2012 AFC U-16 Championship

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{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = AFC U-16 Championship

| year = 2012

| other_titles = مسابقات فوتبال زیر ۱۶ سال آسیا ۲۰۱۲

| image =

| size = 120px

| caption =

| country = {{flagdeco|Iran}} Iran

| dates = 22 September – 6 October

| num_teams = 16

| confederations = 1

| venues = 2

| cities = 1

| champion_other = {{fbu|17|UZB}}

| count = 1

| second_other = {{fbu|17|JPN}}

| matches = 31

| goals = 97

| attendance = 12853

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|KOR}} Hwang Hee-Chan
(5 goals)

| player = {{flagicon|JPN}} Taro Sugimoto{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-u16-championship/40271-sugimoto-scoops-mvp-award|title=Sugimoto scoops MVP Award|work=The-AFC.com|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=7 October 2012|access-date=29 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008221426/http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-u16-championship/40271-sugimoto-scoops-mvp-award|archive-date=8 October 2012|url-status=dead}}

| prevseason = 2010

| nextseason = 2014

}}

The 2012 AFC U-16 Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved Iran as hosts of the championship on 23 November 2011.[http://www.the-afc.com/en/news/37255-afc-to-put-best-foot-forward AFC to put best foot forward] The AFC. 23 November 2011. Retrieved on 2011-11-23. The top 4 teams qualified for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, hosted by the United Arab Emirates. Qualification for the tournament started in 2011.

Host Selection

The Organising Committee for AFC Youth Competitions for the 2011–2015 term announced that Iran and Palestine were interested in hosting the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship Finals.

Per decision of the AFC Competitions Committee, the host nation should qualify for the final tournament. The decision on the hosts was taken in the committee's meeting on 21 November 2011 based on the results of the qualifiers.

Qualification

{{main|2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification}}

The qualification draw was held on 30 March 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/33555-u16-u19-oly-wc-2014-qfiers-draw-on-mar-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203030622/http://www.the-afc.com/en/inside-afc/676-afc-news/33555-u16-u19-oly-wc-2014-qfiers-draw-on-mar-30 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2019 |title=U16, U19, Olym, WC q'fiers draw on Mar 30 |work=The-AFC.com |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |date=2 March 2011 |access-date=2 March 2011 }}

=Qualifiers=

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  • {{fbu|17|IRN}}
  • {{fbu|17|YEM}}
  • {{fbu|16|LAO}}
  • {{fbu|17|AUS}}
  • {{fbu|17|IRQ}}
  • {{fbu|17|JPN}}
  • {{fbu|17|KUW}}
  • {{fbu|17|CHN}}
  • {{fbu|17|PRK}}
  • {{fbu|17|OMN}}
  • {{fbu|17|KSA}}
  • {{fbu|17|KOR}}
  • {{fbu|17|SYR}}
  • {{fbu|17|THA}}
  • {{fbu|17|UZB}}
  • {{fbu|16|IND}}

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Venues

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Tehran

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!Tehran

Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium

|Ekbatan Stadium

Capacity: 8,250

|Capacity: 12,000

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|

Draw

The draw for the competition was held on 10 May 2012 in Tehran, Iran.{{cite news|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-u16-championship/38730-u-16-draw-procedures-confirmed|title=U-16 Draw procedures confirmed|work=The-AFC.com|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=10 April 2012|access-date=10 May 2012}}

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width=25%| Pot 1 (Host & Seeds)

!width=25%| Pot 2

!width=25%| Pot 3

!width=25%| Pot 4

{{fbu|17|IRN}}

{{fbu|17|PRK}}

{{fbu|17|UZB}}

{{fbu|17|AUS}}

|

{{fbu|17|JPN}}

{{fbu|17|SYR}}

{{fbu|17|IRQ}}

{{fbu|17|KUW}}

|

{{fbu|17|CHN}}

{{fbu|17|OMN}}

{{fbu|17|KSA}}

{{fbu|17|YEM}}

|

{{fbu|17|THA}}

{{fbu|17|LAO}}

{{fbu|17|KOR}}

{{fbu|16|IND}}

Group stage

In the group stage the tie-breaking criteria are direct matches before goal difference.{{cite web|title=2012 Regulations |url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/resources/regulations-a-guidelines/competition-regulations/2012/412-afc-u-16-championship-ir-iran-2012-competition-regulations |publisher=AFC |access-date=24 September 2012 |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030075339/http://www.the-afc.com/en/resources/regulations-a-guidelines/competition-regulations/2012/412-afc-u-16-championship-ir-iran-2012-competition-regulations |archive-date=30 October 2012 }}

