2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification

2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Host countries	China (Group A); Kyrgyzstan (Group B); Vietnam (Group C); India (Group D); Jordan (Group E); Thailand (Group F); Myanmar (Group G)
Dates	22–30 November 2025
Teams	38 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	10 (in 9 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	72 (4.24 per match)
	← 2025 2027 → All statistics correct as of 22 November 2025.

Last updated November 23, 2025

The 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification will be an international men's under-17 football competition which will be held to decide the participating teams of the 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup.^[1]

Draw

All 47 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member associations entered the competition. Nine teams including the hosts Saudi Arabia who qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup automatically qualify for the final tournament,^[2] while the other 38 teams participate in qualification.

The draw was held on 7 August 2025 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 16:00 local time (UTC+8).

The 38 teams were allocated to three groups of six teams and four groups of five teams, with teams seeded based on a points system derived from their final rankings across the previous three editions of the Finals (overall ranking shown in parentheses). A further restriction was also applied, with the seven teams serving as qualification group hosts drawn into separate groups.^[3]

Bye to the final tournament
Uzbekistan Saudi Arabia (final tournament hosts) South Korea North Korea Japan Tajikistan United Arab Emirates Indonesia Qatar (world cup hosts)

**Teams entering the qualification**
	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Host teams	Thailand (H) China (H) Vietnam (H)	India (H)	Myanmar (H) Kyrgyzstan (H)	Jordan (H)
Remaining teams	Australia Yemen Iran Oman	Afghanistan Malaysia Bangladesh Iraq Laos Kuwait	Singapore Bahrain Philippines Turkmenistan Palestine	Syria Mongolia Cambodia Hong Kong Chinese Taipei Brunei	Nepal Bhutan Mariana Islands Guam Maldives Timor-Leste Lebanon	Macau Sri Lanka Pakistan

Notes

Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
(H): Qualification group hosts.

Groups

Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):^[4] Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group; 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); Drawing of lots.

Group A

All matches will be held in China.
Times listed are UTC+8.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bangladesh	1	1	0	5	0	+5	3	Final tournament
2	Sri Lanka	1	1	0	4	0	+4	3
3	China (H)	1	1	0	4	0	+4	3
4	Bahrain	1	0	1	0	4	−4	0
5	Brunei	1	0	1	0	4	−4	0
6	Timor-Leste	1	0	1	0	5	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 22 November 2025. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

22 November 2025

14:00

Bangladesh	5–0	Timor-Leste
Kazi 11' Manik 28', 43' Bostami 49' Ahmmed 88'	Report

Tongliang Long Stadium, Chongqing

22 November 2025

15:00

Brunei	0–4	Sri Lanka
	Report	Kevinash 14' Rishad 72' Irusha Marco 83' ????? ????'

Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing

22 November 2025

19:35

Bahrain	0–4	China
	Report	Shuai Weihao 6', 25' Wan Xiang 27' (pen.) Zhang Bolin 90+3'

Tongliang Long Stadium, Chongqing

Attendance: 15,981

Referee: Sajëçon Zajniddinov (Tajikistan)

24 November 2025