New Delhi, May 9 (PTI) The India U-16 football team has been clubbed with hosts Uzbekistan, Bahrain and Turkmenistan in Group B of the AFC U-16 Championship Qualifiers to be held from September 18 to 22.

The winning team in each group will earn direct qualification while the four best second-placed sides will also advance to the 2020 Finals from the Qualifiers.

Should the host country for the Finals finishes either on top of their group or among the best four second-placed teams, the next (fifth) second-placed team in the ranking among all groups will qualify instead.

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