AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

Organising body	AFC
Founded	2002 (2002)
Region	Asia
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Japan (6th title)
Most successful team(s)	Japan (6 titles)
2024 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]

The current champion is Japan, which won the 2019 final 2–1 against North Korea. 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

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

Performance by country

Nation	Champions	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Japan	6 (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)	1 (2007)	–	2 (2006, 2013)
South Korea	2 (2004, 2013)	1 (2009)	2 (2015, 2019)	2 (2007, 2011)
North Korea	1 (2007)	6 (2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)	2 (2004, 2009)	1 (2002)
China	1 (2006)	1 (2004)	5 (2002, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2017)	2 (2009, 2015)
Chinese Taipei	–	1 (2002)	–	–
Australia	–	–	1 (2006)	2 (2017, 2019)
Thailand	–	–	–	1 (2004)

Awards

Tournament	Most Valuable Player	Top goalscorer(s)	Goals	Fair play award
2006	Kim Song-hui	Ma Xiaoxu	10	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

Summary (2002–2019)

Rank	Team	Part	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	North Korea	10	51	39	4	8	189	30	+159	121
2	Japan	10	50	36	9	5	171	27	+144	117
3	South Korea	10	45	27	4	14	135	47	+88	85
4	China	10	49	24	8	17	150	55	+95	80
5	Australia	8	32	13	1	20	65	75	-10	40
6	Thailand	7	24	6	1	17	31	73	−42	19
7	Chinese Taipei	4	15	5	2	8	52	30	+22	17
8	Vietnam	5	17	3	0	14	28	58	−30	9
9	India	3	10	3	0	7	9	58	−49	9
10	Myanmar	4	14	2	0	12	9	58	−49	6
11	Uzbekistan	4	12	1	1	10	7	51	−42	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)	Total
Australia			3rd	GS	GS	5th	5th	GS	4th	4th	q	9
China	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	GS	q	11
Chinese Taipei	2nd	QF	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	q	5
Guam	GS	GS	×	•	×	×	×	×	×	•	•	2
Hong Kong	GS	GS	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	•	•	2
India	GS	QF	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	3
Iran	•	•	×	×	•	•	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Japan	1st	QF	4th	2nd	1st	1st	4th	1st	1st	1st	q	11
Jordan	•	•	GS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
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	q	11
Philippines	•	GS	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	×	•	1
Singapore	GS	GS	•	•	•	×	×	•	×	•	•	2
South Korea	GS	1st	GS	4th	2nd	4th	1st	3rd	GS	3rd	q	11
Thailand	GS	4th	•	GS	GS	•	•	GS	GS	GS	•	7
Uzbekistan	GS	GS	•	×	×	•	•	GS	GS	•	q	5
Vietnam	×	QF	×	•	GS	6th	•	•	GS	GS	q	6

See also

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

References

External links

• Official website
• Tournament at RSSSF.com