2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

The host country qualified automatically. Eleven teams were decided by a single round of qualifying taking place between 2–10 August 2025. Qualified teams The following teams qualified for the tournament. ==Draw==

The draw was held on 10 November 2025 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to a points system derived from their final rankings across the previous three editions, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw. ==Venues==

The competition was played in three venues across two provinces. ==Squads==

Players born between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2010 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, at least three of whom must be goalkeepers (regulation articles 21.2 and 26.3). ==Match officials==

The following match officials were appointed for the tournament. ;Referees • Mu Mingxin • Yang Shu-ting • Ranjita Devi Tekcham • Azusa Sugino • Cha Min-ji • Esra'a Al-Mbaidin • Keomany Phengmeuangkhoun • Nurul Ain Izatty Zainal • Khin Nyein Chan • Pak Un Jong • Alissar Baddour • Rawdha Al-Mansoori • Gulshoda Saidqulova • Bùi Thị Thu Trang ;Assistant referees • Tshering Choden • Wen Lili • Wu Qiaoli • Saki Nakamoto • Miu Sone • Islam Al-Abadi • Munirah Ha Ali • Battsetseg Unurjargal • May Thet Phyu • Merlo Albano • Yoon Eun-hee • Malika Hathlahawatta Muhandiramalage • Suwida Wongkraisorn • Dilshoda Rahmanova • Nguyen Thi Hang Nga ==Group stage==

The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams qualified for the quarter-finals. ;Tiebreakers Teams were 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 9.3): • Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; • Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; • Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied 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 this subset of teams; • Goal difference in all group matches; • Goals scored in 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. All times are local, ICT (UTC+7). Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Ranking of third-placed teams ==Knockout stage==

In the knockout stage, extra time and a penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. Bracket Quarter-finals The winners qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. ---- ---- ---- Semi-finals ---- Final ==Goalscorers==

==Qualified teams for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup==

The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland. :1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year. ==See also==