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The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was an international men's under-16 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 AFC U-16 Championship.
| Tournament details | |
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| Host countries | Saudi Arabia (Group A) Tajikistan (Group B) Iran (Group C) Nepal (Group D) Qatar (Group E) Chinese Taipei (Group F) Thailand (Group G) Myanmar (Group H) Mongolia (Group I) Indonesia (Group J) |
| Dates | 16–29 September 2017[1] |
| Teams | 45 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 10 (in 10 host cities) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 73 |
| Goals scored | 391 (5.36 per match) |
| Attendance | 20,369 (279 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Sutan Zico (10 goals) |
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A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Malaysia who qualified automatically as hosts.[2]
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 45 teams entered the competition.[3] The final tournament hosts Malaysia also entered in qualification despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament (they had not been confirmed as hosts at the time of the qualification draw).[4]
The draw was held on 21 April 2017, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5] The 45 teams were drawn into ten groups: five groups of five teams and five groups of four teams. For the draw, teams were divided into two zones:[6]
- West: 23 teams from West Asia, Central Asia and South Asia, to be drawn into five groups: three groups of five teams and two groups of four teams (Groups A–E).
- East: 22 teams from ASEAN and East Asia, to be drawn into five groups: two groups of five teams and three groups of four teams (Groups F–J).
The teams were seeded in each zone according to their performance in the 2016 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:[7]
- The seven teams which indicated their intention to serve as qualification group hosts prior to the draw were drawn into separate groups.
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- Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
- (H): Qualification group hosts (* Chinese Taipei and Myanmar chosen as group hosts after the draw, remaining group hosted at neutral venue)
- (Q): Final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results
- (W): Withdrew after draw
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament.[9]
In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue. The ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualify for the final tournament. If the final tournament hosts Malaysia win their group or are among the five best runners-up, the sixth best runner-up also qualifies for the final tournament.[5]
Tiebreakers
Teams are 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 are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):[9]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- 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;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
The matches were played between 16 and 29 September 2017.
| Matchday | Groups A, C & F–G | Groups B, D–E & H–J | |||
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| Dates | Matches | Dates | Matches | ||
| Groups B, D–E & I–J | Group H | ||||
| Matchday 1 | 16 September 2017 | 3 v 2, 5 v 4 | 20 September 2017 | 25 September 2017 | 1 v 4, 2 v 3 |
| Matchday 2 | 18 September 2017 | 4 v 1, 5 v 3 | 22 September 2017 | 27 September 2017 | 4 v 2, 3 v 1 |
| Matchday 3 | 20 September 2017 | 1 v 5, 2 v 4 | 24 September 2017 | 29 September 2017 | 1 v 2, 3 v 4 |
| Matchday 4 | 22 September 2017 | 2 v 5, 3 v 1 | — | ||
| Matchday 5 | 24 September 2017 | 4 v 3, 1 v 2 | — | ||
Group A
- All matches were held in Saudi Arabia.
- Times listed are UTC+3.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Jordan |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 10 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Saudi Arabia (H) |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | |
| 3 |  Uzbekistan |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | |
| 4 |  Bahrain |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Sri Lanka |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 29 | −29 | 0 |
| Jordan | 2–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Bahrain | 0–1 | Uzbekistan |
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| Uzbekistan | 6–0 | Sri Lanka |
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Prince Turki bin Abdulaziz Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 100
Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
| Jordan | 0–0 | Uzbekistan |
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Prince Turki bin Abdulaziz Stadium, Riyadh
Attendance: 200
Referee: Adel Al-Naqbi (United Arab Emirates)
| Saudi Arabia | 10–0 | Sri Lanka |
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| Uzbekistan | 0–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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Group B
- All matches were held in Tajikistan.
- Times listed are UTC+5.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Tajikistan (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Oman |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Syria |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Maldives |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | −28 | 0 | |
| 5 |  Turkmenistan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| Tajikistan | 2–0 | Syria |
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| Oman | 0–1 | Tajikistan |
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Group C
- All matches were held in Iran.
- Times listed are UTC+4:30 on 16–20 September, UTC+3:30 on 22–24 September 2017.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Iran (H) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Afghanistan |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 9 | |
| 3 |  Kyrgyzstan |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Lebanon |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Bhutan |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 |
| Afghanistan | 3–1 | Kyrgyzstan |
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| Bhutan | 0–3 | Afghanistan |
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| Kyrgyzstan | 1–0 | Lebanon |
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| Kyrgyzstan | 1–1 | Bhutan |
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| Afghanistan | 1–2 | Iran |
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| Lebanon | 1–4 | Afghanistan |
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| Iran | 4–0 | Kyrgyzstan |
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Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Iraq |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 7 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  India |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Palestine |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Nepal (H) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Yemen |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Bangladesh |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Qatar (H) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |
| 4 |  United Arab Emirates |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| Bangladesh | 0–2 | Yemen |
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| Qatar | 0–2 | Bangladesh |
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Group F
- All matches were held in Chinese Taipei.
