| Tourney Name: | 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification |
| Num Teams: | 46[1] |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Top Scorer: | Almoez Ali Son Heung-min (7 goals each) |
| Updated: | 10 September 2024 |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2031 |
The 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification is the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup, the 19th edition of the international men's football championship of Asia.
The qualification process involves a total of four rounds, where the first two rounds double as the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification for Asian teams, with the final two solely for 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification.
The qualification structure is as follows:[2]
Forty-six FIFA-affiliated nations are eligible to enter the joint qualification process for both the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2027 AFC Asian Cup; Northern Mariana Islands, which is not a FIFA member, would have entered through the play-off round.[2] However, it was not included in the draw for the play-off round.[3]
The draw for the first and second rounds of joint qualification took place on 27 July 2023. Teams were seeded into four pots. Pots 1, 2 and 3 contain the teams ranked 1–9, 10-18 and 19-26 respectively, while Pot 4 contains the remaining 20 teams (ranked 27–46). All teams from Pot 4 were drawn to the first round into two pots. Teams from Pots 1, 2 and 3 were drawn directly to the second round, along with an allocated first-round tie winner.[4]
The schedule of the competition is expected to be as follows, according to the AFC Competitions Calendar.[6] [7] [8] This is the first Asian Cup qualification that starts before the previous final matches would be held, as the 2023 AFC Asian Cup was postponed to early 2024.
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See main article: 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC first round. The draw for the first round was held on 27 July 2023 at 14:00 MST (UTC+8) at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[9]
See main article: 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round. The draw for the second round was held on 27 July 2023 at 16:00 MST (UTC+8) at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[9]
See main article: 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round.
See main article: 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round.
A total of 24 teams will qualify for the final tournament including the host Saudi Arabia.
| Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | data-sort-type="number" | Finals appearances | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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| 6th | ||||||
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| 16th | ||||||
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| 6th | 2023 | |||||
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| 8th | 2023 | |||||
| 6th | 2023 | |||||
| 14th | 2023 | |||||
| 6th | 2023 | |||||
| 6th | 2019 | |||||
| 11th | 2015 | |||||
| 3rd | 2023 | |||||
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The lists below show all goal scorers for each round: