Kejohanan Remaja B-16 AFC 2018 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Malaysia |
Dates | 20 September – 7 October |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Japan (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Tajikistan |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 31 |
Goals scored | 97 (3.13 per match) |
Attendance | 62,582 (2,019 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Noah Botic Shoji Toyama Luqman Hakim (5 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Jun Nishikawa |
Fair play award | Japan |
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.
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.
Qualifying was played on 16–29 September 2017. [3] Malaysia also participated in the qualifiers, even though they had already qualified automatically as hosts.
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. [4]
Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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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:
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 | ||
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Bukit Jalil National Stadium | UM Arena Stadium | Petaling Jaya Stadium | |
Capacity: 87,411 | Capacity: 1,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | |
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 |
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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]
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
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]
All times are local, MYT (UTC+8).
Matchday | Dates | Matches |
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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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 [lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Malaysia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] |
Malaysia | 6–2 | Tajikistan |
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Thailand | 4–2 | Malaysia |
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Tajikistan | 0–0 | Japan |
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Thailand | 1–2 | Tajikistan |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
North Korea | 2–2 | Jordan |
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Jordan | 2–2 | Oman |
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Yemen | 0–1 | North Korea |
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North Korea | 3–1 | Oman |
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Yemen | 5–1 | Jordan |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Indonesia | 1–1 | Vietnam |
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India | 0–0 | Indonesia |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Iraq | 2–1 | Afghanistan |
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South Korea | 3–0 | Australia |
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Afghanistan | 0–7 | South Korea |
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Iraq | 0–2 | South Korea |
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In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out without extra time was used to decide the winners if necessary. [8]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
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Japan | 2 | |||||||||
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Oman | 1 | |||||||||
Japan | 3 | |||||||||
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Australia | 1 | |||||||||
Indonesia | 2 | |||||||||
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Australia | 3 | |||||||||
Japan | 1 | |||||||||
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Tajikistan | 0 | |||||||||
North Korea | 1 (2) | |||||||||
4 October – Petaling Jaya | ||||||||||
Tajikistan (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
Tajikistan (p) | 1 (7) | |||||||||
1 October – Petaling Jaya | ||||||||||
South Korea | 1 (6) | |||||||||
South Korea | 1 | |||||||||
India | 0 | |||||||||
The winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Japan | 2–1 | Oman |
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North Korea | 1–1 | Tajikistan |
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Indonesia | 2–3 | Australia |
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South Korea | 1–0 | India |
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Japan | 3–1 | Australia |
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Tajikistan | 1–1 | South Korea |
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Japan | 1–0 | Tajikistan |
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2018 AFC U-16 Championship |
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Japan Third title |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Top Goalscorer [11] | Most Valuable Player [11] | Fair Play award [11] |
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Luqman Hakim [note 3] | Jun Nishikawa | Japan |
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
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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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 [lower-alpha 1] | |
12 | Malaysia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 [lower-alpha 1] | |
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 |
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 |
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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) |
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