AFC U-16 Championship 2020

7negi

The draw for the AFC U-16 Championship 2020 Qualifiers concluded at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur yesterday with the 47 teams discovering their opponents.

India have got tricky and difficult group comparing to other SAFF nations. Blue colts have qualified for last 2 editions, this time it looks difficult not just because of the draw but also because of our preparation. 

The Asian hopefuls will vie for top spot in their respective groups that promises direct qualification, while four best second-placed teams will advance to the 2020 Finals.

As the host for the Finals has yet to be determined, should the yet to be determined host finishes among the qualified as either top of their group or one of the four best second-placed teams, the next (5th) second-placed team in the ranking among all groups will qualify instead.

ashindia

What's with this India drawing Uzbekistan forever ? Every year every age groups its Uzbek with us. 

goalkeepar

Its all fixed by AFC to eliminate india another group stage exit for india

DEFENCE123

@goalkeepar. If draws were fixed India would not have gotten easy group for Asian Cup qualifying round

munna219777

@ashindia ; Same with our Hockey team meeting Belgium in every major Hockey Tournament

sam

Its same for argentina and nigeria

G_K

AFC U16 Championship finals draw to be held on June 18. India is in pot 3.

Nagendra

Training alone is not enough.. It's tough for any team to compete without game time & NT friendlies.. 

But I have high expectations from this batch. They can convert most of the close chances to goals including mid's..

Bahrain, Indonesia/Oman, India ,China PR/UAE would be good draw for us.

Top 2 will qualify from group to QF stage, and a win in QF match will quarantine us a spot in U-17 World Cup

EastBengalPride

The boys need to play before the tournament. NT friendlies are unprobable in these circumstances, at least they can play a few matches with U19 squads of various ISL and ILeague clubs. 

Nagendra

yah true.. As part of their preparation, need to play friendlies with atleast Indian teams/clubs..

If 2020 AFC U-16 Championship happens, I wish NT likes Iran/ Yemen/ Saudi Arabia will play friendlies with us..
If not, prior to tournament, we need to find out a way to play Home/Away friendlies..

G_K

Yet again, Uzbek drawn with us.

South Korea, Australia, India & Uzbekistan in Group C.
Tough group