2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

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2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
Official logo of the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship Qualification.
Tournament details
Host countries Oman (Group A)
 United Arab Emirates (Groups B and D)
 Iran (Group C)
 Bangladesh (Group E)
 Chinese Taipei (Group F)
 Thailand (Group G)
 Indonesia (Group H)
 Malaysia (Group I)
 Laos (Group J)
Dates23–31 March 2015
(Group B postponed to 16–20 May 2015)
Teams43 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played68
Goals scored244 (3.59 per match)
Attendance226,690 (3,334 per match)
Top scorer(s)Syria Omar Khribin (6 goals)
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The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification was a men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[1]

A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts.[2]

The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil.[3]

Draw[edit]

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 4 December 2014, 11:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[4][5] A total of 43 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage and were drawn into ten groups.

  • West Zone had 23 entrants from Central Asia, South Asia and West Asia (excluding hosts Qatar who did not enter the qualifying stage), where they were drawn into three groups of five teams and two groups of four teams
  • East Zone had 20 entrants from ASEAN and East Asia, where they were drawn into five groups of four teams.

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2013.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
West Zone
(Groups A–E)

 Iraq
 Jordan
 Saudi Arabia
 Syria
 United Arab Emirates

 Iran
 Kuwait
 Oman
 Uzbekistan
 Yemen

 Bahrain
 India
 Kyrgyzstan
   Nepal
 Tajikistan

 Bangladesh
 Lebanon
 Pakistan
 Palestine
 Sri Lanka

 Afghanistan
 Maldives
 Turkmenistan

East Zone
(Groups F–J)

 Australia
 China
 Japan
 North Korea
 South Korea

 Indonesia
 Laos
 Malaysia
 Myanmar
 Thailand

 Cambodia
 Chinese Taipei
 Singapore
 East Timor
 Vietnam

 Brunei
 Hong Kong
 Macau1
 Mongolia
 Philippines

Notes
1 Non-IOC member, ineligible for Olympics.

Format[edit]

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The ten group winners and the best five runners-up from all groups qualified for the final tournament.

Tiebreakers[edit]

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[1]

  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.

Group stage[edit]

The matches were played between 23 and 31 March 2015 for Groups A and C (five-team groups); 27–31 March 2015 for Groups D–J (four-team groups); 16–20 May 2015 for Group B (due to postponement).[6]

Legend
Group winners and best five runners-up qualify for the finals

Group A[edit]

  • All matches were held in Oman.
  • Times listed were UTC+4.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 4 3 1 0 15 4 +11 10 Final tournament
2  Oman (H) 4 2 2 0 12 3 +9 8
3  Bahrain 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1 5
4  Lebanon 4 1 1 2 3 9 −6 4
5  Maldives 4 0 0 4 2 17 −15 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Bahrain 1–1 Oman
Al-Ajmi 46' Report Al-Farsi 77' (pen.)
Attendance: 150
Maldives 1–2 Lebanon
Irufaan 4' Report Khazzaka 65', 79'
Attendance: 100
Lebanon 1–4 Iraq
Siblini 90+3' Report Hussein 44'
Kamel 72', 85'
Waleed 81'
Attendance: 100
Maldives 0–3 Bahrain
Report Al-Aswad 20', 88' (pen.)
Madan 59'
Attendance: 50
Iraq 7–1 Maldives
Waleed 3', 65'
Kamel 45+2'
Rasan 47', 90+3'
Tariq 76'
Husni 90+2'		 Report H. Mohamed 27'
Attendance: 100
Oman 4–0 Lebanon
Al-Farsi 11', 60'
Al-Siyabi 16'
Al-Fazari 19'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Oman 5–0 Maldives
Al-Malki 7'
Al-Hamhami 20', 24', 56' (pen.)
Al-Abdul Salam 72'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Bahrain 0–2 Iraq
Report Hussein 84'
Waleed 88'
Attendance: 150
Lebanon 0–0 Bahrain
Report
Attendance: 50
Iraq 2–2 Oman
Mabrook 3' (o.g.)
Kamel 47'		 Report Al-Farsi 88' (pen.)
Al-Hinai 88'
Attendance: 400

