[1] The tournament was held from 6 to 20 September 2014, with the top four teams qualifying for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 April 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

[3][4] Thailand Uzbekistan Japan Iran South Korea Syria Kuwait Australia China Oman North Korea Saudi Arabia Qatar Nepal Malaysia Hong Kong The top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).