AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
| Organising body | AFC |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2002; 23 years ago (2002) |
| Region | Asia |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| Current champions | North Korea (2nd title) |
| Most successful team(s) | Japan (6 titles) |
| 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). 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 was rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup".[2]
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
[edit ]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.[3]
History
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Results
[edit ]- 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 | 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 the COVID-19 pandemic [4] | ||||||
| 11 | 2024 | Uzbekistan | North Korea |
2–1 | Japan |
Australia |
1–0 | South Korea | |
Performance by country
[edit ]| Nation | Champions | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 6 (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019) | 2 (2007, 2024) | – | 2 (2006, 2013) |
| North Korea | 2 (2007, 2024) | 6 (2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) | 2 (2004, 2009) | 1 (2002) |
| South Korea | 2 (2004, 2013) | 1 (2009) | 2 (2015, 2019) | 3 (2007, 2011, 2024) |
| China | 1 (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
[edit ]| 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)
[edit ]| Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Korea | 11 | 56 | 43 | 5 | 8 | 202 | 32 | +170 | 134 |
| 2 | Japan | 11 | 53 | 37 | 9 | 7 | 189 | 31 | +158 | 120 |
| 3 | South Korea | 11 | 50 | 29 | 4 | 17 | 158 | 54 | +104 | 91 |
| 4 | China | 11 | 52 | 25 | 9 | 18 | 157 | 59 | +98 | 84 |
| 5 | Australia | 9 | 39 | 17 | 1 | 21 | 77 | 80 | –3 | 52 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 54 | 39 | +15 | 20 |
| 7 | Thailand | 7 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 31 | 73 | −42 | 19 |
| 8 | India | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 58 | −49 | 9 |
| 9 | Vietnam | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 30 | 84 | −54 | 9 |
| 10 | Myanmar | 4 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 58 | −49 | 6 |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 5 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 77 | −70 | 4 |
| 12 | Philippines | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 |
| 13 | Jordan | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 3 |
| 14 | Singapore | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 42 | −40 | 3 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 45 | −41 | 3 |
| 16 | Nepal | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 0 |
| 17 | Iran | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | −28 | 0 |
| 18 | Guam | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 54 | −54 | 0 |
| 19 | Malaysia | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 81 | −80 | 0 |
Comprehensive team results
[edit ]- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- GS – Group stage
- • – Did not qualify
- ×ばつ – 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 | 3rd | GS | GS | 5th | 5th | GS | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 9 | ||
| China | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | GS | GS | 11 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2nd | QF | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | GS | 5 |
| Guam | GS | GS | ×ばつ | • | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | • | • | 2 |
| Hong Kong | GS | GS | • | • | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
| India | GS | QF | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 3 |
| Iran | • | • | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | 1 |
| Japan | 1st | QF | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 11 |
| Jordan | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| Malaysia | • | GS | GS | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | • | • | 2 |
| Myanmar | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | 6th | • | • | GS | • | 4 |
| Nepal | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | 1 |
| North Korea | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 11 |
| Philippines | • | GS | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | • | • | • | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | • | 1 |
| Singapore | GS | GS | • | • | • | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | • | ×ばつ | • | • | 2 |
| South Korea | GS | 1st | GS | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 3rd | GS | 3rd | 4th | 11 |
| Thailand | GS | 4th | • | GS | GS | • | • | GS | GS | GS | • | 7 |
| Uzbekistan | GS | GS | • | ×ばつ | ×ばつ | • | • | GS | GS | • | GS | 5 |
| Vietnam | ×ばつ | QF | ×ばつ | • | GS | 6th | • | • | GS | GS | GS | 6 |
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup results
[edit ]- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – 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 Canada (12) |
2004 Thailand (12) |
2006 Russia (16) |
2008 Chile (16) |
2010 Germany (16) |
2012 Japan (16) |
2014 Canada (16) |
2016 Papua New Guinea (16) |
2018 France (16) |
2022 Costa Rica (16) |
2024 Colombia (24) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | OFC | GS | GS | GS | 3 | |||||||
| China | 2nd | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | GS | 6 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | GS | 1 | ||||||||||
| Japan | QF | QF | GS | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 8 | |||
| North Korea | 1st | 2nd | QF | QF | 4th | 1st | QF | 1st | 8 | |||
| South Korea | GS | 3rd | QF | QF | GS | GS | R16 | 7 | ||||
| Thailand | GS | 1 | ||||||||||
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC Women's Club Championship". AFC. 27 September 2019.
- ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
- ^ "AFC unveils breakthrough reforms to strengthen Women's National Team Competitions". Asian Football Confederation. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "Latest update on the AFC National Team Competitions in 2021 and 2022". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 July 2021.
External links
[edit ]- Official website
- Tournament at RSSSF.com