AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

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AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
Organising bodyAFC
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002)
RegionAsia
Number of teams8
Current champions North Korea (2nd 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 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.

History

Results

Tournament Names
  • 2002–2019: AFC U-19 Women's Championship
  • 2022–Ongoing: AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
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
North Korea
2–1
Japan

Australia
1–0
South Korea

Performance by country

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)

Awards

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

Summary (2002–2024)

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 30 4 16 155 53 +102 94
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 5 18 6 2 10 54 39 +15 20
7  Thailand 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
India
(12)
2004
China
(15)
2006
Malaysia
(8)
2007
China
(8)
2009
China
(8)
2011
Vietnam
(6)
2013
China
(6)
2015
China
(8)
2017
China
(8)
2019
Thailand
(8)
2024
Uzbekistan
(8)
Total
 Australia 3rd GS GS 5th 5th GS 4th 4th 3rd 9
 China 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 4th 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd GS GS 11
 Chinese Taipei 2nd QF GS GS GS 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 2nd 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 1st 11
 Philippines GS × × × × × 1
 Singapore GS GS × × × 2
 South Korea GS 1st GS 4th 2nd 4th 1st 3rd GS 3rd 4th 11
 Thailand GS 4th GS GS GS GS GS 7
 Uzbekistan GS GS × × GS GS GS 5
 Vietnam × QF × GS 6th GS GS GS 6

See also

References

  1. ^ "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC Women's Club Championship". AFC. 27 September 2019.
  2. ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Latest update on the AFC National Team Competitions in 2021 and 2022". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 July 2021.

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