# 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification

The 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification was the qualification process organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine the participating teams for the 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, the 9th edition of the international women's under-17 football championship of Asia. Therefore, players born on or after 1 January 2007 were eligible to participate.
A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament in Indonesia. The host country Indonesia and the top three teams of the previous tournament (Japan, North Korea and China) qualified automatically, while the other four teams were decided by qualification, with the matches played between 22–30 April 2023 (first round) and 19–24 September 2023 (second round) in centralised venues.
This tournament also served as the first stage of Asian qualification for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where three teams from the U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualify directly for the World Cup.

## Teams

The 42 AFC member associations were eligible to enter the qualification after Indonesia plus the top three teams of the previous tournament (Japan, North Korea and China) automatically qualified for the final tournament and Sri Lanka was barred from participating in international competitions due to FIFA suspension after the draw. The Northern Mariana Islands, whose association are not FIFA members, were not be eligible to qualify for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Only 24 teams including Turkmenistan who did not participate in the previous edition, entered the competition. The final host Indonesia initially decided to also participate in the qualifying competition but withdrew after the draw. 18 teams including Bahrain, Bhutan, Iraq and United Arab Emirates who withdrew after the draw plus Laos, Pakistan and Syria who did participate in the previous edition, did not enter to the qualification and were listed below. The following teams with asterisks are the teams never entered the qualification.
* Afghanistan*
* Bahrain (withdrew after the draw)
* Bhutan* (withdrew after the draw)
* Brunei*
* Cambodia*
* Iraq (withdrew after the draw)
* Kuwait*
* Laos
* Macau*
* Maldives*
* Oman*
* Pakistan
* Qatar*
* Saudi Arabia*
* Sri Lanka (suspended after the draw)
* Syria*
* Timor-Leste
* UAE (withdrew after the draw)
* Yemen*

### First draw

The draw for the first round was held on 3 November 2022 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
29 teams including Bahrain, Bhutan, Iraq plus United Arab Emirates who withdrew after the draw and Indonesia who automatically qualified as hosts but withdrew from participation after the draw, were seeded into four pots based on the their performance at the qualification and the final tournament of the previous edition. The eight hosts of the qualification were placed into the host pots.

#### Seeding

Teams who participated in the final tournament of the previous edition were ranked from the 1st to the 8th by their performance at that tournament and other teams who participated in the qualification of the previous edition were ranked from the 9th to 28th by their performance at that tournament. Bahrain, Bhutan, Indonesia, Iraq, Turkmenistan and United Arab Emirates who did not participate in the previous edition, were unranked.

##### Final rankings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final results |
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | +20 | 13 | Champions |
| 2 | North Korea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 12 | Runners-up |
| 3 | China | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 9 | Third place |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 5 | Fourth place |
| 5 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |

##### Qualification rankings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final results |
| 1 | China | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0 | +69 | 21 | Qualify for final tournament |
| 2 | Australia | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 0 | +46 | 21 | Qualify for final tournament |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 3 | +35 | 18 | Qualify for final tournament |
| 4 | Vietnam | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 3 | +23 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament |
| 5 | Laos | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 13 | Eliminated in qualification second round |
| 6 | Myanmar | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 12 | Eliminated in qualification second round |
| 7 | Iran | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 13 | Eliminated in qualification second round |
| 8 | Philippines | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 25 | −19 | 6 | Eliminated in qualification second round |
| 9 | Thailand | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | +24 | 12 | |
| 10 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 9 | Eliminated in qualification first round |
| 11 | India | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 | Eliminated in qualification first round |
| 12 | Jordan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 7 | Eliminated in qualification first round |

#### Pots

The 29 teams including Bahrain, Bhutan, Iraq plus United Arab Emirates who withdrew after the draw and Indonesia who automatically qualified as hosts but withdrew from participation after the draw, were drawn into five groups of four teams and three groups of three teams.
Bye to the final tournament :
* Japan North Korea China Indonesia (final tournament hosts)
Teams entering the qualification first round :
| | Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Host teams | Thailand (H) Vietnam (H) | Jordan (H) Singapore (H) | Mongolia (H) Kyrgyzstan (H) Tajikistan (H) Guam (H) | |
| Remaining teams | Australia South Korea Bangladesh Myanmar Iran Philippines | Chinese Taipei India Uzbekistan Hong Kong Lebanon Malaysia | Nepal UAE (W) Palestine NMI | Bahrain (W) Bhutan (W) Iraq (W) Turkmenistan |

##### Notes

* Teams in bold advanced to the qualification second round.
* (H): Qualification first round group hosts.
* (Q): Final tournament hosts, automatically qualified for the final tournament regardless of qualification results.
* (W): Withdrew after the draw.

## Player eligibility

Players born between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2009 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

## Format

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.
* In the first round, the eight group winners advanced to the second round. However, the final tournament hosts Indonesia did not advance to the second round. Their matches were not taken into account when calculating the group ranking.
* In the second round, the two group winners and the two group runners-up qualified for the final tournament to join the four automatically qualified teams.

### Tiebreakers

Teams were 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 were applied: (Regulations Article 7.3):
* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* 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;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Goals scored in all group matches;
* Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
* 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);
* Drawing of lots.

## First round

The first round was played from 22 to 30 April 2023.

