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2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesFirst round:
Laos Laos (Group A)
State of Palestine Palestine (Group B)
Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan (Group C)
Jordan Jordan (Group D)
Thailand Thailand (Group E)
Vietnam Vietnam (Group F)
Cambodia Cambodia (Group G)
Bangladesh Bangladesh (Group H)
Second round:
Vietnam Vietnam (Group A)
Myanmar Myanmar (Group B)
DatesFirst round: 6–12 March 2023
Second round: 3–11 June 2023
Teams31[a] (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored220 (4.58 per match)
Attendance45,763 (953 per match)
Top scorer(s)Chinese Taipei He Jia-shiuan
(13 goals)
2026

The 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification is a women's under-20 football competition that will determine the participating teams in the 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup final tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 2004 are eligible to participate.

A total of eight teams will qualify to play in the final tournament. The host country and the top three teams of the previous tournament in 2019 will qualify automatically, while the other four teams will be decided by qualification. There will be two rounds of qualification matches, with the first round scheduled to be played between 4 and 12 March 2023, and the second round scheduled to be played between 3 and 11 June 2023.[1][2]

Draw

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Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 31 teams entered the competition, with Japan, North Korea and South Korea automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top three teams of the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification and thus not participating in qualification.[a] The draw for the first round of the qualifiers was held on 3 November 2022, 14:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

The 31 teams were allocated to seven groups of four teams and one group of three teams,[a][4] with teams seeded according to their performance in the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams). A further restriction was also applied, with the eight teams serving as qualification group hosts drawn into separate groups.

Bye to final tournament
  1.  Uzbekistan (NR) (hosts)
  2.  Japan (1)
  3.  North Korea (2)
  4.  South Korea (3)
Teams entering qualifying round[3]
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Host Pot
Remaining Teams
Notes
  • Teams in bold automatically qualified for the final tournament.
  • Teams in italics advanced to second round.[5]
  • (H): Qualification first round group hosts
  • (Q): Final tournament hosts, automatically qualified, but will participate in the Qualifiers. All of their matches in the Qualifiers will be deemed as friendlies.
  • (W): Withdrew after the draw
Did not enter

Player eligibility

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Players born between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2008 are eligible to compete in the tournament.[6]

Format

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In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue.

  • In the first round, the eight group winners advance to the second round. However, the final tournament hosts Uzbekistan do not advance to the second round. Their matches will also not be taken into account when calculating the group ranking.
  • In the second round, the two group winners and the two group runners-up qualify for the final tournament to join the four automatically qualified teams.

Tiebreakers

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Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):[6]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

First round

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The first round was played from 6 to 12 March 2023.

Group A

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  • All matches were held in Laos.
  • Times listed are UTC+7.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 0 20 0 +20 9 Second round
2  Philippines 3 1 1 1 3 8 −5 4
3  Hong Kong 3 0 2 1 4 10 −6 2
4  Laos (H) 3 0 1 2 2 11 −9 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
China 6–0 Philippines
Report
Attendance: 453
Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)
Laos 2–2 Hong Kong
Report
National Stadium KM16, Vientiane
Attendance: 563
Referee: Plong Pich Akara (Cambodia)

Hong Kong 0–6 China
Report
National Stadium KM16, Vientiane
Attendance: 210
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
Philippines 1–0 Laos
Report
National Stadium KM16, Vientiane
Attendance: 415
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

Hong Kong 2–2 Philippines
Report
National Stadium KM16, Vientiane
Attendance: 252
Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)
China 8–0 Laos
Report
National Stadium KM16, Vientiane
Attendance: 638
Referee: Plong Pich Akara (Cambodia)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Nepal 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12 6 Second round
2  Palestine (H) 2 1 0 1 3 7 −4 3
3  Northern Mariana Islands 2 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0
4  United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Palestine 0–6   Nepal
Report
Attendance: 180
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

Northern Mariana Islands 1–3 Palestine
Report
Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram
Attendance: 150
Referee: Supiree Testhomya (Thailand)

Nepal   6–0 Northern Mariana Islands
Report
Faisal Al-Husseini International Stadium, Al-Ram
Attendance: 90
Referee: Cha Min-ji (South Korea)

