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2016 AFC U-23 Championship
بطولة آسيا تحت 23 سنة لكرة القدم 2016
BERJAYA
Tournament details
Host countryQatar
Dates12–30 January
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venues4 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsBERJAYA Japan (1st title)
Runners-upBERJAYA South Korea
Third placeBERJAYA Iraq
Fourth placeBERJAYA Qatar
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored103 (3.22 per match)
Attendance93,639 (2,926 per match)
Top scorer(s)Qatar Ahmed Alaa
(6 goals)
Best playerJapan Shoya Nakajima
Fair play awardBERJAYA Japan
← 2013
2018 →

The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship (also known as the 2016 AFC U-23 Asian Cup) was the second edition of the AFC U-23 Championship, the biennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Qatar between 12–30 January 2016.[1][2] A total of 16 teams compete in the tournament. The tournament was also renamed from the "AFC U-22 Championship" to the "AFC U-23 Championship".[1]

For the first time, the AFC U-23 Championship acted as the AFC qualifiers for the Olympic football tournament, replacing the previous process of home-and-away Olympic qualifiers. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Brazil as the AFC representatives.[3]

Japan won the tournament with a 3–2 final win over South Korea. Both finalists and third-placed Iraq qualified for the Olympics.[4]

Host selection

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Qatar was one of the countries which came forward wishing to host the finals competition.[5] They were selected over the other bidding nations Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and Iran.[1]

Qualification

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The qualifiers draw was held on Thursday, 4 December 2014.[6] A total of 43 teams were drawn into ten groups, with the ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualifying for the final tournament, together with Qatar who qualified automatically as hosts.[7]

Qualification rounds were played between 23–31 March 2015,[8] except for Group B which was scheduled to be held in Lahore, Pakistan, but was postponed due to the Lahore church bombings.

Qualified teams

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The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.[9]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
BERJAYA QatarHosts1stDebut
BERJAYA IraqGroup A winners2ndChampions (2013)
BERJAYA JordanGroup B winners2ndThird place (2013)
BERJAYA Saudi ArabiaGroup C winners2ndRunners-up (2013)
BERJAYA United Arab EmiratesGroup D winners2ndQuarter-finals (2013)
BERJAYA SyriaGroup E winners2ndQuarter-finals (2013)
BERJAYA AustraliaGroup F winners2ndQuarter-finals (2013)
BERJAYA North KoreaGroup G winners2ndGroup stage (2013)
BERJAYA South KoreaGroup H winners2ndFourth place (2013)
BERJAYA JapanGroup I winners2ndQuarter-finals (2013)
BERJAYA ChinaGroup J winners2ndGroup stage (2013)
BERJAYA Thailand1st best runners-up (Group G)1stDebut
BERJAYA Iran2nd best runners-up (Group C)2ndGroup stage (2013)
BERJAYA Vietnam3rd best runners-up (Group I)1stDebut
BERJAYA Yemen4th best runners-up (Group D)2ndGroup stage (2013)
BERJAYA Uzbekistan5th best runners-up (Group E)2ndGroup stage (2013)

Venues

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The tournament was held in four stadiums, located in the cities of Al Rayyan and Doha.[10]

Al Rayyan
(Doha Area)		 Doha
Location of the host cities of the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.
Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
(Al-Sadd Stadium)		 Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
(Lekhwiya Stadium)		 Grand Hamad Stadium
(Al-Arabi Stadium)		 Suheim bin Hamad Stadium
(Qatar SC Stadium)
Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 12,000 Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 15,000
BERJAYA BERJAYA BERJAYA BERJAYA

Draw

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The draw for the final tournament was held on 12 September 2015, 12:00 AST (UTC+3), at the Four Seasons Hotel in Doha, Qatar. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.[10] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous edition in 2013.[11]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

BERJAYA Qatar (hosts; position A1)
BERJAYA Iraq
BERJAYA Saudi Arabia
BERJAYA Jordan

BERJAYA South Korea
BERJAYA Syria
BERJAYA Australia
BERJAYA Japan

BERJAYA United Arab Emirates
BERJAYA Iran
BERJAYA North Korea
BERJAYA Uzbekistan

BERJAYA China
BERJAYA Yemen
BERJAYA Thailand
BERJAYA Vietnam

Match officials

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The following referees were chosen for the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.

