2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification explained
| Tourney Name: | AFC U-16 Championship qualification |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Country: | Jordan (Group A) |
| Country2: | Uzbekistan (Group B) |
| Country3: | Iran (Group C) |
| Country4: | Saudi Arabia (Group D) |
| Country5: | Qatar (Group E) |
| Country6: | Kyrgyzstan (Group F) |
| Country7: | Indonesia (Group G) |
| Country8: | Vietnam (Group H) |
| Country9: | Singapore (Group I) |
| Country10: | Laos (Group J) |
| Country11: | Myanmar (Group K) |
| Dates: | 14–22 September 2019 |
| Num Teams: | 47 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Matches: | 78 |
| Goals: | 386 |
| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2020 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was an international men's under-16 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship.
The AFC announced the cancellation of the final tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic on 25 January 2021.[1]
Draw
All 47 AFC member associations teams entered the competition.[2]
The draw was held on 9 May 2019 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]
- West: 25 teams from West Asia, Central Asia and South Asia, were drawn into six groups: one group of five teams and five groups of four teams (Groups A–F).
- East: 22 teams from ASEAN and East Asia, were drawn into five groups: two groups of five teams and three groups of four teams (Groups G–K).
The teams were seeded in each zone according to their performance in the 2018 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:[4]
- The eleven 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
- (Q): Final tournament hosts, automatically qualified regardless of qualification results
Player eligibility
Players born on or after 1 January 2004 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[5]
Format
In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The eleven group winners and the four best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.[3] The matches were played between 14 and 22 September 2019.
Tiebreakers
Teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):[5]
- 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.
Groups
Group A
- All matches were held in Jordan.
- Times listed are UTC+3.
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Group B
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Group C
- All matches were held in Iran.
- Times listed are UTC+4:30 on 18–20 September, UTC+3:30 on 22 September 2019.
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Group D
- All matches were held in Saudi Arabia.
- Times listed are UTC+3.
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Group E
- All matches were held in Qatar.
- Times listed are UTC+3.
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Group F
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Group G
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Group H
- All matches were held in Vietnam.
- Times listed are UTC+7.
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Group I
- All matches were held in Singapore.
- Times listed are UTC+8.
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Group J
- All matches were held in Laos.
- Times listed are UTC+7.
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Group K
- All matches were held in Myanmar.
- Times listed are UTC+6:30.
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Ranking of second-placed teams
Due to groups having different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams in five-team groups were not considered for this ranking.
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in AFC U-16 Championship1 |
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| [6] | | 7 (1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2008) |
| | | 3 (2006, 2010, 2018) |
| | | 8 (1990, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2018) |
| | | 11 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| | | 10 (1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
| | | 10 (1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2014) |
| | | 7 (1990, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2008, 2010, 2016) |
| | | 14 (1985, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
| | | 6 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| | | 11 (1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| | | 15 (1985, 1988, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| | | 14 (1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
| | | 5 (2002, 2006, 2012, 2016, 2018) |
| | | 6 (1986, 1988, 1990, 2008, 2010, 2018) |
| | | 9 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
| | | 10 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) | |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021. Asian Football Confederation. 25 January 2021. 30 December 2021.
- Web site: Asian hopefuls to identify 2020 Qualifiers opponents . AFC . 8 May 2019 .
- Web site: Teams discovers opponents for 2020 Qualifiers . AFC . 9 May 2019 .
- Web site: AFC U-16 Championship 2020 Qualifiers – Official Draw. 10 May 2019.
- Web site: Regulations AFC U-16 Championship 2020. AFC.
- Web site: Uzbekistan, Bahrain recommended as hosts for 2020 AFC U-19 & U-16 Championships. AFC. 17 September 2019.
