The AFC U-17 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship, is a football competition, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held once every two years for Asian under-17 teams that also serves as a qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top 8 countries qualify to participate in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Up to 2000, the tournament was for U-16 teams. Between 2002 and 2006 it was held as an under-17 tournament. Between 2008 and 2020, it was switched back to a U-16 Championship. The AFC then returned it to an under-17 tournament starting from 2023. Moreover, the tournament would also be rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Asian Cup".
On 24 May 2024, AFC announced that the tournament will be held annually from 2026.
Results
Tournament names:
- 1985âÂÂ2000: AFC U-16 Championship
- 2002âÂÂ2006: AFC U-17 Championship
- 2008âÂÂ2020: AFC U-16 Championship
- 2023âÂÂpresent: AFC U-17 Asian Cup
Notes:
- <div id="1"></div><sup>1</sup> No third-place match was played.
Most successful national teams
Note:
- Results as hosts in bold.
Awards
Participating nations
Legend<nowiki>:</nowiki>
- â Champions
- â Runners-up
- â Third place
- â Fourth place
- â Semi-finalists
- QF â Quarter-finals
- GS â Group stage
- Q â Qualified for upcoming tournament
- DQ â Disqualified
- <span style="border:1px solid gray"> â¢â¢ </span> â Qualified but withdrew
- <span style="border:1px solid gray"> ⢠</span> â Did not qualify
- <span style="border:1px solid gray"> à</span> â Did not enter
- <span style="border:1px solid gray"> à</span> â Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
- â Country not affiliated to AFC at that time
- â Country did not exist or national team was inactive
- <span style="border:3px solid darkred"> </span> â Hosts
- <span style="border:1px solid gray"> </span> â Not affiliated to FIFA
Summary (1985âÂÂ2025)
Men's U-17 World Cup qualifiers
Legend
- <span style="background:gold;">1st</span> â Champions
- <span style="background:silver;">2nd</span> â Runners-up
- <span style="background:#CFAA88;">3rd</span> â Third place
- <span style="background:#9acdff;">4th</span> â Fourth place
- QF â Quarter-finals
- R2 â Round 2
- GS â Group stage
- <span style="border:3px solid darkred"> </span> â Hosts
- <span style="border:1px solid gray"> </span> â Not affiliated to AFC
- Q â Qualified for upcoming tournament
See also
References
Sources
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