2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification decided the participating teams of the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship. The tournament is the 17th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia.

2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
Tournament details
Host countries Palestine (Group A)
 Kyrgyzstan (Group B)
 Qatar (Group C)
 Bangladesh (Group D)
 Iran (Group E)
 Kuwait (Group F)
 Laos (Group G)
 Singapore (Group H)
 China (Group I)
 Vietnam (Group J)
 Mongolia (Group K)
Dates2–20 September 2015
Teams45 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played61
Goals scored341 (5.59 per match)
Attendance71,152 (1,166 per match)
Top scorer(s) Park Jeong-in
Rasul Yuldoshov
(6 goals each)

A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including India who qualified automatically as hosts but also competed in the qualifying stage.[1]

Same as previous editions, the tournament acts as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top four teams of the final tournament will qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India as the AFC representatives, besides India who qualified automatically as hosts. If India are among the top four teams, the fifth-placed team (i.e., the losing quarter-finalist with the best record in the tournament) will also qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Draw

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 5 June 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[2] A total of 45 teams entered the qualifying stage and were drawn into eleven groups.

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2014.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
West Zone
(Groups A–F)

 Iran
   Nepal
 Qatar
 Uzbekistan
 Saudi Arabia
 Syria

 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Oman
 Tajikistan
 United Arab Emirates
 Yemen

 Afghanistan
 India
 Iraq
 Kyrgyzstan
 Pakistan
 Palestine

 Bangladesh
 Jordan
 Lebanon
 Maldives
 Sri Lanka
 Turkmenistan
East Zone
(Groups G–K)

 Australia
 Japan
 Malaysia
 North Korea
 South Korea

 China
 Hong Kong
 Laos
 Thailand
 Vietnam

 Brunei
 Chinese Taipei
 Myanmar
 Philippines
 Singapore

 Cambodia
 Guam
 Macau
 Mongolia
 Northern Mariana1

 East Timor

Note:
1 Non-FIFA member, ineligible for U-17 World Cup.

Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship.[4]

Format

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The eleven group winners and the four best runners-up from all groups qualified for the final tournament. If India were one of the group winners or best runners-up, the fifth-best runner-up also qualified for the final tournament.[1]

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[4]

  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. If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
  5. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  6. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  8. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Groups

The matches were played between 2–6 September 2015 for Group H; 12–20 September 2015 for Group G (five-team group); 16–20 September 2015 for all other groups.[5]

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and best four runners-up, and India as hosts, qualify for the finals.
Withdrawn

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 19 2 +17 9 Final tournament
2  Yemen 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
3  Palestine (H) 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4  Maldives 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Uzbekistan 8–0 Maldives
Yuldoshov 12', 50', 71'
Abdurakhmonov 60', 74', 86'
Karimov 62'
Muydinov 83'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mohammad Abu Loum (Jordan)
Yemen 2–0 Palestine
Sabarah 86', 90+3' Report
Arab American University Stadium, Jenin
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Maldives 0–6 Yemen
Report Aswad 23', 34'
Murshed 29'
Hamid 32' (o.g.)
Al-Khalil 43'
Saeed 75'
Arab American University Stadium, Jenin
Attendance: 250
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
Palestine 0–6 Uzbekistan
Report Kholdorov 13'
Ismoilov 20'
Muydinov 29' (pen.), 33'
Soatov 83'
Urunov 89'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Wathik Al-Baag (Iraq)
Uzbekistan 5–2 Yemen
Yuldoshov 23', 67', 69'
Muydinov 37'
Nematov 41'		 Report Al-Hamdani 35'
Murshed 90+1'
Attendance: 70
Referee: Pratap Singh (India)
Palestine 3–0 Maldives
Eleyan 11', 18'
Aburdaha 17'		 Report
Arab American University Stadium, Jenin
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mohammad Abu Loum (Jordan)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kyrgyzstan (H) 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6 Final tournament
2  Oman 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
3  Jordan 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
4    Nepal[lower-alpha 1] 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. On 27 October 2015, the AFC announced that Nepal were penalized as a result of the player Manish Karki failing an MRI bone test.[6] Nepal were ruled to have forfeited all three matches where the ineligible player was fielded by a 3–0 scoreline.[7]
Nepal   0–3
Awarded[7]		 Jordan
Subba 27', 69' Report Abu Awad 90+2'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)
Oman 2–0 Kyrgyzstan
Al-Bakri 10'
Al-Khamisi 27'		 Report
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)
Jordan 2–0 Oman
Kourdi 82'
Abu Awad 83'		 Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)
Kyrgyzstan 3–0
Awarded[7]		   Nepal
Boubaev 29'
Shigaibaev 31' (pen.)		 Report Karki 55'
Subba 67'
Hemjan 73', 90+2'
Attendance: 8,523
Referee: Feras Taweel (Syria)
Nepal   0–3
Awarded[7]		 Oman
Tamang 88' (pen.) Report Al-Zaabi 11'
Al-Khamisi 44' (pen.)
Al-Qaidi 90+2'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sherzod Kasimov (Uzbekistan)
Kyrgyzstan 4–1 Jordan
Alykulov 11'
Shigaibaev 33'
Dzhakybaliev 72'
Orzobek 90+4'		 Report Hbowal 48' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,400
Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)