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jordan 3 2 1 0 12 3 +9 7 Final tournament
2  Kuwait 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
3  Pakistan 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4  Kyrgyzstan 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
5  Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification Tiebreakers
Jordan 5–0 Pakistan
Mardi 11', 64'
Rateb 23'
Al-Bashtawi 66', 79'		 Report
Attendance: 470
Kuwait 0–0 Kyrgyzstan
Report
Attendance: 213
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Pakistan 0–2 Kuwait
Report Al-Azemi 3', 8'
Attendance: 121
Kyrgyzstan 0–4 Jordan
Report Rateb 3'
Shelbaieh 65'
Faisal 70'
Mardi 90'
Attendance: 487
Jordan 3–3 Kuwait
Faisal 58', 71', 85' Report Al-Azemi 63', 68'
Al-Nassar 90+4'
Attendance: 627
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Kyrgyzstan 1–3 Pakistan
Otkeev 25' Report Hussain 40'
Karipov 55' (o.g.)
Khan 88'
Attendance: 165

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 0 9 1 +8 10 Final tournament
2  Iran (H) 4 3 0 1 15 2 +13 9
3  Palestine 4 2 0 2 6 4 +2 6
4  Afghanistan 4 1 1 2 2 8 −6 4
5    Nepal 4 0 0 4 0 17 −17 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Afghanistan 0–2 Palestine
Report Abu Warda 7'
Qasem 75'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Nepal   0–5 Iran
Report Motahari 14'
Barzay 27' (pen.)
Azmoun 54'
Karimi 67'
Saghebi 87'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Palestine 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Report Madu 88' (pen.)
Attendance: 50
Afghanistan 2–0   Nepal
Sharif 76'
Hashimi 90+1' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 9,250
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Afghanistan
Report
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Iran 3–0 Palestine
Azmoun 49'
Motahari 80', 90+3' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 550
Nepal   0–6 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Bassas 22'
Al-Nathiri 28', 45'
Al-Saiari 63'
Al-Mousa 77'
Al-Shehri 85'
Attendance: 40
Iran 6–0 Afghanistan
Azmoun 12', 74'
Moradmand 24'
Kamandani 28'
Jahanbakhsh 38'
Cheshmi 61'		 Report
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
Palestine 4–0   Nepal
Maraaba 31', 63'
Zidan 64', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 40
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Iran
Asiri 70'
Al-Ghamdi 81'		 Report Al-Yami 84' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

Group D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates (H) 3 3 0 0 8 0 +8 9 Final tournament
2  Yemen 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3  Tajikistan 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4  Sri Lanka 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
United Arab Emirates 4–0 Sri Lanka
Mubarak 15'
Saeed 30' (pen.)
Gheilani 52'
Roshan 64' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 2,423
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Yemen 2–1 Tajikistan
Al-Hagri 21', 78' Report Jalilov 61'
Attendance: 300
Sri Lanka 0–5 Yemen
Report Mahdi 1'
Al-Sarori 14'
Al-Hubaishi 57'
Al-Gabr 65', 90+5'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Tajikistan 0–3 United Arab Emirates
Report Saeed 14' (pen.)
Barman 21'
Gheilani 61'
Attendance: 1,409
United Arab Emirates 1–0 Yemen
Rashid 49' Report
Attendance: 2,127
Tajikistan 5–1 Sri Lanka
Umarbaev 37' (pen.)
Rakhmatov 46'
Aliev 71'
Rustamov 82'
Ergashev 88'		 Report Zarwan 25'
Attendance: 150

Group E[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Syria 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Final tournament
2  Uzbekistan 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3  India 3 0 1 2 0 6 −6 1
4  Bangladesh (H) 3 0 1 2 0 8 −8 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Uzbekistan 2–0 India
Sergeev 87'
Kozak 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
Syria 4–0 Bangladesh
Khribin 5', 45+2' (pen.)
Al-Baher 15'
Maowas 81'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
India 0–4 Syria
Report Maowas 15', 82'
Khribin 45+3', 61'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Bangladesh 0–4 Uzbekistan
Report Masharipov 4'
Rakhmanov 12', 29'
Makhstaliev 40'
Attendance: 1,500
Syria 2–1 Uzbekistan
Khribin 29', 45+2' (pen.) Report Makhstaliev 59'
Attendance: 300
India 0–0 Bangladesh
Report
Attendance: 5,000

Group F[edit]

  • All matches were held in Taiwan.
  • Times listed were UTC+8.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Final tournament
2  Myanmar 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
3  Chinese Taipei (H) 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4  Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Australia 6–0 Hong Kong
Amini 10'
Pain 21', 79'
Maclaren 76', 90+1', 90+5'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)
Myanmar 3–0 Chinese Taipei
Hlaing Bo Bo 26', 69'
Nay Lin Tun 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 3,095
Hong Kong 1–2 Myanmar
Leung Nok Hang 32' Report Zon Moe Aung 53', 62'
Attendance: 350
Chinese Taipei 0–4 Australia
Report Brillante 2'
Taggart 45'
Sotirio 59'
Smith 78'
Attendance: 5,000
Australia 5–1 Myanmar
Hoole 10', 57', 70'
Maclaren 13', 68'		 Report Kaung Sat Naing 78'
Attendance: 200
Chinese Taipei 3–1 Hong Kong
Ko Yu-ting 27'
Wen Chih-hao 42'
Wei Yu-jen 57'		 Report Leung Ka Hai 85'
Attendance: 3,340
Referee: Minoru Tōjō (Japan)

Group G[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Final tournament
2  Thailand (H) 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
3  Cambodia 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4  Philippines 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
North Korea 4–0 Philippines
Ri Hyong-jin 17'
So Kyong-jin 45+1' (pen.)
Jang Ok-chol 62'
Pak Hyon-il 80'		 Report
Attendance: 800
Thailand 2–1 Cambodia
Pinyo 57'
Chenrop 90+5'		 Report Udom 12'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
Cambodia 1–4 North Korea
Matnorotin 84' Report Ho Myong-chol 17'
Kim Ju-song 38'
Jo Kwang 56'
Jang Kuk-chol 69'
Attendance: 2,000
Philippines 1–5 Thailand
Salenga 89' Report Kasidech 12'
Pakorn 47' (pen.)
Chenrop 56'
Chaowat 62'
Pinyo 67'
Attendance: 6,000
Cambodia 3–1 Philippines
Vathanaka 5', 10'
Visal 16'		 Report Arboleda 90+2'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
North Korea 0–0 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 20,000

Group H[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 Final tournament
2  Indonesia (H) 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3  East Timor 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4  Brunei 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
South Korea 5–0 Brunei
Lee Yong-jae 3'
Jung Seung-hyun 29'
Kim Hyun 39' (pen.)
Kwon Chang-hoon 57' (pen.)
Jang Hyun-soo 76'		 Report
Attendance: 600
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
Indonesia 5–0 East Timor
Adam 17'
Manahati 45+1' (pen.)
Evan 51'
Muchlis 66'
Hansamu 86'		 Report
Attendance: 3,412
Brunei 0–2 Indonesia
Report Dani 70'
Muchlis 87'
Attendance: 6,454
East Timor 0–3 South Korea
Report Moon Chang-jin 17' (pen.), 47'
Kim Seung-jun 44'
Attendance: 555
South Korea 4–0 Indonesia
Jung Seung-hyun 52'
Lee Chan-dong 71'
Kim Seung-jun 83'
Lee Chang-min 87'		 Report
Attendance: 16,422
East Timor 3–0 Brunei
Fernandes 24'
Cruz 90'
Agostinho 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 137

Group I[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Final tournament
2  Vietnam 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
3  Malaysia (H) 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
4  Macau 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Japan 7–0 Macau
Endo 22'
Toyokawa 26'
Notsuda 31', 90+2'
Tang Hou Fai 33' (o.g.)
Suzuki 66'
Minamino 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 335
Malaysia 1–2 Vietnam
Naim 34' Report Võ Huy Toàn 38'
Nguyễn Công Phượng 44'
Attendance: 2,145
Macau 0–2 Malaysia
Report Syahrul 12' (pen.)
Amirzafran 67'
Attendance: 780
Vietnam 0–2 Japan
Report Nakajima 43', 90+3'
Attendance: 1,645
Vietnam 7–0 Macau
Hồ Ngọc Thắng 3'
Lê Thanh Bình 5', 21', 43'
Nguyễn Công Phượng 19', 45+1' (pen.), 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 490
Japan 1–0 Malaysia
Kubo 41' Report
Attendance: 1,766