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 2 2 0 0 20 0 +20 6 Second round
2  Kyrgyzstan (H) 2 1 0 1 2 7 −5 3
3  Guam 2 0 0 2 0 15 −15 0
4  Iraq 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Guam 0–13 Australia
Report
Attendance: 10
Referee: Park Se-jin (South Korea)

Kyrgyzstan 2–0 Guam
Report
Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 300

Australia 7–0 Kyrgyzstan
Report
Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek
Attendance: 512
Referee: Sunita Thongthawin (Thailand)

Group D

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  • All matches were held in Jordan.
  • Times listed are UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Lebanon 3 2 1 0 13 2 +11 7 Second round
2  Jordan (H) 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 7
3  Bhutan 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
4  Mongolia 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Lebanon 6–2 Bhutan
Report
Attendance: 25
Referee: Abirami Naidu (Singapore)
Jordan 4–1 Mongolia
Report
Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yu Hong (China)

Mongolia 0–7 Lebanon
Report
Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 50
Referee: Jhesa Kaatz (Philippines)
Bhutan 0–1 Jordan
Report
Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 250
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

Mongolia 0–4 Bhutan
Report
Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 25
Referee: Nodira Mirzoeva (Tajikistan)
Lebanon 0–0 Jordan
Report
Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 800
Referee: Yu Hong (China)

Group E

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  • All matches were held in Thailand.
  • Times listed are UTC+7.
  • Uzbekistan will compete in the qualifiers, but their matches will not be taken into account when calculating the group ranking.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 0 17 0 +17 6 Second round
2  Thailand (H) 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3
3  Tajikistan 2 0 0 2 0 19 −19 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Chinese Taipei 14–0 Tajikistan
Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Kanika Barman (India)
Thailand 2–0 Uzbekistan
Report
Buriram City Stadium, Buriram
Attendance: 200
Referee: Lê Thị Lý (Vietnam)

Uzbekistan 0–3 Chinese Taipei
Report
Buriram City Stadium, Buriram
Attendance: 33
Referee: Khuloud Al Zaabi (United Arab Emirates)
Tajikistan 0–5 Thailand
Report
Buriram City Stadium, Buriram
Attendance: 150
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)

Tajikistan 0–4 Uzbekistan
Report
Buriram City Stadium, Buriram
Attendance: 15
Referee: Bùi Thị Thu Trang (Vietnam)
Thailand 0–3 Chinese Taipei
Report
Buriram City Stadium, Buriram
Attendance: 300
Referee: Lê Thị Lý (Vietnam)

Group F

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Vietnam (H) 3 2 1 0 15 1 +14 7 Second round
2  India 3 2 1 0 14 1 +13 7
3  Indonesia 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4  Singapore 3 0 0 3 0 22 −22 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
India 7–0 Singapore
Report
Attendance: 3,568
Referee: Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran)
Vietnam 3–0 Indonesia
Report
Việt Trì Stadium, Việt Trì
Attendance: 6,888
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

Indonesia 0–6 India
Report
Việt Trì Stadium, Việt Trì
Attendance: 6,238
Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)
Singapore 0–11 Vietnam
Report
Việt Trì Stadium, Việt Trì
Attendance: 6,789
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaya (Kyrgyzstan)

Singapore 0–4 Indonesia
Report
Việt Trì Stadium, Việt Trì
Attendance: 2,288
Referee: Wang Chieh (Chinese Taipei)
Vietnam 1–1 India
Report
Việt Trì Stadium, Việt Trì
Attendance: 7,289
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Myanmar 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Second round
2  Cambodia (H) 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
3  Malaysia 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
4  Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew[7]
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Cambodia 0–2 Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 485
Referee: Yang Shu-ting (Chinese Taipei)

Malaysia 0–1 Cambodia
Report
RSN Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 285
Referee: Saltanat Noroozi (Iran)

Myanmar 3–1 Malaysia
Report
RSN Stadium, Phnom Penh
Attendance: 53
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Second round
2  Bangladesh (H) 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3
3  Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Turkmenistan 1–7 Iran
Report
Attendance: 428
Referee: Công Thị Dung (Vietnam)

Bangladesh 4–0 Turkmenistan
Report
Bir Sherestha Shipahi Mostafa Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 3,442
Referee: Alesar Baddour (Syria)

Iran 1–0 Bangladesh
Report
Bir Sherestha Shipahi Mostafa Stadium, Dhaka
Attendance: 2,369
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu (Japan)

Second round

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The draw for the second round of the qualifiers was held on 23 March 2023.[8] The two group hosts were determined after the draw.