Referees
Assistant referees
  • Bahrain Nawaf Moosa
  • China Wang Dexin
  • Iran Reza Sokhandan
  • Japan Haruhiro Otsuka
  • Jordan Ahmed Al Roalle
  • South Korea Yoon Kwang-yeol
  • Malaysia Mohd Yusri Mohamad
  • Oman Abu Bakar Al-Amri
  • Qatar Taleb Al-Marri
  • Qatar Saud Al-Maqaleh
  • Saudi Arabia Mohammed Al Abakry
  • Saudi Arabia Abdullah Al-Shalawi
  • Kyrgyzstan Ismailzhan Talipzhanov
  • Sri Lanka Deniye Gedara Palitha Parakkrama Hemathunga
  • Chinese Taipei Yu Hsu Min
  • United Arab Emirates Mohamed Al-Hammadi
  • United Arab Emirates Hasan Al-Mahri
  • Uzbekistan Jakhongir Saidov

Squads

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Players born on or after 1 January 1993 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).[12]

As the tournament was not held during the FIFA International Match Calendar, clubs were not obligated to release the players.[13]

Group stage

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The top two teams of each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

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:[12]

  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.

All times were local, AST (UTC+3).[14]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 BERJAYA Qatar (H) 3 3 0 0 9 4 +5 9 Knockout stage
2 BERJAYA Iran 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3 BERJAYA Syria 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
4 BERJAYA China 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Syria BERJAYA0–2BERJAYA Iran
Report Motahari BERJAYA 64'
Mi. Mohammadi BERJAYA 72'
Attendance: 1,133
Qatar BERJAYA3–1BERJAYA China
A. Hassan BERJAYA 65', 72'
A. Alaa BERJAYA 82'		 Report Liao Lisheng BERJAYA 43'
Attendance: 6,340
China BERJAYA1–3BERJAYA Syria
Liao Lisheng BERJAYA 21' Report Kharbin BERJAYA 43' (pen.), 53'
Al Baher BERJAYA 83'
Attendance: 1,205
Iran BERJAYA1–2BERJAYA Qatar
A. Karimi BERJAYA 90+1' Report A. Alaa BERJAYA 35'
A. Hassan BERJAYA 56'
Attendance: 11,026
Qatar BERJAYA4–2BERJAYA Syria
A. Hassan BERJAYA 10'
A. Alaa BERJAYA 24', 82'
A. Ali BERJAYA 28'		 Report Kalfa BERJAYA 4'
Kharbin BERJAYA 81' (pen.)
Attendance: 9,255
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Iran BERJAYA3–2BERJAYA China
Motahari BERJAYA 38'
Pahlavan BERJAYA 40'
Torabi BERJAYA 48'		 Report Chang Feiya BERJAYA 40'
Liao Lisheng BERJAYA 70' (pen.)
Attendance: 802
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 BERJAYA Japan 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Knockout stage
2 BERJAYA North Korea 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2[a]
3 BERJAYA Saudi Arabia 3 0 2 1 5 6 −1 2[a]
4 BERJAYA Thailand 3 0 2 1 3 7 −4 2[a]
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Head-to-head: North Korea (0 GD, 5 GF), Saudi Arabia (0 GD, 4 GF), Thailand (0 GD, 3 GF)
Japan BERJAYA1–0BERJAYA North Korea
Ueda BERJAYA 5' Report
Attendance: 1,531
Saudi Arabia BERJAYA1–1BERJAYA Thailand
Al-Saiari BERJAYA 71' Report Pinyo BERJAYA 84'
Attendance: 1,531
Thailand BERJAYA0–4BERJAYA Japan
Report Suzuki BERJAYA 27'
Yajima BERJAYA 49'
Kubo BERJAYA 75', 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,674
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
North Korea BERJAYA3–3BERJAYA Saudi Arabia
Kim Yong-il BERJAYA 27'
Yun Il-gwang BERJAYA 52'
Jang Kuk-chol BERJAYA 85'		 Report Kanno BERJAYA 40'
Al-Muwallad BERJAYA 62'
Al-Ghamdi BERJAYA 69'
Attendance: 1,674
Referee: Adham Makhadmeh (Jordan)
Saudi Arabia BERJAYA1–2BERJAYA Japan
Madu BERJAYA 57' (pen.) Report Oshima BERJAYA 32'
Ideguchi BERJAYA 53'
Attendance: 807
North Korea BERJAYA2–2BERJAYA Thailand
Kim Yong-il BERJAYA 17'
Thossawat red-colored football 45' (o.g.)		 Report Narubadin BERJAYA 30'
Chanathip BERJAYA 78'
Attendance: 1,086

