The Group winners of the 10 groups and the best five runners-up will join host Thailand in the finals of the next year’s competition. The AFC U-16 Championship started back in 1985 and the finals in Bangkok would be the 16th edition of the competition.
Kuwait, Uzbekistan, Nepal, Jordan, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan will host the matches of the West Zone while Laos the hosts of East Zone, apart from Laos hosting Group H, will be confirmed later.
The sides finishing at the top four positions will qualify to represent Asia in the FIFA U-17 World Cup to be held in Chile in 2015.
Group A
Kuwait
India
Tajikistan
Lebanon
Bhutan
Group B
Uzbekistan
Yemen
Palestine
Maldives
Group C
Iraq
Bahrain
Nepal
Turkmenistan
Group D
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Afghanistan
Jordan
Group E
Iran
UAE
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Group F
Oman
Qatar
Bangladesh
Kyrgyzstan
Group G
Australia
Singapore
Hong Kong
Chinese Taipei
Macau
Group H
Korea Rep
Laos
Malaysia
Guam
Brunei
Group I
China
DPR Korea
Myanmar
Northen Mariana
Group J
Japan
Indonesia
Vietnam
Philippines