Host country TBC | ||
Dates 18 October – 4 November 2018 Teams 16 (from 1 confederation) Venue(s) TBC (in TBC host cities) | ||
The 2018 AFC U-19 Championship will be the 40th edition of the AFC U-19 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-19 national teams of Asia. A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament.
Contents
Same as previous editions, the tournament acts as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup as the AFC representatives.
Qualification
Qualifying will be played on 31 October – 8 November 2017.
Qualified teams
To be determined.
Venues
To be confirmed.
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1999 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).