2010 AFC U-19 Championship

The 2010 AFC U-19 Championship was the 36th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation.

2010 AFC U-19 Championship

2010年亚足联U19青年锦标赛
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	3–17 October
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (3rd title)
Runners-up	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	78 (2.52 per match)
Attendance	366,931 (11,836 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kerem Bulut (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Jong Il-Gwan
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Qualification for the tournament started in October 2009 with the finals tournament being hosted in October 2010.^[1]

The AFC recommended China as the host for the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship Finals, which was subject to approval on 9 February 2010^[2] and confirmed the hosting right's and finals venue of Zibo on 18 February 2010.^[3] The top four teams qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Host cities and venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Zibo	Zibo Sports Center Stadium	45,000
Linzi	Linzi Stadium	14,000

Qualification Competition

Main article: 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

Qualifiers

Australia  Bahrain  China  Iraq

Iran  Japan  Jordan  North Korea

South Korea  Saudi Arabia  Syria  Thailand

United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan  Vietnam  Yemen

Draw

The draw for the AFC U-19 Championship 2010 was held on 9 May 2010 in Zibo, China.

Pot 1 (Host & Seeds)	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
China  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan  South Korea	Australia  North Korea  Saudi Arabia  Japan	Iran  Thailand  Iraq  Jordan	Syria  Yemen  Vietnam  Bahrain

Squads

Main article: 2010 AFC U-19 Championship squads

Group stage

All times are China Standard Time (CST) - UTC+08:00.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
Syria	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
Thailand	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

China	3–1	Saudi Arabia
Tan Tiancheng 3' Wu Lei 14', 65'	Report	Majrashi 9'

3 October 2010

14:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 31,000

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

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Thailand	0–1	Syria
	Report	Kalaji 71'

3 October 2010

17:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 20,100

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

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Syria	0–2	China
	Report	Jin Jingdao 4', 90+4'

5 October 2010

14:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

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Saudi Arabia	1–0	Thailand
Dagriri 83'	Report

5 October 2010

17:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kim Sang-Woo (South Korea)

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China	1–1	Thailand
Zhu Jianrong 75'	Report	Pattana 35'

7 October 2010

14:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

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Syria	0–1	Saudi Arabia
	Report	Al-Fahmi 41'

7 October 2010

14:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 10,315

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uzbekistan	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9
North Korea	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
Bahrain	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Iraq	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Uzbekistan	1–0	North Korea
Abdukholiqov 64' (pen.)	Report

3 October 2010

14:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 10,112

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

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Iraq	1–2	Bahrain
Sabah 44'	Report	Al Amer 50' Bahjat 56' (o.g.)

3 October 2010

17:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 8,230

Referee: Tan Hai (China)

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North Korea	3–0	Iraq
Jang Kuk-chol 14' Jang Song-hyok 45' (pen.) Pak Song-Chol 90+4'	Report

5 October 2010

14:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 8,120

Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

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Bahrain	0–1	Uzbekistan
	Report	Smolyachenko 17'

5 October 2010

17:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 7,865

Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

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Uzbekistan	2–0	Iraq
Bakhritdinov 45' Mirzayev 90'	Report

7 October 2010

17:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

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Bahrain	0–2	North Korea
	Report	Ri Hyong-jin 56' Pak Song-Chol 77'

7 October 2010

17:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 11,270

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
Vietnam	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	3
Jordan	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

United Arab Emirates	1–2	Japan
Khalil 90'	Report	Rashid 53' (o.g.) Ibusuki 90+1'

4 October 2010

14:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

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Vietnam	2–1	Jordan
Lê Quốc Phương 55' Sariweh 72' (o.g.)	Report	Za'tara 37'

4 October 2010

17:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 9,800

Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

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Japan	4–0	Vietnam
Musaka 8' Usami 45', 77', 90'	Report

6 October 2010

14:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

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Jordan	0–0	United Arab Emirates
	Report

6 October 2010

17:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

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United Arab Emirates	4–0	Vietnam
Khalil 6', 23', 27' Abdulrahman 77' (pen.)	Report

8 October 2010

14:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Kim Sang-Woo (South Korea)

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Jordan	0–3	Japan
	Report	Nagai 49', 83' Ibusuki 76'

8 October 2010

14:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 4,728

Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
South Korea	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
Iran	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
Yemen	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

South Korea	2–0	Iran
Ji Dong-won 39' Jung Seung-yong 54'	Report

4 October 2010

14:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 9,280

Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

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Australia	4–1	Yemen
Danning 14' Bulut 26' (pen.) McGowan 30' Fletcher 83'	Report	Al-Baidhani 2'

4 October 2010

17:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 8,432

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

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Iran	0–3	Australia
	Report	Amini 39' Bulut 60' Antonis 88'

6 October 2010

14:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 8,761

Referee: Tan Hai (China)

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Yemen	0–1	South Korea
	Report	Ji Dong-won 15'

6 October 2010

17:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 9,037

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

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South Korea	0–0	Australia
	Report

8 October 2010

17:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Mohamed Al-Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

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Yemen	0–2	Iran
	Report	Rezaei 59', 88' (pen.)

