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2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

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]

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)
← 2013
2018 →

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.

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