17 March 2017

STAGE SET FOR AFC U-23 CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 QUALIFIERS DRAW

Kuala Lumpur: The stage is set for the AFC U-23 Championship China 2018 Qualifiers draw which will take place at AFC House in the Malaysian capital at 3pm (GMT+8) on Friday.
The qualifying stage will consist of 40 teams, to be divided into 10 centralised groups of four teams. The 10 group winners and five best second-placed teams among all the groups will advance to the finals. The qualifiers will take place on July 19 to 23, 2017.
Although directly qualified as the host, China PR have expressed interest to participate in the qualifying stage. Therefore, if China finish top of their group or finish among the five best second-placed teams, the next (6th) second-placed team will qualify to the final competition.
The seedings for the draw will be based on the rankings of the AFC U-23 Championship Qatar 2016. The host Member Associations will be drawn into separate groups



West Asia’s seedings
No.
Teams
No.
Teams
1
Iraq
11
Palestine (Host for Qualifiers)
2
Qatar (Host for Qualifiers)
12
Bahrain
3
UAE (Host for Qualifiers)
13
India
4
Islamic Republic of Iran
14
Kyrgyz Republic (Host for Qualifiers)
5
Jordan
15
Lebanon
6
Uzbekistan
16
Afghanistan
7
Syria
17
Bangladesh
8
Saudi Arabia (Host for Qualifiers)
18
Sri Lanka
9
Oman
19
Nepal
10
Tajikistan
20
Turkmenistan

East Asia’s seedings
No.
Teams
No.
Teams
1
Japan
11
Malaysia
2
Korea Republic
12
Timor-Leste
3
DPR Korea (Host for Qualifiers)
13
Chinese Taipei
4
Australia
14
Cambodia
5
Thailand (Host for Qualifiers)
15
Singapore
6
China PR
16
Mongolia
7
Vietnam (Host for Qualifiers)
17
Hong Kong
8
Indonesia
18
Philippines
9
Myanmar (Host for Qualifiers)
19
Brunei DS
10
Laos
20
Macau

http://www.the-afc.com/afc-u-23-championship-2018/stage-set-for-afc-u-23-championship-2018-qualifiers-draw

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