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 BERJAYA South Korea 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Knockout stage
2 BERJAYA Iraq 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
3 BERJAYA Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4 BERJAYA Yemen 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iraq BERJAYA2–0BERJAYA Yemen
Faez BERJAYA 36' (pen.)
Husni BERJAYA 39'		 Report
Attendance: 803
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)
South Korea BERJAYA2–1BERJAYA Uzbekistan
Moon Chang-jin BERJAYA 20' (pen.), 48' Report Khamdamov BERJAYA 57'
Attendance: 803
Yemen BERJAYA0–5BERJAYA South Korea
Report Kwon Chang-hoon BERJAYA 14', 31', 41'
Ryu Seung-woo BERJAYA 72'
Kim Seung-jun BERJAYA 76'
Attendance: 686
Referee: Dmitriy Mashentsev (Kyrgyzstan)
Uzbekistan BERJAYA2–3BERJAYA Iraq
Khamdamov BERJAYA 1'
Khakimov BERJAYA 79'		 Report Attwan BERJAYA 38'
Kamel BERJAYA 43'
Tariq BERJAYA 84'
Attendance: 686
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)
Iraq BERJAYA1–1BERJAYA South Korea
Waleed BERJAYA 90+2' Report Kim Hyun BERJAYA 22'
Attendance: 1,086
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
Uzbekistan BERJAYA3–1BERJAYA Yemen
Sokhibov BERJAYA 18'
Sergeev BERJAYA 68'
Masharipov BERJAYA 90+3'		 Report A. Al-Sarori BERJAYA 82'
Attendance: 227
Referee: Ma Ning (China)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 BERJAYA United Arab Emirates 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Knockout stage
2 BERJAYA Jordan 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
3 BERJAYA Australia 3 1 1 1 2 1 +1 4
4 BERJAYA Vietnam 3 0 0 3 3 8 −5 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Jordan BERJAYA3–1BERJAYA Vietnam
Faisal BERJAYA 38', 72'
Manasrah BERJAYA 68'		 Report Đỗ Duy Mạnh BERJAYA 87'
Attendance: 1,392
Referee: Ma Ning (China)
Australia BERJAYA0–1BERJAYA United Arab Emirates
Report Gallifuoco red-colored football 86' (o.g.)
Attendance: 307
Referee: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
Vietnam BERJAYA0–2BERJAYA Australia
Report Donachie BERJAYA 2'
Maclaren BERJAYA 61'
Attendance: 539
Referee: Ali Sabah (Iraq)
United Arab Emirates BERJAYA0–0BERJAYA Jordan
Report
Attendance: 1,752
Jordan BERJAYA0–0BERJAYA Australia
Report
Attendance: 2,338
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[12]

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 January – Al Rayyan
 
 
BERJAYA Qatar (a.e.t.)2
 
26 January – Al Rayyan
 
BERJAYA North Korea1
 
BERJAYA Qatar1
 
23 January – Doha (SBHS)
 
BERJAYA South Korea3
 
BERJAYA South Korea1
 
30 January – Doha (ABKS)
 
BERJAYA Jordan0
 
BERJAYA South Korea2
 
22 January – Doha (ABKS)
 
BERJAYA Japan3
 
BERJAYA Japan (a.e.t.)3
 
26 January – Doha (ABKS)
 
BERJAYA Iran0
 
BERJAYA Japan2
 
23 January – Doha (GHS)
 
BERJAYA Iraq1 Third place
 
BERJAYA United Arab Emirates1
 
29 January – Al Rayyan
 
BERJAYA Iraq (a.e.t.)3
 
BERJAYA Qatar1
 
 
BERJAYA Iraq (a.e.t.)2
 

Quarter-finals

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Japan BERJAYA3–0 (a.e.t.)BERJAYA Iran
Toyokawa BERJAYA 95'
Nakajima BERJAYA 108', 110'		 Report
Attendance: 1,703
Qatar BERJAYA2–1 (a.e.t.)BERJAYA North Korea
A. Afif BERJAYA 6' (pen.)
A. Assad BERJAYA 92'		 Report So Kyong-jin BERJAYA 90+1'
Attendance: 9,702
Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)
South Korea BERJAYA1–0BERJAYA Jordan
Moon Chang-jin BERJAYA 23' Report
Attendance: 3,126
United Arab Emirates BERJAYA1–3 (a.e.t.)BERJAYA Iraq
Mhawi red-colored football 75' (o.g.) Report Husni BERJAYA 77'
Abdul-Raheem BERJAYA 103'
Waleed BERJAYA 120+3'
Attendance: 1,030

Semi-finals

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Winners qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.

Japan BERJAYA2–1BERJAYA Iraq
Kubo BERJAYA 26'
Harakawa BERJAYA 90+3'		 Report Saad BERJAYA 43'
Attendance: 1,489
Qatar BERJAYA1–3BERJAYA South Korea
A. Alaa BERJAYA 79' Report Ryu Seung-woo BERJAYA 48'
Kwon Chang-hoon BERJAYA 89'
Moon Chang-jin BERJAYA 90+5'
Attendance: 11,840

Third place play-off

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Winner qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics.

