AFC U-20 Women's Championship


The AFC U-20 Women's Championship is an association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 20, organized by the Asian Football Confederation. 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.
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.

Results

Under-19

Under-20

Performance by country

NationChampionsRunners-upThird PlaceFourth Place
6 1 –2
2 1 2 2
1 6 2 1
1 1 5 2
–1 ––
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Medal Summary

All Time Results

As of 2017 Group Stage
RankTeamPartPldWDLGFGADifPts
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2943299514725+12296
39402441212240+8276
49442281414045+9574
5727111155947+1234
662161142965–3619
74155285230+2217
8310307958–499
941420122654–286
10311209847–396
114121110751–424
121310248–43
1313102217–153
1426105242–403
1526105445–413
1613003229–270
1713003129–280
1826003054–540
1925005181–800

Comprehensive team results in each Championship

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2004

2006

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

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