# AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

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, 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. Thus, the tournament was rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup".

## Format

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. In 2007 the tournament switched to the under-16 tournament, again eight teams entered the competition. In 2009 twelve teams entered and thus for a first time a qualifying round was held. 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.
From 2026 on, the tournament will be held annually, as the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup will also be held annually. Additionally, the tournament will be expanded from 8 to 12 teams.

## Results
### Tournament names

* 2005: AFC U-17 Women's Championship
* 2007–2019: AFC U-16 Women's Championship
* 2022–present: AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
| Edition | Year | Hosts | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Edition | Year | Hosts | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 1 | 2005 | South Korea | Japan | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p) | China | Thailand | 2–1 | South Korea |
| 2 | 2007 | Malaysia | North Korea | 3–0 | Japan | South Korea | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | China |
| 3 | 2009 | Thailand | South Korea | 4–0 | North Korea | Japan | 6–2 | Australia |
| 4 | 2011 | China | Japan | round-robin | North Korea | China | round-robin | South Korea |
| 5 | 2013 | China | Japan | 1–1 (6–5 p) | North Korea | China | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Thailand |
| 6 | 2015 | China | North Korea | 1–0 | Japan | China | 8–0 | Thailand |
| 7 | 2017 | Thailand | North Korea | 2–0 | South Korea | Japan | 1–0 | China |
| 8 | 2019 | Thailand | Japan | 2–1 | North Korea | China | 2–1 | Australia |
| — | 2022 | Indonesia | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 9 | 2024 | Indonesia | North Korea | 1–0 | Japan | South Korea | 2–1 | China |

## Teams reaching the top four

| Nation | Title(s) | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Total |
| North Korea | 4 | 4 | – | – | 8 |
| Japan | 4 | 3 | 2 | – | 9 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| China | – | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| Thailand | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Australia | – | – | – | 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 | Not awarded |
| 2009 | Kim Da-hye | Yeo Min-ji | 10 | Not awarded |
| 2011 | Yui Narumiya | Ri Un-sim | 9 | Thailand |
| 2013 | Hina Sugita | Rikako Kobayashi | 7 | North Korea |
| 2015 | Ri Hae-yon | Wang Yanwen | 6 | Japan |
| 2017 | Kim Kyong-rong | Kim Kyong-rong | 9 | Japan |
| 2019 | Hanon Nishio | Maika Hamano | 5 | North Korea |
| 2024 | Miharu Shinjo | Jon Il-chong | 6 | Japan |

## Summary (2005–2024)

| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | Japan | 9 | 43 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 220 | 22 | +198 | 101 |
| 2 | North Korea | 8 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 4 | 145 | 20 | +120 | 96 |
| 3 | China | 9 | 40 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 135 | 46 | +89 | 64 |
| 4 | South Korea | 9 | 37 | 16 | 9 | 12 | 103 | 54 | +49 | 57 |
| 5 | Thailand | 9 | 33 | 10 | 2 | 21 | 48 | 133 | −85 | 32 |
| 6 | Australia | 6 | 25 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 24 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 62 | −53 | 6 |
| 8 | Philippines | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 4 |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 4 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 4 |
| 11 | Guam | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 39 | −38 | 4 |
| 12 | India | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 3 |
| 13 | Iran | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 3 |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 55 | −49 | 1 |
| 15 | Jordan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
| 16 | Vietnam | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
| 17 | Myanmar | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 0 |
| 18 | Laos | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 |
| 19 | Bahrain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 |
| 20 | Singapore | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 34 | −34 | 0 |
| 21 | Indonesia | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 59 | −58 | 0 |

## Summary results
### Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* QF – Quarter-finals
* GS – Group stage
* • – Did not qualify
* × – Did not enter / Withdrew
* XX – 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.
| Team | 2005 (11) | 2007 (6) | 2009 (8) | 2011 (6) | 2013 (12) | 2015 (8) | 2017 (8) | 2019 (8) | 2024 (8) | Total |
| Australia | × | GS | 4th | R1 | GS | • | GS | 4th | GS | 7 |
| Bahrain | × | × | × | × | GS | • | × | • | × | 1 |
| Bangladesh | GS | × | × | × | × | • | GS | GS | • | 3 |
| China | 2nd | 4th | GS | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 9 |
| Chinese Taipei | GS | × | GS | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | 4 |
| Guam | GS | × | × | • | GS | × | • | • | • | 2 |
| Hong Kong | GS | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| India | GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Indonesia | GS | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | GS | 2 |
| Iran | × | × | × | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | 2 |
| Japan | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 9 |
| Jordan | × | × | × | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Laos | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | • | × | 1 |
| Myanmar | × | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| North Korea | × | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 8 |
| Philippines | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 1 |
| Singapore | GS | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | 1 |
| South Korea | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | GS | GS | 2nd | GS | 3rd | 9 |
| Thailand | 3rd | GS | GS | R1 | 4th | 4th | GS | GS | GS | 9 |
| Uzbekistan | × | × | • | × | GS | GS | • | • | • | 2 |
| Vietnam | × | × | × | • | × | • | • | GS | • | 1 |

## FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup results
### Legend

* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* QF – Quarter-finals
* GS – Group stage
* – 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.
| Team | 2008 (16) | 2010 (16) | 2012 (16) | 2014 (16) | 2016 (16) | 2018 (16) | 2022 (16) | 2024 (16) | 2025 (24) | Total |
| China | | | GS | GS | | | GS | | q | 4 |
| India | | | | | | | GS | | | 1 |
| Japan | QF | 2nd | QF | 1st | 2nd | QF | QF | QF | q | 9 |
| Jordan | | | | | GS | | | | | 1 |
| North Korea | 1st | 4th | 2nd | GS | 1st | QF | | 1st | q | 8 |
| South Korea | QF | 1st | | | | GS | | GS | q | 5 |