=Group A=

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!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

bgcolor=ccffcc

|align=left|{{fbu|17|IRN}}

|3

30093+69
bgcolor=ccffcc

|align=left|{{fbu|17|KUW}}

|3

11166+04
align=left|{{fbu|16|LAO}}

|3

10268−23
align=left|{{fbu|17|YEM}}

|3

01237−41

{{football box

|date = 22 September 2012

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|KUW}}

|score = 1–1

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|team2 = {{fbu|17|YEM}}

|goals1 = Thekr Allah {{goal|19}}

|goals2 = Al-Dahi {{goal|71|pen.}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 100

|referee = Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)}}

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|date = 22 September 2012

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|IRN}}

|score = 3–1

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|team2 = {{fbu|16|LAO}}

|goals1 = Mazloum {{goal|17||48}}
Hosseini {{goal|19|pen.}}

|goals2 = Noyvong {{goal|2}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 450

|referee = Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)}}

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{{football box

|date = 24 September 2012

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|16|LAO}}

|score = 3–4

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|team2 = {{fbu|17|KUW}}

|goals1 = Phanthavong {{goal|24}}
Kettavong {{goal|28}}
Noyvong {{goal|37|pen.}}

|goals2 = Marzouq {{goal|26||90+1}}
Keola {{goal|32|o.g.}}
Alajmi {{goal|90+2}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 100

|referee = Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)}}

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{{football box

|date = 24 September 2012

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|YEM}}

|score = 1–4

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|team2 = {{fbu|17|IRN}}

|goals1 = Al-Dahi {{goal|3}}

|goals2 = Rigi {{goal|54}}
Ezzatollahi {{goal|61}}
Jafari {{goal|65}}
Karamolachaab {{goal|81}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 421

|referee = Maasaki Toma (Japan)}}

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|date = 26 September 2012

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|IRN}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://archive.today/20130105065429/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6639&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|KUW}}

|goals1 = Hosseini {{goal|40}}
Shojaei {{goal|62}}

|goals2 = Thekr Allah {{goal|27}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 510

|referee = Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)}}

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{{football box

|date = 26 September 2012

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|YEM}}

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://archive.today/20130105102830/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6640&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|16|LAO}}

|goals1 = Al-Dahi {{goal|45}}

|goals2 = Mahdi {{goal|12|o.g.}}
Kettavong {{goal|70}}

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 50

|referee = Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)}}

=Group B=

Iraq and Australia played a penalty shootout after their final group match to determine their ranking. Iraq won that 3–2.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-u16-championship/40145-australia-v-iraq|title=Australia 0–0 Iraq (2–3 pens)|date=26 September 2012|work=the-afc.com}}

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!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

bgcolor=ccffcc

|align=left|{{fbu|17|IRQ}}

|3

21041+37
bgcolor=ccffcc

|align=left|{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

|3

21041+37
align=left|{{fbu|17|OMA}}

|3

10256−13
align=left|{{fbu|17|THA}}

|3

00327−50

{{football box

|date = 22 September 2012

|time = 15:00

|team1 = Australia {{flagicon|AUS}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://archive.today/20130105000046/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6641&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|THA}}

|goals1 = Tombides {{goal|14}}
MacDonald {{goal|29}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 183

|referee = Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)}}

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{{football box

|date = 22 September 2012

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|IRQ}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://archive.today/20130104232411/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6642&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|OMA}}

|goals1 = Abdul-Zahra {{goal|5}}
Majed {{goal|35}}

|goals2 = Al-Rushadi {{goal|61}}

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 150

|referee = Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)}}

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{{football box

|date = 24 September 2012

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|THA}}

|score = 0–2

|report = [https://archive.today/20130105060720/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6643&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|IRQ}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Karim {{goal|63}}
M. Lateef {{goal|65}}

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 350

|referee = Naser Al Ghafari (Jordan)}}

----

{{football box

|date = 24 September 2012

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|OMA}}

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://archive.today/20130105002107/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6644&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia

|goals1 = Al-Rushadi {{goal|52|pen.}}

|goals2 = MacDonald {{goal|16}}
Baldacchino {{goal|87}}

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 100

|referee = Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)}}

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{{football box

|date = 26 September 2012

|time = 13:00

|team1 = Australia {{flagicon|AUS}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://archive.today/20130104203809/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6645&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|IRQ}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 150

|referee = Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea)

|penalties1 =

|penaltyscore = 2–3

|penalties2 = }}

----

{{football box

|date = 26 September 2012

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|OMA}}

|score = 3–2

|report = [https://archive.today/20130105050759/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6646&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|THA}}

