The 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was an international men's under-16 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship.

The AFC announced the cancellation of the final tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 25 January 2021.[1]

Draw

All 47 AFC member associations teams entered the competition.[2]

The draw was held on 9 May 2019 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

  • West: 25 teams from West Asia, Central Asia and South Asia, were drawn into six groups: one group of five teams and five groups of four teams (Groups A–F).
  • East: 22 teams from ASEAN and East Asia, were drawn into five groups: two groups of five teams and three groups of four teams (Groups G–K).

The teams were seeded in each zone according to their performance in the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams). The following restrictions were also applied:[4]

  • The eleven teams which indicated their intention to serve as qualification group hosts prior to the draw were drawn into separate groups.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
West Zone
  1.  Tajikistan (2)
  2.  Oman (7)
  3.  India (8)
  4.  Iran (9) (H)
  5.  Yemen (10)
  6.  Iraq (12)
  1.  Jordan (14) (H)
  2.  Afghanistan (16)
  3.  Saudi Arabia (17) (H)
  4.  Bangladesh (18)
  5.  Uzbekistan (22) (H)
  6.  Kyrgyzstan (24) (H)
  1.  Qatar (26) (H)
  2.  Palestine (27)
  3.  Syria (29)
  4.    Nepal (32)
  5.  Bahrain (33) (Q)
  6.  Lebanon (34)
  1.  Maldives (38)
  2.  Bhutan (40)
  3.  Sri Lanka (42)
East Zone
  1.  Japan (1)
  2.  South Korea (3)
  3.  Australia (4)
  4.  North Korea (5)
  5.  Indonesia (6) (H)
  1.  Thailand (11)
  2.  Malaysia (13)
  3.  Vietnam (15) (H)
  4.  China (19)
  5.  Hong Kong (20)
  1.  Brunei (21)
  2.  Myanmar (23) (H)
  3.  Timor-Leste (25)
  4.  Cambodia (28)
  5.  Singapore (30) (H)
  1.  Chinese Taipei (31)
  2.  Laos (35) (H)
  3.  Philippines (36)
  4.  Mongolia (37)
  5.  Guam (39)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts
  • (Q): Final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2004 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[5]

Format

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The eleven group winners and the four best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.[3] The matches were played between 14 and 22 September 2019.

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):[5]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Groups

Group A

  • All matches were held in Jordan.
  • Times listed are UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tajikistan 4 4 0 0 29 2 +27 12 Final tournament
2  Jordan (H) 4 2 1 1 17 6 +11 7
3  Kuwait 4 1 2 1 4 11 −7 5
4    Nepal 4 1 1 2 4 15 −11 4
5  Sri Lanka 4 0 0 4 0 20 −20 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Nepal   0–7 Jordan
Report
Attendance: 178
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)
Kuwait 2–0 Sri Lanka
 Report
Attendance: 18
Sri Lanka 0–8 Tajikistan
Report
Attendance: 11
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)
Kuwait 1–1   Nepal
 Report
Attendance: 37
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)
Tajikistan 9–0 Kuwait
 Report
Attendance: 19
Jordan 7–0 Sri Lanka
 Report
Attendance: 531
Jordan 1–1 Kuwait
 Report
Attendance: 972
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)
Nepal   0–7 Tajikistan
Report
Attendance: 127
Referee: Mahmood Al-Majarafi (Oman)
Sri Lanka 0–3   Nepal
Report
Attendance: 63
Tajikistan 5–2 Jordan
 Report
Attendance: 1,123
Referee: Shaun Evans (Australia)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 3 2 1 0 11 1 +10 7 Final tournament
2  Uzbekistan (H) 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7
3  Turkmenistan 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4  Bahrain[a] 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0 Final tournament
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Bahrain, as final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results.
India 5–0 Turkmenistan
 Report
Attendance: 55
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Uzbekistan 3–1 Bahrain
 Report
Attendance: 550
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)
Turkmenistan 2–3 Uzbekistan
 Report
Attendance: 320
Bahrain 0–5 India
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
India 1–1 Uzbekistan
 Report
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
Bahrain 1–2 Turkmenistan
 Report
Attendance: 35
Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea)

Group C

  • All matches were held in Iran.
  • Times listed are UTC+4:30 on 18–20 September, UTC+3:30 on 22 September 2019.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran (H) 3 3 0 0 18 1 +17 9 Final tournament
2  Palestine 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3  Maldives 3 1 0 2 4 17 −13 3
4  Afghanistan 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Afghanistan 0–3
Awarded[note 1]		 Palestine
 Report
Attendance: 558
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Iran 13–0 Maldives
 Report
Attendance: 1,221
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)
Maldives 3–0
Awarded[note 1]		 Afghanistan
Report
Attendance: 420
Referee: Khalid Al-Shaqsi (Oman)
Palestine 1–2 Iran
 Report
Attendance: 1,630
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
Palestine 4–1 Maldives
 Report
Attendance: 144
Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand)
Iran 3–0
Awarded[note 1]		 Afghanistan
 Report
Attendance: 1,352
Referee: Yusuke Araki (Japan)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia (H) 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Final tournament
2  Oman 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
3  Pakistan 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
4  Syria 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Oman 2–0 Pakistan
 Report
Attendance: 99
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)
Saudi Arabia 4–1 Syria
 Report
Attendance: 120
Syria 0–1 Oman
Report
Attendance: 98
Referee: Chae Sang-hyeop (South Korea)
Pakistan 2–4 Saudi Arabia
 Report
Attendance: 98
Referee: Sadullo Gulmurodi (Tajikistan)
Syria 1–1 Pakistan
 Report
Attendance: 69
Oman 0–0 Saudi Arabia
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yu Ming-hsun (Chinese Taipei)

Group E

  • All matches were held in Qatar.
  • Times listed are UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Qatar (H) 3 2 1 0 14 1 +13 7 Final tournament
2  Yemen 3 2 1 0 14 2 +12 7
3  Bangladesh 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Bhutan 3 0 0 3 1 24 −23 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Yemen 10–1 Bhutan
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Zhang Lei (China)
Bangladesh 0–2 Qatar
Report
Attendance: 605
Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)
Bhutan 0–3 Bangladesh
Report
Attendance: 455
Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)
Qatar 1–1 Yemen
 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Payam Heidari (Iran)
Yemen 3–0 Bangladesh
 Report
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Takuto Okabe (Japan)
Qatar 11–0 Bhutan
 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Zhang Lei (China)

Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Final tournament
2  Iraq 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  Kyrgyzstan (H) 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4  Lebanon 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Iraq 0–1 United Arab Emirates
Report
Attendance: 50
Kyrgyzstan 3–2 Lebanon
 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)
Lebanon 1–2 Iraq
 Report
Attendance: 45
United Arab Emirates 2–1 Kyrgyzstan
 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Choe Kwang-hyon (North Korea)
Lebanon 1–4 United Arab Emirates
 Report
Attendance: 50
Iraq 3–0 Kyrgyzstan
 Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Chen Hsin-chuan (Chinese Taipei)

