2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries |
 Kyrgyzstan (Group A) Tajikistan (Group B) Qatar (Group C) Saudi Arabia (Group D) Iran (Group E) South Korea (Group F) Cambodia (Group G) Chinese Taipei (Group H) Mongolia (Group I) Australia (Group J) |
| Dates | 24 October – 8 November 2017 |
| Teams | 43 (from 1 confederation) |
The 2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification is an international men's under-19 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship.
A total of 16 teams qualify to play in the final tournament, including Indonesia who qualified automatically as hosts.
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 43 teams entered the competition. The final tournament hosts Indonesia also entered in qualification despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament (they had not been confirmed as hosts at the time of the qualification draw).
The draw was held on 21 April 2017, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 43 teams were drawn into ten groups: three groups of five teams and five groups of four teams. For the draw, teams were divided into two zones:
The teams were seeded in each zone according to their performance in the 2016 AFC U-19 Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams). The following restrictions were also applied:
Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue. The ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualify for the final tournament. If the final tournament hosts Indonesia win their group or are among the five best runners-up, the sixth best runner-up also qualifies for the final tournament.
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):
The matches are played between 24 October and 8 November 2017.
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