# 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

The qualification for the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship.

## Format

The teams have been divided into two zones – West (23) and East (16). The teams will be divided into seven groups of six and five teams each. West Zone will have three groups of six and one of five teams while East will have one group of six teams each and two of five. Top two teams from each of the groups and third best team from West and East zones will qualify for the tournament proper.

## Seedings

The draw for the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification will take place at AFC House on 30 March 2011.
| West Asia (Ranked 1st to 21rd) | East Asia (Ranked 1st to 16th) |
| Saudi Arabia  Uzbekistan  United Arab Emirates  Bahrain  Syria  Iran  Jordan  Iraq  Yemen  Oman  Tajikistan  Pakistan  Qatar  Palestine  India  Bangladesh  Kuwait  Bhutan  Lebanon  Maldives  Turkmenistan | North Korea  Australia  South Korea  Japan  China  Vietnam  Thailand  Indonesia  Malaysia  Myanmar  Singapore  Macau  Guam  Laos  Chinese Taipei |
* Brunei – Suspended
Six teams will not take part in this edition: Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Nepal.

## Groups
### Group A

All matches were played in Dhaka, Bangladesh (UTC+6).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Iraq | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 3 | +19 | 12 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 9 |
| Oman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 |
| Maldives | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | −27 | 0 |

### Group B

All matches were played in Doha, Qatar (UTC+3).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Qatar | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 10 |
| Kuwait | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 10 |
| Jordan | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 10 |
| Bahrain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 |
| Tajikistan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 6 |
| Bhutan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 |
* 1 2 3 Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan are ranked by their head-to-head results.
Head-to-head results :
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Qatar | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Jordan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |

### Group C

All matches were played in Tehran, Iran (UTC+3:30).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Iran | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 12 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 |
| India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 |

### Group D

All matches were played in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UTC+4).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Syria | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 12 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 6 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 |
| Palestine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |

### Group E

All matches were played in Bangkok, Thailand (UTC+7).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Thailand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 10 |
| South Korea | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | +24 | 9 |
| Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | +30 | 7 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 3 |
| Guam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | −68 | 0 |
| Hong Kong (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Group F

All matches were played in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (UTC+7).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| North Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 10 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
| Laos | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 |

### Group G

All matches were held in Petaling Jaya (Selangor), Malaysia (UTC+8).
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 12 |
| China | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 7 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 |
| Singapore | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 1 |
| Macau | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 1 |

## Third-placed qualifiers

At the end of the first stage, a comparison will be made between the third placed teams of each group. The one best third-placed teams from the West Zone (Group A to D) and one best third-placed team from the East (Group E to G) would also advanced to the AFC U-19 Championship 2012.

### West Zone

Because three groups has one team fewer than the others, following the withdrawal of Afghanistan and Nepal, matches against the sixth-placed team in each group are not included in this ranking. As a result, four matches played by each team will count for the purposes of the third-placed table.
| Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| B | Jordan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
| A | Oman | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 |
| D | Lebanon | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 6 |
| C | India | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 3 |

### East Zone

| Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| E | Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 1 | +30 | 7 |
| G | Indonesia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 |
| F | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |

## Qualifiers

| Australia  China  Iran  Iraq | Japan  Jordan  Kuwait  North Korea | Qatar  Saudi Arabia  South Korea  Syria | Thailand  United Arab Emirates  Uzbekistan  Vietnam |