|goals1 = Al-Alawi {{goal|40}}
Mubarak {{goal|55}}
Al-Rushadi {{goal|72}}

|goals2 = Puangbut {{goal|8}}
Thongma {{goal|17}}

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 55

|referee = Salah Abbas Alabbasi (Bahrain)}}

=Group C=

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width="165"|Team

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

bgcolor=ccffcc

|align=left|{{fbu|17|KOR}}

|3

30071+69
style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"
bgcolor=ccffcc

|align=left|{{fbu|17|JPN}}

|3

20163+36
align=left|{{fbu|17|PRK}}

|3

10227−53
align=left|{{fbu|17|KSA}}

|3

00315−40

{{football box

|date = 23 September 2012

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|PRK}}

|score = 0–3

|report = [https://archive.today/20130104223554/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6647&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|KOR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Hwang Hee-Chan {{goal|18||58||67}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 331

|referee = Yadollah Jahanbazi (Iran)}}

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{{football box

|date = 23 September 2012

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|JPN}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://archive.today/20130105014742/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6648&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|KSA}}

|goals1 = Sasaki {{goal|44}}
Sugimoto {{goal|56}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 200

|referee = Strebre Delovski (Australia)}}

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{{football box

|date = 25 September 2012

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|KOR}}

|score = 3–1

|report = [https://archive.today/20130106024542/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6649&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|JPN}}

|goals1 = Hwang Hee-Chan {{goal|13}}
Choi Ju-Yong {{goal|42}}
Ko Min-hyuk {{goal|89}}

|goals2 = Ogawa {{goal|23}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 350

|referee = Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)}}

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{{football box

|date = 25 September 2012

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|KSA}}

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://archive.today/20130104223355/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6650&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|PRK}}

|goals1 = Al-Qahtani {{goal|54}}

|goals2 = Ri Ryong {{goal|48}}
Ri Kwang-Song {{goal|82}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 237

|referee = Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)}}

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{{football box

|date = 27 September 2012

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|PRK}}

|score = 0–3

|report = [https://archive.today/20130104201508/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6651&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|JPN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Nakamura {{goal|14}}
Sugimoto {{goal|49}}
Ogawa {{goal|82}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 150

|referee = Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)}}

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{{football box

|date = 27 September 2012

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|KSA}}

|score = 0–1

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|team2 = {{fbu|17|KOR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Jeong Hun-U {{goal|62}}

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 62

|referee = Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)}}

=Group D=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
width="165"|Team

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}

!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}

bgcolor=ccffcc

|align=left|{{fbu|17|SYR}}

|3

12021+15
style="border-bottom:3px solid green;"
bgcolor=ccffcc

|align=left|{{fbu|17|UZB}}

|3

1114404
align=left|{{fbu|17|CHN}}

|3

0304403
align=left|{{fbu|16|IND}}

|3

02145−12

{{football box

|date = 23 September 2012

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|UZB}}

|score = 3–2

|report = [https://archive.today/20121216114422/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6653&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|16|IND}}

|goals1 = Odilov {{goal|8}}
Abdullaev {{goal|53|pen.}}
Abdiganiyev {{goal|79}}

|goals2 = Rai {{goal|47||71}}

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 100

|referee = Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)}}

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{{football box

|date = 23 September 2012

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|SYR}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://archive.today/20130105020646/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6654&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|CHN}}

|goals1 = Kurdaghli {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2 = Zhang Yuning {{goal|48}}

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 100

|referee = Kim Jong-Hyeok (South Korea)}}

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{{football box

|date = 25 September 2012

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|16|IND}}

|score = 0–0

|report = [https://archive.today/20121216123612/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6655&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|SYR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 150

|referee = Strebre Delovski (Australia)}}

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{{football box

|date = 25 September 2012

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CHN}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://archive.today/20121206045622/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6656&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|UZB}}

|goals1 = Hu Jinghang {{goal|43}}

|goals2 = Boltaboev {{goal|16}}

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 100

|referee = Yadollah Jahanbazi (Iran)}}

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{{football box

|date = 27 September 2012

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|UZB}}

|score = 0–1

|report = [https://archive.today/20121208171037/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6657&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|SYR}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Alhusni {{goal|33}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 20

|referee = Maasaki Toma (Japan)}}

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{{football box

|date = 27 September 2012

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|CHN}}

|score = 2–2

|report = [https://archive.today/20121211070907/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6658&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|16|IND}}

