The Joeys rounded off their qualifying campaign with a comprehensive 3-1 victory over the competitive Vietnamese in Ulaanbaatar.

After Vietnam valiantly held the Australians for 63 minutes, captain Tyson Savas opened the scoring with his seventh goal in three matches, and was quickly followed by strikes from Ryan Teague and a penalty by Tristan Hammond.

Vietnam clawed back a consolation 10 minutes from time through Tran Thanh, but it couldn't take the shine off a strong final performance for the Australians. 

Australia dominated a group containing the Vietnamese, Cambodia and qualifying hosts Mongolia, scoring 18 goals and conceding just two.

After kicking off their campaign in style with a 10-1 win against Mongolia, a 5-0 victory against Cambodia all but secured their place in the finals.

The AFC U16 Championship will take place in Malaysia from September - October 2018. It will be Australia's sixth time competing in the tournament, and after reaching the semi finals in 2010 and 2014 they'll be hoping to go one further in 2018. 

Other qualified teams include Malaysia, Iran, Yemen and Indonesia.