2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

The draw took place on 27 March 2025, 15:00 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. For the first time in the tournament's history, the seeding for both qualifiers and final draws is based on the latest FIFA Women's World Ranking at the time of the draw. Previously, the teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous final tournament and qualification rankings. On 26 February 2025, the AFC confirmed the eight associations that had expressed their intent to host qualification groups ahead of the draw. The qualifying tournament originally was to feature eight groups, with one group comprising five teams, while the remaining seven groups would each consist of four teams. On 2 March 2025, FIFA lifted the suspension of the Pakistan Football Federation, clearing the way for Pakistan to enter qualification. As a result, 34 teams entered qualification and were drawn into two groups of five teams and six groups of four. ;Notes • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament. • (H): Qualification group hosts determined before the draw. These teams were taken from their respective pots and placed in a separate Host Pot, and could not be drawn in the same group. ;Did not enter • (161) • (175) • (NR) • (NR) • (NR) • (N/A) • • • Draw result The draw resulted in following groups. ;Notes (H): Qualification group hosts ==Format and schedule==

Schedule The matches were played during the windows of 23 June – 5 July and 7–19 July 2025. Qualification tiebreakers ;Tiebreakers Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.2.2): • Points in head-to-head matches among participating teams; • Goal difference in head-to-head matches among participating teams; • Goals scored in head-to-head matches among participating teams; • If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the participating teams, • Goal difference from all group matches; • Goals scored from all group matches; • Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group; • Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); • Drawing of lots. == Groups ==

Group A • All matches were held in Jordan. • Times listed are UTC+3. ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B • All matches were held in Thailand. • Times listed are UTC+7. ---- ---- ---- ---- Group C • All matches were held in Myanmar. • Times listed are UTC+6:30. ---- ---- Group D • All matches were held in Indonesia. • Times listed are UTC+7. ---- ---- Group E • All matches were held in Vietnam. • Times listed are UTC+7. ---- ---- Group F • All matches were held in Uzbekistan. • Times listed are UTC+5. ---- ---- Group G • All matches were held in Cambodia. • Times listed are UTC+7. ---- ---- Group H • All matches were held in Tajikistan. • Times listed are UTC+5. ---- ---- == Qualified teams ==

The host country Australia qualified automatically, along with the top three teams from the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup. The following teams qualified for the tournament: == Goalscorers ==