2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament
India Hosts and 3rd best runners-up 3 June 2015 6 ( 1990 , 1996 , 2002 , 2004 , 2008 , 2012 )
Uzbekistan Group A winners 20 September 2015 8 ( 1994 , 1996 , 2002 , 2004 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 )
Kyrgyzstan Group B winners 27 October 2015 0 ( debut )
Iraq Group C winners 20 September 2015 8 ( 1985 , 1988 , 1994 , 1998 , 2004 , 2006 , 2010 , 2012 )
Saudi Arabia Group D winners 20 September 2015 9 ( 1985 , 1986 , 1988 , 1992 , 1994 , 2006 , 2008 , 2012 , 2014 )
Iran Group E winners 20 September 2015 9 ( 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 )
Malaysia Group G winners 20 September 2015 3 ( 2004 , 2008 , 2014 )
North Korea Group H winners 6 September 2015 9 ( 1986 , 1988 , 1992 , 1998 , 2004 , 2006 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 )
South Korea Group I winners 20 September 2015 11 ( 1986 , 1988 , 1990 , 1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2012 , 2014 )
Australia Group J winners 20 September 2015 4 ( 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 )
Japan Group K winners 20 September 2015 12 ( 1988 , 1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 )
Vietnam 1st best runners-up 20 September 2015 5 ( 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2010 )
Thailand 2nd best runners-up 20 September 2015 9 ( 1985 , 1988 , 1992 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2004 , 2012 , 2014 )
United Arab Emirates 4th best runners-up 20 September 2015 6 ( 1990 , 1992 , 1994 , 2002 , 2008 , 2010 )
Oman 5th best runners-up 20 September 2015 8 ( 1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2000 , 2004 , 2010 , 2012 , 2014 )
Yemen 6th best runners-up 28 May 2016 4 ( 2002 , 2006 , 2008 , 2012 )
Qualified teams
The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament . [ 8 ]
The 2016 AFC U-16 Championship qualification decided the participating teams of the 2016 AFC U-16 Championship. The tournament is the 17th edition of the AFC U-16 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-16 national teams of Asia. A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including India who qualified automatically as hosts but also competed in the qualifying stage. Same as previous editions, the tournament acts as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top four teams of the final tournament will qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India as the AFC representatives, besides India who qualified automatically as hosts. If India are among the top four teams, the fifth-placed team (i.e., the losing quarter-finalist with the best record in the tournament) will also qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.