2016 AFC U-16 Championship

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The draw for the qualifiers was held on 5 June 2015.^[5] A total of 45 teams were drawn into eleven groups, with the eleven group winners and the four best runners-up qualifying for the final tournament, together with India who qualified automatically as hosts but also competed in the qualifying stage.^{[citation needed]}

The qualifiers were played between 12–20 September 2015, except for Group H which were played between 2–6 September 2015.^[6]

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.^[7] Nepal were replaced by Kyrgyzstan due to one of their players failing an MRI bone test.^[8]

On 12 April 2016, the AFC Competitions Committee decided that if the FIFA suspension of the Kuwait Football Association was not lifted by 13 May 2016, the next highest ranked team in the AFC U-16 Championship qualifying competition would replace Kuwait in the competition.^[9]

On 13 May 2016, the FIFA Congress confirmed the suspension of Kuwait, and asked the FIFA Council to lift the suspension as soon as the necessary requirements are fulfilled.^[10] As a result, Kuwait were replaced by Yemen, the next highest ranked team in the AFC U-16 Championship qualifying competition.^[11]

Team	Qualified as	Appearance	Previous best performance
India	Hosts / Group E (3rd best) runners-up	7th	Quarter-finals (2002)
Uzbekistan	Group A winners	9th	Champions (2012)
Kyrgyzstan	Group B winners	1st	Debut
Iraq	Group C winners	9th	Third place (1985), Semi-finals (2012)
Saudi Arabia	Group D winners	10th	Champions (1985, 1988)
Iran	Group E winners	10th	Champions (2008)
Malaysia	Group G winners	4th	Quarter-finals (2014)
North Korea	Group H winners	10th	Champions (2010, 2014)
South Korea	Group I winners	12th	Champions (1986, 2002)
Australia	Group J winners	5th	Semi-finals (2010, 2014)
Japan	Group K winners	13th	Champions (1994, 2006)
Vietnam	Group J (1st best) runners-up	6th	Fourth place (2000)
Thailand	Group H (2nd best) runners-up	10th	Champions (1998)
United Arab Emirates	Group D (4th best) runners-up	7th	Runners-up (1990)
Oman	Group B (5th best) runners-up	9th	Champions (1996, 2000)
Yemen	Group A (6th best) runners-up	5th	Runners-up (2002)

The tournament is played in two venues:

Margao	Goa 2016 AFC U-16 Championship (India)
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Capacity: 19,000
Bambolim
GMC Athletic Stadium
Capacity: 3,600

The draw for the final tournament was held on 26 May 2016, 15:00 IST (UTC+5:30), in Goa (postponed from 4 May 2016).^[12][13] The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.^[4] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous edition in 2014.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
India (hosts; position A1)  North Korea  South Korea  Australia	Iran  Malaysia  Japan  Uzbekistan	Thailand  Saudi Arabia  Oman  Vietnam	United Arab Emirates  Yemen  Kyrgyzstan  Iraq

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team should register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers.

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The top two teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:^[14]

1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
4. 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;
5. Goal difference in all the group matches;
6. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
8. 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);
9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, IST (UTC+5:30).^[15]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Knockout stage
2	United Arab Emirates	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3	7
3	Saudi Arabia	3	0	1	2	6	9	−3	1
4	India (H)	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	21	0	+21	9	Knockout stage
2	Vietnam	3	2	0	1	6	10	−4	6
3	Kyrgyzstan	3	1	0	2	2	11	−9	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oman	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5	Knockout stage
2	Iraq	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	South Korea	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
4	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	3	3	0	0	9	4	+5	9	Knockout stage
2	North Korea	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Yemen	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1
4	Thailand	3	0	1	2	5	10	−5	1

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In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).^[14]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	25 September – Margao
	Iran	5
					29 September – Margao
	Vietnam	0
					Iran (p)	1 (6)
	26 September – Margao
					North Korea	1 (5)
	Oman	1 (2)
									2 October – Margao
	North Korea (p)	1 (4)
									Iran	0 (3)
	25 September – Bambolim
									Iraq (p)	0 (4)
	Japan	1
					29 September – Bambolim
	United Arab Emirates	0
					Japan	2
	26 September – Bambolim
					Iraq	4
	Uzbekistan	0
	Iraq	2

Winners qualify for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

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AFC U-16 Championship 2016 winners
Iraq First title

Most Valuable Player

• Dawood Yaseen^[16]

Top Scorer

• Dawood Yaseen^[16]

Fair Play

•  Iraq^[16]

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: the-afc.com