- Times listed are UTC+8.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  North Korea |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | +28 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Hong Kong |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6[a] | |
| 3 |  Brunei |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 6[a] | |
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei (H) |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 6[a] | |
| 5 |  Macau |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | −22 | 0 |
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei
Attendance: 100
Referee: Omar Mohamed Al-Ali (United Arab Emirates)
| Chinese Taipei | 0–2 | Hong Kong |
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| Macau | 0–10 | North Korea |
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| Brunei | 1–2 | Chinese Taipei |
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| North Korea | 9–0 | Brunei |
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| Hong Kong | 5–0 | Macau |
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Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei
Attendance: 40
Referee: Omar Mohamed Ahmed Hassan Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)
| Chinese Taipei | 0–7 | North Korea |
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| North Korea | 2–0 | Hong Kong |
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| Macau | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei |
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Group G
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Indonesia |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | +24 | 12 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Thailand (H) |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 9 | |
| 3 |  East Timor |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 6 | |
| 4 |  Laos |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 3 | |
| 5 |  Northern Mariana Islands |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 49 | −48 | 0 |
| Indonesia | 3–1 | East Timor |
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| Laos | 10–0 | Northern Mariana Islands |
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| East Timor | 0–4 | Thailand |
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| Northern Mariana Islands | 1–11 | East Timor |
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Group H
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  South Korea |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  China |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Myanmar (H) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Philippines |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 |
| South Korea | 8–0 | Philippines |
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| Philippines | 0–2 | China |
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| Myanmar | 0–4 | South Korea |
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| South Korea | 1–0 | China |
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| Myanmar | 5–0 | Philippines |
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Group I
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Australia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | +16 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Vietnam |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Cambodia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Mongolia (H) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 0 |
| Vietnam | 5–2 | Cambodia |
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| Mongolia | 0–9 | Vietnam |
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Group J
Due to groups having different number of teams and the withdrawal of United Arab Emirates from Group E, the results against the fifth and fourth-placed teams in five and four-team groups are not considered for this ranking.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | D | India |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 | Final tournament |
| 2 | B | Oman |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 3 | |
| 3 | G | Thailand |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 | |
| 4 | J |  Malaysia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3[a] | |