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams, seeded according to their performance in the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification.


Participating in qualification second round
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Australia (4)
  2.  China (5)
  1.  Vietnam (6) (H)
  2.  Myanmar (8) (H)
  1.  Iran (9)
  2.    Nepal (10)
  1.  Lebanon (11)
  2.  Chinese Taipei (13)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification second round group hosts

The second round was played between 3 and 10 June 2023.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Final tournament
2  Vietnam (H) 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  Iran 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4  Lebanon 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: Global Sports Archive
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Australia 5–0 Lebanon
Report
Vietnam 3–2 Iran
Report
Việt Trì Stadium, Việt Trì
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)

Iran 0–3 Australia
Report
Việt Trì Stadium, Việt Trì
Referee: Pansa Chaisant (Thailand)
Lebanon 0–3 Vietnam
Report
Việt Trì Stadium, Việt Trì
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)

Iran 2–1 Lebanon
Report
Việt Trì Stadium, Việt Trì
Referee: Pansa Chaisant (Thailand)
Australia 2–0 Vietnam
Report
Việt Trì Stadium, Việt Trì
Referee: Yang Shu-ting (Chinese Taipei)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Final tournament
2  Chinese Taipei 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 4
3  Myanmar (H) 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
4    Nepal 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
Source: Global Sports Archive
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
China 1–0 Chinese Taipei
Report
Referee: Haruna Kanematsu (Japan)
Myanmar 5–0   Nepal
Report
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Referee: Cha Min-ji (South Korea)

Nepal   0–5 China
Report
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Referee: Plong Pich Akara (Cambodia)
Chinese Taipei 1–1 Myanmar
Report
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)

Nepal   0–5 Chinese Taipei
Report
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Referee: Cha Min-ji (South Korea)
China 5–0 Myanmar
Report
Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon
Referee: Lê Thị Lý (Vietnam)

Qualified teams

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup1
 Uzbekistan Hosts 5 July 2021 4 (2002, 2004, 2015, 2017)
 Japan 2019 champions 5 July 2021 10 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 North Korea 2019 runners-up 5 July 2021 10 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 South Korea 2019 third place 5 July 2021 10 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Australia Second round Group A winners 5 June 2023 8 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Vietnam Second round Group A runners-up 5 June 2023 5 (2004, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019)
 China Second round Group B winners 8 June 2023 10 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Chinese Taipei Second round Group B runners-up 10 June 2023 4 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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There were 220 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 4.58 goals per match.

13 goals

10 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Overall ranking

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The overall rankings for teams eliminated from the qualification will be used for seeding in the next tournament's qualifiers and final tournament. The results against the fourth-placed in four-team groups are not considered for this ranking.

Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 B  Myanmar 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
2 A  Iran 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
3 A  Lebanon 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
4 B    Nepal 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 0
5 F  India 2 1 1 0 7 1 +6 4
6 D  Jordan 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
7 H  Bangladesh 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3
8 E  Thailand 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 3
9 G  Cambodia 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3
10 B  Palestine 2 1 0 1 3 7 −4 3
11 C  Kyrgyzstan 2 1 0 1 2 7 −5 3
12 A  Philippines 2 0 1 1 2 8 −6 1
13 A  Hong Kong 2 0 1 1 2 8 −6 1
14 G  Malaysia 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0
15 D  Bhutan 2 0 0 2 2 7 −5 0
16 B  Northern Mariana Islands 2 0 0 2 1 9 −8 0
17 F  Indonesia 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
18 H  Turkmenistan 2 0 0 2 1 11 −10 0
19 C  Guam 2 0 0 2 0 15 −15 0
20 E  Tajikistan 2 0 0 2 0 19 −19 0
21 A  Laos 3 0 1 2 2 11 −9 1
22 D  Mongolia 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
23 F  Singapore 3 0 0 3 0 22 −22 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Final tournament hosts Uzbekistan are also included in the qualifiers, but all their games will count as friendlies.
  2. ^ a b Due to pot 3 containing the six lowest-ranked teams and pot 4 containing the remaining nine unranked teams, two teams from pot 4 were randomly drawn as pot 3 teams: Northern Mariana Islands and Turkmenistan.

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC's world-class competitions' roster". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2024 Qualifiers to set stage for new generation of stars to be born". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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