| Tournament details | |
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| Host countries | |
| Dates | 22–30 November 2025 [1] |
| Teams | 38 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 10 (in 9 host cities) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 85 |
| Goals scored | 392 (4.61 per match) |
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The 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification is an international men's under-17 football competition which is being held to decide the participating teams of the 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup. [1]
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]
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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 7.2): [4]
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | +42 | 15 | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 | +15 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 23 | −19 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 17 | −11 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | −36 | 0 |
| Bahrain | 0–4 | |
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| Bangladesh | 8–0 | |
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| China | 14–0 | |
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| Timor-Leste | 0–3 | |
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| China | 12–0 | |
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| Brunei | 0–2 | |
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| Bangladesh | 2–1 | |
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| Sri Lanka | 0–8 | |
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| Timor-Leste | 2–1 | |
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| China | 4–0 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3 | +21 | 15 | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 9 [a] | ||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 9 | +10 | 9 [a] | ||
| 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 9 [a] | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 43 | −42 | 0 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0–2 | |
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| Laos | 8–0 | |
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| Cambodia | 1–3 | |
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| Laos | 5–1 | |
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| Kyrgyzstan | 1–3 | |
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| Guam | 0–9 | |
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| Cambodia | 5–1 | |
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| Laos | 2–3 | |
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| Kyrgyzstan | 3–0 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | +30 | 15 | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 35 | −34 | 0 |
| Singapore | 0–6 | |
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| Malaysia | 13–0 | |
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| Malaysia | 1–0 | |
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| Singapore | 1–1 | |
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| Vietnam | 14–0 | |
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| Vietnam | 2–0 | |
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| Macau | 0–5 | |
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| Malaysia | 2–1 | |
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| Macau | 0–4 | |
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| Hong Kong | 4–0 | |
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| Northern Mariana Islands | 0–2 | |
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| Vietnam | 4–0 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 7 [a] | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 7 [a] | ||
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 0–5 | |
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| India | 3–1 | |
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| Chinese Taipei | 1–3 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 10 | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 1 |
| Philippines | 2–3 | |
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| Jordan | 6–1 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 9 [a] | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 [a] | ||
| 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 [a] | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 |
| Turkmenistan | 0–1 | |
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| Maldives | 0–6 | |
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| Mongolia | 0–4 | |
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| Kuwait | 5–0 | |
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| Turkmenistan | 3–2 | |
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| Mongolia | 2–6 | |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 10 | Final tournament | |
| 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 |
| Myanmar | 3–1 | |
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| Nepal | 2–4 | |
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| Nepal | 0–4 | |
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| Afghanistan | 1–3 | |
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| Myanmar | 2–0 | |
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| Afghanistan | 2–0 | |
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| Syria | 2–2 | |
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| Oman | 4–0 | |
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The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance 1 |
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| Hosts and 2025 runners-up | 13th | Champions (1985, 1988) | |
| World Cup Hosts | 12th | Champions (1990) | |
| 2025 champions | 12th | Champions (2012, 2025) | |
| 2025 semi-finalist | 17th | Champions (1986, 2002) | |
| 2025 semi-finalist | 13th | Champions (2010, 2014) | |
| 2025 quarter-finalist | 18th | Champions (1994, 2006, 2018, 2023) | |
| 2025 quarter-finalist | 8th | Fourth place (1990) | |
| 2025 quarter-finalist | 9th | Runners-up ( 1990 ) | |
| 2025 quarter-finalist | 6th | Runners-up (2018) | |
| Group A winners | 17th | Champions (1992, 2004) | |
| Group B winners | 9th | Runners-up (2002) | |
| Group C winners | 10th | Fourth place ( 2000 ) | |
| Group D winners | 10th | Quarter-final (2002, 2018) | |
| Group E winners | 9th | Semi-final (2010, 2014, 2018) | |
| Group F winners | 14th | Champions (1998) | |
| Group G winners | 5th | Group stage (1986, 2000, 2002, 2006) |