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hosted by

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Hosts

The Organising Committee announced that Bangladesh, Iran, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan had expressed an interest to host the finals. The decision of the Committee, the member associations should qualify for the finals to be eligible to host the competition. The decision on the hosts was taken in the committee’s next meeting on 23 November 2011 based on the results of the qualifiers.

Venues

Qualification

The qualification draw was held on 30 March 2011.

Qualifiers

Draw

The draw for the Final tournament was held on 13 May 2012 in

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Squads

Group stage

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Knockout map

Quarter-finals

Winners qualified for

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Semi-finals

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Final

Winners

Goalscorers

Awards

* Top scorer: Igor Sergeev * MVP:

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* Best Goalkeeper:

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* Fair play team:

Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup

Top 4 teams qualified for

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References

External links

* {{2012 in Japanese football AFC U-19 Championship

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International association football competitions hosted by the United Arab Emirates

2012 in youth association football