Group C
  • All matches were held in Qatar.
  • Times listed were UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 Final tournament
2  Tajikistan 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3  Qatar (H) 3 1 0 2 5 2 +3 3
4  Turkmenistan 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Qatar 5–0 Turkmenistan
Al Ganehi 10'
Bahramen 40'
Ali 60', 90+4'
Saeed 83'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Hidayat Ullah (Pakistan)
Tajikistan 1–3 Iraq
Nematov 39' Report Jalil 45'
Abdulsada 45+2'
Jabbar 68'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Turkmenistan 1–5 Tajikistan
Garabekow 85' Report Fuzaylov 3'
Hanonov 45+3'
Jumaýew 50' (o.g.)
Muminov 67'
Qamchinov 82'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Marai Al-Awaji (Saudi Arabia)
Iraq 1–0 Qatar
Jabbar 22' Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Rowan Arumughan (India)
Qatar 0–1 Tajikistan
Report Fuzaylov 82'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini (Sri Lanka)
Iraq 5–0 Turkmenistan
Jabbar 19', 51' (pen.), 54'
Sartip 32'
Saleh 53'		 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Hidayat Ullah (Pakistan)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 2 2 0 0 11 3 +8 6 Final tournament
2  United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 8 7 +1 3
3  Bangladesh (H) 2 0 0 2 2 11 −9 0
4  Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Saudi Arabia 5–1 Bangladesh
  • Almas 40'
  • Al-Buraikan 56'
  • Mali 82' (pen.)
  • Al-Dhuwayhi 84'
  • Al-Abdan 90'
 Report Nipu 29'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ali Sabah Adday Al-Qaysi (Iraq)
Bangladesh 1–6 United Arab Emirates
  • Shawon 52'
 Report
  • Al-Naqbi 12'
  • Rashed 18', 62' (pen.), 68'
  • Saeed 22'
  • Saleh 38'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
Saudi Arabia 6–2 United Arab Emirates
  • Al-Shaikhi 8'
  • Al-Abdan 16', 57', 70'
  • Al-Anazi 27'
  • Almas 61'
 Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea)

Group E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran (H) 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 Final tournament
2  India 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6 Final tournament as hosts
3  Bahrain 3 1 0 2 2 12 −10 3
4  Lebanon 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Bahrain 0–5 India
Report Gaston 16'
Chetri 20', 48'
Thangjam 29'
Wangjam 77'
Attendance: 10
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 3–1 Lebanon
Namdari 9' (pen.)
Ghobeishavi 12'
Sardari 47'		 Report Kaawar 87'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)
Lebanon 1–2 Bahrain
Abdullah 17' Report Abdulrahim 38' (pen.), 51'
Attendance: 10
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
India 0–3 Iran
Report Sharifi 17'
Khodamoradi 43'
Ghaderi 65'
Gostaresh Foulad Stadium, Tabriz
Attendance: 165
Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)
India 6–0 Lebanon
  • Wangjam 29', 71', 89'
  • Baladi 75' (o.g.)
  • Thatal 77'
  • Kiyam 80'
 Report
Attendance: 22
Referee: Aziz Asimov (Uzbekistan)
Iran 6–0 Bahrain
Ghobeishavi 1'
Sharifi 18', 51'
Godarzi 45'
Sadeghi 65'
Davari 89'		 Report
Gostaresh Foulad Stadium, Tabriz
Attendance: 100
Referee: Çarymyrat Kurbanow (Turkmenistan)

