2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

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2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
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Dates23 June – 5 July 2025 [1] [2]
TeamsTBC (from 1 confederation)
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The 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification will be the qualification tournament for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

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The qualification tournament will decide eight of the twelve participating teams in the final tournament to be held in Australia. [3] This tournament will also serve as the first stage of Asian qualification for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2028 Olympic football tournament.

The teams will be divided into eight groups, with group winners qualifying to the final tournament. The draw is scheduled to take place on 21 March 2025. [4]

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamMethod of
qualification		Date of
qualification		Finals
appearance		Last
appearance		FIFA Ranking
(Dec. 2024)		Previous best
performance
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Hosts15 May 20247th 2022 15Champions (2010)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2022 champions18 December 202416th 2022 17Champions (1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2022)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2022 runner–ups18 December 202414th 2022 20Runners-up (2022)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2022 third place18 December 202418th 2022 8Champions (2014, 2018)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Draw

On 4 February 2025, the AFC confirmed through their website that a total of 33 teams have submitted entries to participate in the qualifiers, competing for eight remaining slots in the final tournament. Australia, the final tournament host, have secured automatic qualification along with the top three teams in the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup final tournament: China, South Korea and Japan. [5]

For the first time in the tournament's history, the seeding for both qualifiers and final draws is expected to be based on the latest FIFA Women's World Ranking at the time of the draw. Previously, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous final tournament and qualification rankings. [6]

The following teams have entered the qualification round, [5] with their latest FIFA Women's World Ranking (December 2024) shown in parenthesis:

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References

  1. ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar (July 2024 - June 2025)" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. 15 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "AFC Competitions Calendar (July 2025 - June 2026)" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. 15 January 2025.
  3. ↑ "Australia and Uzbekistan confirmed as 2026 and 2029 AFC Women's Asian Cup hosts". the-AFC. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Asian Football Calendar (February 2025 – January 2026)". AFC. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Entries for AFC Women's Asian Cup Australia 2026 Qualifiers confirmed". AFC. 4 February 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC's world-class competitions' roster". AFC. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
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