2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification
The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification was a men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts.
The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil.
Draw
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 4 December 2014, 11:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A total of 43 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage and were drawn into ten groups.
West Zone had 23 entrants from Central Asia, South Asia and West Asia (excluding hosts Qatar who did not enter the qualifying stage), where they were drawn into three groups of five teams and two groups of four teams
East Zone had 20 entrants from ASEAN and East Asia, where they were drawn into five groups of four teams.
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2013.
Notes
1 Non-IOC member, ineligible for Olympics.
Format
In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The ten group winners and the best five runners-up from all groups qualified for the final tournament.
Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:
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;
If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
Goal difference in all the group matches;
Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
Penalty shoot-out 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 (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
Drawing of lots.
Group stage
The matches were played between 23 and 31 March 2015 for Groups A and C (five-team groups); 27–31 March 2015 for Groups D–J (four-team groups); 16–20 May 2015 for Group B (due to postponement).
Group A
All matches were held in Oman.
Times listed were UTC+4.
Group B
All matches were originally scheduled to be held in Pakistan, between 23 and 31 March 2015 at Punjab Stadium, Lahore, but were postponed due to safety and security reasons after bombings and civil unrest in the city.
All matches were later scheduled to be held in the United Arab Emirates between 16 and 24 May 2015. After the withdrawal of Turkmenistan, the dates were shortened to 16–20 May 2015.
Times listed were UTC+4.
Group C
All matches were held in Iran.
Times listed were UTC+4:30.
Group D
All matches were held in United Arab Emirates.
Times listed were UTC+4.
Group E
All matches were held in Bangladesh.
Times listed were UTC+6.
Group F
All matches were held in Taiwan.
Times listed were UTC+8.
Group G
All matches were held in Thailand.
Times listed were UTC+7.
Group H
All matches were held in Indonesia.
Times listed were UTC+7.
Group I
All matches were held in Malaysia.
Times listed were UTC+8.
Group J
All matches were held in Laos.
Times listed were UTC+7.
Ranking of second-placed teams
In order to ensure equality when comparing the runner-up team of all groups, the results of the matches against the 5th-placed team in Groups A and C were ignored due to the other groups having only four teams.
The best runner-up teams among those ranked second in the groups were determined as follows:
Greater number of points obtained from group matches identified by AFC;
Goal difference resulting from group matches identified by AFC;
Greater number of goals scored in group matches identified by AFC;
Greater number of wins in group matches identified by AFC;
Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in group matches identified by AFC (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
Drawing of lots.
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
2 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Goalscorers
6 goals
Omar Khribin
5 goals
Jamie Maclaren
4 goals
Sardar Azmoun
Mahdi Kamel
Amjad Waleed
Baha' Faisal
Faisal Al-Azemi
Saud Al-Farsi
Nguyễn Công Phượng
3 goals
Andrew Hoole
Amir Arsalan Motahari
Mahmoud Al-Mardi
Hatem Al-Hamhami
Mahmoud Maowas
Lê Thanh Bình
2 goals
Connor Pain
Komail Al-Aswad
Chan Vathanaka
Chen Hao
Feng Gang
Wu Xinghan
Xie Pengfei
Xu Xin
Muchlis Hadi
Ayman Hussein
Bashar Rasan
Shoya Nakajima
Gakuto Notsuda
Laith Al-Bashtawi
Saleh Rateb
Jeong Seung-hyun
Kim Seung-jun
Moon Chang-jin
Sitthideth Khanthavong
Alexis Khazzaka
Hlaing Bo Bo
Zon Moe Aung
Mohammed Maraaba
Fadi Zidan
Ahmed Al-Nathiri
Irfan Fandi
Pinyo Inpinit
Chenrop Samphaodi
Ahmed Rabia Gheilani
Yousif Saeed
Abbosbek Makhsatalliev
Sardor Rakhmanov
Yaser Ali Al-Gabr
Ayman Al-Hagri
1 goal
Sayed Mohammad Hashimi
Khalid Ahmad Sharif
Mustafa Amini
Joshua Brillante
Brad Smith
Jaushua Sotirio
Adam Taggart
Abdullah Al-Ajmi
Ali Madan
Sary Matnorotin
Prak Mony Udom
Soeuy Visal
Guo Hao
Li Yuanyi
Zang Yifeng
Ko Yu-ting
Wei Yu-jen
Wen Chih-hao
Leung Ka Hai
Leung Nok Hang
Evan Dimas
Manahati Lestusen
Ahmad Nufiandani
Adam Alis
Hansamu Yama
Behnam Barzay
Roozbeh Cheshmi
Alireza Jahanbakhsh
Milad Kamandani
Ali Karimi
Mohammad Hossein Moradmand
Shahin Saghebi
Ali Hisni
Abdul-Qadir Tariq
Wataru Endo
Yuya Kubo
Takumi Minamino
Musashi Suzuki
Yuta Toyokawa
Feras Shelbaieh
Ho Myong-chol
Jang Kuk-chol
Jang Ok-chol
Jo Kwang
Kim Ju-song
Pak Hyon-il
Ri Hyong-jin
So Kyong-jin
Jang Hyun-soo
Kim Hyun
Kwon Chang-hoon
Lee Chan-dong
Lee Chang-min
Lee Yong-jae
Mohammad Al-Nassar
Avazbek Otkeev
Tiny Bounmalay
Armisay Kettavong
Phoutthasay Khochalern
Soukchinda Natphasouk
Khonesavanh Sihavong
Mahmoud Siblini
Nazirul Naim Che Hashim
Syahrul Azwari Ibrahim
Wan Ahmad Amirzafran Wan Nadris
Mohamed Irufaan
Hamza Mohamed
Purevdorj Erdenebat
Mungunshagai Tsogtbaatar
Ishad Obaid Al-Abdul Salam
Omar Al-Fazari
Anwar Al-Hinai
Omar Al-Malki
Ahmed Al-Siyabi
Kaung Sat Naing
Nay Lin Tun
Saddam Hussain
Mansoor Khan
Mahmoud Abu Warda
Mahmoud Shaikh Qasem
Fitch Arboleda
Paolo Salenga
Mustafa Al-Bassas
Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi
Ryan Al-Mousa
Mohammed Al-Saiari
Saleh Al-Shehri
Abdulfattah Asiri
Abdullah Madu
Mahmood Al-Baher
Zohar Mohamed Zarwan
Jahongir Aliev
Jahongir Ergashev
Romish Jalilov
Firuz Rakhmatov
Navruz Rustamov
Parvizdzhon Umarbaev
Pakorn Prempak
Kasidech Wettayawong
Chaowat Veerachat
Agostinho
Ezequiel Fernandes
Henrique Cruz
Ahmed Barman
Khalfan Mubarak
Saif Rashid
Vladimir Kozak
Jaloliddin Masharipov
Igor Sergeev
Hồ Ngọc Thắng
Võ Huy Toàn
Waleed Al-Hubaishi
Mohammed Al-Sarori
Ala Addin Mahdi
1 own goal
Manas Karipov (playing against Pakistan)
Tang Hou Fai (playing against Japan)
Nadir Mabrook (playing against Iraq)
Saeed Awadh Al-Yami (playing against Iran)
Sunil Roshan (playing against United Arab Emirates)
References
External links
, The-AFC.com
Qualification
2016
U-23 Championship qualification
AFC