2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup

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2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup
كٲس اسيا تحت 17 سنة
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
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Dates7–24 May 2026
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
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2027 →

The 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup will be the 21th edition of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-17 Championship and AFC U-16 Championship), the annual international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-17 national teams of Asia. It will be the second of four consecutive AFC U-17 Asian Cup held in Saudi Arabia, succeeding the 2025 preceding the 2027 and 2028.

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The top eight teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the AFC representatives. Uzbekistan are the defending champions.

Qualification

The host country of the 2026 U-17 World Cup (Qatar) and the top eight teams of the previous tournament in 2025 (including host Saudi Arabia) qualified automatically, while the other seven teams will be decided by qualification. There will be one round of qualification matches, which will be held between 22–30 November.

Qualified teams

TeamQualified asApp.Previous best performance
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia Hosts and AFC representative for the 2025 World Cup 13thChampions (1985, 1988)
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar AFC representatives for the 2025 World Cup 12thChampions (1990)
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 12thChampions (2012, 2025)
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 13thChampions (2010, 2014)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 17thChampions (1986, 2002)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 18thChampions (1994, 2006, 2018, 2023)
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 6thRunners-up (2018)
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 8thFourth place (1990)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 9thRunners-up ( 1990 )
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1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Venues

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Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following nine teams from AFC qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar; Qatar automatically qualified as the hosts.

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 )
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1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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