New Delhi, Apr 27 (UNI) India have been clubbed with strong contenders Islamic Republic of Iran, Vietnam and Indonesia in Group C of the AFC U-16 Championship finals to be held in Malaysia in September 2018, All India Football Federation has said.
The official draw for the Championship was held at the AFC headquarters on April 26. India had qualified as second-best team from the AFC U-16 qualifiers in Nepal 2017, where the young guns had held defending champions Iraq to a 0-0 draw in the last match of the group.
In the other two matches, India had accounted for Palestine 3-0, while they were held on to a 2-2 draw by hosts Nepal in the other match. This is India's third qualification to the AFC U-16 finals from the last four editions.