The 2018 AFC U-16 Championship will be the 18th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia.The matches will be played in three venues in the Greater Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley) Area.

The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru as the AFC representatives.Iraq are the defending champions.

Qualified teams

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance Malaysia Hosts 5th Quarter-finals (2014) Jordan Group A winners 3rd Quarter-finals (2010) Tajikistan Group B winners 3rd Third place (2006) Iran Group C winners 11th Champions (2008) Iraq Group D winners 10th Champions (2016) Yemen Group E winners 5th Runners-up (2002) N Korea Group F winners 11th Champions (2010, 2014) Indonesia Group G winners 6th Fourth place (1990) S Korea Group H winners 14th Champions (1986, 2002) Australia Group I winners 6th Semi-finals (2010, 2014) Japan Group J winners 15th Champions (1994, 2006) India Group D runners-up 8th Quarter-finals (2002) Oman Group B runners-up 10th Champions (1996, 2000) Thailand Group G runners-up 11th Champions (1998) Vietnam Group I runners-up 7th Fourth place (2000) Afghanistan Group C runners-up 1st Debut

Venues

The matches will be played in three venues in the Greater Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley) Area.

Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

UM Arena Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Malaysia Iraq Iran N Korea Japan Oman Vietnam S Korea Yemen India Thailand Australia Tajikistan Jordan Afghanistan Indonesia



