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2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification

The 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification was a women's under-20 football competition that determined the participating teams in the 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup final tournament.

A total of 12 teams qualified to play in the final tournament, with the host country qualifying automatically. The qualifying round was held between 6 and 10 August 2025.

Draw

The draw was held on 28 April 2025, 15:00 MYT at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 33 teams entered the competition. Unlike the previous edition, there was no automatic qualification for the final tournament by their position from the last tournament; all teams excluding the host participated in qualification. The 33 teams were divided into eight groups, seven groups of four teams and one group of five. The teams were seeded based on a points system derived from their final rankings across the previous three editions of the Finals.

Thailand automatically qualified for the final tournament as hosts.

Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
Did not enter

Format

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, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.2):

  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 two or more 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 meet 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

Group A

  • All matches were held in Bhutan.
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Group B

  • All matches were held in Vietnam.
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Group C

  • All matches were held in Tajikistan.
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Group D

  • All matches were held in Myanmar.
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Group E

  • All matches were held in China.
  • Times listed are .

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Group F

  • All matches were held in Malaysia.
  • Times listed are .

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Group G

  • All matches were held in Uzbekistan.
  • Times listed are .

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Group H

  • All matches were held in Laos.
  • Times listed are .

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Ranking of second-placed teams

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Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Key

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

See also

References

External links

  • , the-AFC.com