2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | TBD |
| Dates | 4–17 April 2022 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
The 2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup will be the 9th edition of the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and AFC U-16 Women's Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-17 national teams of Asia. Starting from the 2022 edition, the AFC had agreed to the proposal for switching the tournament from under-16 to under-17.[1][2] Moreover, the tournament will also be rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup".[3] It will be held between 4–17 April 2022.[4] A total of eight teams will compete in the tournament.[5]
The top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the AFC representatives, besides India who automatically qualified as hosts. Japan are the defending champions.
Qualification
The host country and the top three teams of the previous tournament in 2019 will qualify automatically, while the other four teams will be decided by qualification. There will be two rounds of qualification matches, with the first round scheduled to be played between 18–26 September 2021, and the second round scheduled to be played between 8–12 December 2021.[6][7]
Qualified teams
The following teams have qualified for the tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | Hosts | ||
 Japan |
2019 champions | 9th | Champions (2005, 2011, 2013, 2019) |
 North Korea |
2019 runners-up | 8th | Champions (2007, 2015, 2017) |
 China |
2019 third place | 9th | Runners-up (2005) |
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Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from AFC qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, including India who qualified automatically as host.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|
 India |
17 November 2020[8] | 0 (debut) |
| TBD | April 2022 | |
| TBD | April 2022 |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
- ^ "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC Women's Club Championship". AFC. 27 September 2019.
- ^ "Junior, Young Matildas Championships to change". thewomensgame.com. 1 October 2019.
- ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
- ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2022". AFC.
- ^ "AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup 2022 Competition Regulations". AFC.
- ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2021". AFC.
- ^ "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". AFC. 25 January 2021.
- ^ "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". FIFA.com. 17 November 2020.
External links
- AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup, the-AFC.com