The 2012 AFC U-19 Championship is the 37th edition of the tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation.

[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.

[3] United Arab Emirates North Korea Australia South Korea Saudi Arabia Japan Uzbekistan China Syria Iran Vietnam Thailand Jordan Iraq Qatar Kuwait All times are UTC+04:00.