2029 AFC Women's Asian Cup
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| AFC Ayollar Osiyo Kubogi 2029 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Uzbekistan |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
← 2026 2033 → | |
The 2029 AFC Women's Asian Cup will be the 22nd edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women's national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). This will be the first to be held in Central Asia. It will also be the first edition of the tournament to not be held in the year before the FIFA Women's World Cup since 2003, nor as the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup. The tournament will also serve as the penultimate stage of Asian qualification for the 2032 Summer Olympics in Brisbane, with all eight quarter-finalists qualifying for the 2032 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Japan are the defending champions. This is also the first edition featuring no automatically qualified teams from the previous edition, except for the hosts.
Uzbekistan was selected as the host nation by the AFC Women's Football Committee on 15 March 2024 as sole bidders.[1][2]
Uzbekistan – The country previously had never hosted a major women's football tournament, though it has played in the women's Asian Cup five times. The country has hosted various men's and women's youth competitions, such as the 2008 and 2010 AFC U-16 Championships, the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup, the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup and the 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup.
Qualification
The host country Uzbekistan qualified automatically. The remaining 11 teams will be decided by qualification matches to be played in 2028.
Qualified teams
The following teams have qualified for the tournament:
| Team | Qualification method | Date of qualification | Appearance(s) | Previous best performance[a] | WR | |||
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| Total | First | Last | Streak | |||||
 Uzbekistan |
Host nation | 15 May 2024 | 7th | 1995 | 2026 | 2 | Quarter-finals (2026) | TBD |