Organising body | AFC |
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Founded | 2005 |
Region | Asia |
Number of teams | 12 |
Current champions | North Korea (4th title) |
Most successful team(s) | Japan North Korea (4 titles each) |
2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup |
The AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, founded as the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and later the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, before changing to its current name after the 2019 edition, [1] is a biennial women's football tournament for youth teams organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It further serves as the qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The AFC agreed to the proposal for switching the tournament from under-16 to under-17 starting from 2022. [2] Thus, the tournament was rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup". [3]
The tournament was first held in 2005 as an under-17 tournament. With only 11 teams entering in the inaugural year, there was no qualification held. [4] In 2007 the tournament switched to the under-16 tournament, again eight teams entered the competition. [5] In 2009 twelve teams entered and thus for a first time a qualifying round was held. [6] The 2011 edition featured two qualification rounds. Here five seeded teams for the finals were joined by an additional 13 teams fighting for a final sixth spot.
From 2026 on, the tournament will be held annually, as the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will also be held annually. Additionally, the tournament will be expanded from 8 to 12 teams. [7]
Edition | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place match | |||||
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Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
1 | 2005 | South Korea | Japan | 1–1( a.e.t. ) (3–1 p) | China | Thailand | 2–1 | South Korea | |
2 | 2007 | Malaysia | North Korea | 3–0 | Japan | South Korea | 1–1( a.e.t. ) (4–2 p) | China | |
3 | 2009 | Thailand | South Korea | 4–0 | North Korea | Japan | 6–2 | Australia | |
4 | 2011 | China | Japan | round-robin | North Korea | China | round-robin | South Korea | |
5 | 2013 | China | Japan | 1–1 (6–5 p) | North Korea | China | 2–2( a.e.t. ) (4–2 p) | Thailand | |
6 | 2015 | China | North Korea | 1–0 | Japan | China | 8–0 | Thailand | |
7 | 2017 | Thailand | North Korea | 2–0 | South Korea | Japan | 1–0 | China | |
8 | 2019 | Thailand | Japan | 2–1 | North Korea | China | 2–1 | Australia | |
— | 2022 | Indonesia | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [8] | ||||||
9 | 2024 | Indonesia | North Korea | 1–0 | Japan | South Korea | 2–1 | China |
Nation | Title(s) | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total |
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North Korea | 4 | 4 | – | – | 8 |
Japan | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 9 |
South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
China | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
Thailand | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Australia | – | – | – | 2 | 2 |
Tournament | Most Valuable Player | Top goalscorer(s) | Goals | Fair play award |
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2005 | Natsuko Hara | Natsuko Hara | 12 | Not awarded |
2007 | Yun Hyon-hi | Yun Hyon-hi | 7 | |
2009 | Kim Da-hye | Yeo Min-ji | 10 | |
2011 | Yui Narumiya | Ri Un-sim | 9 | Thailand |
2013 | Hina Sugita | Rikako Kobayashi | 7 | North Korea |
2015 | Ri Hae-yon | Wang Yanwen | 6 | Japan |
2017 | Kim Kyong-rong | Kim Kyong-rong | 9 | Japan |
2019 | Hanon Nishio | Maika Hamano | 5 | North Korea |
2024 | Miharu Shinjo | Jon Il-chong | 6 | Japan |
Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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1 | Japan | 9 | 43 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 220 | 22 | +198 | 101 |
2 | North Korea | 8 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 145 | 20 | +120 | 96 |
3 | China | 9 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 135 | 46 | +89 | 64 |
4 | South Korea | 9 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 103 | 54 | +49 | 57 |
5 | Thailand | 9 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 48 | 133 | −85 | 32 |
6 | Australia | 6 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 24 |
7 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 62 | −53 | 6 |
8 | Philippines | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 4 |
9 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
10 | Hong Kong | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 4 |
11 | Guam | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 39 | −38 | 4 |
12 | India | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 3 |
13 | Iran | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 3 |
14 | Bangladesh | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 55 | −49 | 1 |
15 | Jordan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
16 | Vietnam | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
17 | Myanmar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 |
18 | Laos | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 |
19 | Bahrain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 |
20 | Singapore | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | −34 | 0 |
21 | Indonesia | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 59 | −58 | 0 |
For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Team | 2005 (11) | 2007 (6) | 2009 (8) | 2011 (6) | 2013 (12) | 2015 (8) | 2017 (8) | 2019 (8) | 2024 (8) | Total |
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Australia | × | GS | 4th | R1 | GS | • | GS | 4th | GS | 7 |
Bahrain | × | × | × | × | GS | • | × | • | × | 1 |
Bangladesh | GS | × | × | × | × | • | GS | GS | • | 3 |
China | 2nd | 4th | GS | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 9 |
Chinese Taipei | GS | × | GS | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | 4 |
Guam | GS | × | × | • | GS | × | • | • | • | 2 |
Hong Kong | GS | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
India | GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Indonesia | GS | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | GS | 2 |
Iran | × | × | × | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | 2 |
Japan | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 9 |
Jordan | × | × | × | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 1 |
Laos | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | • | × | 1 |
Myanmar | × | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
North Korea | × | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 8 |
Philippines | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 1 |
Singapore | GS | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | 1 |
South Korea | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | 3rd | 9 |
Thailand | 3rd | GS | GS | R1 | 4th | 4th | GS | GS | GS | 9 |
Uzbekistan | × | × | • | × | GS | GS | • | • | • | 2 |
Vietnam | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | GS | • | 1 |
For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
Team | 2008 (16) | 2010 (16) | 2012 (16) | 2014 (16) | 2016 (16) | 2018 (16) | 2022 (16) | 2024 (16) | 2025 (24) | Total |
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China | GS | GS | GS | q | 4 | |||||
India | GS | 1 | ||||||||
Japan | QF | 2nd | QF | 1st | 2nd | QF | QF | QF | q | 9 |
Jordan | GS | 1 | ||||||||
North Korea | 1st | 4th | 2nd | GS | 1st | QF | 1st | q | 8 | |
South Korea | QF | 1st | GS | GS | q | 5 |
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