2014 AFC U-16 Championship


The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation for players aged 16 and below. Thailand 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 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.
North Korea won the tournament, and were joined by South Korea, Australia, and Syria 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 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Qualified teams

The draw for the competition was held on 6 April 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Group stage

The top two teams from each group advanced to the [|quarter-finals].
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.
  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
  8. Drawing of lots.
All times are local.

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, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary.

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 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
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4
1

Awards

Goalscorers

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