# 2012 AFC U-19 Championship

The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship is the 37th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved UAE as hosts of the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship on 23 November 2011. The top four teams will qualify directly to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosted by Turkey.

## Hosts

The Organising Committee announced that Bangladesh, Iran, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan had expressed an interest to host the finals.
The decision of the Committee, the member associations should qualify for the finals to be eligible to host the competition. The decision on the hosts was taken in the committee’s next meeting on 23 November 2011 based on the results of the qualifiers.

## Venues

| Cities | Venues | Capacity |
| Fujairah | Fujairah Club Stadium | 5,000 |
| Ras al-Khaimah | Emirates Club Stadium | 3,000 |

## Qualification

The qualification draw was held on 30 March 2011.

### Qualifiers

| Australia  China  Iran  Iraq | Japan  Jordan  North Korea  South Korea | Kuwait  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  Syria | Thailand  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan  Vietnam |

## Draw

The draw for the Final tournament was held on 13 May 2012 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
| Pot 1 (host & seeds) | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| United Arab Emirates  North Korea  Australia  South Korea | Saudi Arabia  Japan  Uzbekistan  China | Syria  Iran  Vietnam  Thailand | Jordan  Iraq  Qatar  Kuwait |

## Group stage

All times are UTC+04:00.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Iraq | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 |
| North Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
| Syria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 |
| Qatar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |

## Knockout stage
### Knockout map

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 11 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | 11 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | | | |
| Iran | 1 | | | |
| Iran | 1 | 14 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | 14 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | | |
| South Korea | 4 | 14 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | 14 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | |
| South Korea | 4 | South Korea | 3 | |
| 11 November 2012 – Fujairah | 11 November 2012 – Fujairah | | South Korea | 3 | |
| 11 November 2012 – Fujairah | 11 November 2012 – Fujairah | Uzbekistan | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan (p.) | 2 (3) | Uzbekistan | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan (p.) | 2 (3) | | | | 17 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | 17 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah |
| Syria | 2 (0) | | | | 17 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | 17 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah |
| Syria | 2 (0) | | | | South Korea (p.) | 1 (4) |
| 11 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | 11 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | | | | | South Korea (p.) | 1 (4) |
| 11 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | 11 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | | | | Iraq | 1 (1) |
| Iraq | 2 | | | | Iraq | 1 (1) |
| Iraq | 2 | 14 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | 14 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | | | |
| Japan | 1 | 14 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | 14 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah | | | |
| Japan | 1 | Iraq | 2 | | | |
| 11 November 2012 – Fujairah | 11 November 2012 – Fujairah | | Iraq | 2 | | | |
| 11 November 2012 – Fujairah | 11 November 2012 – Fujairah | Australia | 0 | |
| Australia | 3 | Australia | 0 | |
| Jordan | 0 | | | |

### Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

### Final
## Winners

* 2012 AFC U-19 Championship winners
* South Korea 12th title

## Goalscorers

There were 93 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.
7 goals
* Igor Sergeev
6 goals
* Corey Gameiro
* Mahmoud Maowas
5 goals
* Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
4 goals
* Moon Chang-Jin
3 goals
* Hossein Fazeli
* Bilal Qwaider
* Fahad Al-Muwallad
2 goals
* Alireza Jahanbakhsh
* Mohammed Jabbar Shokan
* Kang Sang-Woo
* Kim Seung-jun
* Ahmed Alaaeldin
* Ahmed Al-Shehri
* Timur Khakimov
1 goal
* Feng Gang
* Wu Xinghan
* Sardar Azmoun
* Behnam Barzay
* Rouzbeh Cheshmi
* Valid Mashaeizadeh
* Ehsan Pahlavan
* Jawad Kadhim
* Ahmad Abbas
* Ali Adnan
* Takuya Iwanami
* Shinya Yajima
* Laith Al-Bashtawi
* Ahmed Al-Issawi
* Fadi Awad
* Saleh Rateb
* Jang Kuk-Chol
* Jong Kwang-Sok
* Kang Nam-Gwon
* Kim Ju-Song
* Pak Myong-Song
* Ri Ji-Song
* Heo Yong-joon
* Kwon Chang-Hoon
* Lee Gwang-Hoon
* Mohammad Al-Fahad
* Saleh Bader Al Yazidi
* Musaab Khidir Mohamed
* Saleh Al-Shehri
* Adnan Al-Taki
* Hamid Mido
* Samer Salem
* Nguyễn Thanh Hiền
* Nguyễn Xuân Nam
* Perapat Notchaiya
* Thitipan Puangchan
* Woranat Thongkruea
* Saif Rashid
* Yousif Saeed
* Maksimilian Fomin
* Ihtiyor Tashpulatov
1 own goal
* Sardor Rakhmanov (against Jordan)

## Awards

* Top scorer: Igor Sergeev
* MVP: Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
* Best Goalkeeper: Mohammed Hameed
* Fair play team: Iraq

## Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Top 4 teams qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
* Australia
* Iraq
* South Korea
* Uzbekistan