The qualification for the
2012 AFC U-16 Championship
The 2012 AFC U-16 Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved Iran as hosts of the championship on 23 November 2011. .
Format
Forty teams have entered the fray for this edition of the tournament and have been divided into two zones – West (22) and East (18). The teams will be divided into seven groups of six and five teams each.
West Zone will have two groups of six and two of five teams while East will have three groups of six teams each.
Top two teams from each of the groups and best third team from West and East zones will qualify for the tournament.
Seedings
The draw for the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification took place at AFC House on 30 March 2011.
Five teams decided not to enter the qualifiers: , , , , . was suspended at the time of the draw by
FIFA.
were drawn into Group A but withdrew
were drawn into Group D but withdrew
were drawn into Group E but withdrew
Groups
Group A
''All matches were held in
Duhok,
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Group B
''All matches were held in
Kuwait City and
Hawally,
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Group C
''All matches were held in
Tashkent
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Uzbekistan
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Group D
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Group E
''All matches were held in
Pyongyang
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Group F
''All matches were held in
Vientiane
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Group G
''All matches were held in
Nonthaburi
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Bangkok
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Third-placed qualifiers
At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third placed teams from West and East zones will qualify for the tournament. The best third-placed team from each region advanced to the
2012 AFC U-16 Championship
The 2012 AFC U-16 Championship was the 15th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved Iran as hosts of the championship on 23 November 2011. . Due to the varying number of teams per group, teams in different group would have played different number of matches. Therefore, in order to ensure equality when comparing the runner-up teams of all the groups, all teams will be compared across similar number of matches. AFC will decide on the number of matches. In principle, the results of the matches between the runner-up team and the bottom placed team in the group will be considered null and void.
;West Zone
In western Zone Saudi Arabia qualified as best third-place finisher.
;East Zone
In the Eastern zone Laos qualified as best third-place finisher.
Qualifiers
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See also
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2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
References
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