| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Uzbekistan |
| Dates | Cancelled (originally4–17 April 2022) |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
←2019 2024 → | |
The2022 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup was originally to be held as the 11th edition of theAFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship), the biennial international youthfootball championship organised by theAsian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-20 national teams of Asia, before being cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Starting from the 2022 edition, the AFC agreed to the proposal for switching the tournament from under-19 to under-20.[2][3] Moreover, the tournament was also rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup".[4] It was scheduled to be held inUzbekistan between 4–17 April 2022.[5][6] A total of eight teams were to compete in the tournament.[7]
The AFC announced the cancellation of the tournament on 5 July 2021, leaving the hosting rights for the2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup with Uzbekistan.[1]
The top three teams of the tournament were to qualify for the2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup inCosta Rica as the AFC representatives. These same three teams -Japan,South Korea andNorth Korea - qualified for the2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[8] However, the AFC subsequently announced thatAustralia would replace North Korea as one of the AFC's representatives.[9]
The host country and the top three teams of the previous tournament in2019 qualified automatically, while the other four teams would have been decided by qualification. There were to be two rounds of qualification matches, with the first round scheduled to be played between 14 and 22 August 2021, and the second round also scheduled to be played between 3–7 November 2021.[10][11]
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
 Uzbekistan | Hosts | 5th | Group stage (2002,2004,2015,2017) |
 Japan | 2019 champions | 11th | Champions (2002,2009,2011,2015,2017,2019) |
 North Korea | 2019 runners-up | 11th | Champions (2007) |
 South Korea | 2019 third place | 11th | Champions (2004,2013) |
The following three teams from AFC qualified for the2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[8]
All three teams qualified for the2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[8] On 16 March 2022, the AFC announced that Australia would replace North Korea as the AFC's representatives at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[9]
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances inFIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 6 November 2019[12] | 6 (2002,2008,2010,2012,2016,2018) |
| South Korea | 9 November 2019[12] | 5 (2004,2010,2012,2014,2016) |
 Australia | 16 March 2022 | 3 (2002,2004,2006) |