2014 AFC U-19 Championship

2014 AFC U-19 Championship
The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship was the 38th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 19 and below. Myanmar were approved as hosts of the competition on 25 April 2013. The tournament was held from 9 to 23 October 2014, with the top four teams qualifying for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.
Qatar won the tournament, and were joined by North Korea, hosts Myanmar, and Uzbekistan as AFC qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Venues
Qualification
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 April 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Qualified teams
(hosts)
Draw
The draw for the competition was held on 24 April 2014 in Yangon, Myanmar.
Squads
Only players born on or after 1 January 1995 are eligible to compete in the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).
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+6:30).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.
Quarter-finals
Winners qualified for 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Semi-finals
Final
Winners
Qualified teams for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup:
(winners)
(runners-up)
(semi-finalists) (debut)
(semi-finalists)
Awards
Goalscorers
5 goals
Jo Kwang-myong
Ahmed Al Saadi
Zabikhillo Urinboev
4 goals
Takumi Minamino
Akram Afif
3 goals
Kim Gun-hee
Nyein Chan Aung
Almoez Ali
Patiphan Pinsermsootsri
2 goals
Wei Shihao
Emad Mohsin
Kim Yu-song
So Jong-hyok
Aung Thu
Chenrop Samphaodi
Ahmed Al Attas
Hoàng Thanh Tùng
1 goal
Brandon Borrello
Jaushua Sotirio
Stefan Mauk
Gui Hong
Tang Shi
Wei Jingzong
Dimas Drajad
Paulo Sitanggang
Amin Mazloum
Yousef Seyyedi
Sadegh Moharrami
Ayman Hussein
Alaa Ali Mhawi
Layth Tahseen
Sherko Karim
Bashar Rasan
Yosuke Ideguchi
Shinnosuke Nakatani
Masaya Okugawa
Kim Kuk-chol
Paik Seung-ho
Hwang Hee-chan
Lee Jung-bin
Shim Je-hyeok
Than Paing
Marwan Mubarak
Ahmed Moein
Serigne Abdou Thiam
Thanasit Siriphala
Mohamed Al-Akbari
Abdullah Ghanem
Saeed Jassem
Khalfan Mubarak
Ahmed Rabee
Dostonbek Khamdamov
Otabek Shukurov
Eldor Shomurodov
Ahmed Al-Sarori
Khaled Hussein
Gehad Mohammed
Own goal
Alaa Ali Shiyadi (playing against Iraq)
References
External links
, the-AFC.com
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2014 in Burmese football
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October 2014 sports events in Asia