Group F
  • All matches were held in Kuwait.
  • Times listed were UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kuwait (H) 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Qualified for final tournament, but suspended
2  Syria 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3  Afghanistan 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 1
4  Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Afghanistan 2–2 Syria
Ali 29'
Saneh 56'		 Report Malta 45+2'
Kanaan 70'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Abdulaziz Ahmed Abdulla (Bahrain)
Kuwait 1–0 Afghanistan
Rashed 52' Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Tayeb Shamsuzzaman (Bangladesh)
Syria 0–0 Kuwait
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ahmad Yacoub Ibrahim (Jordan)

Group G
  • All matches were held in Laos.
  • Times listed were UTC+7.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Malaysia 4 3 1 0 22 1 +21 10 Final tournament
2  Laos (H) 4 2 2 0 13 3 +10 8
3  East Timor 4 2 1 1 18 2 +16 7
4  Philippines 4 1 0 3 10 24 −14 3
5  Northern Mariana 4 0 0 4 2 35 −33 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
East Timor 8–0 Northern Mariana
  • Jelito 45'
  • Danilson 49'
  • Armindo Vieira 51'
  • João Pedro 66', 88'
  • Dom Lucas 70'
  • Yafet Belima 72'
  • Orcelio 81'
 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Philippines 1–6 Laos
  • Tacardon 88'
 Report Inthapanya 18', 34'
Bounkong 47'
Monlangsy 56'
Luangsisombath 75', 90+1'
Attendance: 2,400
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Northern Mariana 0–13 Malaysia
Report
  • Izreen 6', 32', 54', 67'
  • Amirul 22'
  • Arif 36', 46'
  • Iqbal 41', 44', 56'
  • Alif 58', 61'
  • Najmi 89'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Mizanur Rahman (Bangladesh)
East Timor 9–0 Philippines
  • Danilson 18', 28', 54'
  • João Pedro 38', 62'
  • Jelito 53'
  • Filomeno Junior 70'
  • Dom Lucas 73', 89'
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
Malaysia 1–0 East Timor
Arif 79' Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)
Laos 5–0 Northern Mariana
Sengsavang 53', 56', 61'
Chaleunsouk 79'
Phoutthavong 81'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rysbek Shekerbekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Philippines 0–7 Malaysia
Report
  • James 26' (o.g.)
  • Haiqal 32'
  • Iqbal 36'
  • Izreen 42'
  • Alif 67', 70'
  • Arifin 74'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)
Laos 1–1 East Timor
  • Salvador 20' (o.g.)
 Report
  • João Pedro 43'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)
Northern Mariana 2–9 Philippines
  • Fruit 45+1'
  • Tenorio 47'
 Report
  • Napolitano 8'
  • Tacardon 11', 67', 69'
  • Suba 18', 65', 73'
  • Ronquillo 41'
  • Borbon 77'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rysbek Shekerbekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Malaysia 1–1 Laos
Azahari 48' Report Chaleunsouk 45+1'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Masoud Tufayelieh (Syria)

Group H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 Final tournament
2  Thailand 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  Singapore (H) 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4  Cambodia 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
North Korea 7–0 Cambodia
Kung Jin-song 6', 53', 72'
Kwon Nam-hyok 29'
Kim Chung-jin 43', 60'
Kim Kyong-sok 50'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ho Wai Sing (Hong Kong)
Thailand 5–0 Singapore
Korawich 18', 59', 73'
Jinnawat 28', 45'		 Report
Attendance: 945
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)
Cambodia 0–1 Thailand
Report Korawich 13'
Attendance: 247
Referee: Khurram Shahzad (Pakistan)
Singapore 0–3 North Korea
Report Yun Min 15'
Kye Tam 71'
Ri Song-jin 90'
Attendance: 621
Referee: Fu Ming (China)
North Korea 2–0 Thailand
Kye Tam 32'
Paek Kwang-min 62'		 Report
Attendance: 816
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)
Singapore 3–1 Cambodia
Kweh 69'
Khairul 81'
Jeferee 88'		 Report Chanthea 48'
Attendance: 1,227
Referee: Fu Ming (China)

