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The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship (also 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 total of 16 teams compete in the tournament. The tournament was also renamed from the "AFC U-22 Championship" to the "AFC U-23 Championship".[1]
| بطولة آسيا تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم 2016 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Qatar |
| Dates | 12–30 January |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Japan (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  South Korea |
| Third place |  Iraq |
| Fourth place |  Qatar |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 103 (3.22 per match) |
| Attendance | 93,639 (2,926 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Ahmed Alaa (6 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Shoya Nakajima |
| Fair play award | Japan |
← 2013 2018 → | |
For the first time, the AFC U-23 Championship acted as the AFC qualifiers for the Olympic football tournament, replacing the previous process 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 win over South Korea. Both finalists and third-placed Iraq qualified for the Olympics.[4]
Qatar was one of the countries which came forward wishing to host the finals competition.[5] They were selected over the other bidding nations Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran.[1]
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 runners-up qualifying for the final tournament, together with Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts.[7]
Qualification 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 bombings.
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[9]
| Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar | Hosts | 1st | Debut |
| Iraq | Group A winners | 2nd | Champions (2013) |
 Jordan | Group B winners | 2nd | Third place (2013) |
 Saudi Arabia | Group C winners | 2nd | Runners-up (2013) |
 United Arab Emirates | Group D winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2013) |
 Syria | Group E winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2013) |
 Australia | Group F winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2013) |
 North Korea | Group G winners | 2nd | Group stage (2013) |
| South Korea | Group H winners | 2nd | Fourth place (2013) |
| Japan | Group I winners | 2nd | Quarter-finals (2013) |
 China | Group J winners | 2nd | Group stage (2013) |
 Thailand | 1st best runners-up (Group G) | 1st | Debut |
 Iran | 2nd best runners-up (Group C) | 2nd | Group stage (2013) |
 Vietnam | 3rd best runners-up (Group I) | 1st | Debut |
 Yemen | 4th best runners-up (Group D) | 2nd | Group stage (2013) |
 Uzbekistan | 5th best runners-up (Group E) | 2nd | Group stage (2013) |
The tournament was held in four stadiums, located in the cities of Al Rayyan and Doha.[10]
| Al Rayyan (Doha Area) |
Doha | |||
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| Jassim bin Hamad Stadium (Al-Sadd Stadium) |
Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium (Lekhwiya Stadium) |
Grand Hamad Stadium (Al-Arabi Stadium) |
Suheim bin Hamad Stadium (Qatar SC Stadium) | |
| Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 12,000 | Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | |
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The draw for the final 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]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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The following referees were chosen for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.
Chris Beath Ma Ning Alireza Faghani Ali Sabah Ryuji Sato Adham Makhadmeh Kim Jong-hyeok
Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob
Ahmed Al-Kaf Abdulrahman Al-Jassim Fahad Al-Mirdasi
Dmitriy Mashentsev
Hettikamkanamge Perera Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed Ilgiz Tantashev
Nawaf Moosa Wang Dexin Reza Sokhandan Haruhiro Otsuka Ahmed Al Roalle Yoon Kwang-yeol Mohd Yusri Mohamad Abu Bakar Al-Amri Taleb Al-Marri Saud Al-Maqaleh Mohammed Al Abakry Abdullah Al-Shalawi Ismailzhan Talipzhanov Deniye Gedara Palitha Parakkrama Hemathunga
Yu Hsu Min Mohamed Al-Hammadi Hasan Al-Mahri Jakhongir SaidovPlayers 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]
The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[12]
All times were local, AST (UTC+3).[14]
| 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 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 0 |
| Syria | 0–2 | Iran |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Motahari  64'Mi. Mohammadi 72' |
| Iran | 3–2 | China |
|---|---|---|
| Motahari 38' Pahlavan 40'Torabi 48' |
Report | Chang Feiya 40' Liao Lisheng 70' (pen.) |
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 2[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 4 | Thailand |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2[lower-alpha 1] |
| Japan | 1–0 | North Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Ueda 5' |
Report |
| Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Saiari 71' |
Report | Pinyo 84' |
| North Korea | 3–3 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Yong-il 27' Yun Il-gwang 52'Jang Kuk-chol 85' |
Report | Kanno 40' Al-Muwallad 62'Al-Ghamdi 69' |
| North Korea | 2–2 | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Yong-il 17' Thossawat 45' (o.g.) |
Report | Narubadin 30' Chanathip 78' |
| 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 |
| South Korea | 2–1 | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|---|
| Moon Chang-jin 20' (pen.), 48' |
Report | Khamdamov 57' |
| Yemen | 0–5 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Kwon Chang-hoon 14', 31', 41' Ryu Seung-woo 72'Kim Seung-jun 76' |
| Iraq | 1–1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| Waleed 90+2' |
Report | Kim Hyun 22' |
| Uzbekistan | 3–1 | Yemen |
|---|---|---|
| Sokhibov 18' Sergeev 68'Masharipov 90+3' |
Report | A. Al-Sarori 82' |
| 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 |
| Jordan | 3–1 | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| Faisal 38', 72' Manasrah 68' |
Report | Đỗ Duy Mạnh 87' |
| Australia | 0–1 | United Arab Emirates |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Gallifuoco 86' (o.g.) |
| United Arab Emirates | 3–2 | Vietnam |
|---|---|---|
| Phạm Hoàng Lâm 64' (o.g.) M. Al-Akbari 74'Al-Attas 78' (pen.) |
Report | Nguyễn Công Phượng 24' (pen.) Nguyễn Tuấn Anh 68' |
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[12]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 22 January – Al Rayyan | ||||||||||
| Qatar (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 January – Al Rayyan | ||||||||||
| North Korea | 1 | |||||||||
| Qatar | 1 | |||||||||
| 23 January – Doha (SBHS) | ||||||||||
| South Korea | 3 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 1 | |||||||||
| 30 January – Doha (ABKS) | ||||||||||
| Jordan | 0 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||||||
| 22 January – Doha (ABKS) | ||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||
| Japan (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||
| 26 January – Doha (ABKS) | ||||||||||
| Iran | 0 | |||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| 23 January – Doha (GHS) | ||||||||||
| Iraq | 1 | Third place | ||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | |||||||||
| 29 January – Al Rayyan | ||||||||||
| Iraq (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||
| Qatar | 1 | |||||||||
| Iraq (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
| Qatar | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | North Korea |
|---|---|---|
| A. Afif 6' (pen.) A. Assad 92' |
Report | So Kyong-jin 90+1' |
| South Korea | 1–0 | Jordan |
|---|---|---|
| Moon Chang-jin 23' |
Report |
| United Arab Emirates | 1–3 (a.e.t.) | Iraq |
|---|---|---|
| Mhawi 75' (o.g.) |
Report | Husni 77' Abdul-Raheem 103'Waleed 120+3' |
Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.
| Qatar | 1–3 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
| A. Alaa 79' |
Report | Ryu Seung-woo 48' Kwon Chang-hoon 89'Moon Chang-jin 90+5' |
Winner qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.
| South Korea | 2–3 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| Kwon Chang-hoon 20' Jin Sung-wook 47' |
Report | Asano 67', 81' Yajima 68' |
| 2016 AFC U-23 Championship winners |
|---|
 Japan 1st title |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
| Top Goalscorer[15] | Most Valuable Player[16] | Fair Play award[16] |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Alaa |
Shoya Nakajima |
Japan |
James Donachie Jamie Maclaren Chang Feiya Ali Karimi Milad Mohammadi Ehsan Pahlavan Mehdi Torabi Amjad Waleed Ali Faez Atia Ayman Hussein Mahdi Kamel Humam Tariq Saad Natiq Riki Harakawa Yōsuke Ideguchi Ryota Oshima Musashi Suzuki Yuta Toyokawa Naomichi Ueda Omar Manasrah Jang Kuk-chol So Kyong-jin Yun Il-gwang Kim Hyun Kim Seung-jun Jin Seong-uk Akram Afif Almoez Ali Ali Assad Abdulrahman Al-Ghamdi Fahad Al-Muwallad Mohammed Al-Saiari Mohamed Kanno Abdullah Madu Yousef Kalfa Mahmoud Al Baher Pinyo Inpinit Narubadin Weerawatnodom Chanathip Songkrasin Mohamed Al-Akbari Ahmed Al Attas Timur Khakimov Jaloliddin Masharipov Igor Sergeev Javokhir Sokhibov Đỗ Duy Mạnh Nguyễn Công Phượng Nguyễn Tuấn Anh Ahmed Al-Sarori Giancarlo Gallifuoco (playing against United Arab Emirates) Alaa Ali Mhawi (playing against United Arab Emirates) Thossawat Limwannasathian (playing against North Korea) Phạm Hoàng Lâm (playing against United Arab Emirates)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 | Japan |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 18 | Champions |
| 2 | South Korea |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 13 | Runners-up |
| 3 | 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 |
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 |
The following three teams from AFC qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
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]
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