2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup

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2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup
AFC U-17 Asian Cup 2025 logo.png
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates3–20 April
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)TBD
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The 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup will be the 20th edition of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-17 national teams of Asia.

Contents

On 24 May 2024, the AFC announced that Saudi Arabia would host the tournament. [1]

A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament. The top eight teams of the tournament (i.e. all quarter-finalists) will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the AFC representatives besides Qatar who qualified automatically as the host. [2]

Japan are the title holders, having won the title in 2023.

Qualification

Qualification matches were played between 19 and 27 October 2024. [3]

Qualified teams

A total of 16 teams including hosts Saudi Arabia qualified for the final tournament.

Team [4] Qualified asAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Hosts12thChampions (1985, 1988)
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Group A winners12thChampions (2010, 2014)
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Group B winners3rdGroup stage (2018, 2023)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Group C winners16thChampions (1986, 2002)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Group D winners13thChampions (1998)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Group E winners11thChampions (2012)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Group F winners17thChampions (1994, 2006, 2018, 2023)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Group G winners8thSemi-finals (2010, 2014, 2018)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Group H winners8thRunners-up ( 1990 )
Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen Group I winners8thRunners-up (2002)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan Group J winners5thRunners-up (2018)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Best runners-up 16thChampions (1992, 2004)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 2nd best runners-up 9thFourth place ( 2000 )
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 3rd best runners-up 7thFourth place (1990)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 4th best runners-up 13thChampions (2008)
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 5th best runners-up 11thChampions (1996, 2000)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Venues

To be confirmed.

Draw

The draw of the final tournament was held on 23 January 2025 at the AFC Hall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 16 teams was drawn into four groups of four teams, with the teams seeded according to their performance in the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Saudi Arabia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  1. Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia (hosts)
  2. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  3. Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
  4. Flag of Iran.svg  Iran

Group stage

The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals and qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Tiebreakers

Teams are to be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: [5]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All match times are in local time, UCT (UTC+3).

Group A

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia (H)00000000 Knockout stage and
2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 00000000
3Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 00000000
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 3 April 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svgvFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svgvFlag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svgvFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svgvFlag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia  Flag of Saudi Arabia.svgvFlag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svgvFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Group B

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 00000000 Knockout stage and
2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 00000000
3Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 00000000
4Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 4 April 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Japan  Flag of Japan.svgvFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svgvFlag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
United Arab Emirates  Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svgvFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svgvFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Japan  Flag of Japan.svgvFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svgvFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates

Group C

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 00000000 Knockout stage and
2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2Flag of Yemen.svg  Yemen 00000000
3Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan 00000000
4Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 4 April 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svgvFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Yemen  Flag of Yemen.svgvFlag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svgvFlag of Yemen.svg  Yemen
Afghanistan  Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svgvFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svgvFlag of Yemen.svg  Yemen
Afghanistan  Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svgvFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia

Group D

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 00000000 Knockout stage and
2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup
2Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 00000000
3Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 00000000
4Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 5 April 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Iran  Flag of Iran.svgvFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Tajikistan  Flag of Tajikistan.svgvFlag of Oman.svg  Oman
North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svgvFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Oman  Flag of Oman.svgvFlag of Iran.svg  Iran
Iran  Flag of Iran.svgvFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Oman  Flag of Oman.svgvFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea

Knockout stage

The winner and runner up teams in the knockout stage will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup as AFC representatives.

Bracket

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
13 April 2025
 
 
 
 
17 April 2025
 
 
 
 
 
14 April 2025
 
 
 
 
 
20 April 2025
 
 
 
 
 
13 April 2025
 
 
 
 
 
17 April 2025
 
 
 
 
 
14 April 2025
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

v
v
v
v

Semi-finals

v
v

Final

v

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following teams from AFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup; Qatar qualified automatically as host.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup 1
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 14 March 20247 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2005)
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
2025
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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