The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) 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
(hosts)
Draw
The draw for the competition was held on 6 April 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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. 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 (UTC+7).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
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.
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
4 goals
Cameron Joice
Han Kwang-song
Anas Al-Aji
3 goals
Choe Song-hyok
Hassan Palang
Abd Al-Rahman Barakat
Sukhrob Nurulloev
2 goals
Jake Brimmer
Reza Karimi
Reza Shekari
Suga Daiki
Jong Chang-bom
Muhammad Najmuddin
Jang Gyeol-hee
Mohammad Jaddoua
Jonibek Kuchimov
Mahmudxojiyev Shokhrukh
1 goal
Daniel Arzani
Jackson Bandiera
Charlie Devereux
Daniel Maskin
Kosta Petratos
Jamal Reiners
Duan Liuyu
He Xin
Mohammad Shamsi
Mohammad Soltanimehr
Ryosuke Nagasawa
Doan Ritsu
Sasaki Takumi
Yasui Takuya
Onozawa Toshiki
Salem Al-Bariki
Abdulaziz Al-Hadiyah
Khaled Mohammad
Kogileswaran Raj
Muhammad Syazwan
Bimal Magar
Kiran Sunar
Ananta Tamang
Ju Hyon-hyok
Pak Yong-gwan
Mohammad Al-Ubaidani
Dhakil Al-Yahmadi
Khalid Mazeed
Mashhour Abdullah
Khalid Dubaysh
Choi Jae-young
Hwang Tae-hyoen
Jang Jae-won
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)