AFC U-17 Asian Cup


The AFC U-17 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship, is a football competition, organised by the Asian Football Confederation held once every two years for Asian under-17 teams that also serves as a qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top 8 countries qualify to participate in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Up to 2000, the tournament was for U-16 teams. Between 2002 and 2006 it was held as an under-17 tournament. Between 2008 and 2020, it was switched back to a U-16 Championship. The AFC then returned it to an under-17 tournament starting from 2023. Moreover, the tournament would also be rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Asian Cup".
On 24 May 2024, AFC announced that the tournament will be held annually from 2026.
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Results

;Tournament names:
  • 1985–2000: AFC U-16 Championship
  • 2002–2006: AFC U-17 Championship
  • 2008–2020: AFC U-16 Championship
  • 2023–present: AFC U-17 Asian Cup
;Notes:
  • No third-place match was played.

Most successful national teams

Note:

Participating nations

;Legend:
  • – Champions
  • – Runners-up
  • – Third place
  • – Fourth place
  • – Semi-finalists
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
  • DQ – Disqualified
  • •• – Qualified but withdrew
  • • – Did not qualify
  • × – Did not enter
  • × – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
  • — Country not affiliated to AFC at that time
  • — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
  • – Hosts
  • – Not affiliated to FIFA

Men's U-17 World Cup qualifiers

;Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • R2 – Round 2
  • GS – Group stage
  • – Hosts
  • – Not affiliated to AFC
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament