| Tourney Name: | AFC U-19 Championship |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Other Titles: | بطولة آسيا تحت 19 سنة لكرة القدم 2012 |
| Size: | 150px |
| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 12 |
| Matches: | 31 |
| Goals: | 93 |
| Top Scorer: |  Igor Sergeev (7 goals) |
| Player: |  Mohannad Abdul-Raheem |
| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2014 |
The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship is the 37th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation. The AFC approved UAE as hosts of the 2012 AFC U-19 Championship on 23 November 2011.[1] The top four teams will qualify directly to the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup hosted by Turkey.
The Organising Committee announced that Bangladesh, Iran, Palestine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan had expressed an interest to host the finals.
The decision of the Committee, the member associations should qualify for the finals to be eligible to host the competition. The decision on the hosts was taken in the committee’s next meeting on 23 November 2011 based on the results of the qualifiers.[1]
| Cities | Venues | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fujairah | Fujairah Club Stadium | 5,000 | |
| Ras al-Khaimah | Emirates Club Stadium | 3,000 |
See main article: 2012 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.
The qualification draw was held on 30 March 2011.[2]
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The draw for the Final tournament was held on 13 May 2012 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[3]
| width=25% | Pot 1 (host & seeds) | width=25% | Pot 2 | width=25% | Pot 3 | width=25% | Pot 4 |
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See main article: 2012 AFC U-19 Championship squads.
All times are .
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| Team | |||||||||
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | –3 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
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| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
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| Team | |||||||||
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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
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Winners qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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Igor Sergeev Mohannad Abdul-Raheem Mohammed HameedTop 4 teams qualified for 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.