Group J[edit]

  • All matches were held in Laos.
  • Times listed were UTC+7.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9 Final tournament
2  Laos (H) 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4 4
3  Singapore 3 0 2 1 2 7 −5 2
4  Mongolia 3 0 1 2 2 14 −12 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
China 5–0 Mongolia
Wu Xinghan 3'
Xie Pengfei 24'
Xu Xin 39' (pen.)
Chen Hao 60', 78'		 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Laos 0–0 Singapore
Report
Attendance: 2,000
Singapore 0–5 China
Report Li Yuanyi 2'
Feng Gang 39'
Xu Xin 58' (pen.)
Zang Yifeng 66'
Wu Xinghan 79'
Attendance: 1,500
Mongolia 0–7 Laos
Report Sihavong 32'
Khanthavong 45', 60'
Bounmalay 63'
Khochalern 68'
Kettavong 84'
Natphasouk 87'
Attendance: 2,192
Singapore 2–2 Mongolia
Irfan 18', 59' Report Tsogtbaatar 8'
Erdenebat 45+1'
Attendance: 400
China 3–0 Laos
Feng Gang 17'
Xie Pengfei 53'
Guo Hao 77'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000

Ranking of second-placed teams[edit]

In order to ensure equality when comparing the runner-up team of all groups, the results of the matches against the 5th-placed team in Groups A and C were ignored due to the other groups having only four teams.

The best runner-up teams among those ranked second in the groups were determined as follows:[1]

  1. Greater number of points obtained from group matches identified by AFC;
  2. Goal difference resulting from group matches identified by AFC;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in group matches identified by AFC;
  4. Greater number of wins in group matches identified by AFC;
  5. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in group matches identified by AFC (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);
  6. Drawing of lots.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 G  Thailand 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Final tournament
2 C  Iran 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 6
3 I  Vietnam 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
4 D  Yemen 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6[a]
5 E  Uzbekistan 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6[a]
6 H  Indonesia 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
7 F  Myanmar 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
8 A  Oman 3 1 2 0 7 3 +4 5
9 B  Kuwait 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5
10 J  Laos 3 1 1 1 7 3 +4 4
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Yemen and Uzbekistan are ranked by disciplinary points.

Qualified teams[edit]

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[10]

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament2
 Qatar Hosts 28 November 2014[2] 0 (debut)
 Iraq Group A winners 31 March 2015 1 (2013)
 Jordan Group B winners 20 May 2015 1 (2013)
 Saudi Arabia Group C winners 31 March 2015 1 (2013)
 United Arab Emirates Group D winners 31 March 2015 1 (2013)
 Syria Group E winners 31 March 2015 1 (2013)
 Australia Group F winners 31 March 2015 1 (2013)
 North Korea Group G winners 31 March 2015 1 (2013)
 South Korea Group H winners 31 March 2015 1 (2013)
 Japan Group I winners 31 March 2015 1 (2013)
 China Group J winners 31 March 2015 1 (2013)
 Thailand 1st best runners-up 31 March 2015 0 (debut)
 Iran 2nd best runners-up 31 March 2015 1 (2013)
 Vietnam 3rd best runners-up 31 March 2015 0 (debut)
 Yemen 4th best runners-up 31 March 2015 1 (2013)
 Uzbekistan 5th best runners-up 20 May 2015 1 (2013)
2 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers[edit]

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: The-AFC.com

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Regulations AFC U-23 Championship 2016" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ^ a b "AFC Competitions Committee meeting". the-afc.com. 28 November 2014.
  3. ^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. ^ "AFC U-23 Championship 2016 Qualifiers draw on Thursday". AFC. 3 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Holders Iraq face stern test in AFC U-23 C'ship qualifiers". AFC. 4 December 2014.
  6. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  7. ^ "AFC announces postponement of AFC U-23 Group B qualifiers". AFC. 17 March 2015.
  8. ^ "U-23 Group B Qualifiers to be held in UAE". AFC. 3 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Turkmenistan withdraw from AFC U-23 C'ship 2016 Qualifiers". AFC. 8 May 2015.
  10. ^ "Participants for AFC U-23 Championship Qatar 2016 confirmed". the-AFC.com. 21 May 2015.

External links[edit]

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