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2016 AFC U-23 Championship

The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the 2016 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) was the second edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Qatar between 12–30 January 2016.[1][2] A total of 16 teams compete in the tournament. The tournament was also renamed from the "AFC U-22 Championship" to the "AFC U-23 Championship".[1]

2016 AFC U-23 Championship
بطولة آسيا تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم 2016
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates12–30 January
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third place Iraq
Fourth place Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored103 (3.22 per match)
Attendance93,639 (2,926 per match)
Top scorer(s)Qatar Ahmed Alaa
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Shoya Nakajima
Fair play award Japan
← 2013
2018 →

For the first time, the AFC U-23 Championship acted as the AFC qualifiers for the Olympic football tournament, replacing the previous process of home-and-away Olympic qualifiers. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil as the AFC representatives.[3]

Japan won the tournament with a 3–2 final win over South Korea. Both finalists and third-placed Iraq qualified for the Olympics.[4]

Host selection edit

Qatar was one of the countries which came forward wishing to host the finals competition.[5] They were selected over the other bidding nations Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran.[1]

Qualification edit

Main article: 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

The qualifiers draw was held on Thursday, 4 December 2014.[6] A total of 43 teams were drawn into ten groups, with the ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualifying for the final tournament, together with Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts.[7]

Qualification rounds were played between 23–31 March 2015,[8] except for Group B which was scheduled to be held in Lahore, Pakistan, but was postponed due to the Lahore church bombings.

Qualified teams edit

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[9]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
  Qatar Hosts 1st Debut
  Iraq Group A winners 2nd Champions (2013)
  Jordan Group B winners 2nd Third place (2013)
  Saudi Arabia Group C winners 2nd Runners-up (2013)
  United Arab Emirates Group D winners 2nd Quarter-finals (2013)
  Syria Group E winners 2nd Quarter-finals (2013)
  Australia Group F winners 2nd Quarter-finals (2013)
  North Korea Group G winners 2nd Group stage (2013)
  South Korea Group H winners 2nd Fourth place (2013)
  Japan Group I winners 2nd Quarter-finals (2013)
  China Group J winners 2nd Group stage (2013)
  Thailand 1st best runners-up (Group G) 1st Debut
  Iran 2nd best runners-up (Group C) 2nd Group stage (2013)
  Vietnam 3rd best runners-up (Group I) 1st Debut
  Yemen 4th best runners-up (Group D) 2nd Group stage (2013)
  Uzbekistan 5th best runners-up (Group E) 2nd Group stage (2013)

Venues edit

The tournament was held in four stadiums, located in the cities of Al Rayyan and Doha.[10]

  Qatar
Al Rayyan Doha
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
(Al-Sadd Stadium) 		Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
(Lekhwiya Stadium) 		Grand Hamad Stadium
(Al-Arabi Stadium) 		Suheim bin Hamad Stadium
(Qatar SC Stadium)
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 15,000
       

Draw edit

The draw for the final tournament was held on 12 September 2015, 12:00 AST (UTC+3), at the Four Seasons Hotel in Doha, Qatar. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[10] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous edition in 2013.[11]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Qatar (hosts; position A1)
  Iraq
  Saudi Arabia
  Jordan

  South Korea
  Syria
  Australia
  Japan

  United Arab Emirates
  Iran
  North Korea
  Uzbekistan

  China
  Yemen
  Thailand
  Vietnam

Match officials edit

The following referees were chosen for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.

Referees
Assistant referees
  •   Nawaf Moosa
  •   Wang Dexin
  •   Reza Sokhandan
  •   Haruhiro Otsuka
  •   Ahmed Al Roalle
  •   Yoon Kwang-yeol
  •   Mohd Yusri Mohamad
  •   Abu Bakar Al-Amri
  •   Taleb Al-Marri
  •   Saud Al-Maqaleh
  •   Mohammed Al Abakry
  •   Abdullah Al-Shalawi
  •   Ismailzhan Talipzhanov
  •   Deniye Gedara Palitha Parakkrama Hemathunga
  •   Yu Hsu Min
  •   Mohamed Al-Hammadi
  •   Hasan Al-Mahri
  •   Jakhongir Saidov

Squads edit

Main article: 2016 AFC U-23 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).[12]

As the tournament was not held during the FIFA International Match Calendar, clubs were not obligated to release the players.[13]

Group stage edit

The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

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:[12]

