2010 AFC U-19 Championship

2010年亚足联U19青年锦标赛
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	3–17 October
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (3rd title)
Runners-up	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	78 (2.52 per match)
Attendance	366,931 (11,836 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kerem Bulut (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Jong Il-Gwan
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The 2010 AFC U-19 Championship was the 36th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation.

Qualification for the tournament started in October 2009 with the finals tournament being hosted in October 2010. ^[1]

The AFC recommended China as the host for the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship Finals, which was subject to approval on 9 February 2010 ^[2] and confirmed the hosting right's and finals venue of Zibo on 18 February 2010. ^[3] The top four teams qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Host cities and venues

Cities	Venues	Capacity
Zibo	Zibo Sports Center Stadium	45,000
Linzi	Linzi Stadium	14,000

Qualification Competition

Qualifiers

Australia   Bahrain   China   Iraq

Iran   Japan   Jordan   North Korea

South Korea   Saudi Arabia   Syria   Thailand

United Arab Emirates   Uzbekistan   Vietnam   Yemen

Draw

The draw for the AFC U-19 Championship 2010 was held on 9 May 2010 in Zibo, China.

Pot 1 (Host & Seeds)	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
China   United Arab Emirates   Uzbekistan   South Korea	Australia   North Korea   Saudi Arabia   Japan	Iran   Thailand   Iraq   Jordan	Syria   Yemen   Vietnam   Bahrain

Squads

Group stage

All times are China Standard Time (CST) - UTC+08:00.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Saudi Arabia	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
Syria	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3
Thailand	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Uzbekistan	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9
North Korea	3	2	0	1	5	1	+4	6
Bahrain	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
Iraq	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
United Arab Emirates	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
Vietnam	3	1	0	2	2	9	−7	3
Jordan	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7
South Korea	3	2	1	0	3	0	+3	7
Iran	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
Yemen	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

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Knockout stages

All times are China Standard Time (CST) - UTC+08:00.

Knockout Map

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	11 October - Zibo
	China	0
					14 October - Zibo
	North Korea	2
					North Korea	2
	11 October - Linzi
					South Korea	0
	Japan	2
									17 October - Zibo
	South Korea	3
									North Korea	3
	11 October - Zibo
									Australia	2
	Uzbekistan	1
					14 October - Zibo
	Saudi Arabia	2( a.e.t.)
					Saudi Arabia	0
	11 October - Linzi
					Australia	2
	Australia	4( a.e.t.)
	United Arab Emirates	2

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Winners

2010 AFC Youth Championship winners
North Korea Third title

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer
Jong Il-gwan	Kerem Bulut

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Kerem Bulut

6 goals

• Ahmed Khalil

5 goals

• Jong Il-gwan

4 goals

• Hiroshi Ibusuki

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Countries to participate in 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Top-4 team qualified for 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

•   Australia
•   North Korea
•   South Korea
•   Saudi Arabia

References

External links

• "AFC U-19 Championship schedule". The-AFC.com. 15 July 2010.