2012 AFC U-16 Championship

2012 AFC U-16 Championship
مسابقات فوتبال زیر ۱۶ سال آسیا ۲۰۱۲
Tournament details
Host country Iran
Dates22 September – 6 October
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Uzbekistan (1st title)
Runners-up Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored97 (3.13 per match)
Attendance12,853 (415 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Hwang Hee-Chan
(5 goals)
Best playerJapan Taro Sugimoto[1]
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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.

Host Selection

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]

Qualification

The qualification draw was held on 30 March 2011.[3]

Qualifiers

Venues

Tehran Tehran
Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Ekbatan Stadium
Capacity: 8,250 Capacity: 12,000

Draw

The draw for the competition was held on 10 May 2012 in Tehran, Iran.[4]

Pot 1 (Host & Seeds) Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 Iran
 North Korea
 Uzbekistan
 Australia

 Japan
 Syria
 Iraq
 Kuwait

 China
 Oman
 Saudi Arabia
 Yemen

 Thailand
 Laos
 South Korea
 India

Group stage

In the group stage the tie-breaking criteria are direct matches before goal difference.[5]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iran 330093+69
 Kuwait 31116604
 Laos 310268−23
 Yemen 301237−41
Kuwait 1–1 Yemen
Thekr Allah 19' Report[link removed] Al-Dahi 71' (pen.)
Attendance: 100
Iran 3–1 Laos
Mazloum 17', 48'
Hosseini 19' (pen.)		 Report[link removed] Noyvong 2'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Laos 3–4 Kuwait
Phanthavong 24'
Kettavong 28'
Noyvong 37' (pen.)		 Report[link removed] Marzouq 26', 90+1'
Keola red-colored football 32' (o.g.)
Alajmi 90+2'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Yemen 1–4 Iran
Al-Dahi 3' Report[link removed] Rigi 54'
Ezzatollahi 61'
Jafari 65'
Karamolachaab 81'
Attendance: 421
Referee: Maasaki Toma (Japan)
Iran 2–1 Kuwait
Hosseini 40'
Shojaei 62'		 Report[link removed] Thekr Allah 27'
Attendance: 510
Yemen 1–2 Laos
Al-Dahi 45' Report[link removed] Mahdi red-colored football 12' (o.g.)
Kettavong 70'
Attendance: 50

Group B

Iraq and Australia played a penalty shootout after their final group match to determine the group winner, in which Iraq won that 3–2.[6]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 321041+37
Australia Australia 321041+37
 Oman 310256−13
 Thailand 300327−50
Australia Australia2–0 Thailand
Tombides 14'
MacDonald 29'		 Report[link removed]
Attendance: 183
Iraq 2–1 Oman
Abdul-Zahra 5'
Majed 35'		 Report[link removed] Al-Rushadi 61'
Attendance: 150
Thailand 0–2 Iraq
Report[link removed] Karim 63'
M. Lateef 65'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Naser Al Ghafari (Jordan)
Oman 1–2Australia Australia
Al-Rushadi 52' (pen.) Report[link removed] MacDonald 16'
Baldacchino 87'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Australia Australia0–0 Iraq
Report[link removed]
Penalties
2–3
Attendance: 150
Oman 3–2 Thailand
Al-Alawi 40'
Mubarak 55'
Al-Rushadi 72'		 Report[link removed] Puangbut 8'
Thongma 17'
Attendance: 55
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 330071+69
 Japan 320163+36
 North Korea 310227−53
 Saudi Arabia 300315−40
North Korea 0–3 South Korea
Report[link removed] Hwang Hee-Chan 18', 58', 67'
Attendance: 331
Japan 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Sasaki 44'
Sugimoto 56'		 Report[link removed]
Attendance: 200
South Korea 3–1 Japan
Hwang Hee-Chan 13'
Choi Ju-Yong 42'
Ko Min-hyuk 89'		 Report[link removed] Ogawa 23'
Attendance: 350
Saudi Arabia 1–2 North Korea
Al-Qahtani 54' Report[link removed] Ri Ryong 48'
Ri Kwang-Song 82'
Attendance: 237
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
North Korea 0–3 Japan
Report[link removed] Nakamura 14'
Sugimoto 49'
Ogawa 82'
Attendance: 150
Saudi Arabia 0–1 South Korea
Report[link removed] Jeong Hun-U 62'
Attendance: 62
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Syria 312021+15
 Uzbekistan 31114404
 China 30304403
 India 302145−12
Uzbekistan 3–2 India
Odilov 8'
Abdullaev 53' (pen.)
Abdiganiyev 79'		 Report[link removed] Rai 47', 71'
Attendance: 100
Syria 1–1 China
Kurdaghli 90+4' Report[link removed] Zhang Yuning 48'
Attendance: 100
India 0–0 Syria
Report[link removed]
Attendance: 150
China 1–1 Uzbekistan
Hu Jinghang 43' Report[link removed] Boltaboev 16'
Attendance: 100
Uzbekistan 0–1 Syria
Report[link removed] Alhusni 33'
Attendance: 20
Referee: Maasaki Toma (Japan)
China 2–2 India
Wang Jinxian 21'
Zhang Yuning 33'		 Report[link removed] Lalhlimpuia 19'
Mendes 90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Naser Al Ghafari (Jordan)

