2014_AFC_U-16_Championship

2014 AFC U-16 Championship

2014 AFC U-16 Championship

International football competition


The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 16 and below. Thailand were approved as hosts of the competition on 25 April 2013.[1] The tournament was held from 6 to 20 September 2014, with the top four teams qualifying for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.

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North Korea won the tournament, and were joined by South Korea, Australia, and Syria as AFC qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Venues

More information Bangkok, Nonthaburi ...

Qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 April 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[2]

Qualified teams

Draw

The draw for the competition was held on 6 April 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.[3][4]

More information Pot 1 (Host & Seeds), Pot 2 ...

Group stage

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

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.[5]

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

All times are local (UTC+7).

Group A

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information South Korea, 3–1 ...
Attendance: 200
More information Thailand, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 2,000

More information Malaysia, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
More information Oman, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 700

More information Thailand, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi (United Arab Emirates)
More information Oman, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 101
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

Group B

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Japan, 2–0 ...
More information Australia, 3–0 ...

More information Hong Kong, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 102
Referee: Ammar Al Junaibi (United Arab Emirates)
More information China, 0–3 ...
Attendance: 200
Referee: Fahad Jaber Al Marri (Qatar)

More information Japan, 2–4 ...
Attendance: 350
More information China, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 50
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

Group C

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Uzbekistan, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 165
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
More information Kuwait, 0–3 ...

More information Nepal, 2–1 ...
More information North Korea, 2–3 ...
Attendance: 103

More information Uzbekistan, 4–2 ...
More information North Korea, 4–1 ...
Attendance: 152
Referee: Fahad Jaber Al Marri (Qatar)

Group D

More information Team, Pld ...
Source: [citation needed]
More information Iran, 3–2 ...
More information Syria, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 50
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

More information Qatar, 1–1 ...
More information Saudi Arabia, 1–2 ...

More information Iran, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 50
Referee: Tan Hai (China)
More information Saudi Arabia, 1–1 ...

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).[5]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 September 2014
 
 
 South Korea2
 
17 September 2014
 
 Japan0
 
 South Korea7
 
14 September 2014
 
 Syria1
 
 Uzbekistan2
 
20 September 2014
 
 Syria5
 
 South Korea1
 
14 September 2014
 
 North Korea2
 
 Australia2
 
17 September 2014
 
 Malaysia1
 
 Australia1 (1)
 
14 September 2014
 
 North Korea (p)1 (4)
 
 Iran0 (2)
 
 
 North Korea (p)0 (4)
 

Quarter-finals

More information South Korea, 2–0 ...

More information Australia, 2–1 ...

More information Uzbekistan, 2–5 ...

More information Iran, 0–0 ...

Semi-finals

More information South Korea, 7–1 ...

More information Australia, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 150
Referee: Fahad Jaber Al Marri (Qatar)

Final

More information South Korea, 1–2 ...

Winners

More information AFC U-16 Championship 2014 winners ...

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from AFC qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

More information Team, Qualified on ...
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
2 Australia qualified as a member of the OFC between 1985 and 2005.

Awards

More information Award, Winner ...

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

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.

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

References

  1. "Myanmar, Thailand to host age-group competitions". AFC. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  2. "Stage set for AFC U-16 Championship draw". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  3. "Tough draw for hosts Thailand". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  4. "AFC U16 Championship 2014 Regulations" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2014.

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