AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
Organiser(s)	AFC
Founded	2005; 21 years ago
Region	Asia
Teams	12
Current champions	North Korea (5th title)
Most championships	North Korea; (5 titles)
	2027 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]

Format

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 are held annually, as the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup are also held annually. Additionally, the tournament would be expanded from 8 to 12 teams.^[7]

Results

Tournament names

2005: AFC U-17 Women's Championship
2007–2019: AFC U-16 Women's Championship
2022–present: AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

Edition	Year	Hosts	Final			Third place match
Edition	Year	Hosts	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
Edition	Year	Host	Final			Losing semi-finalists¹
Edition	Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Losing semi-finalists¹
10	2026	China	North Korea	5–1	Japan	Australia and China
11	2027	China
12	2028	China

Notes

¹ No third-place match was played.

Performances by nation

Nation	Title(s)	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Semi-finals	Total
North Korea	5	4	–	–	–	9
Japan	4	4	2	–	–	10
South Korea	1	1	2	2	–	6
China	–	1	4	3	1	9
Thailand	–	–	1	2	–	3
Australia	–	–	–	2	1	3

Awards

Tournament	Most Valuable Player	Top goalscorer(s)	Goals	Fair play award
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
2026	Yu Jong-hyang	Yu Jong-hyang	15	North Korea

Summary results

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Semi-finalists
QF – Quarter-finals
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	2005 (11)	2007 (6)	2009 (8)	2011 (6)	2013 (12)	2015 (8)	2017 (8)	2019 (8)	2024 (8)	2026 (12)	Total
Australia		GS	4th	R1	GS	•	GS	4th	GS	SF	8
Bahrain	×	×	×	×	GS	•	×	•	×	×	1
Bangladesh	GS	×	×	×	×	•	GS	GS	•	•	3
China	2nd	4th	GS	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	SF	10
Chinese Taipei	GS	×	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	GS	5
Guam	GS	×	×	•	GS	×	•	•	•	•	2
Hong Kong	GS	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
India	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	2
Indonesia	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	GS	•	2
Iran	×	×	×	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	2
Japan	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	10
Jordan	×	×	×	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	1
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	•	×	×	1
Lebanon	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	GS	1
Myanmar	×	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	2
North Korea	×	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	9
Philippines	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	2
Singapore	GS	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	1
South Korea	4th	3rd	1st	4th	GS	GS	2nd	GS	3rd	QF	10
Thailand	3rd	GS	GS	R1	4th	4th	GS	GS	GS	QF	10
Uzbekistan	×	×	•	×	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	2
Vietnam	×	×	×	•	×	•	•	GS	•	QF	2

Summary (2005–2024)

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
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

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup results

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals
R16 – Round of 16
GS – Group stage
– Hosts
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament