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AFC U-17 Asian Cup

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Football tournament

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Organiser(s)	AFC
Founded	1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Region	Asia (including Australia)
Teams	16
Current champions	Uzbekistan (2nd title)
Most championships	Japan (4 titles)
2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification

TheAFC U-17 Asian Cup, formerly known as theAFC U-16 Championship andAFC U-17 Championship, is afootball competition, organised by theAsian Football Confederation (AFC) held once every two years for Asian under-17 teams that also serves as a qualification tournament for theFIFA 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.^[1] Moreover, the tournament would also be rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Asian Cup".^[2]

On 24 May 2024, AFC announced that the tournament will be held annually from 2026.^[3]

Results

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Tournament names

1985–2000: AFC U-16 Championship
2002–2006: AFC U-17 Championship
2008–2020: AFC U-16 Championship
2023–present: AFC U-17 Asian Cup

Edition	Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third place match			Number of teams
1	1985	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3p)	Qatar	Iraq	1–0	Thailand	7
2	1986	Qatar	South Korea	0–0 (5–4p)	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	2–0	North Korea	8
3	1988	Thailand	Saudi Arabia	2–0	Bahrain	China	1–1 (4–3p)	Iraq	10
4	1990	United Arab Emirates	Qatar	2–0	United Arab Emirates	China	5–0	Indonesia	7
5	1992	Saudi Arabia	China	2–2 (a.e.t.) (8–7p)	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	2–1	North Korea	8
6	1994	Qatar	Japan	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Qatar	Oman	3–2	Bahrain	10
7	1996	Thailand	Oman	1–0	Thailand	Bahrain	0–0 (4–1p)	Japan	10
8	1998	Qatar	Thailand	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–2p)	Qatar	Bahrain	5–1	South Korea	10
9	2000	Vietnam	Oman	1–0	Iran	Japan	4–2	Vietnam	10
10	2002	United Arab Emirates	South Korea	1–1 (5–3p)	Yemen	China	1–0	Uzbekistan	12
11	2004	Japan	China	1–0	North Korea	Qatar	2–1	Iran	16
12	2006	Singapore	Japan	4–2 (a.e.t.)	North Korea	Tajikistan	3–3 (a.e.t.) (5–4p)	Syria	15
Edition	Year	Host	Final			Losing semi-finalists¹
Edition	Year	Host	Champions	Score	Runners-up	Losing semi-finalists¹
13	2008	Uzbekistan	Iran	2–1	South Korea	Japan and United Arab Emirates			16
14	2010	Uzbekistan	North Korea	2–0	Uzbekistan	Australia and Japan			16
15	2012	Iran	Uzbekistan	1–1 (3–1p)	Japan	Iran and Iraq			16
16	2014	Thailand	North Korea	2–1	South Korea	Australia and Syria			16
17	2016	India	Iraq	0–0 (4–3p)	Iran	Japan and North Korea			16
18	2018	Malaysia	Japan	1–0	Tajikistan	Australia and South Korea			16
—	2020	Bahrain	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
19	2023	Thailand	Japan	3–0	South Korea	Iran and Uzbekistan			16
20	2025	Saudi Arabia	Uzbekistan	2–0	Saudi Arabia	North Korea and South Korea			16
21	2026								16
22	2027
23	2028

Notes

¹ No third-place match was played.

Most successful national teams

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Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Semi-finalists	Total
Japan	4 (1994, 2006, 2018, 2023)	1 (2012)	1 (2000)	1 (1996)	3 (2008, 2010, 2016)	10
South Korea	2 (1986, 2002)	3 (2008, 2014, 2023)	—	1 (1998)	2 (2018, 2025)	8
North Korea	2 (2010, 2014)	2 (2004, 2006)	—	2 (1986, 1992)	2 (2016, 2025)	8
Saudi Arabia	2 (1985, 1988)	1 (2025)	2 (1986,1992)	—	—	6
Uzbekistan	2 (2012, 2025)	1 (2010)	—	1 (2002)	1 (2023)	5
China	2 (1992, 2004)	—	3 (1988, 1990, 2002)	—	—	5
Oman	2 (1996, 2000)	—	1 (1994)	—	—	3
Qatar	1 (1990)	5 (1985,1986, 1992,1994,1998)	1 (2004)	—	—	7
Iran	1 (2008)	2 (2000, 2016)	—	1 (2004)	2 (2012, 2023)	6
Thailand	1 (1998)	1 (1996)	—	1 (1985)	—	3
Iraq	1 (2016)	—	1 (1985)	1 (1988)	1 (2012)	4
Bahrain	—	1 (1988)	2 (1996, 1998)	1 (1994)	—	4
Tajikistan	—	1 (2018)	1 (2006)	—	—	2
United Arab Emirates	—	1 (1990)	—	—	1 (2008)	2
Yemen	—	1 (2002)	—	—	—	1
Syria	—	—	—	1 (2006)	1 (2014)	2
Indonesia	—	—	—	1 (1990)	—	1
Vietnam	—	—	—	1 (2000)	—	1
Australia	—	—	—	—	3 (2010, 2014, 2018)	3
Total (20 editions)	20	20	12	12	16	80

Note:

Results as hostsin bold.

