Dhaka, Jul 15: The 2011 AFC Under-19 Women’s Championship qualifiers will be held in Bangladesh and Philippines next month.

Teams from ASEAN/East and South and Central/West zones will be split into two groups for the Round 1 of qualifiers which will be played from September 20 to 24, this year.

The bottom eight ranked teams have been placed in these two groups according to zones.

‘Group A’ includes Myanmar, Philippines, Hong Kong and Uzbekistan, while Iran, India, Bangladesh, and Jordan is placed in which will be played in Dhaka.

There is a single group format for Qualification Round 2 which is scheduled to be held from October 21 to 30, 2010.

Teams ranked 6-8 from the last competition - Vietnam, Thailand and Chinese Taipei have been given a direct entry to this round. They will be joined by the two group winners of Round 1(Group-A and Group-B). Only the top team from Round 2 will qualify for tournament proper.

Top five teams from the last edition - Japan, Korea Republic, DPR Korea, China and Australia – have been given a direct entry into the tournament proper. The six-team Finals will have a one-round league format to determine the champions.

The match schedule for first round is as follows: