2010 AFC U-16 Championship qualification


The Qualification Competition for the 2010 AFC U-16 Championship

Format

For all the groups with six teams, the winner and runners-up of each group will qualify for the 2010 AFC U-16 Championship. For the one group with three teams, only the group winner will qualify. And the one best third-placed team from all the groups with six teams will qualify for the 2010 AFC U-16 Championship.

Seedings

The draw for the 2010 AFC U-16 Championship took place at AFC House on 20 February 2009.
A total number of 45 teams are eligible for the qualifying competition. The West Zone comprised 24 teams and they drew according to their ranking to make four groups of six teams each.
The East Zone had 21 teams and they drew into three groups of six teams and one group of three teams.

West Asia

East Asia

Group A

All matches will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Group B

All matches will be held in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Group C

All matches will be held in Sana'a, Yemen.
Team
5500230+2315
5401153+1212
5302123+99
520368−26
5104317−143
5005230−280

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Group D

All matches will be held in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Team
5410194+1513
5320125+711
531183+510
511348−44
5113615−94
5005418−140

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Group E

All matches will be held in Bacolod, Philippines.
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Group F

All matches will be held in Hebei, China.
Team
5410290+2913
5410220+2213
52121613+37
5212812−47
5104911−23
5005149−480

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Group G

All matches will be held in Bangkok, Thailand.
Team
5410154+1113
5221126+68
5221134+98
5131177+106
512248−45
5005234−320

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Group H

All matches will be held in Canberra, Australia.
Team
4310173+1410
41121017−74
4022714−72

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Third-placed qualifiers

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third placed teams from the seven groups of six teams. The one best third-placed teams advanced to the 2010 AFC U-16 Championship.
Because three group has one team fewer than the others, following the withdrawal of Sri Lanka, Mongolia and Maldives, 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.
GroupTeam
D421163+37
A421131+27
B420275+26
C420253+26
E420268−26
G412154+15
F4112412−84

Qualifiers