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unusual facts about 2012 AFC U-16 Championship



Jón Loftur Árnason

Also in 1977, at Cagnes-sur-Mer, he won the World Under-16 championship (ahead of other distinguished young talents, including Garry Kasparov), before becoming Icelandic champion on the first of three occasions (1977, 1982 and 1988).

Nicolò Melli

With Italy's junior national teams, he played at the 2007 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

Panagiotis Giannakis

Giannakis led the Greek junior national team to the silver medal at the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship of 1975.

Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium

Shahid Dastgerdi Stadium along with Rah Ahan Stadium hosted the 2012 Asian under 16 Championship.

Sun Zheng'ao

Although China U-20 qualified into the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship, he was sent off in the last match against Australia with a flagrant foul, which team manager Jan Olde Riekerink considered it as a disgraceful action and said he would never call up Sun for the U-20s squad in the future.


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