Awards

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Tournament	Best player	Top goal scorer	Goals	Fair play award
2002 United Arab Emirates	Cha Gi-suk	Unknown		South Korea
2004 Japan	Unknown	Yusef Ahmed	7	Unknown
2006 Singapore	Yoichiro Kakitani	Mohamad Jaafar	6	Japan
2008 Uzbekistan	Lee Jong-ho	Kaveh Rezaei	6	South Korea
2010 Uzbekistan	Timur Khakimov	Timur Khakimov	5	Not awarded
2012 Iran	Taro Sugimoto	Hwang Hee-chan	5	Not awarded
2014 Thailand	Lee Seung-woo	Lee Seung-woo	5	South Korea
2016 India	Mohammed Dawood	Mohammed Dawood	6	Iraq
2018 Malaysia	Jun Nishikawa	Luqman Hakim	5	Japan
2023 Thailand	Gaku Nawata	Gaku Nawata	5	Japan
2025 Saudi Arabia	Sadriddin Khasanov	Asilbek Aliev	5	Saudi Arabia

Participating nations

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Legend:

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Semi-finalists
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
DQ – Disqualified
•• – Qualified but withdrew
• – Did not qualify
× – Did not enter
× – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
XX — Country not affiliated to AFC at that time
XX — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
– Hosts
– Not affiliated to FIFA

Nation	1985	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2023	2025	Total
Afghanistan	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	DQ	•	•	GS	GS	GS	3
Australia												•	QF	SF	QF	SF	GS	SF	QF	GS	8
Bahrain	•	GS	2nd	•	GS	4th	3rd	3rd	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	7
Bangladesh	×	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	DQ	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	6
China	GS	•	3rd	3rd	1st	GS	GS	•	GS	3rd	1st	QF	GS	GS	GS	GS	•	•	GS	GS	16
Hong Kong	×	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	1
India	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	•	QF	GS	•	GS	•	GS	•	GS	QF	GS	•	9
Indonesia	×	GS	GS	4th	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	×	QF	•	QF	7
Iran	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	2nd	×	4th	QF	1st	GS	SF	QF	2nd	GS	SF	GS	13
Iraq	3rd	•	4th	×	×	GS	×	GS	•	•	QF	GS	DQ	QF	SF	•	1st	GS	•	•	10
Japan	GS	•	GS	×	•	1st	4th	GS	3rd	GS	GS	1st	SF	SF	2nd	QF	SF	1st	1st	QF	17
Jordan	×	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	QF	×	•	•	GS	•	•	3
Kuwait	••	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	QF	•	•	GS	QF	GS	×	×	•	•	5
Kyrgyzstan						×	×	•	•	•	•	•	DQ	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	GS	DQ	•	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	•	3
Malaysia	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	•	QF	GS	GS	GS	•	6
Myanmar	×	GS	×	×	×	×	×	•	GS	GS	•	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	4
Nepal	•	×	•	•	•	×	×	•	GS	×	•	GS	•	•	•	GS	×	•	•	•	3
North Korea	×	4th	GS	•	4th	•	•	GS	×	•	2nd	2nd	DQ	1st	GS	1st	SF	QF	×	SF	12
Oman	×	•	•	•	×	3rd	1st	GS	1st	×	QF	•	•	GS	GS	GS	QF	QF	•	GS	11
Pakistan	×	×	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	×	×	×	×	1
Qatar	2nd	2nd	GS	1st	2nd	2nd	•	2nd	•	QF	3rd	•	•	•	•	GS	•	•	GS	•	11
Saudi Arabia	1st	3rd	1st	••	3rd	GS	•	•	•	•	•	QF	QF	•	GS	GS	GS	•	QF	2nd	12
Singapore	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
South Korea	•	1st	GS	GS	•	GS	GS	4th	•	1st	QF	QF	2nd	•	QF	2nd	GS	SF	2nd	SF	16
South Yemen	GS	•	•																		1
Syria	•	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	QF	×	4th	QF	QF	QF	SF	•	•	•	•	6
Tajikistan						×	×	•	•	×	•	3rd	DQ	GS	•	•	•	2nd	GS	QF	5
Thailand	4th	•	GS	•	GS	•	2nd	1st	GS	×	GS	•	•	•	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	13
Timor-Leste											×	×	×	GS	•	×	•	•	×	×	1
Turkmenistan						×	×	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	×	•	•	×	•	•	1
United Arab Emirates	•	•	•	2nd	GS	GS	•	•	•	QF	•	•	SF	QF	•	•	QF	×	•	QF	8
Uzbekistan						GS	GS	•	•	4th	GS	•	QF	2nd	1st	QF	QF	•	SF	1st	11
Vietnam	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	4th	GS	GS	GS	•	GS	•	•	QF	GS	GS	GS	9
Yemen				×	•	•	•	×	×	2nd	•	GS	DQ	•	GS	•	GS	GS	QF	GS	7

