AFC U-16 Womens Championship draw concluded in Kuala Lumpur

AFC – KUALA LUMPUR, The official draw for the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2017 qualifiers was concluded in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday.
Teams: Korea Republic, Uzbekistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Chinese Taipei, Australia, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh (expressed an interest to host), Vietnam (expressed an interest to host), Philippines, Jordan, Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Guam, Iraq, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Northern Mariana Islands, Pakistan, Palestine, Singapore and Thailand (expressed an interest to host)

The top four teams from the last edition – DPR Korea, Japan, China PR and Thailand (who expressed a desire to also play in the qualifiers) – have directly qualified for the finals. The seedings for the U-16 women’s competition draw were based on the rankings in the 2015 edition held in China.

Draw Result

Group A: A1 Thailand (hosts) A2 Myanmar A3 Jordan A4 Guam A5 Laos A6 Pakistan

Group B: B1 Korea Republic B2 India B3 Philippines B4 Malaysia B5 Northern Mariana Islands B6 Lebanon

Group C: C1 Islamic Republic of Iran C2 Chinese Taipei C3 Bangladesh (hosts) C4 United Arab Emirates C5 Kyrgyzstan C6 Singapore

Group D: D1 Uzbekistan D2 Australia D3 Vietnam (hosts) D4 Hong Kong D5 Palestine D6 Iraq

Each group will play a one-round league in a centralised venue.

Match Schedue

Matchday 1: 3v1, 4v6, 2v5
Matchday 2: 1v5, 2v4, 3v6
Matchday 3: 5v3, 6v2, 1v4
Matchday 4: 4v5, 6v1, 2v3
Matchday 5: 5v6, 3v4, 1v2

The winner from each group (total four teams) will qualify to the finals (eight teams in total). If Thailand finish top of their group in the qualifiers, the second-placed team from the same group will also qualify to the final competition.

The qualifiers will be played from August 27 to September 4, 2016.