2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
 | This article only references primary sources. (January 2025) |
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Thailand |
| Dates | 1–18 April 2026 |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
← 2024 2028 → | |
The 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup will be the 12th edition of the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-20 Women's Championship and AFC U-19 Women's Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-20 national teams of Asia.
The tournament is scheduled to be held in Thailand between 1–18 April 2026.[1][2] For the first time, a total of twelve teams will compete in the tournament[3] and there will be no third place playoff.[4] The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland as the AFC representatives. DPR Korea are the defending champions.
Qualification
[edit]The host country will qualify automatically. Eleven teams will be decided by the qualification process.[3] There will be a single round of qualifying, scheduled to take place between 2–10 August 2025, with the draw scheduled to be held on 28 April.[1]
Qualified teams
[edit]The following teams qualified for the tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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 Thailand |
Hosts | 8th | Fourth place (2004) |
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Venues
[edit]To be comfirmed.
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
[edit]The following four teams from AFC qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
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| TBD | April 2026 | |
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| TBD | April 2026 | |
| TBD | April 2026 |
- Key
Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Asian Football Calendar (January 2025 – December 2025)" (PDF). the-AFC. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Hosts of AFC women's age-group competitions confirmed". the-AFC. 14 April 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
- ^ a b "AFC unveils breakthrough reforms to strengthen Women's National Team Competitions". the-AFC. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup 2026 Competitions Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Retrieved 11 January 2025.