2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
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The 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup will be the 12th edition of the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-20 Women's Championship and AFC U-19 Women's Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-20 national teams of Asia.
 | This article only references primary sources. (January 2025) |
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | TBC |
| Dates | 1–18 April 2026 |
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
← 2024 2028 → | |
It will be held between 1–18 April 2026.[1] For the first time, total of twelve teams will compete in the tournament,[2] in another first there will be no third place playoff.[3]
The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as the AFC representatives. DPR Korea are the defending champions.
Qualification
The host country will qualify automatically. In a change of format from previous tournaments, the top three teams of the previous tournament will no longer qualify automatically.[2] Eleven teams will be decided by qualification. In a further change from previous editions, there will be only a single round of qualifying, scheduled to take place between 2–10 August 2025.[1]
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
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Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The following three teams from AFC qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1 |
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| TBD | April 2026 | |
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| TBD | April 2026 |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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