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AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Field	Value
logo	AFC U20 Women's logo.svg
organiser	AFC
founded
region	Asia
number of teams	12
current champions	(2nd title)
most successful team	(6 titles)
current	2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

The AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup is an association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 20, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. It was first played in 2002 as the AFC U-19 Women's Championship with an upper age limit of 19. Starting from the 2022 edition, the age limit was raised to 20. Moreover, the tournament was rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup".

The current champion is North Korea, which won the 2024 final 2–1 against Japan. Japan is also the most successful team in the tournament, having won six times.

Format

In 2002 and 2004 no qualifying round was played, with all teams directly participating in the group stage. Qualifying rounds were introduced starting from the 2006 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. In 2011 and 2013 the teams were reduced to six, which all played a single round-robin tournament. From 2015 onwards, the pre-2011 format was recovered.

From 2026 on, the tournament will be expanded from 8 to 12 teams.

History

Results

;Tournament names:

2002–2019: AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2022–present: AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Edition	Year	Hosts	Final	Third place match	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1	2002	India	****	2–1		4–1
2	2004	China	****	3–0		4–0
3	2006	Malaysia	****	1–0		3–2
4	2007	China	****	1–0		1–0
5	2009	China	****	2–1		1–0
6	2011	Vietnam	****	round-robin		round-robin
7	2013	China	****	round-robin		round-robin
8	2015	China	****	0–0
		4–0
9	2017	China	****	1–0		3–0
10	2019	Thailand	****	2–1		9–1
—	2022	Uzbekistan	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
11	2024	Uzbekistan		****	2–1		1–0
12	2026	Thailand	Future tournament

Teams reaching the top four

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)

Overall team records

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FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup results

;Legend

– Champions
– Runners-up
– Third place
– Fourth place
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
– Hosts
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2002
CAN
(12)	2004
THA
(12)	2006
RUS
(16)	2008
CHI
(16)	2010
GER
(16)	2012
JPN
(16)	2014
CAN
(16)	2016
PNG
(16)	2018
FRA
(16)	2022
CRC
(16)	2024
COL
(24)	2026
POL
(24)	Total	3	6	1	8	8	7	1
	OFC member	GS							GS	GS
		2nd	2nd	GS		GS	GS		GS
	GS
	QF			QF	GS	3rd		3rd	1st	2nd	2nd
			1st	2nd	QF	QF	4th	1st	QF		1st
		GS			3rd	QF	QF	GS		GS	R16
		GS

Awards

Tournament	Most Valuable Player	Top goalscorer(s)	Goals	Best goalkeeper
2006	PRK Kim Song-hui	CHN Ma Xiaoxu	10	Did not award
2007	PRK Ra Un-sim	PRK Ra Un-sim	4
2009	JPN Mana Iwabuchi	JPN Mana Iwabuchi
KOR Ji So-yun	4
2011	JPN Mai Kyokawa	JPN Mai Kyokawa
PRK Yun Hyon-hi	5
2013	KOR Jang Sel-gi	KOR Jang Sel-gi	8
2015	JPN Rikako Kobayashi	PRK Ri Un-sim	6
2017	PRK Sung Hyang-sim	PRK Sung Hyang-sim	6
2019	JPN Oto Kanno	KOR Kang Ji-woo	7
2024	PRK Chae Un-yong	JPN Maya Hijikata	4	PRK Chae Un-gyong

References

(27 September 2019). "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC Women's Club Championship". AFC.
(2 October 2020). "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC.
(13 September 2024). "AFC unveils breakthrough reforms to strengthen Women’s National Team Competitions".
(5 July 2021). "Latest update on the AFC National Team Competitions in 2021 and 2022". Asian Football Confederation.

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