Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: The AFC has confirmed the classification of teams and the draw mechanism for the AFC U-16 Championship 2012 whose draw will take place on May 10 in the host city of Tehran, Iran.
The 16 finalists have been classified on the basis of the final rankings of the AFC U-16 Championship 2010 and will be drawn into four pots of four teams each.
As the hosts, IR Iran will be ranked No 1 and drawn into position A1. There will be four pots for the countries who will be positioned as per the current ranking. Pot 1 will comprise Iran, DPR Korea, Uzbekistan and Australia. Japan, Syria, Iraq and Kuwait will be featured in Pot 2 while China, Oman, Saudi Arabia and Yemen will make it into Pot 3. Korea Republic are in Pot 4 alongside Thailand, Laos and India.
The top two teams from each group (eight teams in total) will qualify for the knockout stage (quarterfinals). The four winners of the quarterfinals will play in the semifinals and the winners advance to the final.
Allocation of teams
|
Pot 1 |
Pot 2 |
Pot 3 |
Pot 4 |
|
Iran (host) |
Japan |
China |
Thailand |
|
DPR Korea |
Syria |
Oman |
Laos |
|
Uzbekistan |
Iraq |
Saudi Arabia |
Korea Republic |
|
Australia |
Kuwait |
Yemen |
India |
Ranking
| 1. IR Iran (Host) | 9. China |
| 2. DPR Korea | 10. Oman |
| 3. Uzbekistan | 11. Saudi Arabia |
| 4. Australia | 12. Yemen |
| 5. Japan | 13. Thailnad |
| 6. Syria | 14. Laos |
| 7. Iraq | 15. Korea Republic |
| 8. Kuwait | 16. India |