| Organiser(s) | AFC |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002; 23 years ago (2002) |
| Region | Asia |
| Teams | 12 |
| Current champions | |
| Most championships | |
TheAFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup is anassociation football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 20, organized by theAsian Football Confederation (AFC) every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for theFIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. It was first played in 2002 as theAFC U-19 Women's Championship with an upper age limit of 19. Starting from the2022 edition, the age limit was raised to 20.[1] Moreover, the tournament was rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup".[2]
The current champion isNorth Korea, which won the2024 final 2–1 againstJapan. Japan is also the most successful team in the tournament, having won six times.
In2002 and2004 no qualifying round was played, with all teams directly participating in the group stage. Qualifying rounds were introduced starting from the2006 edition, with eight teams qualifying to the final tournament. The eight teams were divided into two groups of four, with the top two teams qualifying to the semi-finals. In2011 and2013 the teams were reduced to six, which all played a singleround-robin tournament. From 2015 onwards, the pre-2011 format was recovered.
From 2026 on, the tournament will be expanded from 8 to 12 teams.[3]
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| Edition | Year | Hosts | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | |||||
| 1 | 2002 | Japan | 2–1 | Chinese Taipei | China | 4–1 | North Korea | |||
| 2 | 2004 | South Korea | 3–0 | China | North Korea | 4–0 | Thailand | |||
| 3 | 2006 | China | 1–0 | North Korea | Australia | 3–2 | Japan | |||
| 4 | 2007 | North Korea | 1–0 | Japan | China | 1–0 | South Korea | |||
| 5 | 2009 | Japan | 2–1 | South Korea | North Korea | 1–0 | China | |||
| 6 | 2011 | Japan | round-robin | North Korea | China | round-robin | South Korea | |||
| 7 | 2013 | South Korea | round-robin | North Korea | China | round-robin | Japan | |||
| 8 | 2015 | Japan | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–2p) | North Korea | South Korea | 4–0 | China | |||
| 9 | 2017 | Japan | 1–0 | North Korea | China | 3–0 | Australia | |||
| 10 | 2019 | Japan | 2–1 | North Korea | South Korea | 9–1 | Australia | |||
| — | 2022 | Cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic[4] | ||||||||
| 11 | 2024 | North Korea | 2–1 | Japan | Australia | 1–0 | South Korea | |||
| 12 | 2026 | Future tournament | ||||||||
| Nation | Champions | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 (2002,2009,2011,2015,2017,2019) | 2 (2007,2024) | – | 2 (2006,2013) | |
| 2 (2007,2024) | 6 (2006,2011,2013,2015,2017,2019) | 2 (2004,2009) | 1 (2002) | |
| 2 (2004,2013) | 1 (2009) | 2 (2015,2019) | 3 (2007,2011,2024) | |
| 1 (2006) | 1 (2004) | 5 (2002,2007,2011,2013,2017) | 2 (2009,2015) | |
| – | 1 (2002) | – | – | |
| – | – | 2 (2006,2024) | 2 (2017,2019) | |
| – | – | – | 1 (2004) |
In this ranking3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided inextra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided bypenalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.
| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 56 | 43 | 5 | 8 | 202 | 32 | +170 | 134 | |
| 2 | 11 | 53 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 189 | 31 | +158 | 120 | |
| 3 | 11 | 50 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 158 | 54 | +104 | 91 | |
| 4 | 11 | 52 | 25 | 9 | 18 | 157 | 59 | +98 | 84 | |
| 5 | 9 | 39 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 77 | 80 | –3 | 52 | |
| 6 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 31 | 73 | −42 | 19 | |
| 8 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 58 | −49 | 9 | |
| 9 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 30 | 84 | −54 | 9 | |
| 10 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 58 | −49 | 6 | |
| 11 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 77 | −70 | 4 | |
| 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 3 | |
| 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 42 | −40 | 3 | |
| 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 45 | −41 | 3 | |
| 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 0 | |
| 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | −28 | 0 | |
| 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 54 | −54 | 0 | |
| 19 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 81 | −80 | 0 |
For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| Team | 2002 (12) | 2004 (15) | 2006 (8) | 2007 (8) | 2009 (8) | 2011 (6) | 2013 (6) | 2015 (8) | 2017 (8) | 2019 (8) | 2024 (8) | 2026 (12) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFC member | 3rd | GS | GS | 5th | 5th | GS | 4th | 4th | 3rd | q | 10 | ||
| × | × | • | × | × | • | • | × | × | • | • | q | 1 | |
| 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | GS | GS | q | 12 | |
| 2nd | QF | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | GS | q | 6 | |
| GS | GS | × | • | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | 2 | |
| GS | GS | • | • | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 | |
| GS | QF | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 4 | |
| × | × | × | × | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
| 1st | QF | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | q | 12 | |
| × | × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | q | 2 | |
| × | GS | GS | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | 2 | |
| GS | × | • | GS | • | • | 6th | • | • | GS | • | • | 4 | |
| × | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 | |
| 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | q | 12 | |
| × | GS | × | × | • | • | • | × | × | × | • | × | 1 | |
| GS | GS | • | • | • | × | × | • | × | • | • | • | 2 | |
| GS | 1st | GS | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | GS | 3rd | 4th | q | 12 | |
| GS | 4th | • | GS | GS | • | • | GS | GS | GS | • | q | 8 | |
| GS | GS | • | × | × | • | • | GS | GS | • | GS | q | 6 | |
| × | QF | × | • | GS | 6th | • | • | GS | GS | GS | q | 7 | |
For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.
| Team | 2002 (12) | 2004 (12) | 2006 (16) | 2008 (16) | 2010 (16) | 2012 (16) | 2014 (16) | 2016 (16) | 2018 (16) | 2022 (16) | 2024 (24) | 2026 (24) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OFC member | GS | GS | GS | 3 | |||||||||
| 2nd | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | GS | 6 | |||||||
| GS | 1 | ||||||||||||
| QF | QF | GS | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 8 | |||||
| 1st | 2nd | QF | QF | 4th | 1st | QF | 1st | 8 | |||||
| GS | 3rd | QF | QF | GS | GS | R16 | 7 | ||||||
| GS | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tournament | Most Valuable Player | Top goalscorer(s) | Goals | Best goalkeeper | Fair play award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 10 | Did not award | |||
| 2007 | 4 | ||||
| 2009 | 4 | ||||
| 2011 | 5 | ||||
| 2013 | 8 | ||||
| 2015 | 6 | ||||
| 2017 | 6 | ||||
| 2019 | 7 | ||||
| 2024 | 4 |