The 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualifying stage will decide the participating teams of the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship. A total of 16 teams will qualify to play in the final tournament, including Bahrain who qualified automatically as hosts but will also compete in the qualifying stage.
The 2016 AFC U-19 Championship acts as the AFC qualifier for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea, with the top four teams qualifying (as South Korea already qualified automatically as hosts, the fifth-placed team also qualify if South Korea finish in the top four).
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 5 June 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. A total of 43 teams entered the qualifying stage and were drawn into ten groups. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2014.
West Zone, with 25 entrants from Central Asia, South Asia and West Asia, had one groups of five teams and five groups of four teams.
East Zone, with 18 entrants from ASEAN and East Asia, had two groups of five teams and two groups of four teams.
In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue. The ten group winners and the five best runners-up from all groups qualify for the final tournament. If Bahrain are one of the group winners or best runners-up, the sixth-best runner-up also qualifies for the final tournament.
India is placed in Group C along with United Arab Emirates, Palestine (Hosts), Afghanistan. Matches will be played from October 2nd till October 6th '2015 at Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram, Palestine.
Group C Fixtures
October 2 '2015 - UAE vs Afghanistan and India vs Palestine
October 4 '2015 - India vs UAE and Afghanistan vs Palestine
October 6 '2015 - UAE vs Palestine and India vs Afghanistan
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