2012 AFC U-16 Championship

The 2012 AFC U-16 Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved Iran as hosts of the championship on 23 November 2011.[2] The top 4 teams qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, hosted by the United Arab Emirates. Qualification for the tournament started in 2011.

2012 AFC U-16 Championship
مسابقات فوتبال زیر ۱۶ سال آسیا ۲۰۱۲
Tournament details
Host country Iran
Dates22 September – 6 October
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Uzbekistan (1st title)
Runners-up Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored97 (3.13 per match)
Attendance12,853 (415 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Hwang Hee-Chan
(5 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Taro Sugimoto[1]
2010
2014

Host Selection

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The Organising Committee for AFC Youth Competitions for the 2011–2015 term announced that Iran and Palestine were interested in hosting the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship Finals.

Per decision of the AFC Competitions Committee, the host nation should qualify for the final tournament. The decision on the hosts was taken in the committee's meeting on 21 November 2011 based on the results of the qualifiers.[2]

Qualification

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The qualification draw was held on 30 March 2011.[3]

Qualifiers

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Venues

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Tehran Tehran
Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium Ekbatan Stadium
Capacity: 8,250 Capacity: 12,000
 

Draw

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The draw for the competition was held on 10 May 2012 in Tehran, Iran.[4]

Pot 1 (Host & Seeds) Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Iran
  North Korea
  Uzbekistan
  Australia

  Japan
  Syria
  Iraq
  Kuwait

  China
  Oman
  Saudi Arabia
  Yemen

  Thailand
  Laos
  South Korea
  India

Group stage

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In the group stage the tie-breaking criteria are direct matches before goal difference.[5]

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iran 3 3 0 0 9 3 +6 9
  Kuwait 3 1 1 1 6 6 +0 4
  Laos 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
  Yemen 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Kuwait  1–1  Yemen
Thekr Allah   19' Report Al-Dahi   71' (pen.)

Iran  3–1  Laos
Mazloum   17', 48'
Hosseini   19' (pen.)
Report Noyvong   2'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

Laos  3–4  Kuwait
Phanthavong   24'
Kettavong   28'
Noyvong   37' (pen.)
Report Marzouq   26', 90+1'
Keola   32' (o.g.)
Alajmi   90+2'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)

Yemen  1–4  Iran
Al-Dahi   3' Report Rigi   54'
Ezzatollahi   61'
Jafari   65'
Karamolachaab   81'

Iran  2–1  Kuwait
Hosseini   40'
Shojaei   62'
Report Thekr Allah   27'

Yemen  1–2  Laos
Al-Dahi   45' Report Mahdi   12' (o.g.)
Kettavong   70'

Group B

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Iraq and Australia played a penalty shootout after their final group match to determine their ranking. Iraq won that 3–2.[6]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iraq 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
  Australia 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
  Oman 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
  Thailand 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Australia  2–0  Thailand
Tombides   14'
MacDonald   29'
Report

Iraq  2–1  Oman
Abdul-Zahra   5'
Majed   35'
Report Al-Rushadi   61'

Thailand  0–2  Iraq
Report Karim   63'
M. Lateef   65'

Oman  1–2  Australia
Al-Rushadi   52' (pen.) Report MacDonald   16'
Baldacchino   87'

Australia  0–0  Iraq
Report
Penalties
2–3

Oman  3–2  Thailand
Al-Alawi   40'
Mubarak   55'
Al-Rushadi   72'
Report Puangbut   8'
Thongma   17'
Attendance: 55
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)

Group C

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  South Korea 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9
  Japan 3 2 0 1 6 3 +3 6
  North Korea 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
  Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
North Korea  0–3  South Korea
Report Hwang Hee-Chan   18', 58', 67'

Japan  2–0  Saudi Arabia
Sasaki   44'
Sugimoto   56'
Report

South Korea  3–1  Japan
Hwang Hee-Chan   13'
Choi Ju-Yong   42'
Ko Min-hyuk   89'
Report Ogawa   23'

Saudi Arabia  1–2  North Korea
Al-Qahtani   54' Report Ri Ryong   48'
Ri Kwang-Song   82'
Attendance: 237
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)

North Korea  0–3  Japan
Report Nakamura   14'
Sugimoto   49'
Ogawa   82'

Saudi Arabia  0–1  South Korea
Report Jeong Hun-U   62'

Group D

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Syria 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
  Uzbekistan 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
  China 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3
  India 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
Uzbekistan  3–2  India
Odilov   8'
Abdullaev   53' (pen.)
Abdiganiyev   79'
Report Rai   47', 71'

Syria  1–1  China
Kurdaghli   90+4' Report Zhang Yuning   48'

India  0–0  Syria
Report

China  1–1  Uzbekistan
Hu Jinghang   43' Report Boltaboev   16'

Uzbekistan  0–1  Syria
Report Alhusni   33'

China  2–2  India
Wang Jinxian   21'
Zhang Yuning   33'
Report Lalhlimpuia   19'
Mendes   90+4' (pen.)

Knockout stage

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Knockout Map

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
30 September
 
 
  Iran5
 
3 October
 
  Australia1
 
  Iran2
 
30 September
 
  Uzbekistan3
 
  South Korea1(3)
 
6 October
 
  Uzbekistan1(5)
 
  Uzbekistan1(3)
 
30 September
 
  Japan1(1)
 
  Iraq3
 
3 October
 
  Kuwait1
 
  Iraq1
 
30 September
 
  Japan5
 
  Syria1
 
 
  Japan2
 

Quarterfinals

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Iraq  3–1  Kuwait
Kadhim   59'
Salman   74'
Majed   80'
Report Alasfour   68'


Iran  5–1  Australia
Ezzatollahi   31' (pen.)
Karamolachaab   35', 90+3'
Bazaj   61'
Rigi   81'
Report Antoniou   88'

Syria  1–2  Japan
Kurdaghli   87' Report Sugimori   80'
Sugimoto   82'

Semifinals

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Iran  2–3  Uzbekistan
Hosseini   4'
Mazloum   88'
Report Khamdamov   13'
Abdullaev   35'
Shukurov   42'

Iraq  1–5  Japan
Sami   59' Report Onishi   9'
Kitagawa   18', 88'
Watanabe   67'
Sasaki   68'

Final

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Uzbekistan  1–1  Japan
Turaev   52' Report Mizutani   6'
Penalties
Komilov  
Shukurov  
Mirzaev  
3–1   Miyoshi
  Sugimoto
  Sugimori
  Kitagawa

Winners

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 AFC U-16 Championship 2012 winners 
 
Uzbekistan

First title

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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The four semi-finalists qualified for 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Goalscorers

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There were 97 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3.13 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Tournament team rankings

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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   Uzbekistan 6 2 3 1 9 8 +1 9 Champion
2   Japan 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 13 Runner-up
3   Iran (H) 5 4 0 1 16 7 +9 12 Third place
4   Iraq 5 3 1 1 8 7 +1 10 Fourth place
5   South Korea 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6   Australia 4 2 1 1 5 6 −1 7
7   Syria 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
8   Kuwait 4 1 1 2 7 9 −2 4
9   China 3 0 3 0 4 4 0 3 Eliminated in
group stage
10   Oman 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
11   Laos 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3
12   North Korea 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
13   India 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2
14   Yemen 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
15   Saudi Arabia 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
16   Thailand 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

References

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  1. ^ "Sugimoto scoops MVP Award". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 7 October 2012. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b AFC to put best foot forward The AFC. 23 November 2011. Retrieved on 2011-11-23.
  3. ^ "U16, U19, Olym, WC q'fiers draw on Mar 30". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 2 March 2011. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  4. ^ "U-16 Draw procedures confirmed". The-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 10 April 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  5. ^ "2012 Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 30 October 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Australia 0–0 Iraq (2–3 pens)". the-afc.com. 26 September 2012.
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