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, 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. Thus, the tournament was rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup".

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. In 2007 the tournament switched to the under-16 tournament, again eight teams entered the competition. In 2009 twelve teams entered and thus for a first time a qualifying round was held. 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.

Results

EditionYearHostsFinalThird place matchChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place120051–1 2–122007 3–01–1 320094–06–242011round-robin round-robin520131–1 2–2 620151–08–0720172–01–0820192–12–1 —2022Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic920241–02–1EditionYearHostFinalLosing semi-finalists1ChampionsScoreRunners-up1020265–1 and 112027122028 Notes 1 No third-place match was played.

Performances by nation NationTitle(s)Runners-upThird placeFourth placeSemi-finalsTotal54–––9442––101122–6–14319––12–3–––213

Awards TournamentMost Valuable PlayerTop goalscorer(s)GoalsFair play award2005 Natsuko Hara Natsuko Hara12Not awarded2007 Yun Hyon-hi Yun Hyon-hi72009 Kim Da-hye Yeo Min-ji102011 Yui Narumiya Ri Un-sim92013 Hina Sugita Rikako Kobayashi72015 Ri Hae-yon Wang Yanwen62017 Kim Kyong-rong Kim Kyong-rong92019 Hanon Nishio Maika Hamano52024 Miharu Shinjo Jon Il-chong62026 Yu Jong-hyang Yu Jong-hyang15

Summary results Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – Semi-finalists QF – Quarter-finals GS – Group stage – Did not qualify – Did not enter / Withdrew – 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. Team2005(11)2007(6)2009(8)2011(6)2013(12)2015(8)2017(8)2019(8)2024(8)2026(12)Total GS 4th R1 GS • GS 4th GS SF 8 × × × × GS • × • × × 1 GS × × × × • GS GS • • 3 2nd 4th GS 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd 4th SF 10 GS × GS • GS GS • • • GS 5 GS × × • GS × • • • • 2 GS × × × • • • • • • 1 GS × • • • • • • • QF 2 GS × × × × × × • GS • 2 × × × • GS GS • • • • 2 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 10 × × × • GS • • • • • 1 × × × × × × GS • × × 1 × × × × × × × • • GS 1 × × GS • • • • • • GS 2 × 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 9 × × • • • • • • GS GS 2 GS × • • × × • • • • 1 4th 3rd 1st 4th GS GS 2nd GS 3rd QF 10 3rd GS GS R1 4th 4th GS GS GS QF 10 × × • × GS GS • • • • 2 × × × • × • • GS • QF 2

Summary (2005–2024) RankTeamPartMWDLGFGAGDPoints1943325622022+1981012838313414520+1209639401971413546+896449371691210354+495759331022148133−8532662573154657−11247410208962−53681311178-14925113311-841013111324−2141125113139−38412131021013−331325104222−2031439018655−491151200218−701613003014−1401713003219−1701813003017−1701912002025−2502013003034−3402126006159−580

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup results Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place QF – Quarter-finals R16 – Round of 16 GS – Group stage – 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. Team2008(16)2010(16)2012(16)2014(16)2016(16)2018(16)2022(16)2024(16)2025(24)2026(24)Total q 1 GS GS GS R16 q 5 GS 1 QF 2nd QF 1st 2nd QF QF QF QF q 10 GS 1 1st 4th 2nd GS 1st QF 1st 1st q 9 QF 1st GS GS GS 5

See also AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup AFC U-17 Asian Cup FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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