All six Central Asia Football Association member nations are set to be represented in the competition, which puts the region’s future stars head to head in competitive action.

The round-robin tournament will run from July 26 to August 1, with matches staged in Dushanbe and Hisor.

The teams were divided into two zones of WEST (West, South and Central) with 25 teams, and EAST (East and ASEAN) with 22 teams.

The confirmed hosts for the AFC U-19 Championship 2020 Qualifiers, West Zone are Bahrain, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Saudi Arabia and Tajikistan.

The East Zone will see Cambodia, Chinese Taipei, Myanmar and Vietnam serving as hosts.

The AFC U-16 Championship 2020 Qualifiers will see six countries - Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan hosting groups in the West Zone.

Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore and Vietnam will be the hosts for the East Zone qualifiers.

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The report expands on on the statistics accumulated throughout the tournament, where Japan claimed their third title last October, as well as in-depth analyses on the performances of the 16 teams.

It also includes a section on technical topics that dissects the teamwork, formation and various more aspects of the game.

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TSG Report: AFC U-16 Championship Malaysia 2018

Tajikistan’s young stars met the country's President Emomali Rahmon on Thursday, who congratulated and thanked every member of the squad for their hard work on the Continental stage.

President Rahmon has allocated 660,000 Tajikistani Somoni to the Tajikistan youth team, and all 33 members of the U-16 national team were rewarded with 20,000 Tajikistani Somoni.

Japan powered their way to the 2018 title, making them the most successful team in the continental competition with three championships to their name.

The young Samurai Blue also have the most top four finishes - nine in total, previously having won the title in 1994 and 2006.

“My expectations before the tournament were that it was going to be a difficult tournament, and that our players had to improve game by game,” said Moriyama.

“And they did well to grow and improve throughout the tournament. We overcame whatever difficulties thrown at us and got the trophy.”