2012 AFC U-19 Championship

The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship is the 37th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved UAE as hosts of the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship on 23 November 2011.^[1] The top four teams will qualify directly to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosted by Turkey.

2012 AFC U-19 Championship

بطولة آسيا تحت 19 سنة لكرة القدم 2012
Tournament details
Host country	United Arab Emirates
Dates	3–17 November
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (12th title)
Runners-up	Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	93 (3 per match)
Attendance	39,997 (1,290 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Igor Sergeev (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
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Hosts

The Organising Committee announced that Bangladesh, Iran, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan had expressed an interest to host the finals.

The decision of the Committee, the member associations should qualify for the finals to be eligible to host the competition. The decision on the hosts was taken in the committee’s next meeting on 23 November 2011 based on the results of the qualifiers.^[1]

Venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Fujairah	Fujairah Club Stadium	5,000
Ras al-Khaimah	Emirates Club Stadium	3,000

Qualification

Main article: 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

The qualification draw was held on 30 March 2011.^[2]

Qualifiers

Australia  China  Iran  Iraq

Japan  Jordan  North Korea  South Korea

Kuwait  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  Syria

Thailand  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan  Vietnam

Draw

The draw for the Final tournament was held on 13 May 2012 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.^[3]

Pot 1 (host & seeds)	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United Arab Emirates  North Korea  Australia  South Korea	Saudi Arabia  Japan  Uzbekistan  China	Syria  Iran  Vietnam  Thailand	Jordan  Iraq  Qatar  Kuwait

Squads

Main article: 2012 AFC U-19 Championship squads

Group stage

All times are UTC+04:00.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Knockout stage
2	Japan	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4
3	United Arab Emirates (H)	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3
4	Kuwait	3	0	1	2	1	8	−7	1

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

3 November 2012 (2012-11-03)

17:00

United Arab Emirates	1–1	Kuwait
Rashid 34'	Report	Al-Fahad 46'

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 2,158

Referee: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)

3 November 2012 (2012-11-03)

21:00

Japan	0–2	Iran
	Report	Barzay 2' Fazeli 56'

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 341

Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

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5 November 2012 (2012-11-05)

17:00

Kuwait	0–1	Japan
	Report	Iwanami 45+2'

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 215

Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)

5 November 2012 (2012-11-05)

21:00

Iran	1–1	United Arab Emirates
Jahanbakhsh 69'	Report	Saeed 83'

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 3,750

Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

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7 November 2012 (2012-11-07)

21:00

United Arab Emirates	0–0	Japan
	Report

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 5,700

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

7 November 2012 (2012-11-07)

21:00

Iran	6–0	Kuwait
Mashaeizadeh 28' Pahlavan 53' Azmoun 58' Fazeli 65', 78' Cheshmi 75'	Report

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iraq	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
South Korea	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	7
Thailand	3	1	0	2	3	6	–3	3
China	3	0	0	3	2	5	−3	0

3 November 2012

15:00

South Korea	0–0	Iraq
	Report

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 300

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

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3 November 2012

19:00

China	1–2	Thailand
Feng Gang 90+1'	Report	Notechaiya 84' Thongkruea 87'

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 500

Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)

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5 November 2012

15:00

Iraq	2–1	China
Abdul-Raheem 43', 62'	Report	Wu Xinghan 38'

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 350

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

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5 November 2012

19:00

Thailand	1–2	South Korea
Puangchan 64'	Report	Heo Yong-joon 22' Kim Seung-jun 72'

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 800

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

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7 November 2012

17:00

South Korea	1–0	China
Moon Chang-Jin 80'	Report

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 150

Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

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7 November 2012

17:00

Thailand	0–3	Iraq
	Report	Hattab 11' (pen.) Shokan 49' Abdul-Raheem 52'

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 350

Referee: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uzbekistan	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7
Jordan	3	1	2	0	8	5	+3	5
North Korea	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
Vietnam	3	0	0	3	2	14	−12	0

4 November 2012

17:00

North Korea	1–1	Jordan
Ri Ji-Song 76'	Report	Qwaider 90'

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 330

Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

4 November 2012

21:00

Uzbekistan	4–0	Vietnam
Fomin 28' Sergeev 45+1', 79' Khakimov 90+1'	Report

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 152

Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

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6 November 2012

17:00

Jordan	2–2	Uzbekistan
Fadi Awad 49' Rakhmanov 65' (o.g.)	Report	Sergeev 60' (pen.) 90+3'

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 255

Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (UAE)

6 November 2012

21:00

Vietnam	0–5	North Korea
	Report	Kang Nam-Gwon 3' Pak Myong-Song 22' Jong Kwang-Sok 62' Jang Kuk-Chol 75' Kim Ju-Song 82'

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 1,250

Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)

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8 November 2012

21:00

North Korea	0–2	Uzbekistan
	Report	Sergeev 79' (pen.) Khakimov 85'

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 175

Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)

8 November 2012

21:00

Vietnam	2–5	Jordan
Nguyễn Xuân Nam 54' Nguyễn Thanh Hiền 85' (pen.)	Report	Qwaider 52', 87' Al-Bashtawi 64' Rateb 73' Al-Essawi 90+1'

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1	5
Syria	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	6	8	−2	4
Qatar	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3

4 November 2012

15:00

Australia	1–0	Qatar
Gameiro 11'	Report

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 500

Referee: Kim Dong-Jin (Korea Republic)

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4 November 2012

19:00

Saudi Arabia	1–5	Syria
A. Al-Shehri 30'	Report	Maowas 8', 14', 69' Al-Taki 10' Salem 86'

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 900

Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (UAE)

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6 November 2012

15:00

Qatar	2–4	Saudi Arabia
Mohamed 20' Al Yazidi 71'	Report	S. Al-Shehri 8' Al-Muwallad 16', 56' A. Al-Shehri 34'

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 500

Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

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6 November 2012

19:00

Syria	1–1	Australia
Maowas 74'	Report	Gameiro 81'

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

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8 November 2012

17:00

Australia	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Gameiro 90+1'	Report	Al-Muwallad 57'

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 170

Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

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8 November 2012

17:00

Syria	1–2	Qatar
Maowas 68' (pen.)	Report	Alaaeldin 44', 49'

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Knockout stage

Knockout map

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	11 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah
	Iran	1
					14 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah
	South Korea	4
					South Korea	3
	11 November 2012 – Fujairah
					Uzbekistan	1
	Uzbekistan (p.)	2 (3)
									17 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah
	Syria	2 (0)
									South Korea (p.)	1 (4)
	11 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah
									Iraq	1 (1)
	Iraq	2
					14 November 2012 – Ras al-Khaimah
	Japan	1
					Iraq	2
	11 November 2012 – Fujairah
					Australia	0
	Australia	3
	Jordan	0

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

11 November 2012

15:00

Uzbekistan	2–2	Syria
Sergeev 44' Tashpulatov 76'	Report	Mido 38' Al-Mawas 45+2' (pen.)
Penalties
Kozak Sabirkhodjaev Khakimov	3–0	Al Kaddour Mobayed Al-Mawas

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Malik Abdul Bashir (Singapore)

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11 November 2012

17:00

Iran	1–4	South Korea
Jahanbakhsh 29'	Report	Moon Chang-Jin 2' Lee Gwang-Hoon 49' Kim Seung-jun 81' Kwon Chang-Hoon 90+5'

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 387

Referee: Minoru Tojo (Japan)

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11 November 2012

19:00

Australia	3–0	Jordan
Gameiro 10', 55', 83'	Report

Fujairah Club Stadium, Fujairah

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

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11 November 2012

21:00

Iraq	2–1	Japan
Shokan 34' Adnan 53'	Report	Yajima 48'

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 814

Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Semi-finals

14 November 2012

16:00

South Korea	3–1	Uzbekistan
Kang Sang-Woo 51', 76' Moon Chang-Jin 61' (pen.)	Report	Sergeev 66'

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 250

Referee: Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar)

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14 November 2012

20:00

Iraq	2–0	Australia
Abdul-Raheem 60' Kadhim 85'	Report

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 1,350

Referee: Liu Kwok Man (Hong Kong)

Final

17 November 2012

16:45

South Korea	1–1	Iraq
Moon Chang-Jin 90+2'	Report	Abdul-Raheem 35'
Penalties
Kim Sun-Woo Ryu Seung-Woo Sim Sang-min Woo Joo-Sung	4–1	Hattab Abdul-Raheem Saif

Emirates Club Stadium, Ras al-Khaimah

Attendance: 5,750

Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (UAE)

Winners

2012 AFC U-19 Championship winners
South Korea 12th title

Goalscorers

There were 93 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

7 goals

• Igor Sergeev

6 goals

• Corey Gameiro
• Mahmoud Maowas

5 goals

• Mohannad Abdul-Raheem

4 goals

• Moon Chang-Jin

3 goals

• Hossein Fazeli
• Bilal Qwaider
• Fahad Al-Muwallad

2 goals

• Alireza Jahanbakhsh
• Mohammed Jabbar Shokan
• Kang Sang-Woo
• Kim Seung-jun
• Ahmed Alaaeldin
• Ahmed Al-Shehri
• Timur Khakimov

1 goal

• Feng Gang
• Wu Xinghan
• Sardar Azmoun
• Behnam Barzay
• Rouzbeh Cheshmi
• Valid Mashaeizadeh
• Ehsan Pahlavan
• Jawad Kadhim
• Ahmad Abbas
• Ali Adnan
• Takuya Iwanami
• Shinya Yajima
• Laith Al-Bashtawi
• Ahmed Al-Issawi
• Fadi Awad
• Saleh Rateb
• Jang Kuk-Chol
• Jong Kwang-Sok
• Kang Nam-Gwon
• Kim Ju-Song
• Pak Myong-Song
• Ri Ji-Song
• Heo Yong-joon
• Kwon Chang-Hoon
• Lee Gwang-Hoon
• Mohammad Al-Fahad
• Saleh Bader Al Yazidi
• Musaab Khidir Mohamed
• Saleh Al-Shehri
• Adnan Al-Taki
• Hamid Mido
• Samer Salem
• Nguyễn Thanh Hiền
• Nguyễn Xuân Nam
• Perapat Notchaiya
• Thitipan Puangchan
• Woranat Thongkruea
• Saif Rashid
• Yousif Saeed
• Maksimilian Fomin
• Ihtiyor Tashpulatov

1 own goal

• Sardor Rakhmanov (against Jordan)

Awards

• Top scorer: Igor Sergeev
• MVP: Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
• Best Goalkeeper: Mohammed Hameed
• Fair play team:  Iraq

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Top 4 teams qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

•  Australia
•  Iraq
•  South Korea
•  Uzbekistan