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]

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 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.^[3]

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	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
12	2026	Thailand	Future tournament

Teams reaching the top four

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)

Overall team records

In this ranking 3 points are awarded for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Teams are ranked by total points, then by goal difference, then by goals scored.

As of 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup.

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	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

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 (12)	2004 (15)	2006 (8)	2007 (8)	2009 (8)	2011 (6)	2013 (6)	2015 (8)	2017 (8)	2019 (8)	2024 (8)	2026 (12)	Total
Australia	OFC member		3rd	GS	GS	5th	5th	GS	4th	4th	3rd	q	10
Bangladesh	×	×	•	×	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	q	1
China	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	GS	GS	q	12
Chinese Taipei	2nd	QF	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	GS	q	6
Guam	GS	GS	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	2
Hong Kong	GS	GS	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	2
India	GS	QF	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	4
Iran	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	1
Japan	1st	QF	4th	2nd	1st	1st	4th	1st	1st	1st	2nd	q	12
Jordan	×	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	q	2
Malaysia	×	GS	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	•	2
Myanmar	GS	×	•	GS	•	•	6th	•	•	GS	•	•	4
Nepal	×	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
North Korea	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	q	12
Philippines	×	GS	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	×	•	×	1
Singapore	GS	GS	•	•	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	•	2
South Korea	GS	1st	GS	4th	2nd	4th	1st	3rd	GS	3rd	4th	q	12
Thailand	GS	4th	•	GS	GS	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	q	8
Uzbekistan	GS	GS	•	×	×	•	•	GS	GS	•	GS	q	6
Vietnam	×	QF	×	•	GS	6th	•	•	GS	GS	GS	q	7

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup results

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 (12)	2004 (12)	2006 (16)	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2022 (16)	2024 (24)	2026 (24)	Total
Australia	OFC member		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

Awards

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

See also

• AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
• AFC U-20 Asian Cup
• FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup