Tournament detailsHost countryQatarDates12–30 January 2016Teams16 (from 1 confederation)Venue(s)4 (in 1 host city)Final positionsChampions
Japan ( 1st title )Runners-up
South KoreaThird place
IraqFourth place
QatarTournament statisticsMatches played32Goals scored103 (3.22 per match)Attendance93,639 (2,926 per match)Top scorer(s)Ahmed Alaa( 6 goals )Best player(s)
Shoya NakajimaFair play award Japan2013 2018 → International football competition
Reading: 2016 AFC U-23 Championship
The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship ( besides 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 entire of 16 teams compete in the tournament. The tournament was besides renamed from the “ AFC U-22 Championship ” to the “ AFC U-23 Championship ”. [ 1 ] For the first clock, the AFC U-23 Championship acted as the AFC qualifiers for the Olympic football tournament, replacing the previous procedure 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 acquire over South Korea. Both finalists and third-placed Iraq qualified for the Olympics. [ 4 ]
Host choice [edit ]
qatar was one of the countries which came forward wishing to host the finals competition. [ 5 ] They were selected over the early offer nations Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran. [ 1 ]
reservation [edit ]
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 runner-up qualify for the concluding tournament, in concert with Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts. [ 7 ] reservation 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 service bombings .
Qualified teams [edit ]
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. [ 9 ]
Venues [edit ]
The tournament was hosted in four stadiums, all located in Doha. [ 10 ]
draw [edit ]
The draw for the concluding 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 ]
peer officials [edit ]
The play along referees were chosen for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship .
- Referees
- Assistant referees
Squads [edit ]
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 ]
Group stage [edit ]
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals .
- Tiebreakers
The teams were ranked according to points ( 3 points for a win, 1 steer for a draw, 0 points for a personnel casualty ). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following regulate : [ 12 ]
- 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.
All times were local, AST ( UTC+3 ). [ 14 ]
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Group A [edit ]
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 PR
3
0
0
3
4
9
−5
0
Group B [edit ]
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]
- a b c tete-a-tete : North Korea ( 0 GD, 5 GF ), Saudi Arabia ( 0 GD, 4 GF ), Thailand ( 0 GD, 3 GF )
Group C [edit ]
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
Group D [edit ]
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
Knockout stagecoach [edit ]
In the knockout stage, supernumerary time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary. [ 12 ]
bracket [edit ]
Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics .
third base place play-off [edit ]
Winner qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics .
final examination [edit ]
Winners [edit ]
2016 AFC U-23 Championship
Japan
First title
Awards [edit ]
The following awards were given at the ending of the tournament :
Statistics [edit ]
Goalscorers [edit ]
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
- source :
Tournament team rankings [edit ]
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in excess time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by punishment shoot-outs are counted as draw .
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Final result
Japan
6
6
0
0
15
4
+11
18
Champions
South Korea
6
4
1
1
14
6
+8
13
Runners-up
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 PR
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
( H ) Host source : AFC Host
Qualified teams for Olympics [edit ]
The follow three teams from AFC qualified for the Olympic football tournament .
- 1 Italic indicates master of ceremonies for that year. Statistics include all Olympic format ( current Olympic under-23 format started in 1992 ) .
Broadcasting rights [edit ]
Controversies [edit ]
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 ]
References [edit ]
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