2018 AFC U-19 Championship

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. It will take place in Indonesia, which was appointed as the host by the AFC on 25 July 2017, between 18 October and 4 November 2018. A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament.

The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the AFC representatives.Japan are the defending champions.

Qualified teams

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Appearance	Previous best performance
Indonesia	Hosts	17th	Champions (1961)
U A E	Group A winners	14th	Champions (2008)
Tajikistan	Group B winners	4th	Quarter-finals (2016)
Qatar	Group C winners	14th	Champions (2014)
Saudi Arabia	Group D winners	14th	Champions (1986, 1992)
Jordan	Group E winners	7th	Fourth place (2006)
South Korea	Group F winners	38th	Champions (1959, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2012)
China PR	Group G winners	18th	Champions (1985)
Vietnam	Group H winners	19th	Semi-finals (2016)
Japan	Group I winners	37th	Champions (2016)
Australia	Group J winners	7th	Runners-up (2010)
Iraq	Group C runners-up	17th	Champions (1975, 1977, 1978, 1988, 2000)
Thailand	Group I runners-up	33rd	Champions (1962, 1969)
North Korea	Group J runners-up	13th	Champions (1976, 2006, 2010)
Chinese Taipei	Group H runners-up	10th	Third place (1966)
Malaysia	Group F runners-up	23rd	Runners-up (1959, 1960, 1968)

Venues

The matches will be played in three venues

Jakarta	Cibinong	Bekasi
Gelora Bung Karno	Pakansari	Patriot Chandrabhaga
Capacity: 76,127	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 30,000