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2018 AFC U-16 Championship

The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia. It took place in Malaysia, which was appointed as hosts by the AFC on 25 July 2017,[1] between 20 September and 7 October 2018.[2] A total of 16 teams played in the tournament.

2018 AFC U-16 Championship
Kejohanan Remaja B-16 AFC 2018
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
Dates20 September – 7 October
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up Tajikistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored97 (3.13 per match)
Attendance62,582 (2,019 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Noah Botic
Japan Shoji Toyama
Malaysia Luqman Hakim
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Japan Jun Nishikawa
Fair play award Japan
← 2016

The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Brazil as the AFC representatives. Japan won their third title, and qualified together with runners-up Tajikistan and semi-finalists Australia and South Korea. Iraq were the defending champions but were eliminated in the group stage.

Qualification

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Main article: 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
 
  Qualified for 2018 AFC U-16 Championship
  Failed to qualify
  Withdrew
  Not an AFC member

Qualifying was played on 16–29 September 2017.[3] Malaysia also participated in the qualifiers, even though they had already qualified automatically as hosts.

Qualified teams

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The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[4]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
  Malaysia Hosts 5th Quarter-finals (2014)
  Jordan Group A winners 3rd Quarter-finals (2010)
  Tajikistan Group B winners 3rd Third place (2006)
  Iran Group C winners 11th Champions (2008)
  Iraq Group D winners 10th Champions (2016)
  Yemen Group E winners 6th Runners-up (2002)
  North Korea Group F winners 11th Champions (2010, 2014)
  Indonesia Group G winners 6th Fourth place (1990)
  South Korea Group H winners 14th Champions (1986, 2002)
  Australia Group I winners 6th Semi-finals (2010, 2014)
  Japan Group J winners 15th Champions (1994, 2006)
  India Group D runners-up[note 1] 8th Quarter-finals (2002)
  Oman Group B runners-up[note 1] 10th Champions (1996, 2000)
  Thailand Group G runners-up[note 1] 11th Champions (1998)
  Vietnam Group I runners-up[note 1] 7th Fourth place (2000)
  Afghanistan Group C runners-up[note 1] 1st Debut

Notes:

  1. ^ a b c d e As Malaysia (Group J runners-up) had already automatically qualified for the final tournament as hosts, the five best runners-up (excluding Malaysia) qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

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The matches were played in three venues around Klang Valley. The venues were Bukit Jalil National Stadium, UM Arena Stadium and Petaling Jaya Stadium. The final match was held at Bukit Jalil National Stadium.

Kuala Lumpur
Petaling Jaya
Bukit Jalil National Stadium UM Arena Stadium Petaling Jaya Stadium
Capacity: 87,411 Capacity: 1,000 Capacity: 25,000
     

Draw

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The draw of the final tournament was held on 26 April 2018, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[5] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[6] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Malaysia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[7]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.   Malaysia (hosts)
  2.   Iraq
  3.   Iran
  4.   North Korea

Squads

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Main article: 2018 AFC U-16 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team should register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.[8]

Group stage

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

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[8]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 20–22 September 2018 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2 23–25 September 2018 4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3 27–28 September 2018[note 1] 1 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Knockout stage
2   Tajikistan 3 1 1 1 4 7 −3 4
3   Thailand 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3[a]
4   Malaysia (H) 3 1 0 2 8 8 0 3[a]
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Thailand 4–2 Malaysia.
Malaysia  6–2  Tajikistan
 Report
Attendance: 723
Japan  5–2  Thailand
 Report
Attendance: 86
Referee: Payam Heidari (Iran)
Thailand  4–2  Malaysia
 Report
Attendance: 8,596
Tajikistan  0–0  Japan
Report
Attendance: 115
Malaysia  0–2  Japan
Report
Attendance: 8,378
Thailand  1–2  Tajikistan
 Report
Attendance: 75

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   North Korea 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7 Knockout stage
2   Oman 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3   Yemen 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4   Jordan 3 0 2 1 5 9 −4 2
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Oman  2–0  Yemen
 Report
Attendance: 750
North Korea  2–2  Jordan
 Report
Attendance: 200
Jordan  2–2  Oman
 Report
Attendance: 50
Yemen  0–1  North Korea
Report
Attendance: 815
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
North Korea  3–1  Oman
 Report
Attendance: 100
Yemen  5–1  Jordan
 Report
Attendance: 531

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Indonesia 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5 Knockout stage
2   India 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
3   Iran 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
4   Vietnam 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iran  0–2  Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 3,431
Vietnam  0–1  India
Report
Attendance: 166
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
India  0–0  Iran
Report
Attendance: 186
Indonesia  1–1  Vietnam
 Report
Attendance: 11,201
Iran  5–0  Vietnam
 Report
Attendance: 105
India  0–0  Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 11,388

