2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Host countries	Qatar; Jordan; Iraq; Iran; Palestine; Hong Kong; Indonesia; Thailand; China
Dates	3–12 October 2013
Teams	40 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	204 (3.46 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nguyễn Công Phượng; (7 goals)
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The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification was the qualification round for the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship, which took place in Myanmar. The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 April 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[1]

Format edit

A total of 40 teams entered the qualification tournament and were drawn into nine groups of five or four teams. West Zone, containing teams from West Asia and South/Central Asia, had two groups of five teams and three groups of four teams, while East Zone, containing teams from East Asia and ASEAN, had two groups of five teams and two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2012. After playing each other once at a centralised venue, the nine group winners and best six runners-up from all groups qualified for the final tournament.^[1]

	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
West Zone (Groups A–E)	Iran Iraq Jordan Uzbekistan Syria	Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates	Bahrain India Lebanon Yemen Pakistan	Bangladesh Maldives Palestine Tajikistan Turkmenistan	Afghanistan Nepal
East Zone (Groups F–I)	Australia Japan North Korea South Korea	China Indonesia Thailand Vietnam	Chinese Taipei Laos Malaysia Singapore	Brunei Macau Guam	Mongolia Hong Kong Philippines

Myanmar automatically qualified for the finals as hosts.
The following teams did not enter:
- Bhutan
- Cambodia
- Kyrgyzstan
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Sri Lanka
- East Timor

Player eligibility edit

Players born on or after 1 January 1995 were eligible to compete in the qualification tournament.^[2]

Tiebreakers edit

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.^[2]

Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
Goal difference in all the group matches;
Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
Drawing of lots.

Groups edit

Group A edit

Matches were played in Qatar (UTC+3).

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Qatar	4	4	0	0	13	1	+12	12
Uzbekistan	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8	9
India	4	1	1	2	3	7	−4	4
Turkmenistan	4	1	1	2	4	11	−7	4
Nepal	4	0	0	4	1	10	−9	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

4 October 2013

16:30

Nepal	1–2	Turkmenistan
Karki 16'	Report	Berenow 58' (pen.) Kowusow 79'

Qatar SC Stadium, Doha

Attendance: 4,300

Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

4 October 2013