# 2014 AFC U-16 Championship

The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 16 and below. Thailand were approved as hosts of the competition on 25 April 2013. The tournament was held from 6 to 20 September 2014, with the top four teams qualifying for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.
North Korea won the tournament, and were joined by South Korea, Australia, and Syria as AFC qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

## Venues

| Bangkok | Nonthaburi |
| Rajamangala Stadium | Thunderdome Stadium |
| Capacity: 49,722 | Capacity: 15,000 |
| BangkokNonthaburiclass=notpageimage| Location of stadiums of the 2014 AFC U-16 Championship | |

## Qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 April 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

### Qualified teams

* Australia
* China
* Hong Kong
* Iran
* Japan
* Kuwait
* Malaysia
* Nepal
* North Korea
* Oman
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* South Korea
* Syria
* Thailand (hosts)
* Uzbekistan

## Draw

The draw for the competition was held on 6 April 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.
| Pot 1 (Host & Seeds) | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Thailand  Uzbekistan  Japan  Iran | South Korea  Syria  Kuwait  Australia | China  Oman  North Korea  Saudi Arabia | Qatar  Nepal  Malaysia  Hong Kong |

## Group stage

The top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.
* Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Goal difference in all the group matches;
* Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
* Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
* Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
* Drawing of lots.
All times are local (UTC+7).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 9 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 6 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 |
| Oman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 |
| North Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 |

### Group D

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

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 14 September 2014 | 14 September 2014 | | | |
| South Korea | 2 | | | |
| South Korea | 2 | 17 September 2014 | 17 September 2014 | | |
| Japan | 0 | 17 September 2014 | 17 September 2014 | |
| Japan | 0 | South Korea | 7 | |
| 14 September 2014 | 14 September 2014 | | South Korea | 7 | |
| 14 September 2014 | 14 September 2014 | Syria | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | Syria | 1 | |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | | | | 20 September 2014 | 20 September 2014 |
| Syria | 5 | | | | 20 September 2014 | 20 September 2014 |
| Syria | 5 | | | | South Korea | 1 |
| 14 September 2014 | 14 September 2014 | | | | | South Korea | 1 |
| 14 September 2014 | 14 September 2014 | | | | North Korea | 2 |
| Australia | 2 | | | | North Korea | 2 |
| Australia | 2 | 17 September 2014 | 17 September 2014 | | | |
| Malaysia | 1 | 17 September 2014 | 17 September 2014 | | | |
| Malaysia | 1 | Australia | 1 (1) | | | |
| 14 September 2014 | 14 September 2014 | | Australia | 1 (1) | | | |
| 14 September 2014 | 14 September 2014 | North Korea (p) | 1 (4) | |
| Iran | 0 (2) | North Korea (p) | 1 (4) | |
| North Korea (p) | 0 (4) | | | |

### Final
## Winners

* AFC U-16 Championship 2014 winners
* North Korea Second title

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from AFC qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup |
| Australia | 14 September 2018 | 11 (1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011) |
| North Korea | 14 September 2018 | 3 (2005, 2007, 2011) |
| South Korea | 14 September 2018 | 4 (1987, 2003, 2007, 2009) |
| Syria | 14 September 2018 | 1 (2007) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
    $^2$ Australia qualified as a member of the OFC between 1985 and 2005.

## Awards

| Award | Winner |
| Top scorer | Lee Seung-woo |
| MVP | Lee Seung-woo |
| Fair Play Award | South Korea |

## Goalscorers
### 5 goals

* Lee Seung-woo

### 4 goals

* Cameron Joice
* Han Kwang-song
* Anas Al-Aji

### 3 goals

* Choe Song-hyok
* Hassan Palang
* Abd Al-Rahman Barakat
* Sukhrob Nurulloev

### 2 goals

* Jake Brimmer
* Reza Karimi
* Reza Shekari
* Suga Daiki
* Jong Chang-bom
* Muhammad Najmuddin
* Jang Gyeol-hee
* Mohammad Jaddoua
* Jonibek Kuchimov
* Mahmudxojiyev Shokhrukh

### 1 goal

* Daniel Arzani
* Jackson Bandiera
* Charlie Devereux
* Daniel Maskin
* Kosta Petratos
* Jamal Reiners
* Duan Liuyu
* He Xin
* Mohammad Shamsi
* Mohammad Soltanimehr
* Ryosuke Nagasawa
* Doan Ritsu
* Sasaki Takumi
* Yasui Takuya
* Onozawa Toshiki
* Salem Al-Bariki
* Abdulaziz Al-Hadiyah
* Khaled Mohammad
* Kogileswaran Raj
* Muhammad Syazwan
* Bimal Magar
* Kiran Sunar
* Ananta Tamang
* Ju Hyon-hyok
* Pak Yong-gwan
* Mohammad Al-Ubaidani
* Dhakil Al-Yahmadi
* Khalid Mazeed
* Mashhour Abdullah
* Khalid Dubaysh
* Choi Jae-young
* Hwang Tae-hyoen
* Jang Jae-won
* Kim Jung-min
* Lee Sang-heon
* Lee Sang-min
* Park Sang-hyeok
* You Ju-an
* Yu Seung-min
* Naeim Naem
* Samart Authairatsamee
* Saveliy Abramov
* Abdugani Ganijonov
* Khudoberdi Kholikov

### Own goal

* Shabaib Al-Khaldi (playing against Nepal)

### 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 | North Korea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 11 | Champion |
| 2 | South Korea | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 15 | Runner-up |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 13 | Third place |
| 4 | Syria | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 8 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Iran | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 7 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 8 | Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 9 | Nepal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | Thailand (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 11 | China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 12 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 14 | Oman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 15 | Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 16 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |