AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

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AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
AFC U20 Women's logo.svg
Organising body AFC
Founded2002;22 years ago (2002)
Region Asia
Number of teams8
Current championsFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (6 titles)
Soccerball current event.svg 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

The AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup is an association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 20, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is organised by the Asian Football Confederation every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. It was first played in 2002 as the AFC U-19 Women's Championship with an upper age limit of 19. Starting from the 2022 edition, the age limit was raised to 20. [1] Moreover, the tournament will also be rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup". [2]

Contents

The current champion is North Korea, which won the 2024 final 2–1 against Japan. Japan is also the most successful team in the tournament, having won six times.

Format

In 2002 and 2004 no qualifying round was played, with all teams directly participating in the group stage. Qualifying rounds were introduced starting from the 2006 edition, with eight teams qualifying to the final tournament. The eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with the top two teams qualifying to the semi-finals. In 2011 and 2013 the teams were reduced to six, which all played a single round-robin tournament. From 2015 onwards, the pre-2011 format was recovered.

History

Results

Tournament names
EditionYearHostFinalThird place match
ChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place
1 2002 Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
2–1Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg
Chinese Taipei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
4–1Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
2 2004 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
3–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
4–0Flag of Thailand.svg
Thailand
3 2006 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
1–0Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
3–2Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
4 2007 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
1–0Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
1–0Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
5 2009 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
2–1Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
1–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
6 2011 Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
round-robin Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
round-robin Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
7 2013 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
round-robin Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
round-robin Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
8 2015 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
0–0( a.e.t. )
(4–2 p)
Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
4–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
9 2017 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
1–0Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
3–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
10 2019 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
2–1Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
9–1Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
2022 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic [3]
11 2024 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
2–1Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
1–0Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea

Performance by country

NationChampionsRunners-upThird PlaceFourth Place
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6 (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)2 (2007, 2024)2 (2006, 2013)
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2 (2007, 2024)6 (2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)2 (2004, 2009)1 (2002)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2 (2004, 2013)1 (2009)2 (2015, 2019)3 (2007, 2011, 2024)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1 (2006)1 (2004)5 (2002, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2017)2 (2009, 2015)
Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 1 (2002)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2 (2006, 2024)2 (2017, 2019)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1 (2004)

Awards

TournamentMost Valuable PlayerTop goalscorer(s)GoalsBest goalkeeperFair play award
2006 Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Song-hui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Xiaoxu 10Did not awardFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
2007 Flag of North Korea.svg Ra Un-sim Flag of North Korea.svg Ra Un-sim 4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2009 Flag of Japan.svg Mana Iwabuchi Flag of Japan.svg Mana Iwabuchi
Flag of South Korea.svg Ji So-yun
4Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
2011 Flag of Japan.svg Mai Kyokawa Flag of Japan.svg Mai Kyokawa
Flag of North Korea.svg Yun Hyon-hi
5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2013 Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Sel-gi Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Sel-gi 8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2015 Flag of Japan.svg Rikako Kobayashi Flag of North Korea.svg Ri Un-sim 6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2017 Flag of North Korea.svg Sung Hyang-sim Flag of North Korea.svg Sung Hyang-sim 6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Oto Kanno Flag of South Korea.svg Kang Ji-woo 7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2024 Flag of North Korea.svg Chae Un-yong Flag of Japan.svg Maya Hijikata 4 Flag of North Korea.svg Chae Un-gyong Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Summary (2002–2024)

RankTeamPartMWDLGFGAGDPoints
1Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 1156435820232+170134
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1153379718931+158120
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 11503041615553+10294
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 11522591815759+9884
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 939171217780–352
6Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 51862105439+1520
7Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 72461173173−4219
8Flag of India.svg  India 310307958−499
9Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 62030173084−549
10Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 4142012958−496
11Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 5151113777−704
12Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1310248−43
13Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 13102217−153
14Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 26105242−403
15Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 26105445−413
16Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal 13003229−270
17Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 13003129−280
18Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 26003054−540
19Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 25005181−800

Comprehensive team results

Legend

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team 2002
Flag of India.svg
(12)
2004
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
(15)
2006
Flag of Malaysia.svg
(8)
2007
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
(8)
2009
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
(8)
2011
Flag of Vietnam.svg
(6)
2013
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
(6)
2015
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
(8)
2017
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
(8)
2019
Flag of Thailand.svg
(8)
2024
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg
(8)
Total
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3rdGSGS5th5thGS4th4th3rd9
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3rd2nd1st3rd4th3rd3rd4th3rdGSGS11
Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 2ndQFGSGSGS5
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam GSGS××××××2
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong GSGS××2
Flag of India.svg  India GSQFGS3
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran ××GS1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1stQF4th2nd1st1st4th1st1st1st2nd11
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan GS1
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia GSGS××××××2
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar GSGS6thGS4
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal GS1
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 4th3rd2nd1st3rd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd1st11
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines GS×××××1
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore GSGS×××2
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea GS1stGS4th2nd4th1st3rdGS3rd4th11
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand GS4thGSGSGSGSGS7
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan GSGS××GSGSGS5
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam ×QF×GS6thGSGSGS6

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