Iran Learns Opponents at AFC U-19 Championship

The competition will kick off in the Bahraini capital of Manama from October 13 to 30.

Draw Result
Group A: Bahrain, Thailand, Korea Republic, Saudi Arabia
Group B: DPR Korea, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Vietnam
Group C: Qatar, Japan, Yemen, IR Iran
Group D: Uzbekistan, China PR, Australia, Tajikistan

Each group will play a one-round league, from which the top two teams in each group (eight teams in total) will qualify for the knockout stage (quarter-final), the-afc wrote.

The four winners of the quarter-final will qualify for the semi-final and the winners of semi-final will advance to the final.

The Championship's top four ranked teams will then fly the Asian flag at the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017.

If Korea Republic finish among the Championship's top four teams, three play-off matches will be organized among the four losing teams of the quarter-finals to determine the fifth placed team that will qualify for Korea Republic 2017.