| 5 | I | Vietnam |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3[a] | |
| 6 | C | Afghanistan |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
| 7 | A | Saudi Arabia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | |
| 7 | E | Bangladesh |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | |
| 9 | H | China |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3[b] | |
| 10 | F | Hong Kong |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.
Notes:
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
Tyson Savas
6 goals
Yusuke Aoki
Chony Wenpaserth
5 goals
- Yuji Yoshida
Mohammad Semreen
Kim Kang-song
Hassan Al-Ali
Marc Ryan Tan
Thanarin Tumsen
Đoàn Chí Bảo
4 goals
Sayed Jawad Alawi- Ra Nam-hyon
Jeong Sang-bin
Ahmadkhon Emomali- Rustam Soirov
- Warakorn Thongbai
Paulo Gali- Mouzinho
3 goals
Ahmad Shabir Rashidi- Birkan Kirdar
Bagus Kahfi- Mochammad Supriadi
- Rendy Juliansyah
- Hamsa Lestaluhu
Ahmad Shariat- Alireza Bavieh
- Amir Jafari
- Kuraba Kondo
Aiman Haikhal
Birjesh Chaudhary- Kim Jin-hyok
- Kim Won-il
- Ri Jo-guk
- Islom Zairov
- Nattakit Butsing
Osamah Al-Baadani
2 goals
- Ali Zahidi
- Noman Walizada
- Cameron Peupion
- Noah Botic
- Tristan Hammond
- Abbas Fadhel Al-Asfoor
- Abdulrahman Sayed
Aminuddin Masri
Ky Rina
Lin Chun-kai- Yang Sheng-kai
Kyle Halehale
Sean Snelder- Chan Shinichi
Harpreet Rulbir- Amanar Abdillah
- Mahdi Seyedi
- Shervin Rezaei
- Kenta Aoshima
- Ryotaro Araki
- Obada Al-Ruzi
- Reziq Banihani
Sergei Shipovskii- Sisouphonh Ackhavong
- Danial Amali
- Luqman Hakim
- Danish Ishak
- Alif Mutalib
Temuulen Erdenetsogt- An Phyong-il
- Won Hyok
Fahad Al-Rasbi- Mulham Al-Sinaidi
- Nasser Al-Naabi
- Omar Al-Salti
- Tariq Al-Mashary
Mahmoud Wridat- Jaber Qarradi
- Meshari Al-Mashhari
- Vasileios Chua
- Park Se-jun
- Sharifbek Rahmatov
- Punnawat Choten-Jirachaithon
- Jhon Frith
- Luis Conceição
- Serafin Brito
Jasurbek Jaloliddinov- Temur Mamasidikov
- Hà Trung Hậu
- Nguyễn Quốc Hoàng
- Võ Nguyên Hoàng
- Sultan Thabit
1 goal
- Ahmad Tamim Mirzada
- Amin Nezami
- Samir Samandari
- Sayed Asghar
- Jaiden Kucharski
- Ryan Teague
Dipok Roy- Foysal Ahmed Fahim
Kelzang Jigmi- Ady Aiman
- Abdul Raziq Lamit
- Hakeme Yazid Said
- Eddy Shahrol Izzat
- Hirman Abdul Lapti
- Bunthoeun Bunnarong
- Ly Mael
- Met Samel
Aifeierding Aisikaer- Pan Yusheng
- Subi Abulimiti
- Zhang Xingliang
- Liang Meng-hsin
- Tong Connor Hew Fung
- Wong Yat
- Lau Ka Kiu
- Tung Willis Siu Hang
- Bekey Oram
- Givson Singh Moirangthem
- Vikram Pratap Singh
- Andre Oktaviansyah
- Amirhossein Azizi
- Hossein Shaverdi
Ahmed Al-Hilfi- Abdullah Hameed
- Mohammed Mandalawi
- Abdulrazzaq Qasim
- Hasan Shanan
- Genki Koshio
- Shinya Nakano
- Hikaru Naruoka
- Jun Nishikawa
- Maaya Sako
- Kohshiro Sumi
- Keita Ueda
- Asahi Yokokawa
- Ahmad Al-Zghoul
- Amer Jamous
- Thaer Khaleel
- Bekkhan Rysbekov
- Ananthana Chanthamaly
- Phoutthalak Thongsanith
- Soubanh Keopheth
- Phonesavanh Keomanyvong
Mohamad Zgheib- Ralph Nader Hadchity
- Wassim Ayach
- Amirul Azzim
- Ikhwan Hafizo
- Harith Haiqal
- Umar Hakeem
- Firdaus Kaironnisam
- Faiz Khairi
- Ahmad Zikri Khalili
- Harith Naem
- Aleff Haedi Za’ba
- Gan-erdene Erdene-ochir
Kaung Khant Kyaw- Pyae Phyo Aung
- Shwe Ko
- Yan Naing Lin
- Ye Htet Aung
- Zaw Win Thein
Ian Maniago- Kim Jin-guk
- Ko Chang-ung
- Ri Hun
- Ri Yong-gwang
- Song Hyok
- Al Azhar Al-Balushi
- Issa Al-Naabi
- Osama Al-Hadabi
- Qusai Al-Jaradi
Jassim Al-Zarra- Abdullah Al-Beshi
- Bander Whaeshi
- Basim Hassan
- Khalid Kaabi
- Rayan Al-Arfaj
- Farhan Zulkifli
- Fathullah Rahmat
- Choi Min-seo
- Hong Yun-sang
- Kim Dong-hyeon
- Lee Jun-suk
- Lee Tae-seok
- Paik Sang-hoon
- Yoon Suk-ju
Abdal Rahman Al-Khatib- Ahmad Amara
- Ahmad Hatem
- Mohammad Maatouk
- Omar Naghnugh
- Yasin Abo Karsh
- Azizbek Khasanov
- Isroil Kholov
- Shohrukh Sangov
- Arthit Bua-ngam
- Jakkapong Sanmahung
- Thakdanai Jaihan
- Elias
- Ejivanio
- Daniyar Sabirov
- Mirjalol Kosimov
- Ruslan Roziev
- Đậu Ngọc Thành
- Đinh Thanh Trung
- Nguyễn Thế Hùng
- Võ Minh Đan
- Hamzah Sabah
- Tamer Senan
- Yahya Al-Baleet
1 own goal
- Anoulack Vannalath (against Thailand)
Xiao Rongrui (against North Korea)
Ahmed Nahil Ibrahim (against Tajikistan)- Joshua Mendez (against Timor Leste)
Arichandran Thanujan (against Saudi Arabia)- Luis Conceição (against Laos)
2 own goals
- Robert Niu (against Japan, Singapore)
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