The AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, is a quadrennial international

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competition for women's, organised by the sport's

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n governing body, the

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(AFC) to decide the participants for

AFC Women's Asian Cup The AFC Women's Asian Cup (formerly known as the AFC Women's Championship) is a quadrennial competition in women's football for national teams which belong to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is the oldest women's international football ...

. The competition has been held since

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the tournament was held biennially, since

it has been held every four years.

History

From

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the qualification tournament for the final tournament did not exist and the teams were invited to participate. In

, the structure saw a major overhaul, with a qualifier tournament introduced for the final championship tournament, allowing all the member nations of AFC to participate. The tournament was also rebranded to 'AFC Women's Asian Cup'. Since 2006, the qualification tournament has seen various changes in format. In the current format, a total of twelve teams qualify for the final tournament which includes the hosts, top three finishers of previous edition and eight teams who qualify via qualification tournament. From the 2029 edition, a total of twelve teams will qualify for the final tournament which includes the hosts and eleven teams who qualify via the second round of the new 2-round qualification tournament. ''* – Hosts''

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History

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