Group I
  • All matches were held in China.
  • Times listed were UTC+8.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 27 0 +27 9 Final tournament
2  China (H) 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3
4  Macau 3 0 0 3 1 29 −28 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
China 1–0 Chinese Taipei
Chen Rong 78' Report
Yanji People's Stadium, Yanji
Attendance: 786
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)
South Korea 17–0 Macau
Park Jeong-in 7', 17', 24', 39', 52', 56'
Ko Jun-hee 10', 82'
Lee Dong-ryul 31', 58', 67'
Shin Sang-whi 36', 41', 70', 75'
Son Jae-hyeok 62'
Yu Je-ho 64'		 Report
Yanji People's Stadium, Yanji
Attendance: 280
Referee: Vichhika Tuy (Cambodia)
Macau 0–10 China
Report Zhou Junchen 8', 32'
Zhu Chenjie 17'
Chen Quanjiang 20'
Chen Rong 35'
Wu Zewei 50', 73', 81'
Geng Taili 59'
Sun Qinhan 90+2'
Yanji People's Stadium, Yanji
Attendance: 192
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)
Chinese Taipei 0–6 South Korea
Report Cheon Seong-hoon 19'
Kim Dong-bum 29', 90+2'
Yong Dong-hyun 37'
Park Chan-bin 63', 70'
Yanji People's Stadium, Yanji
Attendance: 166
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
South Korea 4–0 China
Lee Dong-ryul 9'
Yong Dong-hyun 15'
Kim Tae-hwan 51'
Shin Sang-whi 56'		 Report
Yanji People's Stadium, Yanji
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Sukhbir Singh (Singapore)
Chinese Taipei 2–1 Macau
Chen Wei-tze 46'
Tsai Cheng-ju 75'		 Report Leung Chi Seng 82'
Yanji People's Stadium, Yanji
Attendance: 66
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Malaysia)

Group J

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 18 1 +17 9 Final tournament
2  Vietnam (H) 3 2 0 1 23 2 +21 6
3  Myanmar 3 1 0 2 12 8 +4 3
4  Guam 3 0 0 3 0 42 −42 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Australia 14–0 Guam
  • Naputi 5' (o.g.)
  • Akbari 15', 46'
  • Martis 39'
  • Muratovic 43', 53', 59'
  • Selden 45+1', 80'
  • Sweedan 65' (pen.), 79', 90'
  • Visciglio 70'
  • Yates 77'
 Report
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 60
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)
Vietnam 5–1 Myanmar
Trần Văn Đạt 25', 68', 76'
Nguyễn Khắc Khiêm 29'
Nguyễn Huỳnh Sang 33'		 Report Aung Chit Oo Ko Ko 30'
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 100
Referee: Wang Di (China)
Myanmar 1–3 Australia
Hein Htet Aung 25' Report Brook 2'
Moric 27'
Najjarine 37'
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 100
Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
Guam 0–18 Vietnam
Report Nguyễn Duy Khiêm 1', 78', 83'
Bùi Anh Đức 8', 30', 32', 38'
Mạch Ngọc Hà 11', 35', 49'
Nguyễn Khắc Khiêm 29'
Nguyễn Hữu Thắng 54'
Uông Ngọc Tiến 63' (pen.)
Trần Văn Đạt 67' (pen.), 80'
Nguyễn Trọng Long 70'
Vũ Đình Hai 81', 85'
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 80
Referee: Alongkorn Feemuechang (Thailand)
Myanmar 10–0 Guam
Htun Sai 10', 43', 68'
Kyaw Kyaw Htet 16', 33', 35', 73'
Bo Bo Aung 18'
Thet Paing Htoo 26'
Hein Htet Aung 90'		 Report
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 50
Referee: Jansen Foo (Singapore)
Australia 1–0 Vietnam
Memeti 30' Report
Vietnam YFT Center, Hanoi
Attendance: 500
Referee: Turki Al-Khudhayr (Saudi Arabia)

Group K

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 2 2 0 0 24 0 +24 6 Final tournament
2  Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 5 9 −4 3
3  Mongolia (H) 2 0 0 2 2 22 −20 0
4  Brunei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Mongolia 0–17 Japan
Report Seko 6' (pen.)
Kubo 8', 24', 44', 45+1', 60'
Miyashiro 16', 34', 82'
Tanahashi 33'
Hirakawa 37', 72', 79'
Suzuki 42'
Nakamura 49', 56'
Sugawara 51'
Attendance: 1,830
Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Malaysia)
Hong Kong 5–2 Mongolia
Jonathan Cheung 4' (pen.)
Whilborn 45+2'
Chan Ka Shing 63'
Ethan Yeung 76', 85'		 Report Bayarkhuu 68'
Erdenechimeg 89'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Jasem Ahmad (Kuwait)
Japan 7–0 Hong Kong
Nakamura 15'
Sugawara 34'
Tanahashi 71', 90+1'
Seko 75'
Yamada 79'
Hirakawa 84'		 Report
Attendance: 186
Referee: Jameel Abdulhusin (Bahrain)

Ranking of second-placed teams

The ranking among the runner-up team of all groups are determined as follows:[4]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches;
  2. Greater goal difference resulting from the group matches;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in group matches;
  4. Greater number of wins in the group matches;
  5. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  6. Drawing of lots.

