2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification decided the participating teams of the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship. The tournament is the 17th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Palestine (Group A) Kyrgyzstan (Group B) Qatar (Group C) Bangladesh (Group D) Iran (Group E) Kuwait (Group F) Laos (Group G) Singapore (Group H) China (Group I) Vietnam (Group J) Mongolia (Group K) |
| Dates | 2–20 September 2015 |
| Teams | 45 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 61 |
| Goals scored | 341 (5.59 per match) |
| Attendance | 71,152 (1,166 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Park Jeong-in Rasul Yuldoshov (6 goals each) |
A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including India who qualified automatically as hosts but also competed in the qualifying stage.
Same as previous editions, the tournament acts as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top four teams of the final tournament will qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India as the AFC representatives, besides India who qualified automatically as hosts. If India are among the top four teams, the fifth-placed team (i.e., the losing quarter-finalist with the best record in the tournament) will also qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.