AFC U-16 Championship 2010 (Qualifiers)

A total number of 45 teams are eligible for the qualifying competition. The West Zone will comprise 24 teams and they will be drawn according to their ranking to make four groups of six teams each.

The East Zone will have 21 teams and they will be drawn into three groups of six teams and one group of three teams. The group with three teams will pay a two-round league system.

QUALIFICATION FOR FINALS

For all the groups with six teams, the winner and runners-up of each group will qualify for the AFC U-16 Championship 2010 (Finals). For the one group with three teams, only the group winner will qualify. And the one best third-placed team from all the groups with six teams will qualify for the AFC U-16 Championship 2010 (Finals).

AFC U-16 CHAMPIONSHIP 2010 (QUALIFIERS)
RANKING OF TEAMS

Entries (West): according to ranking

1. IR Iran
2. UAE
3. Syria
4. Saudi Arabia
5. Uzbekistan
6. Bahrain
7. India
8. Yemen
9. Turkmenistan
10. Lebanon
11. Qatar
12. Kuwait
13. Palestine
14. Nepal
15. Sri Lanka
16. Oman
17. Jordan
18. Pakistan
19. Iraq
20. Tajikistan
21. Kyrgyzstan
22. Bhutan

All equal ranking on 23rd are

23. Afghanistan
23. Maldives

Entries (East): according to ranking

1. Korea Republic
2. Japan
3. Australia
4. China PR
5. Malaysia
6. Indonesia
7. Singapore
8. Thailand
9. Laos
10. Guam
11. Mongolia
12. Vietnam
13. Chinese Taipei
14. Hong Kong
15. DPR Korea
16. Bangladesh
17. Cambodia
18. Macau

All equal ranking on 19th are

19. Myanmar
19. Timor Leste
19. Philippines