AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
Organising body	AFC
Founded	2002;23 years ago
Region	Asia
Number of teams	12
Current champions	North Korea (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Japan (6 titles)
	2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Last updated March 01, 2025

The AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup is an association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 20, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is organised by the Asian Football Confederation every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. It was first played in 2002 as the AFC U-19 Women's Championship with an upper age limit of 19. Starting from the 2022 edition, the age limit was raised to 20.^[1] Moreover, the tournament was rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup".^[2]

Format

In 2002 and 2004 no qualifying round was played, with all teams directly participating in the group stage. Qualifying rounds were introduced starting from the 2006 edition, with eight teams qualifying to the final tournament. The eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with the top two teams qualifying to the semi-finals. In 2011 and 2013 the teams were reduced to six, which all played a single round-robin tournament. From 2015 onwards, the pre-2011 format was recovered.

From 2026 on, the tournament will be expanded from 8 to 12 teams.^[3]

History

Results

Tournament names

2002–2019: AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2022–present: AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Edition	Year	Hosts	Final			Third place match
Edition	Year	Hosts	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	2002	India	Japan	2–1	Chinese Taipei	China	4–1	North Korea
2	2004	China	South Korea	3–0	China	North Korea	4–0	Thailand
3	2006	Malaysia	China	1–0	North Korea	Australia	3–2	Japan
4	2007	China	North Korea	1–0	Japan	China	1–0	South Korea
5	2009	China	Japan	2–1	South Korea	North Korea	1–0	China
6	2011	Vietnam	Japan	round-robin	North Korea	China	round-robin	South Korea
7	2013	China	South Korea	round-robin	North Korea	China	round-robin	Japan
8	2015	China	Japan	0–0( a.e.t. ) (4–2 p)	North Korea	South Korea	4–0	China
9	2017	China	Japan	1–0	North Korea	China	3–0	Australia
10	2019	Thailand	Japan	2–1	North Korea	South Korea	9–1	Australia
—	2022	Uzbekistan	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic ^[4]
11	2024	Uzbekistan	North Korea	2–1	Japan	Australia	1–0	South Korea

Performance by country

Nation	Champions	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Japan	6 (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)	2 (2007, 2024)	–	2 (2006, 2013)
North Korea	2 (2007, 2024)	6 (2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)	2 (2004, 2009)	1 (2002)
South Korea	2 (2004, 2013)	1 (2009)	2 (2015, 2019)	3 (2007, 2011, 2024)
China	1 (2006)	1 (2004)	5 (2002, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2017)	2 (2009, 2015)
Chinese Taipei	–	1 (2002)	–	–
Australia	–	–	2 (2006, 2024)	2 (2017, 2019)
Thailand	–	–	–	1 (2004)

Awards

Tournament	Most Valuable Player	Top goalscorer(s)	Goals	Best goalkeeper	Fair play award
2006	Kim Song-hui	Ma Xiaoxu	10	Did not award	Japan
2007	Ra Un-sim	Ra Un-sim	4		Japan
2009	Mana Iwabuchi	Mana Iwabuchi Ji So-yun	4		North Korea
2011	Mai Kyokawa	Mai Kyokawa Yun Hyon-hi	5		Japan
2013	Jang Sel-gi	Jang Sel-gi	8		China
2015	Rikako Kobayashi	Ri Un-sim	6		Japan
2017	Sung Hyang-sim	Sung Hyang-sim	6		Japan
2019	Oto Kanno	Kang Ji-woo	7		Japan
2024	Chae Un-yong	Maya Hijikata	4	Chae Un-gyong	Japan

Summary (2002–2024)

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	North Korea	11	56	43	5	8	202	32	+170	134
2	Japan	11	53	37	9	7	189	31	+158	120
3	South Korea	11	50	29	4	17	158	54	+104	91
4	China	11	52	25	9	18	157	59	+98	84
5	Australia	9	39	17	1	21	77	80	–3	52
6	Chinese Taipei	5	18	6	2	10	54	39	+15	20
7	Thailand	7	24	6	1	17	31	73	−42	19
8	India	3	10	3	0	7	9	58	−49	9
9	Vietnam	6	20	3	0	17	30	84	−54	9
10	Myanmar	4	14	2	0	12	9	58	−49	6
11	Uzbekistan	5	15	1	1	13	7	77	−70	4
12	Philippines	1	3	1	0	2	4	8	−4	3
13	Jordan	1	3	1	0	2	2	17	−15	3
14	Singapore	2	6	1	0	5	2	42	−40	3
15	Hong Kong	2	6	1	0	5	4	45	−41	3
16	Nepal	1	3	0	0	3	2	29	−27	0
17	Iran	1	3	0	0	3	1	29	−28	0
18	Guam	2	6	0	0	3	0	54	−54	0
19	Malaysia	2	5	0	0	5	1	81	−80	0

Comprehensive team results

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
GS – Group stage
• – Did not qualify
× – Did not enter / Withdrew
XX – Country did not exist or national team was inactive
– Hosts
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2002 (12)	2004 (15)	2006 (8)	2007 (8)	2009 (8)	2011 (6)	2013 (6)	2015 (8)	2017 (8)	2019 (8)	2024 (8)	Total
Australia			3rd	GS	GS	5th	5th	GS	4th	4th	3rd	9
China	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	GS	GS	11
Chinese Taipei	2nd	QF	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	5
Guam	GS	GS	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	2
Hong Kong	GS	GS	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	2
India	GS	QF	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Iran	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Japan	1st	QF	4th	2nd	1st	1st	4th	1st	1st	1st	2nd	11
Jordan	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Malaysia	•	GS	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	2
Myanmar	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	6th	•	•	GS	•	4
Nepal	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
North Korea	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	11
Philippines	•	GS	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	×	•	1
Singapore	GS	GS	•	•	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	2
South Korea	GS	1st	GS	4th	2nd	4th	1st	3rd	GS	3rd	4th	11
Thailand	GS	4th	•	GS	GS	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	7
Uzbekistan	GS	GS	•	×	×	•	•	GS	GS	•	GS	5
Vietnam	×	QF	×	•	GS	6th	•	•	GS	GS	GS	6

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup results

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
– Hosts
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament