Tournament detailsHost country
IranDates22 September – 6 OctoberTeams16 (from 1 confederation)Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)Final positionsChampions
Uzbekistan ( 1st championship )Runners-up
JapanTournament statisticsMatches played31Goals scored97 (3.13 per match)Attendance12,853 (415 per match)Top scorer(s)
Hwang Hee-Chan (5 goals)2010 2014 → International football competitionThe 2012 AFC U-16 Championship was the fifteenth edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved Iran as hosts of the backing on 23 November 2011. [ 1 ] The top 4 teams qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, hosted by the United Arab Emirates. reservation for the tournament started in 2011.
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Host Selection [edit ]
The Organising Committee for AFC Youth Competitions for the 2011–2015 term announced that Iran and Palestine were interest in hosting the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship Finals. Per decisiveness of the AFC Competitions Committee, the host nation should qualify for the concluding tournament. The decision on the hosts was taken in the committee ’ s meeting on 21 November 2011 based on the results of the qualifiers. [ 1 ]
qualification [edit ]
The qualification draw was held on 30 March 2011. [ 2 ]
Qualifiers [edit ]
Venues [edit ]
draw [edit ]
The draw for the competition was held on 10 May 2012 in Tehran, Iran. [ 3 ]
Group stage [edit ]
In the group stage the tie-breaking standard is address matches before goal deviation. [ 4 ]
Group A [edit ]
Team
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
Group B [edit ]
Iraq and Australia played a penalty gunfight after their final group match to determine their rank. Iraq won that 3–2. [ 5 ]
Team
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
Group C [edit ]
Team
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
Group D [edit ]
Team
Syria
3
1
2
0
2
1
+1
5
Uzbekistan
3
1
1
1
4
4
0
4
China PR
3
0
3
0
4
4
0
3
India
3
0
2
1
4
5
−1
2
Knockout stage [edit ]
Knockout Map [edit ]
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal 30 September Iran53 October Australia1
Iran230 September Uzbekistan3
South Korea1(3)
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6 October Uzbekistan1(5)
Uzbekistan1(3)30 September Japan1(1)
Iraq33 October Kuwait1
Iraq130 September Japan5
Syria1 Japan2
Quarterfinals [edit ]
Semifinals [edit ]
concluding [edit ]
Winners [edit ]
AFC U-16 Championship 2012 Winners
Uzbekistan
First title
Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup [edit ]
The four semi-finalists qualified for 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup .
Goalscorers [edit ]
- 5 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
Tournament team rankings [edit ]
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 draw .
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 PR
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
( H )
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