2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

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The 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification was an international men's under-23 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship. Players born on or after 1 January 1995 were eligible to competeh in the tournament.

A total of 16 teams qualified to play in the final tournament.

Draw

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2016. (Possible Pot Allocation), and there will be a host from the East Asia, which will not participate in this qualification tournament.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
West Zone

 Iraq
 Qatar
 United Arab Emirates
 Iran
 Jordan

 Uzbekistan
 Syria
 Saudi Arabia
 Yemen
 Oman

 Kuwait (Suspension)
 Tajikistan
 Palestine
 Pakistan
 Bahrain

 Kyrgyzstan
 India
 Lebanon
 Bangladesh
 Afghanistan

 Sri Lanka
   Nepal
 Maldives
 Bhutan
 Turkmenistan

East Zone

 Japan
 South Korea
 North Korea
 Australia

 Thailand
 China PR
 Vietnam
 Indonesia

 Myanmar
 Laos
 Malaysia
 Cambodia

 Timor-Leste
 Chinese Taipei
 Singapore
 Mongolia

 Hong Kong
 Philippines
 Brunei
 Macau
 Guam