2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification


The qualification for the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship.

Format

Forty teams have entered the fray for this edition of the tournament and have been divided into two zones – West and East. The teams will be divided into seven groups of six and five teams each.
West Zone will have two groups of six and two of five teams while East will have three groups of six teams each.
Top two teams from each of the groups and best third team from West and East zones will qualify for the tournament.

Seedings

The draw for the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification took place at AFC House on 30 March 2011.
Five teams decided not to enter the qualifiers:, ,,,. was suspended at the time of the draw by FIFA.
were drawn into Group A but withdrew
were drawn into Group D but withdrew
were drawn into Group E but withdrew

Groups

Group A

All matches were held in Duhok, Iraq.
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Group B

All matches were held in Kuwait City and Hawally, Kuwait.
Team
5410152+1313
5401143+1112
5311134+910
520379−26
51041012−23
5005029−290

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Group C

All matches were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Team
4400201+1912
43011311+29
41127704
411268−24
4004120−190

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Group D

All matches were held in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Group E

All matches were held in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Group F

All matches were held in Vientiane, Laos.
Team
5401216+1512
5320233+2011
5311136+710
5212129+37
5104225−233
5005123−220

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Group G

All matches were held in Nonthaburi and Bangkok, Thailand.
Team
5500286+2215
5401225+1712
53022610+169
52031314−16
5104814−63
5005149−480

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Third-placed qualifiers

At the end of the first stage, a comparison was made between the third placed teams from West and East zones will qualify for the tournament. The best third-placed team from each region advanced to the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship. Due to the varying number of teams per group, teams in different group would have played different number of matches. Therefore, in order to ensure equality when comparing the runner-up teams of all the groups, all teams will be compared across similar number of matches. AFC will decide on the number of matches. In principle, the results of the matches between the runner-up team and the bottom placed team in the group will be considered null and void.
;West Zone
In western Zone Saudi Arabia qualified as best third-place finisher.
Team
311153+24
31114404
310256−13
301236−31

;East Zone
In the Eastern zone Laos qualified as best third-place finisher.
Team
5311136+210
4202910−16
4112106+44

Qualifiers

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