Stage set for AFC U-20 Futsal Championship Thailand 2017 draw

AFC – KUALA LUMPUR, The stage is set for the AFC U-20 Futsal Championship Thailand 2017 official draw which will take place at 3:00pm (local time) on March 30 in Bangkok, Thailand.

The tournament will take place in the Thai capital from May 16 to 26, 2017 at the Bangkok Arena and the Huamark Indoor Stadium.

There will be 21 teams in the tournament, consisting of one (1) group of six (6) teams and three (3) groups of five (5) Teams. The group winners and runners-up from each group, eight teams in total, will qualify for the knockout stage (quarter-finals).

The four winners of the quarter-finals will qualify to the semi-finals, and subsequently the winners of the semi-finals will advance to the final while the two losing teams will play in the third placing match.

Since this is an inaugural competition all the participating countries will be seeded as per the final ranking based on the AFC Futsal Championship Uzbekistan 2016.

The teams will be drawn from their respective pots as follows:

Pot 1:
Islamic Republic of Iran, Uzbekistan, Thailand (host), Vietnam

Pot 2:
Japan, Iraq, Kyrgyz Republic, Qatar

Pot 3:
China PR, Malaysia, Lebanon, Chinese Taipei

Pot 4:
Tajikistan

Pot 5 (unranked teams):
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Brunei Darussalam, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Mongolia, United Arab Emirates, Indonesia

Live Draw Stream: