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]
بطولة آسيا تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم 2016 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Qatar |
Dates | 12–30 January 2016 |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 103 (3.22 per match) |
Attendance | 93,639 (2,926 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (6 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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
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
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
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[9]
Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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![]() | Hosts | 1st | Debut |
![]() | Group A winners | 2nd | Champions (2013) |
![]() | Group B winners | 2nd | Third place (2013) |
![]() | Group C winners | 2nd | Runners-up (2013) |
![]() | Group D winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2013) |
![]() | Group E winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2013) |
![]() | Group F winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2013) |
![]() | Group G winners | 2nd | Group stage (2013) |
![]() | Group H winners | 2nd | Fourth place (2013) |
![]() | Group I winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2013) |
![]() | Group J winners | 2nd | Group stage (2013) |
![]() | 1st best runners-up (Group G) | 1st | Debut |
![]() | 2nd best runners-up (Group C) | 2nd | Group stage (2013) |
![]() | 3rd best runners-up (Group I) | 1st | Debut |
![]() | 4th best runners-up (Group D) | 2nd | Group stage (2013) |
![]() | 5th best runners-up (Group E) | 2nd | Group stage (2013) |
Venues
The tournament was hosted in four stadiums, all located in Doha.[10]
Doha | |
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Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium (Lekhwiya Stadium) |
Grand Hamad Stadium (Al-Arabi Stadium) |
Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 18,000 |
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2016 AFC U-23 Championship (Qatar) | |
Doha | |
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium (Al-Sadd Stadium) |
Suheim Bin Hamad Stadium (Qatar SC Stadium) |
Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
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Draw
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 |
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Match officials
The following referees were chosen for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.
- Referees
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- Assistant referees
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
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]
- 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;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all the group matches;
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out 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 (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);
- Drawing of lots.
All times were local, AST (UTC+3).[14]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 |
Syria ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Motahari ![]() Mi. Mohammadi ![]() |
Iran ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Motahari ![]() Pahlavan ![]() Torabi ![]() |
Report | Chang Feiya ![]() Liao Lisheng ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2[lower-alpha 1] |
- Head-to-head: North Korea (0 GD, 5 GF), Saudi Arabia (0 GD, 4 GF), Thailand (0 GD, 3 GF)
Japan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ueda ![]() |
Report |
Saudi Arabia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Al-Saiari ![]() |
Report | Pinyo ![]() |
North Korea ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
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Kim Yong-il ![]() Yun Il-gwang ![]() Jang Kuk-chol ![]() |
Report | Kanno ![]() Al-Muwallad ![]() Al-Ghamdi ![]() |
North Korea ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Kim Yong-il ![]() Thossawat ![]() |
Report | Narubadin ![]() Chanathip ![]() |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
South Korea ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Moon Chang-jin ![]() |
Report | Khamdamov ![]() |
Yemen ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Kwon Chang-hoon ![]() Ryu Seung-woo ![]() Kim Seung-jun ![]() |
Iraq ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Waleed ![]() |
Report | Kim Hyun ![]() |
Uzbekistan ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Sokhibov ![]() Sergeev ![]() Masharipov ![]() |
Report | A. Al-Sarori ![]() |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
Jordan ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Faisal ![]() Manasrah ![]() |
Report | Đỗ Duy Mạnh ![]() |
Australia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Gallifuoco ![]() |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Phạm Hoàng Lâm ![]() M. Al-Akbari ![]() Al-Attas ![]() |
Report | Nguyễn Công Phượng ![]() Nguyễn Tuấn Anh ![]() |
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[12]
Bracket
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
22 January – Doha | ||||||||||
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26 January – Doha | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
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23 January – Doha | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
30 January – Doha | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
22 January – Doha | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
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26 January – Doha | ||||||||||
![]() | 0 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
23 January – Doha | ||||||||||
![]() | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
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29 January – Doha | ||||||||||
![]() | 3 | |||||||||
![]() | 1 | |||||||||
![]() | 2 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Qatar ![]() | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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A. Afif ![]() A. Assad ![]() |
Report | So Kyong-jin ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Moon Chang-jin ![]() |
Report |
United Arab Emirates ![]() | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Alaa A. ![]() |
Report | Husni ![]() Abdul-Raheem ![]() Attwan ![]() |
Semi-finals
Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.
Qatar ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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A. Alaa ![]() |
Report | Ryu Seung-woo ![]() Kwon Chang-hoon ![]() Moon Chang-jin ![]() |
Third place play-off
Winner qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.
Final
South Korea ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Kwon Chang-hoon ![]() Jin Sung-wook ![]() |
Report | Asano ![]() Yajima ![]() |
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Top Goalscorer[15] | Most Valuable Player[16] | Fair Play award[16] |
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Statistics
Goalscorers
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
James Donachie
Jamie Maclaren
Chang Feiya
Ali Karimi
Milad Mohammadi
Ehsan Pahlavan
Mehdi Torabi
Amjad Waleed
Ali Faez Atia
Ayman Hussein
Mahdi Kamel
Humam Tariq
Saad Natiq
Riki Harakawa
Yōsuke Ideguchi
Ryota Oshima
Musashi Suzuki
Yuta Toyokawa
Naomichi Ueda
Omar Manasrah
Jang Kuk-chol
So Kyong-jin
Yun Il-gwang
Kim Hyun
Kim Seung-jun
Jin Seong-uk
Akram Afif
Almoez Ali
Ali Assad
Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi
Fahad Al-Muwallad
Mohammed Al-Saiari
Mohamed Kanno
Abdullah Madu
Yousef Kalfa
Mahmoud Al Baher
Pinyo Inpinit
Narubadin Weerawatnodom
Chanathip Songkrasin
Mohamed Al-Akbari
Ahmed Al Attas
Timur Khakimov
Jaloliddin Masharipov
Igor Sergeev
Javokhir Sokhibov
Đỗ Duy Mạnh
Nguyễn Công Phượng
Nguyễn Tuấn Anh
Ahmed Al-Sarori
- 1 own goal
Giancarlo Gallifuoco (playing against United Arab Emirates)
Alaa Ali Mhawi (playing against United Arab Emirates)
Thossawat Limwannasathian (playing against North Korea)
Phạm Hoàng Lâm (playing against United Arab Emirates)
- Source: The-AFC.com
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.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 18 | Champions |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 13 | Runners-up |
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 13 | Third place |
4 | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 12 | Fourth place |
5 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
6 | ![]() |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | |
7 | ![]() |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
8 | ![]() |
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | |
9 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
10 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
11 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
12 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
13 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
14 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 | |
15 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | |
16 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
Qualified teams for Olympics
The following three teams from AFC qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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![]() | 26 January 2016 | 9 (1936, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
![]() | 26 January 2016 | 9 (1948, 1964, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
![]() | 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
Controversies
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]
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External links
- AFC U-23 Championship, the-AFC.com