2020 AFC U-16 Championship

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2020 AFC U-16 Championship
بطولة آسيا تحت 16 سنة 2020
AFC U16 logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryBahrain
DatesCancelled [1]
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
2018
2023

The 2020 AFC U-16 Championship would have been the 19th 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 was scheduled to take place in Bahrain, who had been appointed as the host by the AFC on 17 September 2019. [2] It was originally scheduled between 16 September and 3 October 2020, but was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [4]

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The AFC announced the cancellation of the tournament on 25 January 2021, leaving the hosting rights for the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup with Bahrain. [1]

Originally, the top four teams of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru as the AFC representatives. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic, the 2021 U-17 World Cup was also cancelled, with hosting rights for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup still with Peru. [5]

This edition was expected to be the last to be played as an under-16 tournament, as the AFC have proposed switching the tournament from under-16 to under-17 starting from 2023. [6]

Japan were the defending champions.

Qualification

Qualifying was played from 14 – 22 September 2019. [7] Bahrain also participated in the qualifiers, even though they had already qualified automatically as hosts.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. [8]

TeamQualified asAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Hosts8thRunners-up (1988)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Group A winners4thRunners-up (2018)
Flag of India.svg  India Group B winners9thQuarter-finals (2002, 2018)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Group C winners12thChampions (2008)
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Group D winners11thChampions (1985, 1988)
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Group E winners11thChampions (1990)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Group F winners8thRunners-up (1990)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Group G winners15thChampions (1992, 2004)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Group H winners7thSemi-finals (2010, 2014, 2018)
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Group I winners12thChampions (2010, 2014)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Group J winners16thChampions (1994, 2006, 2018)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Group K winners15thChampions (1986, 2002)
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 1st best runners-up 6thRunners-up (2002)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2nd best runners-up 7thFourth place (1990)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 3rd best runners-up 10thChampions (2012)
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 4th best runners-up 11thChampions (1996, 2000)

Draw

The draw of the final tournament was held on 18 June 2020, 14:30 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. [9] [10] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Bahrain automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  1. Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain (hosts)
  2. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  3. Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
  4. Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Final Draw (prior to the tournament's cancellation)
Group AFlag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Group BFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Group CFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Group DFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

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