2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

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2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host countryTBC
Dates1–18 April 2026
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
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The 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup will be the 12th edition of the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-20 Women's Championship and AFC U-19 Women's Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-20 national teams of Asia.

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The tournament is scheduled to be held between 1–18 April 2026. [1] For the first time, a total of twelve teams will compete in the tournament [2] and there will be no third place playoff. [3] The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as the AFC representatives. DPR Korea are the defending champions.

Qualification

The host country will qualify automatically. Eleven teams will be decided by the qualification process. [2] In previous tournaments, the top three teams would automatically qualify. will no longer qualify automatically.

There will be a single round of qualifying, scheduled to take place between 2–10 August 2025, with the draw scheduled to be held on 30 April. [1]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

TeamQualified asAppearancePrevious best performance
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Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following four teams from AFC qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 1
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1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. 1 2 "Asian Football Calendar (January 2025 – December 2025)". the-AFC. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  2. 1 2 "AFC unveils breakthrough reforms to strengthen Women's National Team Competitions". the-AFC. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
  3. ↑ "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup 2026 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). AFC . Retrieved 11 January 2025.
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