Qatar BERJAYA1–2 (a.e.t.)BERJAYA Iraq
A. Alaa BERJAYA 27' Report Abdul-Raheem BERJAYA 86'
Ayman BERJAYA 109'
Attendance: 10,049
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

Final

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South Korea BERJAYA2–3BERJAYA Japan
Kwon Chang-hoon BERJAYA 20'
Jin Sung-wook BERJAYA 47'		 Report Asano BERJAYA 67', 81'
Yajima BERJAYA 68'
Attendance: 5,394

Winners

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2016 AFC U-23 Championship
Japan
Japan
1st title

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer[15] Most Valuable Player[16] Fair Play award[16]
Qatar Ahmed Alaa Japan Shoya Nakajima Japan Japan

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: The-AFC.com

Qualified teams for Olympics

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The following three teams from AFC qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
BERJAYA Japan26 January 20169 (1936, 1956, 1964, 1968, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
BERJAYA South Korea26 January 20169 (1948, 1964, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
BERJAYA Iraq29 January 20164 (1980, 1984, 1988, 2004)
1 Italic indicates host for that year. Statistics include all Olympic format (current Olympic under-23 format started in 1992).

Broadcasting rights

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Territory Channel Ref
BERJAYA Arab world beIN Sports
Al-Kass Sports		 [17][18]
BERJAYA Australia Fox Sports [19]
BERJAYA China CCTV [19]
BERJAYA Europe Eurosport [19]
BERJAYA Hong Kong Now TV [19]
BERJAYA Iran IRIB [19]
BERJAYA Japan NHK [19]
Latin America Fox Sports [19]
BERJAYA New Zealand Sky Sports [19]
BERJAYA South Africa SABC [19]
BERJAYA South Korea KBS [19]
BERJAYA Thailand BBTV CH7 [20]
BERJAYA United States ONE World Sports [21]
BERJAYA Uzbekistan Sport-UZ [19]
BERJAYA Vietnam VTV [22][23]

Controversies

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Qatar, Syria and Yemen each had at least two players born on 1 January 1993, the cut off date for eligibility in this tournament.[24][25]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Including a fastest goal in the tournament

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "AFC Competitions Committee meeting". the-afc.com. 28 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2017.
  3. ↑ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Iraq clinch Asia's final Rio spot". FIFA.com. 29 January 2016. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Qatar bids to host AFC U-22 championship". QFA. 12 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "AFC U-23 Championship 2016 Qualifiers draw". Asian Football Confederation. 3 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Holders Iraq face stern test in AFC U-23 C'ship qualifiers". AFC. 4 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Participants for AFC U-23 Championship Qatar 2016 confirmed". the-AFC.com. 21 May 2015.
  10. 1 2 "AFC U23 Championship Qatar 2016 draw concluded in Doha". AFC. 12 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Stage set for AFC U23 Championship Qatar 2016 draw". AFC. 11 September 2015.
  12. 1 2 3 "Regulations AFC U-23 Championship 2016" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "Azmoun and Jahanbakhsh to miss Olympic qualifiers". persianfootball.com. 1 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "AFC U23 Championship Qatar 2016 Match Schedule" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017.
  15. ↑ "Ahmed Alaa lands U23 Top Scorer award". AFC. 31 January 2016.
  16. 1 2 "Nakajima named AFC U23 Championship MVP". AFC. 31 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "لا تفوتوا متابعة بطولة آسيا تحت 23 سنة حصرياً على قنواتنا" (in Arabic). beIN Sports Arabia Facebook page. 9 January 2016.
  18. ↑ "كأس آسيا الأولمبية في الدوحة مشفرة" (in Arabic). Al Riyadh. 11 January 2016.
  19. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "AFC U23 Championship 2016 Schedule,Teams,Venues,Live Broadcaster info". sportsmanch.com. 29 December 2015. Archived from the original on 1 January 2016.
  20. ↑ "AFC U23 CHAMPIONSHIP QATAR 2016". BBTV CH7. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  21. ↑ "AFC U23 Championship: Full Daily Schedule". One World Sports. 4 January 2016. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016.
  22. ↑ "CHÍNH THỨC: VTV sở hữu bản quyền phát sóng VCK U23 châu Á 2016". vtv.vn (in Vietnamese). 31 December 2015.
  23. ↑ "VTV6 truyền hình trực tiếp các trận đấu của U23 Việt Nam tại VCK U23 châu Á". vtv.vn (in Vietnamese). 5 January 2016.
  24. ↑ "Final Registration Player List" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  25. ↑ Mayeli Kohan: Qatar used overage players
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