| Tourney Name: | AFC U-17 Asian Cup |
| Year: | 2025 |
| Size: | 250px |
| Country: | Saudi Arabia |
| Dates: | 3–20 April |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | TBD |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2026 |
The 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup will be the 20th edition of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-17 national teams of Asia.
On 24 May 2024, the AFC announced that Saudi Arabia would host the tournament.[1]
A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament. The top eight teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the AFC representatives besides Qatar who qualified automatically as the host.[2]
Japan are the title holders, having won the title in 2023.
See main article: 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification.
Qualification matches will be played in October 2024.
A total of 16 teams including hosts Saudi Arabia will qualify for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12th | (1985, 1988) | |||
The following teams from AFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup; Qatar qualified automatically as host.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14 March 2024 | (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2005) | ||
| 2025 | |||
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| 2025 |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.