The Asia Football Confederation (AFC) has selected Vietnam to hostthe qualifying round of the 2013 Asian Women’s U19 Tournament inDecember this year, the Vietnam Football Federation announced on March14.
Twelve teams will participate in the qualifiers, namelyUzbekistan , India , Bangladesh , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Taiwan( China ), Myanmar , the Philippines , Hong Kong ( China ), Iran ,Jordan and Palestine .
They will compete in three groups ina round robin format to select the top two winners from each group forthe next round.
These group winners will be joined by two moreteams, namely Vietnam and Thailand , who secured sixth and seventhplaces in the previous tournament.
These eight teams willthen play in two groups following a round robin basis to select the twobest teams for the play-off match, with the winners gaining a berth inthe tournament’s final round.
Vietnamese women will convenefor training in August before taking part in the 2012 U19 ASEAN FootballFederation (AFF) Championships. The team will regroup for furthertraining in October prior to the Asian Women’s U19 qualifiers.-VNA