  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 were local, AST (UTC+3).[14]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Qatar (H) 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9 Knockout stage
2   Iran 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3   Syria 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4   China 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Syria  0–2  Iran
Report Motahari   64'
Mi. Mohammadi   72'
Attendance: 1,133
Qatar  3–1  China
A. Hassan   65', 72'
A. Alaa   82'		 Report Liao Lisheng   43'
Attendance: 6,340
China  1–3  Syria
Liao Lisheng   21' Report Kharbin   43' (pen.), 53'
Al Baher   83'
Attendance: 1,205
Iran  1–2  Qatar
A. Karimi   90+1' Report A. Alaa   35'
A. Hassan   56'
Attendance: 11,026
Qatar  4–2  Syria
A. Hassan   10'
A. Alaa   24', 82'
A. Ali   28'		 Report Kalfa   4'
Kharbin   81' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,255
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Iran  3–2  China
Motahari   38'
Pahlavan   40'
Torabi   48'		 Report Chang Feiya   40'
Liao Lisheng   70' (pen.)
Attendance: 802
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Knockout stage
2   North Korea 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2[a]
3   Saudi Arabia 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2[a]
4   Thailand 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2[a]
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head: North Korea (0 GD, 5 GF), Saudi Arabia (0 GD, 4 GF), Thailand (0 GD, 3 GF)
Japan  1–0  North Korea
Ueda   5' Report
Attendance: 1,531
Saudi Arabia  1–1  Thailand
Al-Saiari   71' Report Pinyo   84'
Attendance: 1,531
Thailand  0–4  Japan
Report Suzuki   27'
Yajima   49'
Kubo   75', 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,674
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
North Korea  3–3  Saudi Arabia
Kim Yong-il   27'
Yun Il-gwang   52'
Jang Kuk-chol   85'		 Report Kanno   40'
Al-Muwallad   62'
Al-Ghamdi   69'
Attendance: 1,674
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
Saudi Arabia  1–2  Japan
Madu   57' (pen.) Report Oshima   32'
Ideguchi   53'
Attendance: 807
North Korea  2–2  Thailand
Kim Yong-il   17'
Thossawat   45' (o.g.)		 Report Narubadin   30'
Chanathip   78'
Attendance: 1,086

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Korea 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Knockout stage
2   Iraq 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
3   Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4   Yemen 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iraq  2–0  Yemen
Faez   36' (pen.)
Husni   39'		 Report
Attendance: 803
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
South Korea  2–1  Uzbekistan
Moon Chang-jin   20' (pen.), 48' Report Khamdamov   57'
Attendance: 803
Yemen  0–5  South Korea
Report Kwon Chang-hoon   14', 31', 41'
Ryu Seung-woo   72'
Kim Seung-jun   76'
Attendance: 686
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Uzbekistan  2–3  Iraq
Khamdamov   1'
Khakimov   79'		 Report Attwan   38'
Kamel   43'
Tariq   84'
Attendance: 686
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Iraq  1–1  South Korea
Waleed   90+2' Report Kim Hyun   22'
Attendance: 1,086
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
Uzbekistan  3–1  Yemen
Sokhibov   18'
Sergeev   68'
Masharipov   90+3'		 Report A. Al-Sarori   82'
Attendance: 227
Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   United Arab Emirates 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Knockout stage
2   Jordan 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
3   Australia 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
4   Vietnam 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Jordan  3–1  Vietnam
Faisal   38', 72'
Manasrah   68'		 Report Đỗ Duy Mạnh   87'
Attendance: 1,392
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Australia  0–1  United Arab Emirates
Report Gallifuoco   86' (o.g.)
Attendance: 307
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
Vietnam  0–2  Australia
Report Donachie   2'
Maclaren   61'
Attendance: 539
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
United Arab Emirates  0–0  Jordan
Report
Attendance: 1,752
Jordan  0–0  Australia
Report
Attendance: 2,338
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
United Arab Emirates  3–2  Vietnam
Phạm Hoàng Lâm   64' (o.g.)
M. Al-Akbari   74'
Al-Attas   78' (pen.)		 Report Nguyễn Công Phượng   24' (pen.)
Nguyễn Tuấn Anh   68'
Attendance: 623

Knockout stage edit

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[12]

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 January – Al Rayyan
 
 
  Qatar (a.e.t.)2
 
26 January – Al Rayyan
 
  North Korea1
 
  Qatar1
 
23 January – Doha (SBH)
 
  South Korea3
 
  South Korea1
 
30 January – Doha (ABK)
 
  Jordan0
 
  South Korea2
 
22 January – Doha (ABK)
 
  Japan3
 
  Japan (a.e.t.)3
 
26 January – Doha (ABK)
 
  Iran0
 
  Japan2
 
23 January – Doha (GH)
 
  Iraq1 Third place
 
  United Arab Emirates1
 
29 January – Al Rayyan
 
  Iraq (a.e.t.)3
 
  Qatar1
 
 
  Iraq (a.e.t.)2
 

Quarter-finals edit

Japan  3–0 (a.e.t.)  Iran
Toyokawa   95'
Nakajima   108', 110'		 Report
Attendance: 1,703
Qatar  2–1 (a.e.t.)  North Korea
A. Afif   6' (pen.)
A. Assad   92'		 Report So Kyong-jin   90+1'
Attendance: 9,702
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
South Korea  1–0  Jordan
Moon Chang-jin   23' Report
Attendance: 3,126
United Arab Emirates  1–3 (a.e.t.)  Iraq
Mhawi   75' (o.g.) Report Husni   77'
Abdul-Raheem   103'
Waleed   120+3'
Attendance: 1,030

Semi-finals edit

Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.

