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2012 AFC U-19 Championship

2012 AFC U-19 Championship
بطولة آسيا تحت 19 سنة لكرة القدم 2012
2012 AFC U-19 Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Dates 3 November – 17 November
Teams 16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  South Korea (12th title)
Runners-up  Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played 31
Goals scored 93 (3 per match)
Attendance 34,247 (1,105 per match)
Top scorer(s) Uzbekistan Igor Sergeev (7 goals)
Best player Iraq Mohannad Abdul-Raheem
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The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship is the 37th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved UAE as hosts of the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship on 23 November 2011. The top four teams will qualify directly to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosted by Turkey.

The Organising Committee announced that Bangladesh, Iran, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan had expressed an interest to host the finals.

The decision of the Committee, the member associations should qualify for the finals to be eligible to host the competition. The decision on the hosts was taken in the committee’s next meeting on 23 November 2011 based on the results of the qualifiers.

The qualification draw was held on 30 March 2011.

The draw for the Final tournament was held on 13 May 2012 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

 United Arab Emirates
 North Korea
 Australia
 South Korea


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