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 A: D1 Uzbekistan D2 China PR D3 Australia D4 Tajikistan
Opening Group Games:
Group A (October 13): Bahrain v A4 & A2 v A3
Group B (October 14): B1 v B4 & B2 v B3
Group C (October 14): C1 v C4 & C2 v C3
Group D (October 15): D1 v D4 & D2 v D3
Quarter-Finals: October 23 & 24
Semi-Finals: October 27
Final: October 30
Full match sechedule will appear here shortly
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
Source: the-afc.com