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 The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation ( ...

. It further serves as the qualifying competition for the

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an annual (biennial until 2024) international women's association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (FIFA) ...

. 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 will be held annually, as the

will also be held annually. Additionally, the tournament will be expanded from 8 to 12 teams.

Results

Teams reaching the top four

Awards

Summary (2005–2024)

Summary results

;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place *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.

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup results

;Legend * – Champions * – Runners-up * – Third place * – Fourth place *QF – Quarter-finals *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.

References

External links

* * at RSSSF.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Afc U-16 Women's Championship Under-17 association football competitions Asian Football Confederation competitions for women's national teams Recurring sporting events established in 2005