2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
The 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification decided the participating teams of the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship. The tournament is the 39th edition of the AFC U-19 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Bangladesh (Group A) Saudi Arabia (Group B) Palestine (Group C) Qatar (Group D) Iran (Group E) Tajikistan (Group F) Myanmar (Group G) Thailand (Group H) China (Group I) Laos (Group J) |
| Dates | 28 September – 6 October 2015 |
| Teams | 43 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 68 |
| Goals scored | 282 (4.15 per match) |
| Attendance | 102,946 (1,514 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Majid Lafi (6 goals) |
A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Bahrain 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-20 World Cup. The top four teams of the final tournament will qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea as the AFC representatives, besides South Korea who qualified automatically as hosts. If South Korea 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-20 World Cup.