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The 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup will be the 20th edition of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-17 national teams of Asia.
On 24 May 2024, the AFC announced that Saudi Arabia would host the tournament.[1]
A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament. The top eight teams of the tournament (i.e. all quarter-finalists) will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the AFC representatives besides Qatar who qualified automatically as the host.[2]
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Qualification matches were played between 19 and 27 October 2024.[3]
Qualified teams
A total of 16 teams including hosts Saudi Arabia qualified for the final tournament.
| Team[4] | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
 Saudi Arabia | Hosts | 12th | Champions (1985, 1988) |
 North Korea | Group A winners | 12th | Champions (2010, 2014) |
 Afghanistan | Group B winners | 3rd | Group stage (2018, 2023) |
 South Korea | Group C winners | 16th | Champions (1986, 2002) |
 Thailand | Group D winners | 13th | Champions (1998) |
 Uzbekistan | Group E winners | 11th | Champions (2012) |
 Japan | Group F winners | 17th | Champions (1994, 2006, 2018, 2023) |
 Australia | Group G winners | 8th | Semi-finals (2010, 2014, 2018) |
 United Arab Emirates | Group H winners | 8th | Runners-up (1990) |
 Yemen | Group I winners | 8th | Runners-up (2002) |
 Tajikistan | Group J winners | 5th | Runners-up (2018) |
 China | Best runners-up | 16th | Champions (1992, 2004) |
 Vietnam | 2nd best runners-up | 9th | Fourth place (2000) |
 Indonesia | 3rd best runners-up | 7th | Fourth place (1990) |
 Iran | 4th best runners-up | 13th | Champions (2008) |
 Oman | 5th best runners-up | 11th | Champions (1996, 2000) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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To be confirmed.
The draw of the final tournament will be held later. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams, with the teams seeded according to their performance in the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Saudi Arabia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
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The following teams from AFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup; Qatar qualified automatically as host.
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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