5 – 4 ▁on ▁aggregate ▁ ▁Qual ifying ▁group ▁stage ▁In ▁the ▁group ▁stage , ▁the ▁ 1 6 ▁teams ▁were ▁divided ▁into ▁four ▁groups ▁of ▁four ▁teams ▁each ▁playing ▁a ▁single ▁round - ro bin ▁tournament ▁( le ague ▁system ). ▁This ▁included ▁the ▁ 1 2 ▁highest ▁ranked ▁automatically ▁qualified ▁teams ▁and ▁the ▁four ▁qual ifiers ▁from ▁the ▁play off ▁round . ▁The ▁original ▁match ▁days ▁were ▁ 2 0 – 3 1 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁The ▁top ▁two ▁teams ▁in ▁each ▁group ▁qualified ▁for ▁the ▁final ▁tournament . ▁ ▁On ▁ 1 8 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁the ▁A FC ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁hosts ▁for ▁each ▁group ▁were : ▁My an mar ▁for ▁Group ▁A , ▁Malays ia ▁for ▁Group ▁B , ▁M ald ives ▁for ▁Group ▁C , ▁and ▁Nep al ▁for ▁Group ▁D ; ▁with ▁match ▁dates ▁on ▁the ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 2 3 ▁and ▁ 2 5 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 1 . ▁ ▁However , ▁for ▁Group ▁D , ▁the ▁All ▁Nep al ▁Football ▁Association ▁proposed ▁the ▁hosting ▁rights ▁since ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁which ▁the ▁A FC ▁had ▁end ors ed . ▁ ▁The ▁fi xt ures ▁were ▁also ▁scheduled ▁to ▁take ▁place ▁from ▁ 2 1 ▁to ▁ 2 5 ▁March ▁but ▁on ▁ 7 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁it ▁was ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁qual ifiers ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁post pon ed ▁due ▁to ▁the