|goals1 = Wang Jinxian {{goal|21}}
Zhang Yuning {{goal|33}}

|goals2 = Lalhlimpuia {{goal|19}}
Mendes {{goal|90+4|pen.}}

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 100

|referee = Naser Al Ghafari (Jordan)}}

Knockout stage

=Knockout Map=

{{Round8

|30 September|{{fbu|17|IRN}}|5|{{fbu|17|AUS}}|1

|30 September|{{fbu|17|KOR}}|1(3)|{{fbu|17|UZB}}|1(5)

|30 September|{{fbu|17|IRQ}}|3|{{fbu|17|KUW}}|1

|30 September|{{fbu|17|SYR}}|1|{{fbu|17|JPN}}|2

|3 October|{{fbu|17|IRN}}|2|{{fbu|17|UZB}}|3

|3 October|{{fbu|17|IRQ}}|1|{{fbu|17|JPN}}|5

|6 October|{{fbu|17|UZB}}|1(3)|{{fbu|17|JPN}}|1(1)

}}

=Quarterfinals=

{{football box

|date = 30 September 2012

|time = 13:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|IRQ}}

|score = 3–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190212180544/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6661&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|KUW}}

|goals1 = Kadhim {{goal|59}}
Salman {{goal|74}}
Majed {{goal|80}}

|goals2 = Alasfour {{goal|68}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 500

|referee = Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)}}

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{{football box

|date = 30 September 2012

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|KOR}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190212180544/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6660&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|UZB}}

|goals1 = Hwang Hee-Chan {{goal|90+4}}

|goals2 = Turaev {{goal|64}}

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 200

|referee = Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)

|penalties1 = Yoo Won-Jong {{pengoal}}
Hwang Hee-Chan {{penmiss}}
Lee Gun {{pengoal}}
Lim Eun-Su {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore = 3–5

|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Komilov
{{pengoal}} Abdullaev
{{pengoal}} Shukurov
{{pengoal}} Mirzaev
{{pengoal}} Abbasov}}

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{{football box

|date = 30 September 2012

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|IRN}}

|score = 5–1

|report = [https://archive.today/20121206045026/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6659&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|AUS}}

|goals1 = Ezzatollahi {{goal|31|pen.}}
Karamolachaab {{goal|35||90+3}}
Bazaj {{goal|61}}
Rigi {{goal|81}}

|goals2 = Antoniou {{goal|88}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 3,850

|referee = Maasaki Toma (Japan)}}

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{{football box

|date = 30 September 2012

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|SYR}}

|score = 1–2

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190212180544/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6662&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|JPN}}

|goals1 = Kurdaghli {{goal|87}}

|goals2 = Sugimori {{goal|80}}
Sugimoto {{goal|82}}

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 197

|referee = Strebre Delovski (Australia)}}

=Semifinals=

{{football box

|date = 3 October 2012

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|IRN}}

|score = 2–3

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190212180544/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6663&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|UZB}}

|goals1 = Hosseini {{goal|4}}
Mazloum {{goal|88}}

|goals2 = Khamdamov {{goal|13}}
Abdullaev {{goal|35}}
Shukurov {{goal|42}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 3,050

|referee = Yousef Al-Marzouq (Kuwait)}}

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{{football box

|date = 3 October 2012

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|IRQ}}

|score = 1–5

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190212180544/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6664&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|JPN}}

|goals1 = Sami {{goal|59}}

|goals2 = Onishi {{goal|9}}
Kitagawa {{goal|18||88}}
Watanabe {{goal|67}}
Sasaki {{goal|68}}

|stadium = Rah Ahan Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 537

|referee = Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)}}

=Final=

{{football box

|date = 6 October 2012

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|17|UZB}}

|score = 1–1

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20190212180544/http://www.the-afc.com/en/afc-u16-2012-schedule-results?fixtureid=6666&stageid=253&tMode=C&view=ajax&show=matchsummary Report]

|team2 = {{fbu|17|JPN}}

|goals1 = Turaev {{goal|52}}

|goals2 = Mizutani {{goal|6}}

|stadium = Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium, Tehran

|attendance = 213

|referee = Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

|penalties1 = Komilov {{pengoal}}
Shukurov {{pengoal}}
Mirzaev {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore = 3–1

|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Miyoshi
{{penmiss}} Sugimoto
{{penmiss}} Sugimori
{{penmiss}} Kitagawa

}}

Winners

{{winners|fbu|17|AFC U-16 Championship 2012 winners|Uzbekistan|First}}

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup

The four semi-finalists qualified for 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

  • {{fbu|17|UZB}}
  • {{fbu|17|JPN}}
  • {{fbu|17|IRN}}
  • {{fbu|17|IRQ}}

Goalscorers

{{Goalscorers|goals=97|matches=31

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|3 goals=

|2 goals=

|1 goal=

|1 own goal=

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References

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