![]() | This article only references primary sources.(January 2025) |
Tournament details | |
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Host country | China |
Dates | 30 April–17 May 2026 |
Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
← 2024 2027 → |
The 2026 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup will be the 10th edition of the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and AFC U-16 Women's Championship), the annual international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-17 national teams of Asia. It will be the first of three consecutive AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup held in China (also in Suzhou), preceding the 2027 and 2028.
It will be held in China between 30 April–17 May 2026. [1] [2] For the first time, total of twelve teams will compete in the tournament [3] and there will be no third place playoff. [4]
The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco as the AFC representatives. DPR Korea are the defending champions.
The host country and the top three teams of the previous tournament in 2024 qualified automatically, while the other eight teams will be decided by qualification. [3] There will be one round of qualification matches, which will be held between 9–17 October 2025. [1] [2]
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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![]() | Hosts | 10th | Runners-up (2005) |
![]() | 2024 champions | 9th | Champions (2007, 2015, 2017, 2024) |
![]() | 2024 runners-up | 10th | Champions (2005, 2011, 2013, 2019) |
![]() | 2024 third place | 10th | Champions (2009) |
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The following four teams from AFC qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 1 |
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TBD | May 2026 | |
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TBD | May 2026 |