2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | First round: Australia Bangladesh Jordan Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Myanmar Tajikistan Vietnam |
| Dates | First round: 18–26 September 2021 Second round: 8–12 December 2021 |
| Teams | TBC (from 1 confederation) |
The 2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification will be a women's under-17 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup.[1]
A total of eight teams will qualify to play in the final tournament. 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.[2]
There will be two rounds of qualification matches, with the first round originally scheduled to be played between 3–11 April 2021, and the second round originally scheduled to be played between 22–26 September 2021. On 25 January 2021, the AFC announced that the qualifying rounds had been postponed to 18–26 September 2021 and 8–12 December 2021 respectively due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] Eight countries will host the first round matches.[2]
Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TBD | Hosts | TBD | |
 Japan |
2019 champions | 2 October 2020 | 8 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
 North Korea |
2019 runners-up | 2 October 2020 | 7 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
 China |
2019 third place | 2 October 2020 | 8 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| TBD | December 2021 | ||
| TBD | December 2021 | ||
| TBD | December 2021 | ||
| TBD | December 2021 |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
- ^ "AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup 2022 Competition Regulations". AFC.
- ^ a b "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
- ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2021". AFC.
- ^ "Latest update on AFC Competitions in 2021". AFC. 25 January 2021.
External links
- AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup, the-AFC.com