Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Manama: Sixteen nations discovered their AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016 fate on Saturday when the draw for October’s competition was held in the Bahraini capital of Manama.
Draw Result
Group A: A1 Bahrain A2 Thailand A3 Korea Republic A4 Saudi Arabia
Group B: B1 DPR Korea B2 United Arab Emirates **B3 Iraq B4** Vietnam
Group C: C1 Qatar C2 Japan C3 Yemen C4 IR Iran
Group D: D1 Uzbekistan D2 China PR D3 Australia D4 Tajikistan
Each group will play a one-round league, from which the top two teams in each group (eight teams in total) will qualify for the knockout stage (quarter-finals).
The four winners of the quarter-finals will qualify for the semi-finals and the winners of semi-finals will advance to the final.
The Championship's top four ranked teams will then fly the Asian flag at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017.
If Korea Republic finish among the Championship's top four teams, three play-off matches will be organised among the four losing teams of the quarter-finals to determine the fifth placed team that will qualify for Korea Republic 2017.
Match Schedule
October 13
1 A1 (Bahrain) v A4
2 A2 v A3
October 14
3 B1 v B4
4 B2 v B3
5 C1 v C4
6 C2 v C3
October 15
7 D1 v D4
8 D2 vD3
October 16
9 A4 v A2
10 A3 v A1 (Bahrain)
October 17
11 B4 v B2
12 B3 v B1
13 C4 v C2
14 C3 v C1
October 18
15 D4 v D2
16 D3 v D1
October 19
17 A1 (Bahrain) v A2
18 A3 v A4
October 20
19 B1 v B2
20 B3 v B4
21 C1 v C2
22 C3 v C4
October 21
23 D1 v D2
24 D3 v D4
October 23
25 Winners Group A v Runners-up Group B
26 Winners Group B v Runners-up Group A
October 24
27 Winners Group C v Runners-up Group D
28 Winners Group D v Runners-up Group C
October 27
PO1 Loser Match 25 v Loser Match 27
PO2 Loser Match 26 v Loser Match 28
October 27
29 Winner Match 25 v Winner Match 27
30 Winner Match 26 v Winner Match 28
October 30
*PO3 Winner PO1 v Winner PO2
October 30
31 Winner Match 29 v Winner Match 30
* Play-off matches will be played only if Korea Republic advance to the semi-finals. In this case, the winner of Play-off 3 (PO3) will also qualify for FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017