2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification

All 47 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member associations entered the competition. Nine teams including the hosts Saudi Arabia who qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup automatically qualify for the final tournament, while the other 38 teams participate in qualification. The draw was held on 7 August 2025 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 16:00 local time (UTC+8). The 38 teams were allocated to three groups of six teams and four groups of five teams, with teams seeded based on a points system derived from their final rankings across the previous three editions of the Finals (overall ranking shown in parentheses). A further restriction was also applied, with the seven teams serving as qualification group hosts drawn into separate groups. ;Notes • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. • (H): Qualification group hosts. ==Groups==

Group A • All matches are being held in China. • Times listed are UTC+8. ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B • All matches are being held in Kyrgyzstan. • Times listed are UTC+6. ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C • All matches are being held in Vietnam. • Times listed are UTC+7. ---- ---- ---- ---- Group D • All matches are being held in India. • Times listed are UTC+5:30. ---- ---- ---- ---- Group E • All matches are being held in Jordan. • Times listed are UTC+3. ---- ---- ---- ---- Group F • All matches are being held in Thailand. • Times listed are UTC+7. ---- ---- ---- ---- Group G • All matches are being held in Myanmar. • Times listed are UTC+6:30. ---- ---- ---- ---- ==Qualified teams==

The following 16 teams qualified for the final tournament. :1Italic indicates hosts for that year. ==See also==