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). It is organised by the Asian Football Confederation 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.[1] Moreover, the tournament will also be rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup".[2]

AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
Organising bodyAFC
Founded2002 (2002)
RegionAsia
Number of teams8
Current champions North Korea (2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Japan (6 titles)
2024 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.

History

Results
Tournament names
  • 2002–2019: AFC U-19 Women's Championship
  • 2022–present: AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
Edition Year Host Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 2002  India
Japan		 2–1
Chinese Taipei
China		 4–1
North Korea
2 2004  China
South Korea		 3–0
China
North Korea		 4–0
Thailand
3 2006  Malaysia
China		 1–0
North Korea
Australia		 3–2
Japan
4 2007  China
North Korea		 1–0
Japan
China		 1–0
South Korea
5 2009  China
Japan		 2–1
South Korea
North Korea		 1–0
China
6 2011  Vietnam
Japan		 round-robin
North Korea
China		 round-robin
South Korea
7 2013  China
South Korea		 round-robin
North Korea
China		 round-robin
Japan
8 2015  China
Japan		 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p)
North Korea
South Korea		 4–0
China
9 2017  China
Japan		 1–0
North Korea
China		 3–0
Australia
10 2019  Thailand
Japan		 2–1
North Korea
South Korea		 9–1
Australia
— 2022  Uzbekistan Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[3]
11 2024  Uzbekistan
North Korea		 2–1
Japan
Australia		 1–0
South Korea

Performance by country
Nation Champions Runners-up Third Place Fourth Place
 Japan6 (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)2 (2007, 2024)–2 (2006, 2013)
 North Korea2 (2007, 2024)6 (2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)2 (2004, 2009)1 (2002)
 South Korea2 (2004, 2013)1 (2009)2 (2015, 2019)3 (2007, 2011, 2024)
 China1 (2006)1 (2004)5 (2002, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2017)2 (2009, 2015)
 Chinese Taipei–1 (2002)––
 Australia––2 (2006, 2024)2 (2017, 2019)
 Thailand–––1 (2004)

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

Summary (2002–2024)
RankTeamPartMWDLGFGAGDPoints
1 North Korea1156435820232+170134
2 Japan1153379718931+158120
3 South Korea11503041615553+10294
4 China11522591815759+9884
5 Australia939171217780–352
6 Chinese Taipei51862105439+1520
7 Thailand72461173173−4219
8 India310307958−499
9 Vietnam62030173084−549
10 Myanmar4142012958−496
11 Uzbekistan5151113777−704
12 Philippines1310248−43
13 Jordan13102217−153
14 Singapore26105242−403
15 Hong Kong26105445−413
16   Nepal13003229−270
17 Iran13003129−280
18 Guam26003054−540
19 Malaysia25005181−800

Comprehensive team results
Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • GS – Group stage
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew
  • XX – Country did not exist or national team was inactive
  •    – 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
India
(12)		 2004
China
(15)		 2006
Malaysia
(8)		 2007
China
(8)		 2009
China
(8)		 2011
Vietnam
(6)		 2013
China
(6)		 2015
China
(8)		 2017
China
(8)		 2019
Thailand
(8)		 2024
Uzbekistan
(8)		 Total
 Australia 3rdGSGS5th5thGS4th4th3rd9
 China 3rd2nd1st3rd4th3rd3rd4th3rdGSGS11
 Chinese Taipei 2ndQF•GSGS•••••GS5
 Guam GSGSו××××ו•2
 Hong Kong GSGS••×ו••••2
 India GSQFGS••••••••3
 Iran ••×ו••GS•••1
 Japan 1stQF4th2nd1st1st4th1st1st1st2nd11
 Jordan ••GS••••••••1
 Malaysia •GSGS×××××ו•2
 Myanmar GS••GS••6th••GS•4
   Nepal •GS•••••••••1
 North Korea 4th3rd2nd1st3rd2nd2nd2nd2nd2nd1st11
 Philippines •GS×ו••××ו1
 Singapore GSGS•••×וו•2
 South Korea GS1stGS4th2nd4th1st3rdGS3rd4th11
 Thailand GS4th•GSGS••GSGSGS•7
 Uzbekistan GSGS•×ו•GSGS•GS5
 Vietnam ×QFוGS6th••GSGSGS6

See also

References
  1. "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC Women's Club Championship". AFC. 27 September 2019.
  2. "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  3. "Latest update on the AFC National Team Competitions in 2021 and 2022". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 July 2021.
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