The 2014

AFC U-16 Championship The AFC U-17 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship, is a football competition, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held once every two years for Asian under-17 teams that also serves as a q ...

was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth

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tournament organized by the

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(AFC) for players aged 16 and below.

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were approved as hosts of the competition on 25 April 2013. The tournament was held from 6 to 20 September 2014, with the top four teams qualifying for the

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in Chile.

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won the tournament, and were joined by

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, and

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

as AFC qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Venues

Qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 April 2013 in

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Qualified teams

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (hosts) *

Draw

The draw for the competition was held on 6 April 2014 in

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Group stage

The top two teams from each group advanced to the

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. If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings. # Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; # Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; # Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; # Goal difference in all the group matches; # Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches; # Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play; # Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches; # Drawing of lots. ''All times are local (

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).''

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage,

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is used to decide the winner if necessary (

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is not used).

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Winners

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following four teams from AFC qualify for the

. :

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

² Australia qualified as a member of the OFC between 1985 and 2005.

Awards

Goalscorers

;5 goals *

Lee Seung-woo Lee Seung-woo (; born 6 January 1998) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a left winger for Suwon FC. Early life At age of 12, Lee caught the attention of FC Barcelona after he finished as the top scorer in the 2010 Danone Nations C ...

;4 goals * Cameron Joice *

Han Kwang-song Han Kwang-song (; born 11 September 1998) is a North Korean professional footballer who plays as a forward. He last played for Al Duhail in the Qatar Stars League, who were forced to terminate his contract in 2021 due to UN sanctions against N ...

* Anas Al-Aji ;3 goals * Choe Song-hyok *

Hassan Palang Hassan Ahmad Palang (born 2 April 1998), is an Iranian-Qatari professional footballer who plays as a forward for Lusail on loan from Al-Shamal. Club career Palang began his professional career with Al-Sadd in 2016. Between 2019 and 2022 he was ...

* Abd Al-Rahman Barakat * Sukhrob Nurulloev ;2 goals * Jake Brimmer * Reza Karimi *

Reza Shekari Reza Shekari Qezel Qayah ( fa, رضا شکاری قزلقيه; born May 31, 1998) is an Iranian footballer who plays for Iranian club Sepahan as a midfielder. Club career Zob Ahan Shekari joined the Persian Gulf Pro League side Zob Ahan in th ...

* Suga Daiki *

Jong Chang-bom Jong may refer to: Surname *Chung (Korean surname), spelled Jong in North Korea *Zhong (surname), spelled Jong in the Gwoyeu Romatzyh system *Common Dutch surname "de Jong"; see ** De Jong ** De Jonge ** De Jongh *Erica Jong (born 1942), American ...

* Muhammad Najmuddin * Jang Gyeol-hee * Mohammad Jaddoua * Jonibek Kuchimov * Mahmudxojiyev Shokhrukh ;1 goal *

Daniel Arzani Daniel Arzani ( fa, دانیال ارزانی; born 4 January 1999) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for A-League Men club Macarthur FC. Born in Iran, he represents the Australia national team. Clu ...

* Jackson Bandiera * Charlie Devereux *

Daniel Maskin Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

Kosta Petratos Kosta Petratos (born 1 March 1998) is an Australian professional association football, soccer player who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for St George City in NPL NSW. Club career Petratos started his youth career at the Footba ...

* Jamal Reiners * Duan Liuyu * He Xin * Mohammad Shamsi *

Mohammad Soltanimehr Mohammad Soltani Mehr ( fa, محمد سلطانی‌ مهر, is an Iranian professional association football, football player who currently plays for Iranian football club Zob Ahan F.C., Zob Ahan in the Persian Gulf Pro League and the Iran nation ...

* Ryosuke Nagasawa * Doan Ritsu * Sasaki Takumi * Yasui Takuya * Onozawa Toshiki *

Salem Al-Bariki Salem may refer to: Places Canada Ontario * Bruce County ** Salem, Arran–Elderslie, Ontario, in the municipality of Arran–Elderslie ** Salem, South Bruce, Ontario, in the municipality of South Bruce * Salem, Dufferin County, Ontario, par ...

Abdulaziz Al-Hadiyah Abdulaziz ( ota, عبد العزيز, ʿAbdü'l-ʿAzîz; tr, Abdülaziz; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the 32nd Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was overthrown in a government coup. He was a ...

* Khaled Mohammad *

Kogileswaran Raj Kogileswaran Raj a/l Mohana Raj (born 21 September 1998) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as an winger or attacking midfielder for K League 2 club Chungbuk Cheongju and the Malaysia national team. Club career Sri Pahang On ...

* Muhammad Syazwan *

Bimal Magar Bimal Gharti Magar ( ne, विमल घर्ती मगर; born on 26 January 1998) is a Nepalese footballer who plays as a forward for Machhindra F.C. and Nepal national team. Bimal was the product of Central ANFA Academy, which is cont ...

* Kiran Sunar *

Ananta Tamang Ananta Tamang ( ne, अनन्त तामाङ; born 14 January 1998) is a Nepalese professional footballer who plays as a defender for Nepal Super League club FC Chitwan and the Nepal national team. He was vice-captain of Nepal under-1 ...

* Ju Hyon-hyok * Pak Yong-gwan * Mohammad Al-Ubaidani * Dhakil Al-Yahmadi * Khalid Mazeed * Mashhour Abdullah *

Khalid Dubaysh Khalid (variants include Khaled and Kalid; Arabic: خالد) is a popular Arabic male given name meaning "eternal, everlasting, immortal", and it also appears as a surname.

Choi Jae-young Choi may refer to: * Choi (Korean surname), a Korean surname * Choi, Macau Cantonese transliteration of the Chinese surname Cui (崔) and Xu (徐) * Choi, Cantonese romanisation of Cai (surname) (蔡), a Chinese surname * CHOI-FM, a radio station ...

* Hwang Tae-hyoen *

Jang Jae-won Jang may refer to: *Jang (Marshall Islands), part of Maloelap Atoll, in the Marshall Islands *Jang, Nepal, a village development committee in the Rapti Zone of western Nepal * Jang, the Tibetan name for Naxi District, Naxi, a county-level district ...

* Kim Jung-min * Lee Sang-heon * Lee Sang-min * Park Sang-hyeok * You Ju-an * Yu Seung-min * Naeim Naem * Samart Authairatsamee * Saveliy Abramov * Abdugani Ganijonov * Khudoberdi Kholikov ;Own goal * Shabaib Al-Khaldi (playing against Nepal)

Tournament team rankings

References

External links

*, the-AFC.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Afc U-16 Championship 2014 U-16 Championship International association football competitions hosted by Thailand 2014 in Thai football 2014 in youth association football AFC U-16 Championships