2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification
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Jordan (Group A)
Cambodia (Group B)
China (Group C)
Thailand (Group D)
Chinese Taipei (Group E)
Qatar (Group F)
Kuwait (Group G)
Laos (Group H)
Vietnam (Group I)
Singapore (Group J)| Tournament details | |
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| Host countries | Jordan (Group A) Cambodia (Group B) China (Group C) Thailand (Group D) Chinese Taipei (Group E) Qatar (Group F) Kuwait (Group G) Laos (Group H) Vietnam (Group I) Singapore (Group J) |
| Dates | 19–27 October 2024[1] |
| Teams | 43 (from 1 confederation) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 69 |
| Goals scored | 386 (5.59 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Muhammadjon Nazriev(16 goals) |
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The 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-17 football competition which was held to decide the participating teams of the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup.[1]
Of the 47 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member associations, a total of 44 teams entered the competition. Saudi Arabia as the hosts of the final tournament did not participate.[2]
The draw was held on 13 June 2024 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 14:00 local time (UTC+8).
The 43 teams were allocated to three groups of five teams and seven groups of four teams, with teams seeded according to their performance in the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams). A further restriction was also applied, with the ten teams serving as qualification group hosts drawn into separate groups.[3]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
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- Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
- (H): Qualification group hosts
- (W): Withdrew after draw
Player eligibility
Players born on or after 1 January 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[4]
Schedule
The matches were played between 19 and 27 October 2024.
| N/a | Group A-C | Group D-G, I, J | Group H | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Matches | Date | Matches | Date | Matches | |
| Matchday 1 | 19 October 2024 | 3 v 2 5 v 4 |
23 October 2024 | 1 v 4 2 v 3 |
23 October 2024 | 3 v 1 |
| Matchday 2 | 21 October 2024 | 4 v 1 5 v 3 |
25 October 2024 | 4 v 2 3 v 1 |
25 October 2024 | 2 v 3 |
| Matchday 3 | 23 October 2024 | 1 v 5 2 v 4 |
27 October 2024 | 1 v 2 3 v 4 |
27 October 2024 | 1 v 2 |
| Matchday 4 | 25 October 2024 | 2 v 5 3 v 1 |
N/a | |||
| Matchday 5 | 27 October 2024 | 4 v 3 1 v 2 | ||||
Groups
Ranking of second-placed teams
Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams in five-team groups and the fourth-placed teams in five-team groups and four-team groups were not considered for this ranking.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C | China |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Final tournament |
| 2 | I | Vietnam |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | G |  Indonesia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | A |  Iran |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 | |
| 5 | J |  Oman |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | |
| 6 | E |  Iraq |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 3 | |
| 7 | D |  India |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 8 | F | Qatar |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 | |
| 9 | H |  Malaysia |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 1 | |
| 10 | B |  Philippines |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.
Qualified teams
A total of 16 teams including hosts Saudi Arabia qualified for the final tournament.
| Team[6] | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance1 |
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 Saudi Arabia | Hosts | 12th | Champions (1985, 1988) |
 North Korea | Group A winners | 12th | Champions (2010, 2014) |
 Afghanistan | Group B winners | 3rd | Group stage (2018, 2023) |
 South Korea | Group C winners | 16th | Champions (1986, 2002) |
| Thailand | Group D winners | 13th | Champions (1998) |
 Uzbekistan | Group E winners | 11th | Champions (2012) |
 Japan | Group F winners | 17th | Champions (1994, 2006, 2018, 2023) |
 Australia | Group G winners | 8th | Semi-finals (2010, 2014, 2018) |
 United Arab Emirates | Group H winners | 8th | Runners-up (1990) |
 Yemen | Group I winners | 8th | Runners-up (2002) |
| Tajikistan | Group J winners | 5th | Runners-up (2018) |
| China | Best runners-up | 16th | Champions (1992, 2004) |
| Vietnam | 2nd best runners-up | 9th | Fourth place (2000) |
| Indonesia | 3rd best runners-up | 7th | Fourth place (1990) |
| Iran | 4th best runners-up | 13th | Champions (2008) |
| Oman | 5th best runners-up | 11th | Champions (1996, 2000) |
- 1Italic indicates hosts for that year.