Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Bahrain have been announced as the hosts for the AFC U-19 Championship 2016 with the qualifying competition draw set to be held at AFC House in the Malaysian capital city on Friday.
The seeding for the draw will be based on the rankings from the AFC U-19 Championship 2014 which was won by Qatar (pictured) after they defeated DPR Korea 1-0.
A total of 43 Member Associations including Bahrain will compete in the qualifiers and they will be divided into two zones – the West Zone which has 25 teams and the East Zone with 18 teams.
Ten group winners and five best second-placed teams will qualify for the finals while hosts Bahrain received an automatic qualification (total 16 teams).
If Bahrain finish top of their qualifying group or one of the five second best-placed teams, the next (6th) second placed team will qualify for the final competition.
The qualifiers will be held from September 28 to October 6, 2015.