The Asian Football Confederation's pre-Olympic tournament was contested by eighteen teams that competed for the two allocated spots for the 2012 Summer Olympics football tournament in London. However, Qatar withdrew before playing any match. The competition was originally scheduled for February 2010 but it eventually started in March 2011.

Format

The format was as follows:

First round

Group A

All matches were held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei).

Group B

All matches were held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Play-off match

Group C

All matches were held in Zarqa, Jordan.

Second round

All matches were held in Amman, Jordan.

Final round

All matches were held in Jinan, Shandong, China.