2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship

2015 AFF U-16
Youth Championship
ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ AFF U16
Championship 2015

Tournament details
Host country	Cambodia
City	Phnom Penh
Dates	27 July – 9 August
Teams	11 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Thailand (3rd title)
Runners-up	Myanmar
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	Laos
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	111 (3.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marc Moric John Roberts (8 goals each)
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The 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship is the 10th edition of the AFF U-16 Youth Championship, organised by the ASEAN Football Federation. It will be hosted by Cambodia for the second time after the 2007 AFF U-17 Youth Championship. It will be played between 27 July to 9 August 2015. It was set to be hosted by Indonesia but they were suspended by FIFA in May 2015.^[1][2][3]

All twelve member associations of the ASEAN Football Federation were set to take part in the tournament featuring three groups of four teams, but with Indonesia's suspension, they were omitted and the AFF reverted to two groups featuring six and five teams.^[4]

The following groups were drawn at the 15th AFF Council meeting in Singapore on 16 June 2015.^[5]

Team	Association	App	Previous best performance
Cambodia (H)	FF Cambodia	6th	Group stage (5 times)
Australia	FF Australia	4th	Winners (2008)
Brunei	FA Brunei DS	4th	Group stage (3 times)
Laos	Lao FF	8th	Runners-up (2002, 2007, 2011)
Malaysia	FA Malaysia	7th	Winners (2013)
Myanmar	Myanmar FF	7th	Winners (2002, 2005)
Philippines	Philippine FF	4th	Group stage (3 times)
Singapore	FA Singapore	6th	Fourth place (2008, 2011)
Thailand	FA Thailand	6th	Winners (2007, 2011)
Timor-Leste	FF Timor-Leste	3th	Third place (2010)
Vietnam	Vietnam FF	8th	Winners (2006, 2010)

The two venues to host matches are Olympic Stadium and Army Stadium in Phnom Penh. The matches of Group A will be held in Olympic Stadium and Army Stadium; the matches of Group B will be held in Olympic Stadium and the matches of Knockout stage will be held in Olympic Stadium.

Phnom Penh
Olympic Stadium	Phnom Penh class=notpageimage| Location of stadiums of the 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship.	Army Stadium
Capacity: 50,000		Capacity: 7,000

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

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

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. Lower 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 matches held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
• All times are local, UTC+7.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Laos	5	4	1	0	10	4	+6	13	Knockout stage
2	Thailand	5	4	0	1	10	2	+8	12
3	Malaysia	5	2	0	3	4	8	−4	6
4	Vietnam	5	1	2	2	10	8	+2	5
5	Timor-Leste	5	1	2	2	9	11	−2	5
6	Brunei	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1

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Notes

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	24	4	+20	12	Knockout stage
2	Myanmar	4	3	0	1	9	5	+4	9
3	Singapore	4	1	1	2	7	12	−5	4
4	Cambodia (H)	4	1	1	2	1	7	−6	4
5	Philippines	4	0	0	4	3	16	−13	0

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In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 August – Phnom Penh
	Laos	0
					9 August – Phnom Penh
	Myanmar	1
					Myanmar	0
	7 August – Phnom Penh
					Thailand	3
	Australia	2
	Thailand	3
					Third place match
					9 August – Phnom Penh
					Laos	2
					Australia	10

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2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship winners
Thailand Third title

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

Top Goalscorer
Marc Moric John Roberts

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Thailand	7	6	0	1	16	4	+12	18	Champions
2	Myanmar	6	4	0	2	10	8	+2	12	Runners-up
3	Australia	6	5	0	1	36	9	+27	15	Third place
4	Laos	7	4	1	2	12	15	−3	13	Fourth place
5	Malaysia	5	2	0	3	4	8	−4	6	Eliminated in Group stage
6	Vietnam	5	1	2	2	10	8	+2	5
7	Timor-Leste	5	1	2	2	9	11	−2	5
8	Singapore	4	1	1	2	7	12	−5	4
9	Cambodia (H)	4	1	1	2	1	7	−6	4
10	Brunei	5	0	1	4	3	13	−10	1
11	Philippines	4	0	0	4	3	16	−13	0

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Own goals

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