AFC U-16 Qualifications draw: Nepal to host Group C qualifier

Nepal is placed in Group C along with Iraq, Bahrain and Turkmenistan of AFC U-16 Qualifier while defending champions Uzbekistan will face Yemen, Palestine and the Maldives in Group B of the AFC U-16 Championship 2014 qualifiers as the pathway to next year’s finals was revealed to the 43 participating nations at the tournament draw held at AFC House on Friday. 

     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. 

Here is the complete Grouping of AFC U-16 Qualifier and Host are given in Bold letter

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 , Srilanka
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