2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification explained

Tourney Name:AFC U-16 Championship qualification
Year:2018
Country:Saudi Arabia (Group A)
Country2:Tajikistan (Group B)
Country3:Iran (Group C)
Country4:Nepal (Group D)
Country5:Qatar (Group E)
Country6:Chinese Taipei (Group F)
Country7:Thailand (Group G)
Country8:Myanmar (Group H)
Country9:Mongolia (Group I)
Country10:Indonesia (Group J)
Dates:16–29 September 2017[1]
Num Teams:45
Confederations:1
Venues:10
Cities:10
Matches:73
Goals:391
Prevseason:2016
Nextseason:2020

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.

A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Malaysia who qualified automatically as hosts.[2]

Draw

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]

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]

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Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament.[9]

Format

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]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. 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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Groups

The matches were played between 16 and 29 September 2017.

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MatchdayGroups A, C & F–GGroups B, D–E & H–J
DatesMatchesDatesMatches
Groups B, D–E & I–JGroup H
Matchday 116 September 20173 v 2, 5 v 420 September 201725 September 20171 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 218 September 20174 v 1, 5 v 322 September 201727 September 20174 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 320 September 20171 v 5, 2 v 424 September 201729 September 20171 v 2, 3 v 4
Matchday 422 September 20172 v 5, 3 v 1—
Matchday 524 September 20174 v 3, 1 v 2—

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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Group I

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Group J

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Ranking of second-placed teams

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.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in AFC U-16 Championship1
4 (2004, 2008, 2014, 2016)
2 (1990, 2010)
2 (2006, 2010)
10 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
9 (1985, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2016)
5 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2016)
10 (1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
5 (1986, 1988, 1990, 2008, 2010)
13 (1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016)
5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
14 (1985, 1988, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
7 (1990, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016)
9 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
10 (1985, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2014, 2016)
6 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2016)
0 (debut)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AFC Competitions Calendar 2017. AFC. 12 April 2016.
  2. Web site: AFC Competitions Committee’s decisions published. AFC. 25 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Record number of youth teams to participate in qualifiers . AFC . 26 February 2017 .
  4. Web site: Stage set for AFC U-16 Championship 2018 qualifying draw. AFC. 20 April 2017.
  5. Web site: Draw for AFC U-16 Championship 2018 qualifiers finalised. AFC. 21 April 2017.
  6. Web site: ДУШАНБЕ СТАЛ ХОЗЯИНОМ ОТБОРОЧНЫХ ТУРНИРОВ ЧЕМПИОНАТОВ АЗИИ-2018. Football Federation of Tajikistan. 26 February 2017. ru.
  7. Web site: AFC U-16 Championship 2018 Qualifiers - Official Draw. YouTube. 21 April 2017.
  8. Web site: FIFA Congress drives football forward, first female secretary general appointed. https://web.archive.org/web/20160516152844/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2016/m=5/news=fifa-congress-drives-football-forward-first-female-secretary-general-a-2790957.html. dead. May 16, 2016. FIFA. 13 May 2016.
  9. Web site: Regulations AFC U-16 Championship 2018. AFC.

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