2012 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

The qualification for the 2012 AFC U-16 Championship.

Forty teams have entered the fray for this edition of the tournament and have been divided into two zones – West (22) and East (18). 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.

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:  Bhutan,  Jordan,  Mongolia,  Philippines,  Turkmenistan.  Brunei was suspended at the time of the draw by FIFA.

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