In order to ensure equality when comparing the runner-up team of all groups, the results of the matches against the fourth-placed and fifth-placed teams in the groups having four or five teams are ignored due to Groups D, F and K having only three teams after one of the teams in the group withdrew.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 J  Vietnam 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3[lower-alpha 1] Final tournament
2 H  Thailand 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3[lower-alpha 1]
3 E  India 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3 Final tournament as hosts
4 D  United Arab Emirates 2 1 0 1 8 7 +1 3 Final tournament
5 B  Oman 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
6 A  Yemen 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3 Qualified in Final tournament
for the suspension of Kuwait made by FIFA.
7 C  Tajikistan 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
8 I  China 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3
9 K  Hong Kong 2 1 0 1 5 9 −4 3
10 F  Syria 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2[lower-alpha 2]
11 G  Laos 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2[lower-alpha 2]
Source: AFC
Notes:
  1. Vietnam and Thailand are ranked by disciplinary points.
  2. Syria and Laos are ranked by disciplinary points.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[8]

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament2
 IndiaHosts and 3rd best runners-up3 June 20156 (1990, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012)
 UzbekistanGroup A winners20 September 20158 (1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 KyrgyzstanGroup B winners27 October 2015[9]0 (debut)
 IraqGroup C winners20 September 20158 (1985, 1988, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012)
 Saudi ArabiaGroup D winners20 September 20159 (1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014)
 IranGroup E winners20 September 20159 (1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 MalaysiaGroup G winners20 September 20153 (2004, 2008, 2014)
 North KoreaGroup H winners6 September 20159 (1986, 1988, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 South KoreaGroup I winners20 September 201511 (1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014)
 AustraliaGroup J winners20 September 20154 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 JapanGroup K winners20 September 201512 (1988, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Vietnam1st best runners-up20 September 20155 (2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010)
 Thailand2nd best runners-up20 September 20159 (1985, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2014)
 United Arab Emirates4th best runners-up20 September 20156 (1990, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2008, 2010)
 Oman5th best runners-up20 September 20158 (1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Yemen6th best runners-up28 May 2016 [10]4 (2002, 2006, 2008, 2012)
2 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

6 goals

  • Park Jeong-in
  • Rasul Yuldoshov

5 goals

  • Alaa Adnan Jabbar
  • Takefusa Kubo
  • Izreen Izwandy
  • Shin Sang-whi
  • João Pedro
  • Trần Văn Đạt

4 goals

  • Suresh Singh Wangjam
  • Rei Hirakawa
  • Iqbal Hakem
  • Alif Safwan
  • Kyaw Kyaw Htet
  • Fidel Tacardon
  • Hamad Al-Abdan
  • Lee Dong-ryul
  • Korawich Tasa
  • Danilson Araújo
  • Majed Rashed
  • Abubakir Muydinov
  • Bùi Anh Đức

3 goals

  • Mirza Muratovic
  • Ahmed Sweedan
  • Wu Zewei
  • Mohammad Sharifi
  • Taisei Miyashiro
  • Keito Nakamura
  • Akito Tanahashi
  • Xayyaphon Sengsavang
  • Arif Shaqirin
  • Htun Sai
  • Rejin Subba
  • Kung Jin-song
  • Mariano Suba
  • Dom Lucas
  • Abdunozir Abdurakhmonov
  • Mạch Ngọc Hà
  • Nguyễn Duy Khiêm

2 goals

  • Rahmat Akbari
  • Jaidon Selden
  • Khaled Abdulrahim
  • Chen Rong
  • Zhou Junchen
  • Ethan Yeung Yat Yung
  • Aman Chetri
  • Mohammad Reza Ghobeishavi
  • Ayumu Seko
  • Yukinari Sugawara
  • Muhannad Abu Awad
  • Emir Shigaibaev
  • Boualapha Chaleunsouk
  • Nilanh Inthapanya
  • Nilan Luangsisombath
  • Hein Htet Aung
  • Dinesh Hemjan
  • Kim Chung-jin
  • Kye Tam
  • Mohammed Al-Khamisi
  • Ahmed Eleyan
  • Hisham Ali
  • Naif Almas
  • Kim Dong-bum
  • Ko Jun-hee
  • Park Chan-bin
  • Yong Dong-hyun
  • Ziyovuddin Fuzaylov
  • Jinnawat Russamee
  • Jelito
  • Nguyễn Khắc Khiêm
  • Vũ Đình Hai
  • Waleed Aswad
  • Murad Murshed
  • Abdulmajeed Sabarah

