2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification explained

Tourney Name:	AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification
Year:	2025
Country:	Jordan (Group A)
Country2:	Cambodia (Group B)
Country3:	China (Group C)
Country4:	Thailand (Group D)
Country5:	Chinese Taipei (Group E)
Country6:	Qatar (Group F)
Country7:	Kuwait (Group G)
Country8:	Laos (Group H)
Country9:	Vietnam (Group I)
Country10:	Singapore (Group J)
Dates:	19–27 October 2024^[1]
Num Teams:	43
Confederations:	1
Prevseason:	2023
Nextseason:	2026

The 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification will be an international men's under-17 football competition which will be held to decide the participating teams of the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup.^[1]

Draw

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 44 teams will enter the competition. Saudi Arabia as host of the final tournament will not participate.^[2]

The draw was held on 13 June 2024 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 14:00 (GMT+08:00).

The 43 teams will be allocated to 3 groups of five teams and 7 groups of four teams, with teams seeded according to their performance in the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams). A further restriction was also applied, with the ten teams serving as qualification group hosts drawn into separate groups.^[3]

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Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• (H): Qualification group hosts

+Did not enter

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Player eligibility

Players born on or after 1 January 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament.^[4]

Format

In each group, teams will play each other once at a centralised venue. The ten group winners and the six best runners-up will qualify for the final tournament.

Tiebreakers

Teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):^[4]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

Groups

The matches will be played between 19 and 27 October 2024.

Group A-C! colspan="2"

Group D-J
Date	Matches	Date	Matches
Matchday 1	19 October 2024	3 v 2 5 v 4	23 October 2024	1 v 4 2 v 3
Matchday 2	21 October 2024	4 v 1 5 v 3	25 October 2024	4 v 2 3 v 1
Matchday 3	23 October 2024	1 v 5 2 v 4	27 October 2024	1 v 2 3 v 4
Matchday 4	25 October 2024	2 v 5 3 v 1	colspan="2" rowspan="2"
Matchday 5	27 October 2024	4 v 3 1 v 2

Group A

• All matches will be held in Jordan.
• Times listed are UTC+3.

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Group B

• All matches will be held in Cambodia.
• Times listed are UTC+7.

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Group C

• All matches will be held in China.
• Times listed are UTC+8.

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Group D

• All matches will be held in Thailand.
• Times listed are UTC+7.

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Group E

• All matches will be held in Taiwan (Chinese Taipei).
• Times listed are UTC+8.

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Group F

• All matches will be held in Qatar.
• Times listed are UTC+3.

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Group G

• All matches will be held in Kuwait.
• Times listed are UTC+3.

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Group H

• All matches will be held in Laos.
• Times listed are UTC+7.

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Group I

• All matches will be held in Vietnam.
• Times listed are UTC+7.

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Group J

• All matches will be held in Singapore.
• Times listed are UTC+8.

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams in five-team groups will not be considered for this ranking.

Qualified teams

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)
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD	2nd
TBD	3rd
TBD	4th
TBD	5th

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

See also

• 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup
• 2025 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification

Notes and References

1. Web site: AFC Competitions Calendar (Jul 2024 - Jun 2025) . AFC. 15 May 2024.
2. Web site: U17亚洲杯6月13日抽签，中国国少预选赛东道主+种子身份出战. Dongqiudi. 1 June 2024. 8 June 2024. zh.
3. Web site: Stage set for #AFCU17 and #AFCU20 Qualifiers draws . the-AFC. Asian Football Confederation. 11 July 2024. 10 June 2024.
4. Web site: AFC U17 Asian Cup™ 2025 Competition Regulations. AFC.