AFC U-19 Championships Bahrain 2016: Iran drawn into Group C
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Loading...AFC – MANAMA, Sixteen nations discovered their AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016 fate on Saturday when the draw for October’s competition was held in the Bahraini capital of Manama.
Draw Result
Group A: A1 Bahrain A2 Thailand A3 Korea Republic A4 Saudi Arabia
Group B: B1 DPR Korea B2 United Arab Emirates B3 Iraq B4 Vietnam
Group C: C1 Qatar C2 Japan C3 Yemen C4 IR Iran
Group A: D1 Uzbekistan D2 China PR D3 Australia D4 Tajikistan
Each group will play a one-round league, from which the top two teams in each group (eight teams in total) will qualify for the knockout stage (quarter-finals).
The four winners of the quarter-finals will qualify for the semi-finals and the winners of semi-finals will advance to the final.
The Championship’s top four ranked teams will then fly the Asian flag at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017.
If Korea Republic finish among the Championship’s top four teams, three play-off matches will be organised among the four losing teams of the quarter-finals to determine the fifth placed team that will qualify for Korea Republic 2017.
Group C: IR IRAN
Qualified as: Group E winners
Appearance: 20th
Best performance: Champions (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976)
Last time out: Eliminated in group stage (4th in Group A with three points, one behind second-placed Myanmar and third-placed Yemen)
Despite being one of Asia’s traditional giants, IR Iran have not won the U-19 Championship since claiming four consecutive titles from 1973 to 1976.
They did however have no problems qualifying for this year’s edition as winners of Group E with a 100 per cent record, and will be determined to do better than two years ago, when they were eliminated in the group stage after finishing behind Thailand, Myanmar and Yemen.
IR Iran’s senior side have enjoyed some excellent results recently and have strengthened their grip on being the continent’s number one side in the FIFA world rankings, and the pressure will now be on the U-19s to back that up.
Match Schedule
October 13
1 A1 (Bahrain) v A4
2 A2 v A3
October 14
3 B1 v B4
4 B2 v B3
5 C1 v C4
6 C2 v C3
October 15
7 D1 v D4
8 D2 vD3
October 16
9 A4 v A2
10 A3 v A1 (Bahrain)
October 17
11 B4 v B2
12 B3 v B1
13 C4 v C2
14 C3 v C1
October 18
15 D4 v D2
16 D3 v D1
October 19
17 A1 (Bahrain) v A2
18 A3 v A4
October 20
19 B1 v B2
20 B3 v B4
21 C1 v C2
22 C3 v C4
October 21
23 D1 v D2
24 D3 v D4
October 23
25 Winner A v Runners-up B
26 Winner B v Runners-up A
October 24
27 Winner C v Runners-up D
28 Winner D v Runners-up C
October 27
PO1* Loser Match 25 v Loser Match 27
PO2* Loser Match 26 v Loser Match 28
October 27
29 Winner Match 25 v Winner Match 27
30 Winner Match 26 v Winner Match 28
October 30
PO3* Winner PO1 v Winner PO2
October 30
31 Winner Match 29 v Winner Match 30
* Play-off matches will be played only if Korea Republic advance to the semi-finals. In this case, the winner of Play-off 3 (PO3) will also qualify for FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017
