2012_AFC_U-16_Championship
2012 AFC U-16 Championship
International football competition
The 2012 AFC U-16 Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved Iran as hosts of the championship on 23 November 2011.[2] The top 4 teams qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, hosted by the United Arab Emirates. Qualification for the tournament started in 2011.
Quick Facts مسابقات فوتبال زیر ۱۶ سال آسیا ۲۰۱۲, Tournament details ...
| مسابقات فوتبال زیر ۱۶ سال آسیا ۲۰۱۲ | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Iran |
| Dates | 22 September – 6 October |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Uzbekistan (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Japan |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 97 (3.13 per match) |
| Attendance | 12,853 (415 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Hwang Hee-Chan(5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Taro Sugimoto[1] |
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The Organising Committee for AFC Youth Competitions for the 2011–2015 term announced that Iran and Palestine were interested in hosting the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship Finals.
Per decision of the AFC Competitions Committee, the host nation should qualify for the final tournament. The decision on the hosts was taken in the committee's meeting on 21 November 2011 based on the results of the qualifiers.[2]
Main article: 2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
The qualification draw was held on 30 March 2011.[3]
Qualifiers
More information Tehran ...
| Tehran | Tehran | |
|---|---|---|
| Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium | Ekbatan Stadium | |
| Capacity: 8,250 | Capacity: 12,000 | |
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The draw for the competition was held on 10 May 2012 in Tehran, Iran.[4]
More information Pot 1 (Host & Seeds), Pot 2 ...
| Pot 1 (Host & Seeds) | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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In the group stage the tie-breaking criteria are direct matches before goal difference.[5]
Group A
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More information Iran, 3–1 ...
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More information Laos, 3–4 ...
Laos  | 3–4 |  Kuwait |
|---|---|---|
Phanthavong  24'Kettavong 28'Noyvong 37' (pen.) |
Report | Marzouq 26', 90+1' Keola 32' (o.g.)Alajmi 90+2' |
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More information Yemen, 1–4 ...
Yemen  | 1–4 | Iran |
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| Al-Dahi 3' |
Report | Rigi 54' Ezzatollahi 61'Jafari 65'Karamolachaab 81' |
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Group B
Iraq and Australia played a penalty shootout after their final group match to determine their ranking. Iraq won that 3–2.[6]
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More information Oman, 1–2 ...
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Group C
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| South Korea |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 |
| Japan |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 |
 North Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |
 Saudi Arabia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
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More information North Korea, 0–3 ...
| North Korea | 0–3 | South Korea |
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| Report | Hwang Hee-Chan 18', 58', 67' |
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More information South Korea, 3–1 ...
| South Korea | 3–1 | Japan |
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| Hwang Hee-Chan 13' Choi Ju-Yong 42'Ko Min-hyuk 89' |
Report | Ogawa 23' |
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More information Saudi Arabia, 1–2 ...
| Saudi Arabia | 1–2 | North Korea |
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| Al-Qahtani 54' |
Report | Ri Ryong 48' Ri Kwang-Song 82' |
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More information North Korea, 0–3 ...
| North Korea | 0–3 | Japan |
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| Report | Nakamura 14' Sugimoto 49'Ogawa 82' |
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Group D
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Syria |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 |
| Uzbekistan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
 China |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
 India |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
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More information Uzbekistan, 3–2 ...
| Uzbekistan | 3–2 | India |
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| Odilov 8' Abdullaev 53' (pen.)Abdiganiyev 79' |
Report | Rai 47', 71' |
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More information China, 2–2 ...
| China | 2–2 | India |
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| Wang Jinxian 21' Zhang Yuning 33' |
Report | Lalhlimpuia 19' Mendes 90+4' (pen.) |
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Knockout Map
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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| Iran | 5 | |||||||||
| 3 October | ||||||||||
 Australia | 1 | |||||||||
| Iran | 2 | |||||||||
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| Uzbekistan | 3 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 1(3) | |||||||||
| 6 October | ||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 1(5) | |||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 1(3) | |||||||||
| 30 September | ||||||||||
| Japan | 1(1) | |||||||||
 Iraq | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 October | ||||||||||
| Kuwait | 1 | |||||||||
| Iraq | 1 | |||||||||
| 30 September | ||||||||||
| Japan | 5 | |||||||||
| Syria | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
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More information South Korea, 1–1 ...
| South Korea | 1–1 | Uzbekistan |
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| Hwang Hee-Chan 90+4' |
Report | Turaev 64' |
| Penalties | ||
Yoo Won-Jong  Hwang Hee-Chan  Lee Gun Lim Eun-Su |
3–5 | Komilov Abdullaev Shukurov Mirzaev Abbasov |
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More information Iran, 5–1 ...
| Iran | 5–1 | Australia |
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| Ezzatollahi 31' (pen.) Karamolachaab 35', 90+3'Bazaj 61'Rigi 81' |
Report | Antoniou 88' |
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Semifinals
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More information Iraq, 1–5 ...
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Final
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| Uzbekistan | 1–1 | Japan |
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| Turaev 52' |
Report | Mizutani 6' |
| Penalties | ||
| Komilov Shukurov Mirzaev |
3–1 | Miyoshi Sugimoto Sugimori Kitagawa |
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More information AFC U-16 Championship 2012 winners ...
| AFC U-16 Championship 2012 winners |
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 Uzbekistan First title |
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The four semi-finalists qualified for 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
There were 97 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.
5 goals
3 goals
Reza Karamolachaab- Majid Hosseini
- Amir Mohammad Mazloum
Taro Sugimoto
Hatem Al-Rushadi
Mohammed Al-Dahi
2 goals
Josh Macdonald
Zhang Yuning- Ali Rigi
- Saeid Ezzatollahi
Uttam Rai- Koya Kitagawa
- Hiroki Ogawa
- Wataru Sasaki
Bader Thekr Allah- Nawaf Marzouq
Samer Al-Mahdawi
Anousay Noyvong- Armisay Kettavong
Khaled Kurdaghli
Akobir Turaev
1 goal
- Bai Antoniou
- James Baldacchino
- Taylor Tombides
- Hu Jinghang
- Wang Jinxian
- Ali Shojaei
- Mohammad Reza Bazaj
- Sasan Jafari
- Daniel Lalhlimpuia
- Myron Mendes
- Thanin Phanthavong
- Ali Essam Kadhim
- Mahdi Abdul-Zahra
- Mohammed Lateef
- Salman Ali Salman
- Sherko Karim
- Yasir Ammar Sami
- Fumiya Nakamura
- Koki Sugimori
- Takuma Mizutani
- Yuki Onishi
- Ryoma Watanabe
Choi Ju-Yong- Jeong Hun-U
- Ko Min-hyuk
- Abdullah Alasfour
- Naji Alajmi
Abdull-Kareem Al-Qahtani- Marwan Mubarak
- Samir Al Alawi
Ri Ryong- Ri Kwang-Song
- Subie Alhusni
Saran Puangbut- Peeranat Thongma
- Abdullaev Izzatilla
- Jamshid Boltaboev
- Ibrokhim Abdullaev
- Ilhomjon Abdiganiyev
- Mukhiddin Odilov
- Otabek Shukurov
- Dostonbek Khamdamov
1 own goal
- Anoukone Keola (playing against Kuwait)
- Ala Addin Mahdi (playing against Laos)
Tournament team rankings
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.
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | Uzbekistan |
6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 | Champion |
| 2 | Japan |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 13 | Runner-up |
| 3 | Iran (H) |
5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 12 | Third place |
| 4 | Iraq |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | Fourth place |
| 5 | South Korea |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 10 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Australia |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 7 | |
| 7 | Syria |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| 8 | Kuwait |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 | |
| 9 | China |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 |  Oman |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | |
| 11 | Laos |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 12 | North Korea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |
| 13 | India |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 14 | Yemen |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 1 | |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 | |
| 16 |  Thailand |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
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