2012 AFC U-19 Championship

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. 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.

Qualification
The qualification draw was held on 30 March 2011.

Draw
The draw for the Final tournament was held on 13 May 2012 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Group stage
All times are UTC+04:00.

Quarter-finals
Winners qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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.