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2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTBC
Dates1–17 May 2026
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
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International football competition

The 2026 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup will be the 10th edition of the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and AFC U-16 Women's Championship), the annual international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-17 national teams of Asia.

It will be held between 1–17 May 2026. For the first time, total of twelve teams will compete in the tournament, in another first there will be no third place playoff.

The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup as the AFC representatives. DPR Korea are the defending champions.

Qualification

Main article: 2026 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification

The host country will qualify automatically. In a change of rules, from this edition the top three teams of the previous tournament will not qualify automatically , while the other eleven teams will be decided by qualification. In a change from previous editions, there will be only one round of qualifying which will take place between 9-17 August 2025.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
HOST
 North Korea
 Japan
 South Korea
 China
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from AFC qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
TBD April 2026
TBD April 2026
TBD April 2026
TBD April 2026
Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ^ "Asian Football Calendar (January 2025 – December 2025)". the-AFC. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  2. "AFC unveils breakthrough reforms to strengthen Women's National Team Competitions". the-AFC. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  3. "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup 2026 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
  4. "AFC unveils breakthrough reforms to strengthen Women's National Team Competitions". the-AFC. Retrieved 2025-01-11.

External links

AFC U-19 Women's Championship and U-20 Women's Asian Cup
Tournaments
U-19 Women's Championship
U-20 Women's Asian Cup
Qualification
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