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Korea 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 Knockout stage
2   Australia 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3   Iraq 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4   Afghanistan 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iraq  2–1  Afghanistan
 Report
Attendance: 10
South Korea  3–0  Australia
 Report
Attendance: 133
Australia  2–1  Iraq
 Report
Attendance: 187
Referee: Payam Heidari (Iran)
Afghanistan  0–7  South Korea
Report
Attendance: 150
Iraq  0–2  South Korea
Report
Attendance: 120
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
Australia  4–0  Afghanistan
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Attendance: 115

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out without extra time was used to decide the winners if necessary.[8]

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 September – Bukit Jalil
 
 
  Japan2
 
4 October – Bukit Jalil
 
  Oman1
 
  Japan3
 
1 October – Bukit Jalil
 
  Australia1
 
  Indonesia2
 
7 October – Bukit Jalil
 
  Australia3
 
  Japan1
 
30 September – Petaling Jaya
 
  Tajikistan0
 
  North Korea1 (2)
 
4 October – Petaling Jaya
 
  Tajikistan (p)1 (4)
 
  Tajikistan (p)1 (7)
 
1 October – Petaling Jaya
 
  South Korea1 (6)
 
  South Korea1
 
 
  India0
 

Quarter-finals

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The winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Japan  2–1  Oman
 Report
Attendance: 267
Referee: Payam Heidari (Iran)
North Korea  1–1  Tajikistan
 Report
Penalties
 2–4
Attendance: 100
Indonesia  2–3  Australia
 Report
Attendance: 13,743
South Korea  1–0  India
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Attendance: 200
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Semi-finals

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Japan  3–1  Australia
 Report
Attendance: 224
Tajikistan  1–1  South Korea
 Report
Penalties
 7–6
Attendance: 85

Final

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Japan  1–0  Tajikistan
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Attendance: 352

Winners

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 2018 AFC U-16 Championship 
 
Japan
Third title

Awards

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

Top Goalscorer[11] Most Valuable Player[11] Fair Play award[11]
  Luqman Hakim[note 3]   Jun Nishikawa   Japan

Goalscorers

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There were 97 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Tournament ranking

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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 5 1 0 13 4 +9 16 Champions
2   Tajikistan 6 1 3 2 6 10 −4 6 Runners-up
3   South Korea 5 4 1 0 14 1 +13 13 Semi-finalists
4   Australia 5 3 0 2 10 9 +1 9
5   North Korea 4 2 2 0 7 4 +3 8 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6   Indonesia 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 5
7   India 4 1 2 1 1 1 0 5
8   Oman 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
9   Iran 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4 Eliminated in
group stage
10   Yemen 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
11   Thailand 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3[a]
12   Malaysia (H) 3 1 0 2 8 8 0 3[a]
13   Iraq 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
14   Jordan 3 0 2 1 5 9 −4 2
15   Vietnam 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
16   Afghanistan 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: Thailand 4–2 Malaysia.

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

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The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup 1
  Japan 30 September 2018[12] 8 (1993, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017)
  Tajikistan 30 September 2018[12] 1 (2007)
  Australia 1 October 2018[13] 12 2 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2015)
  South Korea 1 October 2018[13] 5 (1987, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2015)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
2 Australia qualified as a member of the OFC for ten tournaments between 1985 and 2005.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Due to weather conditions (heavy rainfall and lightning), both Matchday 3 matches in Group A were postponed from 26 September, 16:30 (and initially pushed to 17:30) to 27 September, 11:00.[9]
  2. ^ a b c The following venue changes were announced by the AFC on 25 September 2018 due to a request by the football associations of Malaysia and Indonesia in order to accommodate the large number of Indonesian fans:[10]
  3. ^ Playing less than the other players scoring 5 goals (with 2 matches), Luqman won the Top Scorer Award

References

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  1. ^ "AFC Competitions Committee's decisions published". AFC. 25 July 2017.
  2. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2018". AFC. 11 January 2018.
  3. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2017" (PDF). AFC. 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Korea Republic seal AFC U-16 Championship 2018 berth". AFC. 29 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Asia's future stars to shine in Malaysia 2018". AFC. 26 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Preview: Stars of tomorrow to know their challengers". AFC. 25 April 2018.
  7. ^ "AFC U-16 Championship 2018 Official Draw". YouTube. 26 April 2018.
  8. ^ a b c "Regulations AFC U-16 Championship 2018". AFC. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Group A Matchday Three matches cancelled, rescheduled to Thursday". AFC. 26 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Group C Matchday Three venue change". Asian Football Confederation. 25 September 2018.
  11. ^ a b c "Japan's Nishikawa named MVP". AFC. 7 October 2018.
  12. ^ a b "Japan, Tajikistan qualify for Peru 2019". FIFA.com. 30 September 2018.
  13. ^ a b "Australia, Korea Republic seal Peru 2019 spots". FIFA.com. 1 October 2018.
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