AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
Football tournament
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The AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, founded as the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and later the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, before changing to its current name after the 2019 edition,[1] is a biennial women's football tournament for youth teams organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It further serves as the qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The AFC agreed to the proposal for switching the tournament from under-16 to under-17 starting from 2022.[2] Thus, the tournament was rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup".[3]
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| Organiser(s) | AFC |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2005 |
| Region | Asia |
| Teams | 12 |
| Current champions |  North Korea (4th title) |
| Most championships |  Japan North Korea(4 titles each) |
 2026 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup | |
Format
The tournament was first held in 2005 as an under-17 tournament. With only 11 teams entering in the inaugural year, there was no qualification held.[4] In 2007 the tournament switched to the under-16 tournament, again eight teams entered the competition.[5] In 2009 twelve teams entered and thus for a first time a qualifying round was held.[6] The 2011 edition featured two qualification rounds. Here five seeded teams for the finals were joined by an additional 13 teams fighting for a final sixth spot.
From 2026 on, the tournament will be held annually, as the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will also be held annually. Additionally, the tournament will be expanded from 8 to 12 teams.[7]
Results
- Tournament names
- 2005: AFC U-17 Women's Championship
- 2007–2019: AFC U-16 Women's Championship
- 2022–present: AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
| Edition | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place match | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 1 | 2005 |  South Korea |
Japan |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p) |
 China |
 Thailand |
2–1 | South Korea | |
| 2 | 2007 |  Malaysia |
North Korea |
3–0 | Japan |
South Korea |
1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) |
China | |
| 3 | 2009 | Thailand |
South Korea |
4–0 | North Korea |
Japan |
6–2 |  Australia | |
| 4 | 2011 | China |
Japan |
round-robin | North Korea |
China |
round-robin | South Korea | |
| 5 | 2013 | China |
Japan |
1–1 (6–5 p) |
North Korea |
China |
2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) |
Thailand | |
| 6 | 2015 | China |
North Korea |
1–0 | Japan |
China |
8–0 | Thailand | |
| 7 | 2017 | Thailand |
North Korea |
2–0 | South Korea |
Japan |
1–0 | China | |
| 8 | 2019 | Thailand |
Japan |
2–1 | North Korea |
China |
2–1 | Australia | |
| — | 2022 |  Indonesia |
Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8] | ||||||
| 9 | 2024 | Indonesia |
North Korea |
1–0 | Japan |
South Korea |
2–1 | China | |
| 10 | 2026 | China |
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| 11 | 2027 | China |
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| 12 | 2028 | China |
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Teams reaching the top four
| Nation | Title(s) | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Korea | 4 | 4 | – | – | 8 |
| Japan | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 9 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| China | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Thailand | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Australia | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
Awards
| Tournament | Most Valuable Player | Top goalscorer(s) | Goals | Fair play award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Natsuko Hara |
Natsuko Hara |
12 | Not awarded |
| 2007 | Yun Hyon-hi |
Yun Hyon-hi |
7 | |
| 2009 | Kim Da-hye |
Yeo Min-ji |
10 | |
| 2011 | Yui Narumiya |
Ri Un-sim |
9 | Thailand |
| 2013 | Hina Sugita |
Rikako Kobayashi |
7 | North Korea |
| 2015 | Ri Hae-yon |
Wang Yanwen |
6 | Japan |
| 2017 | Kim Kyong-rong |
Kim Kyong-rong |
9 | Japan |
| 2019 | Hanon Nishio |
Maika Hamano |
5 | North Korea |
| 2024 | Miharu Shinjo |
Jon Il-chong |
6 | Japan |
Summary (2005–2024)
| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 9 | 43 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 220 | 22 | +198 | 101 |
| 2 | North Korea | 8 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 145 | 20 | +120 | 96 |
| 3 | China | 9 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 135 | 46 | +89 | 64 |
| 4 | South Korea | 9 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 103 | 54 | +49 | 57 |
| 5 | Thailand | 9 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 48 | 133 | −85 | 32 |
| 6 | Australia | 6 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 24 |
| 7 |  Chinese Taipei | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 62 | −53 | 6 |
| 8 |  Philippines | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 |  Uzbekistan | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
| 10 |  Hong Kong | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 4 |
| 11 |  Guam | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 39 | −38 | 4 |
| 12 |  India | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 3 |
| 13 |  Iran | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 3 |
| 14 |  Bangladesh | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 55 | −49 | 1 |
| 15 |  Jordan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| 16 |  Vietnam | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
| 17 |  Myanmar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 |
| 18 |  Laos | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 |
| 19 |  Bahrain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 |
| 20 |  Singapore | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | −34 | 0 |
| 21 | Indonesia | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 59 | −58 | 0 |
Summary results
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarter-finals
- GS – Group stage
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter / Withdrew
- XX – Country did not exist or national team was inactive
- – Hosts
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| Team | 2005 (11) |
2007 (6) |
2009 (8) |
2011 (6) |
2013 (12) |
2015 (8) |
2017 (8) |
2019 (8) |
2024 (8) |
2026 (12) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
GS | 4th | R1 | GS | • | GS | 4th | GS | q | 8 | |
| Bahrain |
× | × | × | × | GS | • | × | • | × | × | 1 |
| Bangladesh |
GS | × | × | × | × | • | GS | GS | • | • | 3 |
| China |
2nd | 4th | GS | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | q | 10 |
| Chinese Taipei |
GS | × | GS | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | GS | 5 |
| Guam |
GS | × | × | • | GS | × | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Hong Kong |
GS | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| India |
GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 2 |
| Indonesia |
GS | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | GS | • | 2 |
| Iran |
× | × | × | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Japan |
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | q | 10 |
| Jordan |
× | × | × | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Laos |
× | × | × | × | × | × | GS | • | × | × | 1 |
 Lebanon |
× | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | GS | 1 |
| Myanmar |
× | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 2 |
| North Korea |
× | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | q | 9 |
| Philippines |
× | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | 2 |
| Singapore |
GS | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| South Korea |
4th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | 3rd | q | 10 |
| Thailand |
3rd | GS | GS | R1 | 4th | 4th | GS | GS | GS | q | 10 |
| Uzbekistan |
× | × | • | × | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| Vietnam |
× | × | × | • | × | • | • | GS | • | q | 2 |
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup results
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarter-finals
- R16 – Round of 16
- GS – Group stage
- – Hosts
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
