 12–20 September 2015, except for Group H which were played between 2–6 September 2015.[5]

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[6] Nepal were replaced by Kyrgyzstan due to one of their players failing a MRI bone test.[7]

On 12 April 2016, the AFC Competitions Committee decided that if the FIFA suspension of the Kuwait Football Association was not lifted by 13 May 2016, the next highest ranked team in the AFC U-16 Championship qualifying competition would replace Kuwait in the competition.[8]

On 13 May 2016, the FIFA Congress confirmed the suspension of Kuwait, and asked the FIFA Council to lift the suspension as soon as the necessary requirements are fulfilled.[9] As a result, Kuwait were replaced by Yemen, the next highest ranked team in the AFC U-16 Championship qualifying competition.[10]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 India Hosts /
Group E (3rd best) runners-up		 7th Quarter-finals (2002)
 Uzbekistan Group A winners 9th Champions (2012)
 Kyrgyzstan Group B winners 1st Debut
 Iraq Group C winners 9th Third place (1985), Semi-finals (2012)
 Saudi Arabia Group D winners 10th Champions (1985, 1988)
 Iran Group E winners 10th Champions (2008)
 Malaysia Group G winners 4th Quarter-finals (2014)
 North Korea Group H winners 10th Champions (2010, 2014)
 South Korea Group I winners 12th Champions (1986, 2002)
 Australia Group J winners 5th Semi-finals (2010, 2014)
 Japan Group K winners 13th Champions (1994, 2006)
 Vietnam Group J (1st best) runners-up 6th Fourth place (2000)
 Thailand Group H (2nd best) runners-up 10th Champions (1998)
 United Arab Emirates Group D (4th best) runners-up 7th Runners-up (1990)
 Oman Group B (5th best) runners-up 9th Champions (1996, 2000)
 Yemen Group A (6th best) runners-up 5th Runners-up (2002)

Venues

The tournament is played in two venues:

Margao
2016 AFC U-16 Championship (India)
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Capacity: 19,000
Bambolim
GMC Stadium
Capacity: 3,600

Draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 26 May 2016, 15:00 IST (UTC+5:30), in Goa (postponed from 4 May 2016).[11][12] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[13] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous edition in 2014.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 India (hosts; position A1)
 North Korea
 South Korea
 Australia

 Iran
 Malaysia
 Japan
 Uzbekistan

 Thailand
 Saudi Arabia
 Oman
 Vietnam

 United Arab Emirates
 Yemen
 Kyrgyzstan
 Iraq

Squads

Main article: 2016 AFC U-16 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).[14]

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:[14]

  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, IST (UTC+5:30).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 3 Knockout stage
2  United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 3
3  India (H) 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 0
4  Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1 2 3 −1 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2016. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Iran 3–2 Saudi Arabia
Sayyad 47'
Ghaderi 69'
Asadabadi 70'		 Report Al Beshe 4'
Al Anazi 42'
Attendance: 637
India 2–3 United Arab Emirates
Stalin 11'
Thangjam 36'		 Report Aydh 34'
Rashid 53'
Fawzi 74'
Attendance: 1,014
United Arab Emirates v Iran
Report
Saudi Arabia v India
Report
Referee: Wang Di (China)
India v Iran
Report
Saudi Arabia v United Arab Emirates
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7 3 Knockout stage
2  Kyrgyzstan 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
3  Australia 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
4  Vietnam 1 0 0 1 0 7 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2016. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Australia 0–1 Kyrgyzstan
Report Kanybekov 76' (pen.)
Attendance: 100
Japan 7–0 Vietnam
Kubo 16', 64'
Fukuoka 24', 51'
Miyashiro 40'
Kemmotsu 79'
Yamada 85'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Kyrgyzstan v Japan
Report
Vietnam v Australia
Report
Australia v Japan
Report
Vietnam v Kyrgyzstan
Report

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Oman 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 3 Knockout stage
2  Iraq 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
3  South Korea 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0
4  Malaysia 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2016. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
South Korea 1–2 Iraq
Jeong Chan-young 43' Report Muntadher Mohammed 45+2' (pen.), 50' (pen.)
Attendance: 462
Malaysia 0–3 Oman
Report Al-Alawi 20' (pen.), 78'
Malki 63' (pen.)
Attendance: 341
Iraq v Malaysia
Report
Oman v South Korea
Report
South Korea v Malaysia
Report
Oman v Iraq
Report

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2 3 Knockout stage
2  Uzbekistan 1 1 0 0 5 3 +2 3
3  Thailand 1 0 0 1 3 5 −2 0
4  Yemen 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 0
Updated to match(es) played on 17 September 2016. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
North Korea 2–0 Yemen
Report
Uzbekistan 5–3 Thailand
Report
Yemen v Uzbekistan
Report
Thailand v North Korea
Report
North Korea v Uzbekistan
Report
Thailand v Yemen
Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).[14]

Bracket

Note: The play-offs will only be played if India reach the semi-finals.

Template:8TeamBracket-with third-fifth-seventh

Quarter-finals

Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Winner Group AQF1Runner-up Group B
Report
Winner Group BQF2Runner-up Group A
Report
Winner Group CQF3Runner-up Group D
Report
Winner Group DQF4Runner-up Group C
Report

Possible fifth place play-offs

If India 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-17 World Cup. Otherwise, the following play-off matches will not be played.

Play-off semi-finals

Loser QF1PO1Loser QF3
Report
Loser QF2PO2Loser QF4
Report

Play-off final

Winner qualifies for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Winner PO1vWinner PO2
Report

Semi-finals

Winner QF2SF2Winner QF4
Report
Winner QF1SF1Winner QF3
Report

Final

Winner SF1vWinner SF2
Report

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ^ "India to host AFC U-16 Championship 2016". AFC. 3 June 2015.
  2. ^ "INDIA WIN AFC U-16 BID". All India Football Federation. Retrieved 2 June 2015.
  3. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC.
  4. ^ "AFC U-16 Championship 2016 qualifying draw concluded". AFC. 5 June 2015.
  5. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  6. ^ "AFC U-16 Championship finalists confirmed". the-AFC.com. 21 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Kyrgyzstan to compete at AFC U-16 C'ship after Nepal exclusion". AFC. 27 October 2015.
  8. ^ "AFC Competitions Committee decisions". the-AFC.com. 12 April 2016.
  9. ^ "FIFA Congress drives football forward, first female secretary general appointed". the-AFC.com. 13 May 2016.
  10. ^ "AFC U-16 Championship India 2016: The Groups". AFC. 28 May 2016.
  11. ^ "AFC confirms raft of crucial draw dates". AFC. 17 March 2016.
  12. ^ "India's preparations for U-17 World Cup to gather pace with AIFF Youth Cup". Firstpost. 2 May 2016.
  13. ^ "AFC U-16 Championship India 2016 draw concluded". AFC. 26 May 2016.
  14. ^ a b c "Regulations AFC U-16 Championship 2016" (PDF). AFC.
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