Knockout stage

Knockout Map

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 September
 
 
 Iran5
 
3 October
 
 Australia1
 
 Iran2
 
30 September
 
 Uzbekistan3
 
 South Korea1(3)
 
6 October
 
 Uzbekistan1(5)
 
 Uzbekistan1(3)
 
30 September
 
 Japan1(1)
 
 Iraq3
 
3 October
 
 Kuwait1
 
 Iraq1
 
30 September
 
 Japan5
 
 Syria1
 
 
 Japan2
 

Quarterfinals

Iraq 3–1 Kuwait
Kadhim 59'
Salman 74'
Majed 80'		 Report Alasfour 68'
Attendance: 500
South Korea 1–1 Uzbekistan
Hwang Hee-Chan 90+4' Report Turaev 64'
Penalties
Yoo Won-Jong football with check mark
Hwang Hee-Chan football with red X
Lee Gun football with check mark
Lim Eun-Su football with check mark		 3–5 football with check mark Komilov
football with check mark Abdullaev
football with check mark Shukurov
football with check mark Mirzaev
football with check mark Abbasov
Attendance: 200
Iran 5–1 Australia
Ezzatollahi 31' (pen.)
Karamolachaab 35', 90+3'
Bazaj 61'
Rigi 81'		 Report[link removed] Antoniou 88'
Attendance: 3,850
Referee: Maasaki Toma (Japan)
Syria 1–2 Japan
Kurdaghli 87' Report Sugimori 80'
Sugimoto 82'
Attendance: 197

Semifinals

Iran 2–3 Uzbekistan
Hosseini 4'
Mazloum 88'		 Report Khamdamov 13'
Abdullaev 35'
Shukurov 42'
Attendance: 3,050
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Iraq 1–5 Japan
Sami 59' Report Onishi 9'
Kitagawa 18', 88'
Watanabe 67'
Sasaki 68'
Attendance: 537

Final

Winners

 AFC U-16 Championship 2012 winners 

Uzbekistan
First title

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The four semi-finalists qualified for 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Goalscorers

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

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

  1. ↑ "Sugimoto scoops MVP Award". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 7 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 AFC to put best foot forward The AFC. 23 November 2011. Retrieved on 2011-11-23.
  3. ↑ "U16, U19, Olym, WC q'fiers draw on Mar 30". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2 March 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "U-16 Draw procedures confirmed". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  5. ↑ "2012 Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Australia 0–0 Iraq (2–3 pens)". the-afc.com. 26 September 2012.
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