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.AFC to put best foot forward The AFC. 2011-11-23. Retrieved on 2011-11-23. The top four teams will qualify directly to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosted by Turkey.
Hosts 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.
Venues CitiesVenuesCapacityFujairahFujairah Club Stadium5,000Ras al-KhaimahEmirates Club Stadium3,000
Qualification
The qualification draw was held on 30 March 2011.
Qualifiers
Draw The draw for the Final tournament was held on 13 May 2012 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Pot 1 (host & seeds) Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Squads
Group stage All times are UTC+04:00.
Group A
Group B Team321051+47321031+27310236–33300325−30
Group C Team321082+67312085+35311163+343003214−120
Group D Team312032+15311174+34311168−24310246−23
Knockout stage
Knockout map
Quarter-finals Winners qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Semi-finals
Final
Winners
Goalscorers
Awards Top scorer: Igor Sergeev MVP: Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Best Goalkeeper: Mohammed Hameed Fair play team:
Countries to participate in 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup Top 4 teams qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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