AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup explained

Organiser:	AFC
Region:	Asia
Number Of Teams:	8

The AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, founded as the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and later the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, before changing to its current name after the 2019 edition,^[1] is a biennial women's football tournament for youth teams organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It further serves as the qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The AFC agreed to the proposal for switching the tournament from under-16 to under-17 starting from 2022.^[2] Thus, the tournament was rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup".^[3]

The tournament was first held in 2005 as an under-17 tournament. With only 11 teams entering in the inaugural year, there was no qualification held.^[4] In 2007 the tournament switched to the under-16 tournament, again eight teams entered the competition.^[5] In 2009 twelve teams entered and thus for a first time a qualifying round was held.^[6] The 2011 edition featured two qualification rounds. Here five seeded teams for the finals were joined by an additional 13 teams fighting for a final sixth spot.

Results

Edition	Year	Hosts	Final			Third place match
width=15%	Champions	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Runners-up	width=15%	Third place	width=10%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
1	2005			1–1			2–1
2				3–0			1–1
3	2009			4–0			6–2
4	2011			round-robin			round-robin
5	2013			1–1			2–2
6	2015			1–0			8–0
7	2017			2–0			1–0
8	2019			2–1			2–1
—	2022		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic^[7]
9	2024			1–0			2–1

Teams reaching the top four

Title(s)	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Total
4	4	–	–	8
4	3	2	–	9
1	1	2	2	6
–	1	4	3	8
–	–	1	2	3
–	–	–	2	2

Awards

Tournament	Most Valuable Player	Top goalscorer(s)	Goals	Fair play award
2005	Natsuko Hara	Natsuko Hara	12	Not awarded
2007	Yun Hyon-hi	Yun Hyon-hi	7
2009	Kim Da-hye	Yeo Min-ji	10
2011	Yui Narumiya	Ri Un-sim	9
2013	Hina Sugita	Rikako Kobayashi	7
2015	Ri Hae-yon	Wang Yanwen	6
2017	Kim Kyong-rong	Kim Kyong-rong	9
2019	Hanon Nishio	Maika Hamano	5
2024	Miharu Shinjo	Jon Il-chong	6

Summary (2005–2024)

Rank	width=200	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1		9	43	32	5	6	220	22	+198	101
2		8	37	30	3	4	145	20	+120	93
3		9	40	19	7	14	135	46	+89	64
4		9	37	16	9	12	103	54	+49	57
5		9	33	10	2	21	48	133	−85	32
6		6	25	7	3	15	46	57	−11	24
7		4	10	2	0	8	9	62	−53	6
8		1	3	1	1	1	7	8	-1	4
9		2	5	1	1	3	3	11	-8	4
10		1	3	1	1	1	3	24	−21	4
11		2	5	1	1	3	1	39	−38	4
12		1	3	1	0	2	10	13	−3	3
13		2	5	1	0	4	2	22	−20	3
14		3	9	0	1	8	6	55	−49	1
15		1	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0
16		1	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0
17		1	3	0	0	3	2	19	−17	0
18		1	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0
19		1	2	0	0	2	0	25	−25	0
20		1	3	0	0	3	0	34	−34	0
21		2	6	0	0	6	1	59	−58	0

Summary results

Legend

– Champions
– Runners-up
– Third place
– Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
– Did not qualify
– Did not enter / Withdrew
– Country did not exist or national team was inactive
– Hosts
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

2005 (11)	2007 (6)	2009 (8)	2011 (6)	2013 (12)	2015 (8)	2017 (8)	2019 (8)	2024 (8)	Total
×	GS	4th	R1	GS	•	GS	4th	GS	7
×	×	×	×	GS	•	×	•	×	1
GS	×	×	×	×	•	GS	GS	•	3
bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	GS	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	9
GS	×	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	4
GS	×	×	•	GS	×	•	•	•	2
GS	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	1
GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	GS	2
×	×	×	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	2
bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	9
×	×	×	•	GS	•	•	•	•	1
×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	•	×	1
×	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
×	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	8
×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	1
GS	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	1
4th	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	4th	GS	GS	bgcolor=silver	2nd	GS	3rd	9
3rd	GS	GS	R1	4th	4th	GS	GS	GS	9
×	×	•	×	GS	GS	•	•	•	2
×	×	×	•	×	•	•	GS	•	1