2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

Tournament details
Dates	15–23 July 2017[1]
Teams	TBC (from 1 confederation)

The 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification was an international men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1995 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including China PR who qualified automatically as hosts.^[2]

Draw

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2016. (Possible Pot Allocation), and China, as the host, will not participate in this qualification tournament.

	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5
West Zone	Iraq  Qatar  United Arab Emirates  Iran  Jordan	Uzbekistan  Syria  Saudi Arabia  Yemen  Oman	Kuwait (Suspension)  Tajikistan  Palestine  Pakistan  Bahrain	Kyrgyzstan  India  Lebanon  Bangladesh  Afghanistan	Sri Lanka    Nepal  Maldives  Bhutan  Turkmenistan
East Zone	Japan  South Korea  North Korea  Australia  Thailand	Vietnam  Indonesia  Myanmar  Laos  Malaysia	Cambodia  Timor-Leste  Chinese Taipei  Singapore  Mongolia	Hong Kong  Philippines  Brunei  Macau  Guam	Northern Mariana Islands

References

1. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017 (UPDATED) Updated as of 12 April 2016" (PDF). The-AFC.com. 12 April 2016.
2. "AFC Competitions Committee recommends new AFC Cup format". AFC. 25 November 2016.

External links

• AFC U-23 Championship, the-AFC.com