### Group A

* All matches were held in Thailand.
* Times listed are UTC+7.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | +22 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Malaysia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | |
| 3 | Northern Mariana Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | |

### Group B

* All matches were held in Mongolia.
* Times listed are UTC+8.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Mongolia (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | |
| 4 | Bhutan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group C

* All matches were held in Vietnam.
* Times listed are UTC+7.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Vietnam (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Palestine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 0 | |
| 4 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group D

* All matches were held in Singapore.
* Times listed are UTC+8.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Singapore (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 3 | |
| 3 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group E

* All matches were held in Tajikistan.
* Times listed are UTC+5.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | +28 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | |
| 3 | Tajikistan (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | |
| 4 | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group F

* All matches were held in Kyrgyzstan.
* Times listed are UTC+6.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Myanmar | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | Kyrgyzstan (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 0 | |

### Group G

* All matches were held in Guam.
* Times listed are UTC+10.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Philippines | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Lebanon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Guam (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | |

### Group H

* All matches were held in Jordan.
* Times listed are UTC+3.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 | Second round |
| 2 | Nepal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Jordan (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | |

## Second round

The draw for the second round of the qualifiers was held on 18 May 2023. Eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, seeded according to their performance in the 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification.
Participating in qualification second round :
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Australia (4) South Korea (5) | Thailand (6) (H) Bangladesh (7) | Vietnam (8) (H) Iran (10) | Philippines (11) India (13) |

### Notes

* Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
* (H): Qualification second round group hosts
The second round was played between 19 and 24 September 2023.

### Group A

* All matches were held in Thailand.
* Times listed are UTC+7:00.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | +21 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Thailand (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 3 | India | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 3 | |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 | |

### Group B

* All matches were held in Vietnam.
* Times listed are UTC+7:00.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 9 | Final tournament |
| 2 | Philippines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | Final tournament |
| 3 | Vietnam (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

## Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup |
| Indonesia | Hosts | 5 July 2021 | 1 (2005) |
| Japan | 2019 champions | 5 July 2021 | 8 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| North Korea | 2019 runners-up | 5 July 2021 | 7 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| China | 2019 third place | 5 July 2021 | 8 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| South Korea | Second round Group A winners | 21 September 2023 | 8 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| Thailand | Second round Group A runners-up | 21 September 2023 | 8 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
| Australia | Second round Group B winners | 22 September 2023 | 6 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2019) |
| Philippines | Second round Group B runners-up | 24 September 2023 | 0 (debut) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Goalscorers

There have been 195 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 5.42 goals per match (as of 24 September 2023).
8 goals
* Won Ju-eun
7 goals
* Sienna Dale
* Nina Mathelus
* Seo Min-jeong
* Rinyaphat Moondong
6 goals
* Kwon Da-eun
5 goals
* Casey Phair
* Beom Ye-ju
* Chirarak Khamtan
4 goals
* Tiana Fuller
* Sulanjana Raul
* Rocillyeka Lole
* Kim Ye-eun
* Sasi Lekphetr
* Madison Casteen
3 goals
* Sauravi Prity
* Han Guk-hee
* Park Ju-ha
* Prichakorn Kruechuenchom
* Phatcharaphorn Khuchuea
* Pinyaphat Klinklai
* Ngân Thị Thanh Hiếu
2 goals
* Grace Kuilamu
* Shelby McMahon
* Kiera Meyers
* Talia Younis
* Lucia Ko
* Maryam Dini
* Arisa Kooh Gard
* Sukriya Miya
* Isabella Preston
* Cara Chang
* Chloe Ying
* Nahwah Mohammed
* Kim Hyo-won
* Nguyễn Ngô Thảo Nguyên
1 goal
* Ischia Brooking
* Ruby Cuthbert
* Mikayla Duong
* Georgia Groidis
* Christina Kiceec
* Lillian Skelly
* Shayla Williams
* Ruma Akter
* Sultana Akter
* Puja Das
* Thuinuye Marma
* Trishna Rani
* Joynob Bibi Rita
* Mst Sagorika
* Melia Kukahiko
* Hinengi San Nicolas
* Serenity Wusstig
* Wong Hiu Ting
* Sibani Devi Nongmeikapam
* Pooja
* Arina Bahmani
* Asal Ghajarian
* Parnia Khoshgoo
* Arwa Batayneh
* Lylia Al Saheli
* Celine Bitar
* Yasmine Hamdar
* Elissa Hariri
* Cecile Iskandar
* Paula Karam
* Adlin Bandi
* Ya Min Phyu
* Yu Ya Naing
* Maya Maske
* Barsha Oli
* Andrei Chavez
* Leen Khoury
* Isabella Alamo
* Jelena Soon
* Ayu Natasha
* Jang Ye-rin
* Jang Ye-yun
* Ji Ae
* Lee Ha-eun
* Park Ga-yun
* Ryoo Ji-hae
* Aunchidtha Homtago
* Pattharatida Saenglaeb
* Matika Thaprik
* Achiraya Yingsakul
* Julaiporn Jaimulwong
* Chen Yu-chin
* Chuan Tzu-yu
* Wu Ya-yu
* Asalkhon Aminjonova
* Mehribon Egamberdieva
* Đậu Nguyễn Quỳnh Anh
* Đỗ Thị Thúy Nga
* Nguyễn Thu Trang
* Nguyễn Thị Quỳnh Anh
* Nguyễn Thị Thương
* Trương Thị Hoài Trinh
1 own goal
* Maya Awadallah (against Iran)
* Shivani Toppo (against South Korea)
* Mina Babouyeh (against South Korea)