<table class="contentpaneopen" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: silver; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td class="contentheading" width="100%" style="color: rgb(41, 60, 71); font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-u16-championship/39094-battle-of-champions-in-u-16"; class="contentpagetitle" style="color: rgb(41, 60, 71); font-size: 10.5pt; ">Battle of champions in U-16</a></td><td align="right" width="100%" class="buttonheading"><a href="http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/afc-u16-championship/39094-battle-of-champions-in-u-16?tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page="; title="Print" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); "><img src="http://images.the-afc.com/article-buttons/printButton.png"; alt="Print" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; "></a></td><td align="right" width="100%" class="buttonheading"><a href="http://www.the-afc.com/en/component/mailto/?tmpl=component&link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy50aGUtYWZjLmNvbS9lbi90b3VybmFtZW50cy9tZW4tYS15b3V0aC9hZmMtdTE2LWNoYW1waW9uc2hpcC8zOTA5NC1iYXR0bGUtb2YtY2hhbXBpb25zLWluLXUtMTY=" title="E-mail" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 204); "><img src="http://images.the-afc.com/article-buttons/emailButton.png"; alt="E-mail" style="border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; "></a></td></tr></tbody></table><table class="contentpaneopen" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: silver; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, 'Sans Serif'; font-size: 12px; line-height: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="createdate" style="font-size: 10px; color: rgb(170, 170, 170); ">Thursday, 10 May 2012 15:19</td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><p><img alt="shin_u16_draw_3x2" src="http://images.the-afc.com/afc/comps/u16/300X200/shin_u16_draw_3x2.jpg"; height="200" width="300" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; float: left; ">Tehran: The AFC U-16 Championship 2012 promises to be a hotbed of high-octane youth action that sees four former champions battling it out in Group C as a result of an official draw concluded in the host city of Tehran on Thursday. <br></p><p>Defending champions from the 2010 edition DPR Korea have been pooled together with three two-time champions – 1994 and 2006 champions Japan, 1985’s inaugural edition and 1988 winners Saudi Arabia and Korea Republic who lifted the silverware in 1986 and 2002.<br><br>Apart from the ‘Group of Champions’, Group B is another that sees two former winners -- Oman (1996) and Thailand (1998) -- placed together along with two third-place teams in the previous championships, Iraq in 1985 and Australia in 2010.<br><br>Hosts and 2008 winners IR Iran will face eighth-ranked Kuwait, 2002 runners-up Yemen, and Laos in Group A, while Group D is the battle front for last edition’s runners-up Uzbekistan, Syria who won the fourth place in 2006, bottom-ranked India, and China PR, the 1992 and 2004 champions.</p><p>AFC National Team Competitions Director Shin Man-gil (<em>pic</em>) conducted the official draw.<br><br>The 16 finalists have been classified on the basis of the final rankings of the AFC U-16 Championship 2010.</p><p>After the group stage on September 22-27, the top two teams from each group (eight teams in total) will qualify for the knockout stage or quarterfinals (September 30) and the four winners of the quarterfinals will play in the semi-finals (October 3) and the winners advance to the final (October 6).<strong></strong></p><p><b><br></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
oh its out..I wanted a group with yemen and Kuwait but we missed out <br>So the team will once again cross swords with a team that beat them 9-0!!!<br>
oh its out..I wanted a group with yemen and Kuwait but we missed out </font><br><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">So the team will once again cross swords with a team that beat them 9-0!!!</font><br><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">
</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Our group is 2nd easiest so there is hope of reaching Quarter Finals. </font></div>
If I remeber China did not have a great qualifying performance rite?<br>can some one post qualifying results of china and syria..that wud give us an idea<br>
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<br><div><br></div><div>Draw is over mate look at the above posts and first page of this thread </div>
</font><br><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Our group is 2nd easiest so there is hope of reaching Quarter Finals. </font></div>