2012 AFC U-16 Championship

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2012 AFC U-16 Championship
مسابقات فوتبال زیر ۱۶ سال آسیا ۲۰۱۲
Hwang Hee-Chan
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Japan 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

Main article: 2012 AFC U-16 Championship 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 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
 Kuwait 3 1 1 1 6 6 +0 4
 
Laos
 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
 Yemen 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Kuwait 1–1 Yemen
Thekr Allah 19' Report Al-Dahi 71' (pen.)
Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates
)
Laos
Mazloum 17', 48'
Hosseini 19' (pen.)		 Report Noyvong 2'
Kyrgyzstan
)
Laos 
3–4 Kuwait
Phanthavong 24'
Kettavong 28'
Noyvong 37' (pen.)		 Report Marzouq 26', 90+1'
Keola 32' (o.g.)
Alajmi 90+2'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Yemen 1–4 Iran
Al-Dahi 3' Report
Ezzatollahi 61'
Jafari 65'
Karamolachaab
81'
Maasaki Toma (Japan
)
Iran 2–1 Kuwait
Hosseini 40'
Shojaei 62'		 Report Thekr Allah 27'
Uzbekistan
)
Laos
Al-Dahi 45' Report Mahdi 12' (o.g.)
Kettavong 70'

Group B

Iraq and Australia played a penalty shootout after their final group match to determine their ranking. Iraq won that 3–2.[6]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Iraq 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
Australia
 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
 Oman 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
 Thailand 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Australia Australia
2–0 Thailand
Tombides 14'
MacDonald 29'		 Report
Uzbekistan
)
Iraq 2–1 Oman
Abdul-Zahra 5'
Majed 35'		 Report Al-Rushadi 61'
Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 150
)
Thailand 0–2 Iraq
Report Karim 63'
M. Lateef 65'
Australia
Al-Rushadi 52' (pen.) Report MacDonald 16'
Baldacchino 87'
Australia Australia
0–0 Iraq
Report
Penalties
2–3
Oman 3–2 Thailand
Al-Alawi 40'
Mubarak 55'
Al-Rushadi 72'		 Report Puangbut 8'
Thongma 17'
Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 55
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain
)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
 Japan 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
 North Korea 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
North Korea 0–3 South Korea
Report
Hwang Hee-Chan
18', 58', 67'
Attendance: 331
Japan 2–0 Saudi Arabia
Sasaki 44'
Sugimoto 56'		 Report
Australia
)
South Korea 3–1 Japan
Choi Ju-Yong 42'
Ko Min-hyuk
89'		 Report Ogawa 23'
Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates
)
Saudi Arabia 1–2 North Korea
Al-Qahtani 54' Report Ri Ryong 48'
Ri Kwang-Song 82'
Kyrgyzstan
)
North Korea 0–3 Japan
Report Nakamura 14'
Sugimoto 49'
Ogawa 82'
Attendance: 150
Saudi Arabia 0–1 South Korea
Report Jeong Hun-U 62'
Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran
Attendance: 62
)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Syria 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
 Uzbekistan 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 China 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3
 
India
 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
India
Odilov 8'
Abdullaev 53' (pen.)
Abdiganiyev 79'		 Report Rai 47', 71'
Syria 1–1 China
Kurdaghli
90+4'		 Report Zhang Yuning 48'
India 
0–0 Syria
Report
Australia
)
China 1–1 Uzbekistan
Hu Jinghang 43' Report Boltaboev 16'
Uzbekistan 0–1 Syria
Report Alhusni 33'
India
Wang Jinxian 21'
Zhang Yuning 33'		 Report Lalhlimpuia 19'
Mendes 90+4' (pen.)

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'
Uzbekistan
)
South Korea 1–1 Uzbekistan
Hwang Hee-Chan
90+4'		 Report Turaev 64'
Penalties
Hwang Hee-Chan soccer ball with red X
Lee Gun soccer ball with check mark
Lim Eun-Su
soccer ball with check mark		 3–5 soccer ball with check mark Komilov
soccer ball with check mark Abdullaev
soccer ball with check mark Shukurov
soccer ball with check mark Mirzaev
soccer ball with check mark Abbasov
Iran 5–1 Australia
Ezzatollahi 31' (pen.)
Karamolachaab 35', 90+3'
Bazaj 61'
Rigi
81'		 Report Antoniou 88'
Syria 1–2 Japan
Kurdaghli
87'		 Report Sugimori 80'
Sugimoto 82'
Australia
)

Semifinals

Iran 2–3 Uzbekistan
Hosseini 4'
Mazloum 88'		 Report Khamdamov 13'
Abdullaev 35'
Shukurov 42'
Attendance: 3,050
Iraq 1–5 Japan
Sami 59' Report Onishi 9'
Kitagawa 18', 88'
Watanabe 67'
Sasaki 68'
Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates
)

Final

Uzbekistan 1–1 Japan
Turaev 52' Report Mizutani 6'
Penalties
Komilov soccer ball with check mark
Shukurov soccer ball with check mark
Mirzaev soccer ball with check mark		 3–1 soccer ball with check mark
Miyoshi
soccer ball with red X Sugimoto
soccer ball with red X Sugimori
soccer ball with red X Kitagawa
Attendance: 213

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

  • Hwang Hee-Chan

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Kuwait
    )
  • Laos
    )

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
1  Uzbekistan 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9 Champion
2  Japan 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 13 Runner-up
3  Iran (H) 5 4 0 1 16 7 +9 12 Third place
4  Iraq 5 3 1 1 8 7 +1 10 Fourth place
5  South Korea 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6  Australia 4 2 1 1 5 6 −1 7
7  Syria 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
8  Kuwait 4 1 1 2 7 9 −2 4
9  China 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3 Eliminated in
group stage
10  Oman 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
11  Laos 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
12  North Korea 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
13  India 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
14  Yemen 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
15  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
16  Thailand 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

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. ^ a b 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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