1 goal

  • Amir Ali
  • Omid Haidar Saneh
  • Lachlan Brook
  • Antonis Martis
  • Mersim Memeti
  • Mark Moric
  • Ramy Najjarine
  • Andrew Visciglio
  • Ryan Yates
  • Sarwar Zaman Nipu
  • Mohammad Shawon
  • Sieng Chanthea
  • Chen Quanjiang
  • Geng Taili
  • Sun Qinhan
  • Zhu Chenjie
  • Chen Wei-tze
  • Tsai Cheng-ju
  • Chan Ka Shing
  • Jonathan Linux Cheung
  • Erik Anders Whilborn
  • Gaston D’Silva
  • Amarjit Singh Kiyam
  • Boris Singh Thangjam
  • Komal Thatal
  • Mohammad Reza Davari
  • Mohammad Ghaderi
  • Mohsen Godarzi
  • Amir Khodamoradi
  • Vahid Namdari
  • Erfan Sadeghi
  • Mohammad Sardari
  • Muntadher Abdulsada
  • Mohammed Ridha Jalil
  • Ahmed Sartip Omar
  • Saleh Mahdi Saleh
  • Toichi Suzuki
  • Hiroto Yamada
  • Laith Hbowal
  • Khaled Radi Kourdi
  • Jasem Rashed
  • Gulzhigit Alykulov
  • Gulzhigit Boubaev
  • Maksat Dzhakybaliev
  • Timur Uulu Orzobek
  • Bounphachan Bounkong
  • Saya Monlangsy
  • Thatthaya Phoutthavong
  • Jawad Abdullah
  • Mahmoud Kaawar
  • Leung Chi Seng
  • Nor Amirul
  • Azrin Azahari
  • Zainul Arifin
  • Aliff Haiqal
  • Najmi Idham
  • Aung Chit Oo Ko Ko
  • Bo Bo Aung
  • Thet Paing Htoo
  • Khosbayar Bayarkhuu
  • Bat-Erdene Erdenechimeg
  • Manish Bahadur Karki
  • Prezen Tamang
  • Kim Kyong-sok
  • Kwon Nam-hyok
  • Paek Kwang-min
  • Ri Song-jin
  • Yun Min
  • Anthony Fruit
  • Sunjoon Tenorio
  • Mutassim Al-Bakri
  • Mohammed Al-Qaidi
  • Thamer Al-Zaabi
  • Ahmed Aburdaha
  • Jelani Borbon
  • Kier Napolitano
  • Kyle Ronquillo
  • Ahmed Al Ganehi
  • Mohammad Bahramen
  • Saleh Saeed
  • Dhari Al-Anazi
  • Ali Al-Shaikhi
  • Mohammed Mansour Mali
  • Abdulaziz Al-Dhuwayhi
  • Firas Al-Buraikan
  • Khairul Hairie
  • Irfan Jeferee
  • Glenn Kweh
  • Cheon Seong-hoon
  • Kim Tae-hwan
  • Son Jae-hyeok
  • Yu Je-ho
  • Mohammad Fares Kanaan
  • Mohammad Malta
  • Vahdat Hanonov
  • Mubindzhon Muminov
  • Faridun Nematov
  • Avaz Qamchinov
  • Yafet Belima
  • Filomeno Junior da Costa
  • Armindo Vieira
  • Orcelio
  • Kerim Garabekow
  • Abdulla Al-Naqbi
  • Ali Saleh
  • Sultan Saeed
  • Abdulkhay Ismoilov
  • Islom Karimov
  • Ikhtiyor Kholdorov
  • Shukhrat Nematov
  • Bakhromjon Soatov
  • Oston Urunov
  • Nguyễn Hữu Thắng
  • Nguyễn Huỳnh Sang
  • Nguyễn Trọng Long
  • Uông Ngọc Tiến
  • Mohammed Al-Hamdani
  • Mukhtar Al-Khalil
  • Ahmed Hamed Saeed

1 own goal

  • Xavier Naputi (against Australia)
  • Habib Antoine Baladi (against India)
  • Mohamed Azhan Hamid (against Yemen)
  • Prichi James (against Malaysia)
  • Abdulaziz Al-Malki (against United Arab Emirates)
  • Salvador Varela (against Laos)
  • Agajan Jumaýew (against Tajikistan)
Source: the-afc.com

References
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