Summary (1985–2025)

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Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	Japan	17	80	49	13	18	197	92	+105	160
2	South Korea	16	74	41	14	19	160	77	+83	137
3	Iran	13	59	30	11	18	111	67	+44	101
4	China	16	65	28	17	20	113	85	+28	101
5	Qatar	11	49	27	12	10	82	47	+35	93
6	North Korea	12	58	24	16	18	95	72	+23	88
7	Saudi Arabia	13	54	25	10	19	90	58	+32	85
8	Uzbekistan	11	52	25	10	17	91	96	−5	85
9	Oman	11	46	20	7	19	79	68	+11	67
10	Iraq	10	44	19	9	16	61	49	+12	66
11	Australia	8	33	18	4	11	66	52	+14	58
12	Thailand	13	50	17	7	26	71	84	−13	58
13	Bahrain	7	33	13	8	12	53	46	+7	47
14	United Arab Emirates	8	31	11	9	11	51	52	–1	42
15	Syria	6	27	10	9	8	39	33	+6	39
16	Yemen	8	27	8	6	13	32	39	−7	30
17	Tajikistan	5	22	7	7	8	28	45	−17	28
18	Vietnam	9	31	6	8	17	35	71	−36	26
19	India	9	30	6	7	17	36	68	−32	25
20	Indonesia	8	25	5	5	15	23	59	−36	20
21	Malaysia	6	19	5	2	12	21	41	−20	17
22	Kuwait	6	22	4	3	15	28	50	−22	15
23	Bangladesh	6	20	3	3	14	16	59	−43	12
24	Myanmar	4	12	2	2	8	12	36	−24	8
25	Jordan	3	10	1	4	5	8	23	−15	7
26	Laos	3	9	2	0	7	11	25	−14	6
27	Nepal	3	10	1	2	7	6	31	−25	5
28	Kyrgyzstan	1	3	1	0	2	2	11	−9	3
29	Afghanistan	3	9	1	0	8	4	34	−30	3
30	South Yemen	1	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
31	Singapore	2	6	0	2	4	3	18	−15	2
32	Pakistan	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
33	Hong Kong	1	3	0	0	3	0	6	−6	0
34	Timor-Leste	1	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8	0
35	Turkmenistan	1	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Men's U-17 World Cup qualifiers

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Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals
R2 – Round 2
GS – Group stage
– Hosts
– Not affiliated to AFC
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2023	2025	Total
Australia	OFC member													R2		R2		R2			3
Bahrain			4th				GS														2
China	QF		GS	GS	GS					GS	QF										6
India																	GS				1
Indonesia																			GS	Q	2
Iran									GS				R2		R2		QF		R2		5
Iraq															GS		R2				2
Japan					QF	GS			GS			GS	GS	QF	R2		R2	R2	R2	Q	11
North Korea											QF	R2		GS		R2	GS			Q	6
Oman						4th	QF		GS												3
Qatar	GS	QF		4th	GS	GS		QF			GS									Q	8
Saudi Arabia	QF	GS	1st																	Q	4
South Korea		QF								GS		GS	QF			R2		QF	GS	Q	8
Syria												R2				GS					2
Tajikistan	Part ofSoviet Union											R2						GS		Q	3
Thailand							GS	GS													2
United Arab Emirates				GS									R2		GS					Q	4
Uzbekistan	Part ofSoviet Union													QF	R2				QF	Q	4
Yemen										GS											1

References

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^"AFC Competitions Committee recommends changes to youth competitions". Asian Football Confederation. 26 November 2018.
^"AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". Asian Football Confederation. 2 October 2020.
^"Pivotal reforms approved by AFC Competitions Committee". Asian Football Confederation. 24 May 2024. Retrieved24 May 2024.