8 October 2010

17:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 6,746

Referee: Võ Minh Trí (Vietnam)

Knockout stages

All times are China Standard Time (CST) - UTC+08:00.

Knockout Map

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	11 October - Zibo
	China	0
					14 October - Zibo
	North Korea	2
					North Korea	2
	11 October - Linzi
					South Korea	0
	Japan	2
									17 October - Zibo
	South Korea	3
									North Korea	3
	11 October - Zibo
									Australia	2
	Uzbekistan	1
					14 October - Zibo
	Saudi Arabia	2(a.e.t.)
					Saudi Arabia	0
	11 October - Linzi
					Australia	2
	Australia	4(a.e.t.)
	United Arab Emirates	2

Quarter-finals

China	0–2	North Korea
	Report	Jong Il-gwan 51' Pak Song-Chol 53'

11 October 2010

14:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Andre El Haddad (Lebanon)

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Uzbekistan	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Saudi Arabia
Abdullayev 6'	Report	Otayf 83' Al-Johani 96'

11 October 2010

18:00

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

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Japan	2–3	South Korea
Ibusuki 14', 30' (pen.)	Report	Kim Kyung-jung 31' Hwang Do-yeon 45' Jung Seung-yong 45+2'

11 October 2010

14:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 3,560

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

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Australia	4–2 (a.e.t.)	United Arab Emirates
Bulut 6' Amini 48' Leckie 92' Fletcher 104'	Report	Khalil 23' (pen.), 84'

11 October 2010

18:00

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

Semi-finals

North Korea	2–0	South Korea
Jong Il-gwan 45' Ri Hyok-chol 79'	Report

14 October 2010

19:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

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Saudi Arabia	0–2	Australia
	Report	Bulut 69', 74' (pen.)

14 October 2010

16:30

Linzi Stadium, Linzi

Attendance: 5,430

Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)

Final

North Korea	3–2	Australia
Jong Il-gwan 10', 43', 89'	Report	Bulut 24', 30'

17 October 2010

19:30

Zibo Sports Stadium, Zibo

Attendance: 31,145

Referee: Tan Hai (China)

Winners

2010 AFC Youth Championship winners
North Korea Third title

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer
Jong Il-gwan	Kerem Bulut

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Kerem Bulut

6 goals

• Ahmed Khalil

5 goals

• Jong Il-gwan

4 goals

• Hiroshi Ibusuki

3 goals

• Takashi Usami
• Pak Song-Chol

2 goals

• Matthew Fletcher
• Mustafa Amini
• Jin Jingdao
• Wu Lei
• Kaveh Rezaei
• Ryo Nagai
• Ji Dong-won
• Jung Seung-yong

1 goal

• Mathew Leckie
• Kofi Danning
• Dylan McGowan
• Terry Antonis
• Saad Al Amer
• Tan Tiancheng
• Zhu Jianrong
• Ali Abas
• Mitsunari Musaka
• Mahmoud Za'tara
• Jang Kuk-chol
• Jang Song-hyok
• Ri Hyong-jin
• Ri Hyok-chol
• Mohammed Majrashi
• Yahya Dagriri
• Yasser Al-Fahmi
• Abdullah Otayf
• Fahad Al-Johani
• Hwang Do-yeon
• Kim Kyung-jung
• Radwan Kalaji
• Sokjono Pattana
• Temurkhuja Abdukholiqov
• Omar Abdulrahman
• Abdumutallib Abdullayev
• Akram Bahritdinov
• Sardor Mirzaev
• Pavel Smolyachenko
• Lê Quốc Phương
• Ahmed Al-Baidhani

1 own goal

• Ali Bahjat (playing against Bahrain)
• Abdel-Aziz Saraweh (playing against Vietnam)
• Adan Rashid (playing against Japan)

Countries to participate in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Top-4 team qualified for 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

•  Australia
•  North Korea
•  South Korea
•  Saudi Arabia

References

1. October finals confirmation
2. China recommended as AFC U-19 Championship Finals host
3. Zibo, China to host AFC U-19 Championship Finals

External links

• "AFC U-19 Championship schedule". The-AFC.com. 15 July 2010.