2020 AFC U16 Championship set to get postponed due to Coronavirus pandemic

The AFC (Asian Football Confederation) U16 football championship which was scheduled to be held from September 16 to October 3 in Bahrain is likely to be postponed to a November 25 due to the Coronavirus crisis, Goal has learnt.

India qualified for the 2020 AFC U-16 Championship finals in September 2019 as the table-toppers from Group B. With two wins and a draw, India managed to pick up seven points from three matches to finish above Bahrain, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan in the qualifiers held in Uzbekistan.

11 group winners and the four best second-placed teams will progress to the final round. Bahrain has attained automatic qualification on the virtue of being the host nation.

The top four teams of the AFC U-16 Championship finals qualify for the U-17 World Cup as representatives of the AFC.