Host country Myanmar Runners-up North Korea Fair play award North Korea Teams 16 Goals scored 92 | Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Best player Ahmed Doozandeh Dates 9 Oct 2014 – 23 Oct 2014 Attendance 233,739 Matches played 31 | |
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Top scorer(s) Ahmed Al Saadi
Zabikhillo Urinboev
Jo Kwang-myong
(5 goals each) Champion Qatar national under-20 football team Similar 2016 AFC U‑19 Championship, 2015 FIFA U‑20 World Cup, 2012 AFC U‑19 Championship, 2014 AFC Cup, 2014 AFF Championship | ||
The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship was the 38th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 19 and below. Myanmar were approved as hosts of the competition on 25 April 2013. The tournament was held from 9 to 23 October 2014, with the top four teams qualifying for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.
Contents
- Qualification
- Draw
- Squads
- Group stage
- Knockout stage
- Qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U 20 World Cup
- Goalscorers
- References
Qatar won the tournament, and were joined by North Korea, hosts Myanmar, and Uzbekistan as AFC qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Qualification
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 April 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Draw
The draw for the competition was held on 24 April 2014 in Yangon, Myanmar.
Squads
Only players born on or after 1 January 1995 are eligible to compete in the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).
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+6:30).
Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.
Qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup: