بطولة آسيا تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم 2016 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Qatar |
Dates | 12–30 January |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Japan (1st title) |
Runners-up | South Korea |
Third place | Iraq |
Fourth place | Qatar |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 103 (3.22 per match) |
Attendance | 93,639 (2,926 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Ahmed Alaa (6 goals) |
Best player(s) | Shoya Nakajima |
Fair play award | Japan |
The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the 2016 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) was the second edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Qatar between 12–30 January 2016. [1] [2] A total of 16 teams compete in the tournament. The tournament was also renamed from the "AFC U-22 Championship" to the "AFC U-23 Championship". [1]
For the first time, the AFC U-23 Championship acted as the AFC qualifiers for the Olympic football tournament, replacing the previous process of home-and-away Olympic qualifiers. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil as the AFC representatives. [3]
Japan won the tournament with a 3–2 final win over South Korea. Both finalists and third-placed Iraq qualified for the Olympics. [4]
Qatar was one of the countries which came forward wishing to host the finals competition. [5] They were selected over the other bidding nations Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran. [1]
The qualifiers draw was held on Thursday, 4 December 2014. [6] A total of 43 teams were drawn into ten groups, with the ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualifying for the final tournament, together with Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts. [7]
Qualification rounds were played between 23–31 March 2015, [8] except for Group B which was scheduled to be held in Lahore, Pakistan, but was postponed due to the Lahore church bombings.
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. [9]
Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
---|---|---|---|
Qatar | Hosts | 1st | Debut |
Iraq | Group A winners | 2nd | Champions ( 2013) |
Jordan | Group B winners | 2nd | Third place ( 2013) |
Saudi Arabia | Group C winners | 2nd | Runners-up ( 2013) |
United Arab Emirates | Group D winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals ( 2013) |
Syria | Group E winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals ( 2013) |
Australia | Group F winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals ( 2013) |
North Korea | Group G winners | 2nd | Group stage ( 2013) |
South Korea | Group H winners | 2nd | Fourth place ( 2013) |
Japan | Group I winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals ( 2013) |
China | Group J winners | 2nd | Group stage ( 2013) |
Thailand | 1st best runners-up ( Group G) | 1st | Debut |
Iran | 2nd best runners-up ( Group C) | 2nd | Group stage ( 2013) |
Vietnam | 3rd best runners-up ( Group I) | 1st | Debut |
Yemen | 4th best runners-up ( Group D) | 2nd | Group stage ( 2013) |
Uzbekistan | 5th best runners-up ( Group E) | 2nd | Group stage ( 2013) |
The tournament was held in four stadiums, located in the cities of Al Rayyan and Doha. [10]
Qatar | |||
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Al Rayyan | Doha | ||
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium ( Al-Sadd Stadium) |
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium ( Lekhwiya Stadium) |
Grand Hamad Stadium ( Al-Arabi Stadium) |
Suheim bin Hamad Stadium ( Qatar SC Stadium) |
Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
The draw for the final tournament was held on 12 September 2015, 12:00 AST ( UTC+3), at the Four Seasons Hotel in Doha, Qatar. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. [10] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous edition in 2013. [11]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
---|---|---|---|
Qatar (hosts; position A1) |
The following referees were chosen for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.
Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers). [12]
As the tournament was not held during the FIFA International Match Calendar, clubs were not obligated to release the players. [13]
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
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: [12]
All times were local, AST ( UTC+3). [14]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 |
Syria | 0–2 | Iran |
---|---|---|
Report |
Motahari 64' Mi. Mohammadi 72' |
Iran | 3–2 | China |
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Motahari 38' Pahlavan 40' Torabi 48' |
Report |
Chang Feiya 40' Liao Lisheng 70' ( pen.) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | North Korea | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 [a] | |
3 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 [a] | |
4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 [a] |
Japan | 1–0 | North Korea |
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Ueda 5' | Report |
Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | Thailand |
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Al-Saiari 71' | Report | Pinyo 84' |
North Korea | 3–3 | Saudi Arabia |
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Kim Yong-il 27' Yun Il-gwang 52' Jang Kuk-chol 85' |
Report |
Kanno 40' Al-Muwallad 62' Al-Ghamdi 69' |
North Korea | 2–2 | Thailand |
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Kim Yong-il 17' Thossawat 45' ( o.g.) |
Report |
Narubadin 30' Chanathip 78' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Iraq | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
3 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Yemen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
South Korea | 2–1 | Uzbekistan |
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Moon Chang-jin 20' ( pen.), 48' | Report | Khamdamov 57' |
Yemen | 0–5 | South Korea |
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Report |
Kwon Chang-hoon 14', 31', 41' Ryu Seung-woo 72' Kim Seung-jun 76' |
Iraq | 1–1 | South Korea |
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Waleed 90+2' | Report | Kim Hyun 22' |
Uzbekistan | 3–1 | Yemen |
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Sokhibov 18' Sergeev 68' Masharipov 90+3' |
Report | A. Al-Sarori 82' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Jordan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
Australia | 0–1 | United Arab Emirates |
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Report | Gallifuoco 86' ( o.g.) |
United Arab Emirates | 3–2 | Vietnam |
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Phạm Hoàng Lâm 64' (
o.g.) M. Al-Akbari 74' Al-Attas 78' ( pen.) |
Report |
Nguyễn Công Phượng 24' (
pen.) Nguyễn Tuấn Anh 68' |
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary. [12]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
22 January – Al Rayyan | ||||||||||
Qatar ( a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
26 January – Al Rayyan | ||||||||||
North Korea | 1 | |||||||||
Qatar | 1 | |||||||||
23 January – Doha (SBH) | ||||||||||
South Korea | 3 | |||||||||
South Korea | 1 | |||||||||
30 January – Doha (ABK) | ||||||||||
Jordan | 0 | |||||||||
South Korea | 2 | |||||||||
22 January – Doha (ABK) | ||||||||||
Japan | 3 | |||||||||
Japan ( a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||
26 January – Doha (ABK) | ||||||||||
Iran | 0 | |||||||||
Japan | 2 | |||||||||
23 January – Doha (GH) | ||||||||||
Iraq | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
United Arab Emirates | 1 | |||||||||
29 January – Al Rayyan | ||||||||||
Iraq ( a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||
Qatar | 1 | |||||||||
Iraq ( a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
Qatar | 2–1 ( a.e.t.) | North Korea |
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A. Afif 6' (
pen.) A. Assad 92' |
Report | So Kyong-jin 90+1' |
South Korea | 1–0 | Jordan |
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Moon Chang-jin 23' | Report |
United Arab Emirates | 1–3 ( a.e.t.) | Iraq |
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Mhawi 75' ( o.g.) | Report |
Husni 77' Abdul-Raheem 103' Waleed 120+3' |
Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.
Qatar | 1–3 | South Korea |
---|---|---|
A. Alaa 79' | Report |
Ryu Seung-woo 48' Kwon Chang-hoon 89' Moon Chang-jin 90+5' |
Winner qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.
South Korea | 2–3 | Japan |
---|---|---|
Kwon Chang-hoon 20' Jin Sung-wook 47' |
Report |
Asano 67', 81' Yajima 68' |
2016 AFC U-23 Championship |
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Japan First title |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Top Goalscorer [15] | Most Valuable Player [16] | Fair Play award [16] |
---|---|---|
Ahmed Alaa | Shoya Nakajima | Japan |
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 | Japan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 18 | Champions |
2 | South Korea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 13 | Runners-up |
3 | Iraq | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 13 | Third place |
4 | Qatar (H) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 12 | Fourth place |
5 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
6 | Iran | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | |
7 | Jordan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
8 | North Korea | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | |
9 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
10 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
11 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
12 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
13 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
14 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 | |
15 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | |
16 | Yemen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
The following three teams from AFC qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament 1 |
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Japan | 26 January 2016 | 9 ( 1936, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
South Korea | 26 January 2016 | 9 ( 1948, 1964, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
Iraq | 29 January 2016 | 4 ( 1980, 1984, 1988, 2004) |
Qatar, Syria and Yemen each had at least two players born on 1 January 1993, the cut off date for eligibility in this tournament. [24] [25]
بطولة آسيا تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم 2016 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Qatar |
Dates | 12–30 January |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Japan (1st title) |
Runners-up | South Korea |
Third place | Iraq |
Fourth place | Qatar |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 103 (3.22 per match) |
Attendance | 93,639 (2,926 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Ahmed Alaa (6 goals) |
Best player(s) | Shoya Nakajima |
Fair play award | Japan |
The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the 2016 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) was the second edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Qatar between 12–30 January 2016. [1] [2] A total of 16 teams compete in the tournament. The tournament was also renamed from the "AFC U-22 Championship" to the "AFC U-23 Championship". [1]
For the first time, the AFC U-23 Championship acted as the AFC qualifiers for the Olympic football tournament, replacing the previous process of home-and-away Olympic qualifiers. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil as the AFC representatives. [3]
Japan won the tournament with a 3–2 final win over South Korea. Both finalists and third-placed Iraq qualified for the Olympics. [4]
Qatar was one of the countries which came forward wishing to host the finals competition. [5] They were selected over the other bidding nations Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran. [1]
The qualifiers draw was held on Thursday, 4 December 2014. [6] A total of 43 teams were drawn into ten groups, with the ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualifying for the final tournament, together with Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts. [7]
Qualification rounds were played between 23–31 March 2015, [8] except for Group B which was scheduled to be held in Lahore, Pakistan, but was postponed due to the Lahore church bombings.
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. [9]
Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
---|---|---|---|
Qatar | Hosts | 1st | Debut |
Iraq | Group A winners | 2nd | Champions ( 2013) |
Jordan | Group B winners | 2nd | Third place ( 2013) |
Saudi Arabia | Group C winners | 2nd | Runners-up ( 2013) |
United Arab Emirates | Group D winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals ( 2013) |
Syria | Group E winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals ( 2013) |
Australia | Group F winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals ( 2013) |
North Korea | Group G winners | 2nd | Group stage ( 2013) |
South Korea | Group H winners | 2nd | Fourth place ( 2013) |
Japan | Group I winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals ( 2013) |
China | Group J winners | 2nd | Group stage ( 2013) |
Thailand | 1st best runners-up ( Group G) | 1st | Debut |
Iran | 2nd best runners-up ( Group C) | 2nd | Group stage ( 2013) |
Vietnam | 3rd best runners-up ( Group I) | 1st | Debut |
Yemen | 4th best runners-up ( Group D) | 2nd | Group stage ( 2013) |
Uzbekistan | 5th best runners-up ( Group E) | 2nd | Group stage ( 2013) |
The tournament was held in four stadiums, located in the cities of Al Rayyan and Doha. [10]
Qatar | |||
---|---|---|---|
Al Rayyan | Doha | ||
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium ( Al-Sadd Stadium) |
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium ( Lekhwiya Stadium) |
Grand Hamad Stadium ( Al-Arabi Stadium) |
Suheim bin Hamad Stadium ( Qatar SC Stadium) |
Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
The draw for the final tournament was held on 12 September 2015, 12:00 AST ( UTC+3), at the Four Seasons Hotel in Doha, Qatar. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. [10] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous edition in 2013. [11]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
---|---|---|---|
Qatar (hosts; position A1) |
The following referees were chosen for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.
Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers). [12]
As the tournament was not held during the FIFA International Match Calendar, clubs were not obligated to release the players. [13]
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
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: [12]
All times were local, AST ( UTC+3). [14]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Qatar (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 |
Syria | 0–2 | Iran |
---|---|---|
Report |
Motahari 64' Mi. Mohammadi 72' |
Iran | 3–2 | China |
---|---|---|
Motahari 38' Pahlavan 40' Torabi 48' |
Report |
Chang Feiya 40' Liao Lisheng 70' ( pen.) |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | North Korea | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 [a] | |
3 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 [a] | |
4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 [a] |
Japan | 1–0 | North Korea |
---|---|---|
Ueda 5' | Report |
Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | Thailand |
---|---|---|
Al-Saiari 71' | Report | Pinyo 84' |
North Korea | 3–3 | Saudi Arabia |
---|---|---|
Kim Yong-il 27' Yun Il-gwang 52' Jang Kuk-chol 85' |
Report |
Kanno 40' Al-Muwallad 62' Al-Ghamdi 69' |
North Korea | 2–2 | Thailand |
---|---|---|
Kim Yong-il 17' Thossawat 45' ( o.g.) |
Report |
Narubadin 30' Chanathip 78' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Iraq | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
3 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Yemen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
South Korea | 2–1 | Uzbekistan |
---|---|---|
Moon Chang-jin 20' ( pen.), 48' | Report | Khamdamov 57' |
Yemen | 0–5 | South Korea |
---|---|---|
Report |
Kwon Chang-hoon 14', 31', 41' Ryu Seung-woo 72' Kim Seung-jun 76' |
Iraq | 1–1 | South Korea |
---|---|---|
Waleed 90+2' | Report | Kim Hyun 22' |
Uzbekistan | 3–1 | Yemen |
---|---|---|
Sokhibov 18' Sergeev 68' Masharipov 90+3' |
Report | A. Al-Sarori 82' |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | Jordan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 | |
3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
4 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
Australia | 0–1 | United Arab Emirates |
---|---|---|
Report | Gallifuoco 86' ( o.g.) |
United Arab Emirates | 3–2 | Vietnam |
---|---|---|
Phạm Hoàng Lâm 64' (
o.g.) M. Al-Akbari 74' Al-Attas 78' ( pen.) |
Report |
Nguyễn Công Phượng 24' (
pen.) Nguyễn Tuấn Anh 68' |
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary. [12]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
22 January – Al Rayyan | ||||||||||
Qatar ( a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
26 January – Al Rayyan | ||||||||||
North Korea | 1 | |||||||||
Qatar | 1 | |||||||||
23 January – Doha (SBH) | ||||||||||
South Korea | 3 | |||||||||
South Korea | 1 | |||||||||
30 January – Doha (ABK) | ||||||||||
Jordan | 0 | |||||||||
South Korea | 2 | |||||||||
22 January – Doha (ABK) | ||||||||||
Japan | 3 | |||||||||
Japan ( a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||
26 January – Doha (ABK) | ||||||||||
Iran | 0 | |||||||||
Japan | 2 | |||||||||
23 January – Doha (GH) | ||||||||||
Iraq | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
United Arab Emirates | 1 | |||||||||
29 January – Al Rayyan | ||||||||||
Iraq ( a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||
Qatar | 1 | |||||||||
Iraq ( a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
Qatar | 2–1 ( a.e.t.) | North Korea |
---|---|---|
A. Afif 6' (
pen.) A. Assad 92' |
Report | So Kyong-jin 90+1' |
South Korea | 1–0 | Jordan |
---|---|---|
Moon Chang-jin 23' | Report |
United Arab Emirates | 1–3 ( a.e.t.) | Iraq |
---|---|---|
Mhawi 75' ( o.g.) | Report |
Husni 77' Abdul-Raheem 103' Waleed 120+3' |
Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.
Qatar | 1–3 | South Korea |
---|---|---|
A. Alaa 79' | Report |
Ryu Seung-woo 48' Kwon Chang-hoon 89' Moon Chang-jin 90+5' |
Winner qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.
South Korea | 2–3 | Japan |
---|---|---|
Kwon Chang-hoon 20' Jin Sung-wook 47' |
Report |
Asano 67', 81' Yajima 68' |
2016 AFC U-23 Championship |
---|
Japan First title |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Top Goalscorer [15] | Most Valuable Player [16] | Fair Play award [16] |
---|---|---|
Ahmed Alaa | Shoya Nakajima | Japan |
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 | Japan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 18 | Champions |
2 | South Korea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 13 | Runners-up |
3 | Iraq | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 13 | Third place |
4 | Qatar (H) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 12 | Fourth place |
5 | United Arab Emirates | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
6 | Iran | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | |
7 | Jordan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
8 | North Korea | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 | |
9 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
10 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
11 | Syria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
12 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2 | |
13 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | |
14 | China | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 | |
15 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | |
16 | Yemen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 |
The following three teams from AFC qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament 1 |
---|---|---|
Japan | 26 January 2016 | 9 ( 1936, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
South Korea | 26 January 2016 | 9 ( 1948, 1964, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) |
Iraq | 29 January 2016 | 4 ( 1980, 1984, 1988, 2004) |
Qatar, Syria and Yemen each had at least two players born on 1 January 1993, the cut off date for eligibility in this tournament. [24] [25]