2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
The 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification decided the participating teams of the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship. The tournament is the 39th edition of the AFC U-19 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia.
A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Bahrain who qualified automatically as hosts but also competed in the qualifying stage.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acts as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top four teams of the final tournament will qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea as the AFC representatives, besides South Korea who qualified automatically as hosts. If South Korea are among the top four teams, the fifth-placed team (i.e., the losing quarter-finalist with the best record in the tournament) will also qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Draw
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 5 June 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. A total of 43 teams entered the qualifying stage and were drawn into ten groups.
West Zone, with 25 entrants from Central Asia, South Asia and West Asia, had one group of five teams and five groups of four teams.
East Zone, with 18 entrants from ASEAN and East Asia, had two groups of five teams and two groups of four teams.
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2014.
Note:
1 Non-FIFA member, ineligible for U-20 World Cup.
Player eligibility
Players born on or after 1 January 1997 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
Format
In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue. The ten group winners and the five best runners-up from all groups qualify for the final tournament. If Bahrain are one of the group winners or best runners-up, the sixth-best runner-up also qualifies 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.
Groups
The matches are played between 28 September – 6 October 2015 for Groups G and H (five-team groups); 2–6 October 2015 for all other groups (four-team groups).
Group A
All matches were held in Bangladesh.
Times listed are UTC+6.
Group B
All matches were held in Saudi Arabia.
Times listed are UTC+3.
Group C
All matches were held in Palestine.
Times listed are UTC+3.
Group D
All matches were held in Qatar.
Times listed are UTC+3.
Group E
All matches were held in Iran.
Times listed are UTC+3:30.
Group F
All matches were held in Tajikistan.
Times listed are UTC+5.
Group G
All matches were held in Myanmar.
Times listed are UTC+6:30.
Group H
All matches were held in Thailand.
Times listed are UTC+7.
Group I
All matches were held in China
Times listed are UTC+8.
Group J
All matches were held in Laos.
Times listed are UTC+7.
Ranking of second-placed teams
The ranking among the runner-up team of all groups are determined as follows:
Greater number of points obtained in the group matches;
Greater goal difference resulting from the group matches;
Greater number of goals scored in group matches;
Greater number of wins in the group matches;
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.
In order to ensure equality when comparing the runner-up team of all groups, the results of the matches against the fifth-placed team in the groups having five teams are ignored due to the other groups having only four teams.
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
3 As South Vietnam
2 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Goalscorers
6 goals
Majid Lafi
5 goals
Zhang Yuning
Yu Chia-huang
Reza Karamolachaab
Han Il-hyok
4 goals
Jasim Marhoon
Alaa Abbas
Abdulrahman Al-Yami
Kang Ji-hoon
Lee Dong-jun
3 goals
Steve Kuzmanovski
Ngan Cheuk Pan
Nima Mokhtari
Reza Shekari
Koki Ogawa
Jafri Firdaus Chew
Sayed Issa
Khalid Muneer
Hami Syahin
Choe Ik-jin
Jeong Tae-wook
Kim Si-woo
Khotam Alisheri
Anon Amornlerdsak
Suksan Mungpao
Bobir Abdixolikov
Doston Ibragimov
Hà Đức Chinh
2 goals
Masuk Mia Jony
Gao Haisheng
Gao Huaze
Lin Liangming
Shan Huanhuan
Chao Ming-hsiu
Chen Hung-wei
Cheng Chun-hsien
Mohammed Hasan
Jasim Mohammed
Ameer Sabah
Yuto Iwasaki
Akito Takagi
Tsubasa Yoshihira
Aung Zin Phyo
Asad Al-Awadi
Abdullah Al-Ahrak
Hazem Shehata
Ayman Al-Khulaif
Irfan Fandi
Haiqal Pashia
Gareth Low
Kim Dae-won
Kim Moo-gun
Kim Seok-jin
Afam Akram
Nuriddin Khamrokulov
Ehson Panjshanbe
Amirdzhon Safarov
Sorawit Panthong
Ritthidet Phensawat
Henrique Cruz
Nelson Viegas
Mihail Titow
Hassan Al-Noobi
Jassem Yaqoub
Sanjar Kodirkulov
Nurillo Tukhtasinov
Hồ Minh Dĩ
1 goal
Reza Allah Yari
Nicholas D'Agostino
Alusine Fofanah
George Mells
Dejan Pandurevic
Mario Shabow
Sayed Ahmed
Talal Ali Al-Naar
Sayed Ebrahim
Mannaf Rabby
Sonam Tobgay
Yan Dinghao
Yang Liyu
Yao Daogang
Kao Wei-jie
Wang Li-an
Chan Pak Hei
Cheng Chin Lung
Hirokane Harima
Matthew Ho
Nima Daghestani
Mohammad Khorram
Omid Noorafkan
Ali Shojaei
Amjad Attwan
Hiroki Noda
Daisuke Sakai
Ahmad Harbi Abdallah
Anas Ahmad Mahmoud Hammad
Hijazi Maher Hijazi
Abdallah Ibrahim She
Abdullah Karam
Khaled Al Enezi
Naser Saeed
Ernist Batyrkanov
Kadyrbek Shaarbekov
Uulu Yrysbek
Maitee Hatsady
Thanin Phanthavong
Alex Boutros
Ali Bahor
Joseph Michel Lahoud
Hussein Monzer
Jorge Marcelo Vitorino
Danial Ashraf
Aung Moe Thu
Htoo Kyant Lwin
Ye Yint Aung
Zin Phyo Aung
Bimal Magar
Jon Chung-il
Pak Kwang-chon
Zahir Al-Aghbari
Talal Al-Awadi
Mohsin Al-Ghassani
Mohammed Obaid
Munther Shobaki
Mahmoud Yousef
Javier Gayoso
Abdelrahman Moustafa
Bassam Al-Rawai
Tarek Salman
Mohammad Al-Bassas
Fahad Al-Harbi
Meshari Al-Kahtani
Ammar Al-Najar
Sami Al-Najei
Ariyan Malik
Justin Hui
Joshua Pereira
Karthik Raj
Shah Zulkarnean
Kim Geon-ung
Kim Jeong-hwan
Kwon Gi-pyo
Alaa Edeen Yasin Dali
Yousef Arafa
Sunatullo Kholov
Kuvvatbek Ravshanbekov
Wisarut Imura
Sirimongkhon Jitbanjong
Worachit Kanitsribampen
Rufino Gama
Begenç Akmämmedow
Guvanchmyrat Gurbangulyyev
Mohamed Al-Jnebi
Faisl Al-Matroushi
Ahmed Rashed
Mohamed Rahsid
Husniddin Gofurov
Sayidjamol Davlatjonov
Sharof Mukhiddinov
Sukhrob Nurulloev
Lâm Thuận
Nguyễn Quang Hải
Nguyễn Tiến Linh
Nguyễn Trọng Đại
Phạm Trọng Hóa
Trần Duy Khánh
Abdulhakim Ahmed
Mohammed Al-Huthaifi
1 own goal
Ashique Kuruniyan (against Afghanistan)
Terrence Thosert-Belcher (against Thailand)
Basheer Farawi (against United Arab Emirates)
References
External links
, the-AFC.com
Qualification
2016
U-19 Championship qualification