Manama: Sixteen nations discovered their AFC U-19 Championship Bahrain 2016 fate on Saturday when the draw for October’s competition was held in the Bahraini capital of Manama.
Draw Result
Group A: A1 Bahrain A2 Thailand A3 Korea Republic A4 Saudi Arabia
Group B: B1 DPR Korea B2 United Arab Emirates B3 Iraq B4 Vietnam
Group C: C1 Qatar C2 Japan C3 Yemen C4 IR Iran
Group D: D1 Uzbekistan D2 China PR D3 Australia D4 Tajikistan
Each group will play a one-round league, from which the top two teams in each group (eight teams in total) will qualify for the knockout stage (quarter-finals).
The four winners of the quarter-finals will qualify for the semi-finals and the winners of semi-finals will advance to the final.
The Championship's top four ranked teams will then fly the Asian flag at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017....
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