Japan  2–1  Iraq
Kubo   26'
Harakawa   90+3'		 Report Saad   43'
Attendance: 1,489
Qatar  1–3  South Korea
A. Alaa   79' Report Ryu Seung-woo   48'
Kwon Chang-hoon   89'
Moon Chang-jin   90+5'
Attendance: 11,840

Third place play-off edit

Winner qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.

Qatar  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Iraq
A. Alaa   27' Report Abdul-Raheem   86'
Ayman   109'
Attendance: 10,049
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Final edit

South Korea  2–3  Japan
Kwon Chang-hoon   20'
Jin Sung-wook   47'		 Report Asano   67', 81'
Yajima   68'
Attendance: 5,394

Winners edit

2016 AFC U-23 Championship
 
Japan
First title

Awards edit

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer[15] Most Valuable Player[16] Fair Play award[16]
  Ahmed Alaa   Shoya Nakajima   Japan

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

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

Tournament team rankings edit

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1   Japan 6 6 0 0 15 4 +11 18 Champions
2   South Korea 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 13 Runners-up
3   Iraq 6 4 1 1 12 7 +5 13 Third place
4   Qatar (H) 6 4 0 2 13 10 +3 12 Fourth place
5   United Arab Emirates 4 2 1 1 5 5 0 7 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6   Iran 4 2 0 2 6 7 −1 6
7   Jordan 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5
8   North Korea 4 0 2 2 6 8 −2 2
9   Australia 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4 Eliminated in
group stage
10   Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
11   Syria 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
12   Saudi Arabia 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2
13   Thailand 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2
14   China 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
15   Vietnam 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
16   Yemen 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for Olympics edit

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  Japan 26 January 2016 9 (1936, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
  South Korea 26 January 2016 9 (1948, 1964, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
  Iraq 29 January 2016 4 (1980, 1984, 1988, 2004)
1 Italic indicates host for that year. Statistics include all Olympic format (current Olympic under-23 format started in 1992).

Broadcasting rights edit

Territory Channel Ref
  Arab world beIN Sports
Al-Kass Sports 		[17][18]
  Australia Fox Sports [19]
  China CCTV [19]
  Europe Eurosport [19]
  Hong Kong Now TV [19]
  Iran IRIB [19]
  Japan NHK [19]
Latin America Fox Sports [19]
  New Zealand Sky Sports [19]
  South Africa SABC [19]
  South Korea KBS [19]
  Thailand BBTV CH7 [20]
  United States ONE World Sports [21]
  Uzbekistan Sport-UZ [19]
  Vietnam VTV [22][23]

Controversies edit

Qatar, Syria and Yemen each had at least two players born on 1 January 1993, the cut off date for eligibility in this tournament.[24][25]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Including a fastest goal in the tournament

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "AFC Competitions Committee meeting". the-afc.com. 28 November 2014.
  2. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2017.
  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. ^ "Iraq clinch Asia's final Rio spot". FIFA.com. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Qatar bids to host AFC U-22 championship". QFA. 12 September 2014.
  6. ^ "AFC U-23 Championship 2016 Qualifiers draw". Asian Football Confederation. 3 December 2014.
  7. ^ "Holders Iraq face stern test in AFC U-23 C'ship qualifiers". AFC. 4 December 2014.
  8. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Participants for AFC U-23 Championship Qatar 2016 confirmed". the-AFC.com. 21 May 2015.
  10. ^ a b "AFC U23 Championship Qatar 2016 draw concluded in Doha". AFC. 12 September 2015.
  11. ^ "Stage set for AFC U23 Championship Qatar 2016 draw". AFC. 11 September 2015.
  12. ^ a b c "Regulations AFC U-23 Championship 2016" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014.
  13. ^ "Azmoun and Jahanbakhsh to miss Olympic qualifiers". persianfootball.com. 1 January 2016.
  14. ^ "AFC U23 Championship Qatar 2016 Match Schedule" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Ahmed Alaa lands U23 Top Scorer award". AFC. 31 January 2016.
  16. ^ a b "Nakajima named AFC U23 Championship MVP". AFC. 31 January 2016.
  17. ^ "لا تفوتوا متابعة بطولة آسيا تحت 23 سنة حصرياً على قنواتنا" (in Arabic). beIN Sports Arabia Facebook page. 9 January 2016.
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  22. ^ "CHÍNH THỨC: VTV sở hữu bản quyền phát sóng VCK U23 châu Á 2016". vtv.vn (in Vietnamese). 31 December 2015.
  23. ^ "VTV6 truyền hình trực tiếp các trận đấu của U23 Việt Nam tại VCK U23 châu Á". vtv.vn (in Vietnamese). 5 January 2016.
  24. ^ "Final Registration Player List" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  25. ^ Mayeli Kohan: Qatar used overage players

External links edit

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