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2018 AFC U 23 Championship qualification

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Dates
  
15–23 July 2017

Teams
  
42 (from 1 confederation)

The 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification is an international men's under-23 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship.

Contents

A total of 16 teams qualify to play in the final tournament, including China PR who qualified automatically as hosts.

Draw

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 42 teams entered the competition. They are divided into two zones:

  • West: 22 teams, to be drawn into five groups: two groups of five teams and three groups of four teams.
  • East: 20 teams, to be drawn into four groups: five groups of four teams.

    • The final tournament hosts China will participate in qualification despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament.

    The draw will be held on 17 March 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The teams are seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2016.

  • ^ Kuwait (KUW): The Kuwait Football Association is currently suspended by FIFA (as of December 2016).

    • Player eligibility

    Players born on or after 1 January 1995 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

    References

    2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification Wikipedia
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