Sources

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Garin, Erik; Stokkermans, Karel."Asian U-16 Championships". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

External links

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AFC U-16 Championship, U-17 Championship and U-17 Asian Cup

Tournaments

U-16 Championship	Qatar 1985 Qatar 1986 Thailand 1988 UAE 1990 Saudi Arabia 1992 Qatar 1994 Thailand 1996 Qatar 1998 Vietnam 2000
U-17 Championship	UAE 2002 Japan 2004 Singapore 2006
U-16 Championship	Uzbekistan 2008 Uzbekistan 2010 Iran 2012 Thailand 2014 India 2016 Malaysia 2018 ~~Bahrain 2020~~
U-17 Asian Cup	Thailand 2023 Saudi Arabia 2025 Saudi Arabia 2026 Saudi Arabia 2027 Saudi Arabia 2028

Qualifications

Squads

AFC competitions

Men's national team

Senior team	Asian Cup Regional AFF CAFA EAFF SAFF WAFF Gulf Cup
Age-restricted	U-23 U-23 Asian Cup Asian Games U-20 Asian Cup U-17 Asian Cup
Futsal	Asian Cup Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games U-20 Asian Cup
Beach soccer	Asian Cup Asian Beach Games
Defunct competitions	Intercontinental Afro-Asian Cup AFC–OFC Challenge Cup Olympic Qualifying Tournament Challenge Cup Solidarity Cup

Men's club

Football	Champions League Elite Champions League Two Challenge League
Futsal	Futsal Club Championship
Defunct competitions	Intercontinental Afro-Asian Championship Cup Winners' Cup Super Cup

Women's national team

Senior team	Asian Cup Asian Games Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional AFF CAFA EAFF SAFF WAFF
Age-restricted	U-20 Asian Cup U-17 Asian Cup
Futsal	Asian Cup Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Women's club

Football	Champions League
Defunct competitions	Club Championship

Other tournaments

Esports	AFC eAsian Cup AFC eChampions League

AFC club competitions ranking

v t e FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup
Tournaments	China 1985 Canada 1987 Scotland 1989 Italy 1991 Japan 1993 Ecuador 1995 Egypt 1997 New Zealand 1999 Trinidad and Tobago 2001 Finland 2003 Peru 2005 South Korea 2007 Nigeria 2009 Mexico 2011 UAE 2013 Chile 2015 India 2017 Brazil 2019 ~~Peru 2021~~ Indonesia 2023 Qatar 2025 Qatar 2026 Qatar 2027 Qatar 2028 Qatar 2029
Squads	1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA
Records and statistics

Internationalassociation football

The Best FIFA Football Awards

Timeline

Most successful clubs

World

FIFA	FIFA World Cup U-20 U-17 Olympic Games Youth Defunct FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA Gold Cup

Africa

CAF	Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 African Nations Championship African Games
Regional	CECAFA COSAFA WAFU Defunct CEMAC Central African Games

Asia

AFC	AFC Asian Cup U-23 U-20 U-17 Asian Games Defunct AFC Challenge Cup AFC Solidarity Cup
Regional	ASEAN CAFA EAFF SAFF WAFF Arabian Gulf Cup East Asian Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games Defunct Far Eastern Games

Europe

UEFA	UEFA European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17 UEFA Nations League
Regional	Baltic Cup Defunct Central European Cup Balkan Cup British Home Championship Nordic Championship

North,
Central America
& the Caribbean

CONCACAF	CONCACAF Gold Cup U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15 CONCACAF Nations League Defunct CONCACAF Championship CONCACAF Cup NAFC Championship CCCF Championship
Regional	LIFA Cup WIFA Cup Central America and Caribbean Games Central America Games Defunct North American Nations Cup Copa Centroamericana CFU Championship Caribbean Cup

Oceania

OFC	OFC Nations Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 Pacific Games Mini
Regional	Melanesia Cup Micronesian Games Defunct Polynesia Cup

South America

CONMEBOL	CONMEBOL Copa América U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15 South American Games
Regional	Bolivarian Games

Intercontinental

Africa & Asia	Indian Ocean Island Games Defunct Afro-Asian Cup of Nations Afro-Asian Games
Africa & Ocenia	Defunct AFC–OFC Challenge Cup
Arab/Islamic	FIFA Arab Cup Arab Games Islamic Solidarity Games Defunct Islamic Games Palestine Cup Kuneitra Cup
Europe & South America	CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Francophone	Francophone Games Defunct Overseas Cup
Lusophone	Defunct Lusofonia Games
Mediterranean	Mediterranean Games Defunct Mediterranean Cup
Pan American	Pan American Games Defunct Panamerican Championship
Other	Goodwill Games Defunct GANEFO

Non-FIFA

CONIFA	World Football Cup African Football Cup Asian Football Cup European Football Cup South American Football Cup
UIAFA	Defunct UIAFA Great European Tournament
Other	Island Games Universiade Defunct FIFI Wild Cup WUFA World Series