Only one team qualified to play in the final tournament, including South Korea, North Korea, China PR, Australia, and Japan, who qualified directly as the top 5 finishers of the 2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.
The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada.
[1] teams not in the top 8 of last tournament 3 groups of 4 teams, hosted by Malaysia, Jordan, and Philippines teams placed 6 and 7 in last tournament 2 groups of 4 teams, and a play-off between each group winner hosted by Vietnam top 5 finishers from last tournament round-robin tournament The competition format of the qualification is as follows:[2] The draw for the first and the second qualification round is conducted in March 2012 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
[1] If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.
All matches were held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (UTC+7).