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 4 3 1 0 28 0 +28 10 Final tournament
2  Indonesia (H) 4 3 1 0 27 1 +26 10
3  Philippines 4 2 0 2 10 12 −2 6
4  Brunei 4 1 0 3 7 19 −12 3
5  Northern Mariana Islands 4 0 0 4 2 42 −40 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Brunei 0–7 China
Report
Attendance: 28
Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)
Northern Mariana Islands 0–7 Philippines
Report
Attendance: 39
Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)
Northern Mariana Islands 1–5 Brunei
 Report
Attendance: 21
Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)
Philippines 0–4 Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 3,740
Referee: Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
China 6–0 Philippines
 Report
Attendance: 60
Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)
Indonesia 15–1 Northern Mariana Islands
 Report
Attendance: 711
Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)
China 15–0 Northern Mariana Islands
 Report
Attendance: 39
Referee: Bijan Heidari (Iran)
Brunei 0–8 Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 1,060
Referee: Abdulla Al-Marri (Qatar)
Philippines 3–2 Brunei
 Report
Attendance: 517
Referee: Mohammad Arafah (Jordan)
Indonesia 0–0 China
Report
Attendance: 13,026
Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 4 4 0 0 8 2 +6 12 Final tournament
2  Vietnam (H) 4 3 0 1 16 2 +14 9
3  Timor-Leste 4 2 0 2 11 4 +7 6
4  Mongolia 4 1 0 3 2 14 −12 3
5  Macau 4 0 0 4 1 16 −15 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Macau 0–1 Mongolia
Report
Vietnam YFTC Field no. 1, Hanoi
Attendance: 10
Referee: Zaid Thamer (Iraq)
Timor-Leste 0–2 Vietnam
Report
Vietnam YFTC Field no. 3, Hanoi
Attendance: 325
Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait)
Macau 1–6 Timor-Leste
 Report
Vietnam YFTC Field no. 1, Hanoi
Attendance: 41
Referee: Qasim Al-Hatmi (Oman)
Mongolia 1–2 Australia
 Report
Vietnam YFTC Field no. 3, Hanoi
Attendance: 105
Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)
Australia 3–0 Macau
 Report
Vietnam YFTC Field no. 1, Hanoi
Attendance: 30
Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
Vietnam 7–0 Mongolia
 Report
Vietnam YFTC Field no. 3, Hanoi
Attendance: 208
Referee: Qasim Al-Hatmi (Oman)
Timor-Leste 0–1 Australia
Report
Vietnam YFTC Field no. 1, Hanoi
Attendance: 92
Referee: Ahmad Al-Ali (Kuwait)
Vietnam 6–0 Macau
 Report
Vietnam YFTC Field no. 3, Hanoi
Attendance: 52
Referee: Ali Reda (Lebanon)
Mongolia 0–5 Timor-Leste
Report
Vietnam YFTC Field no. 1, Hanoi
Attendance: 30
Referee: Ammar Mahfoodh (Bahrain)
Australia 2–1 Vietnam
 Report
Vietnam YFTC Field no. 3, Hanoi
Attendance: 683
Referee: Zaid Thamer (Iraq)

Group I

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 3 3 0 0 26 1 +25 9 Final tournament
2  Hong Kong 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
3  Singapore (H) 3 1 0 2 12 9 +3 3
4  Guam 3 0 0 3 2 30 −28 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
North Korea 16–0 Guam
 Report
Attendance: 56
Referee: Baraa Aisha (Palestine)
Hong Kong 2–1 Singapore
 Report
Attendance: 528
Referee: Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)
Guam 1–4 Hong Kong
 Report
Attendance: 171
Singapore 1–6 North Korea
 Report
Attendance: 721
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
North Korea 4–0 Hong Kong
 Report
Attendance: 124
Referee: Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)
Singapore 10–1 Guam
 Report
Attendance: 578
Referee: Baraa Aisha (Palestine)

Group J

  • All matches were held in Laos.
  • Times listed are UTC+7.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 2 1 0 14 2 +12 7 Final tournament
2  Laos (H) 3 2 0 1 2 4 −2 6
3  Malaysia 3 1 1 1 9 3 +6 4
4  Cambodia 3 0 0 3 0 16 −16 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Japan 4–0 Laos
 Report
Attendance: 2,362
Referee: Mohammed Al-Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
Malaysia 7–0 Cambodia
 Report
Attendance: 189
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar (India)
Cambodia 0–8 Japan
Report
Attendance: 120
Referee: Ismaeel Habib Ali (Bahrain)
Laos 1–0 Malaysia
 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Shukri Al-Hunfush (Saudi Arabia)
Japan 2–2 Malaysia
 Report
Attendance: 721
Referee: Shukri Al-Hunfush (Saudi Arabia)
Cambodia 0–1 Laos
Report
Attendance: 5,283
Referee: Ismaeel Habib Ali (Bahrain)

Group K

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9 Final tournament
2  Thailand 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 6
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 2 16 −14 3
4  Myanmar (H) 3 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
South Korea 10–0 Chinese Taipei
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
Thailand 4–0 Myanmar
 Report
Attendance: 1,256
Referee: Saoud Al-Athbah (Qatar)
Chinese Taipei 0–6 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
Myanmar 0–1 South Korea
Report
Attendance: 453
Referee: Vahid Kazemi (Iran)
South Korea 2–0 Thailand
 Report
Attendance: 368
Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon)
Myanmar 0–2 Chinese Taipei
Report
Attendance: 523
Referee: Saoud Al-Athbah (Qatar)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Due to groups having different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams in five-team groups were not considered for this ranking.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 E  Yemen 3 2 1 0 14 2 +12 7 Final tournament
2 G  Indonesia 3 2 1 0 12 0 +12 7
3 B  Uzbekistan 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7
4 D  Oman 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 7
5 H  Vietnam 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 6[a]
6 K  Thailand 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 6[a]
7 C  Palestine 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
8 F  Iraq 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
9 I  Hong Kong 3 2 0 1 6 6 0 6
10 J  Laos 3 2 0 1 2 4 −2 6
11 A  Jordan 3 1 1 1 10 6 +4 4
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Disciplinary points: Vietnam −4, Thailand −6.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in AFC U-16 Championship1
 Bahrain Hosts[7] 17 September 2019 7 (1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2008)
 Tajikistan Group A winners 22 September 2019 3 (2006, 2010, 2018)
 India Group B winners 22 September 2019 8 (1990, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2018)
 Iran Group C winners 22 September 2019 11 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Saudi Arabia Group D winners 22 September 2019 10 (1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 Qatar Group E winners 22 September 2019 10 (1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2014)
 United Arab Emirates Group F winners 20 September 2019 7 (1990, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2016)
 China Group G winners 22 September 2019 14 (1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Australia Group H winners 22 September 2019 6 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 North Korea Group I winners 21 September 2019 11 (1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Japan Group J winners 22 September 2019 15 (1985, 1988, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 South Korea Group K winners 22 September 2019 14 (1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 Yemen 1st best runners-up 22 September 2019 5 (2002, 2006, 2012, 2016, 2018)
 Indonesia 2nd best runners-up 22 September 2019 6 (1986, 1988, 1990, 2008, 2010, 2018)
 Uzbekistan 3rd best runners-up 22 September 2019 9 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 Oman 4th best runners-up 22 September 2019 10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 386 goals scored in 78 matches, for an average of 4.95 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

  1. ^ a b c AFC awarded Palestine, Maldives and Iran a 3–0 win as a result of Afghanistan fielding two ineligible players.[6] The original match results were Afghanistan 2–2 Palestine, Maldives 0–3 Afghanistan and Iran 4–0 Afghanistan.

References

  1. ^ "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". Asian Football Confederation. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Asian hopefuls to identify 2020 Qualifiers opponents". AFC. 8 May 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Teams discovers opponents for 2020 Qualifiers". AFC. 9 May 2019.
  4. ^ "AFC U-16 Championship 2020 Qualifiers – Official Draw". 10 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Regulations AFC U-16 Championship 2020". AFC.
  6. ^ "17th AFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee Meeting on 19 & 20 February 2020" (PDF). AFC. 20 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Uzbekistan, Bahrain recommended as hosts for 2020 AFC U-19 & U-16 Championships". AFC. 17 September 2019.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_AFC_U-16_Championship_qualification
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