2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers
The 2018 AFC U-19
Championship qualification is an international men's under-19 football
competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 AFC U-19
Championship.
A total of 16 teams qualify to play in the final tournament,
including Indonesia who qualified automatically as hosts.
In each group, teams
play each other once at a centralized venue. The ten group winners and the five
best runners-up qualify for the final tournament. If the final tournament hosts
Indonesia win their group or are among the five best runners-up, the sixth best
runner-up also qualifies for the final tournament.
The 43 teams were drawn
into ten groups: three groups of five teams and five groups of four teams. For
the draw, teams were divided into two zones:
West: 22 teams from West
Asia, Central Asia and South Asia, to be drawn into five groups: two groups of
five teams and three groups of four teams (Groups A–E).
East: 21 teams from
ASEAN and East Asia, to be drawn into five groups: one group of five teams and
four groups of four teams (Groups F–J).
