AFC U-20 Women's Championship

The AFC U-20 Women's Championship 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]

AFC U-20 Women's Championship

Founded	2002 (2002)
Region	Asia (AFC)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Japan
Most successful team(s)	Japan (6 titles)
2022 AFC U-20 Women's Championship

The current champion is Japan, which won the 2019 final 2–1 against North Korea. 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.

Results

Under-19

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2002[2] Details	India		Japan	2–1	Chinese Taipei		China PR	4–1	North Korea
2004[3] Details	China		South Korea	3–0	China PR		North Korea	4–0	Thailand
2006[4] Details	Malaysia		China PR	1–0	North Korea		Australia	3–2	Japan
2007[5] Details	China		North Korea	1–0	Japan		China PR	1–0	South Korea
2009[6] Details	China		Japan	2–1	South Korea		North Korea	1–0	China PR
2011 Details	Vietnam		Japan	RR	North Korea		China PR	RR	South Korea
2013 Details	China		South Korea	RR	North Korea		China PR	RR	Japan
2015 Details	China		Japan	0–0 4–2 (p)	North Korea		South Korea	4–0	China PR
2017 Details	China		Japan	1–0	North Korea		China PR	3–0	Australia
2019 Details	Thailand		Japan	2–1	North Korea		South Korea	9–1	Australia

Under-20

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2022 Details

Performance by country

Nation	Champions	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Japan	6 (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017,2019)	1 (2007)	–	2 (2006, 2013)
South Korea	2 (2004, 2013)	1 (2009)	2 (2015,2019)	2 (2007, 2011)
North Korea	1 (2007)	6 (2006, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017,2019)	2 (2004, 2009)	1 (2002)
China PR	1 (2006)	1 (2004)	5 (2002, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2017)	2 (2009, 2015)
Chinese Taipei	–	1 (2002)	–	–
Australia	–	–	1 (2006)	2 (2017, 2019)
Thailand	–	–	–	1 (2004)

Medal Summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan	6	1	0	7
2	South Korea	2	1	2	5
3	North Korea	1	6	2	9
4	China PR	1	1	5	7
5	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1
6	Australia	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		10	10	10	30

All Time Results

As of 2017 Group Stage

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	North Korea	9	44	34	4	6	171	24	+147	106
2	Japan	9	43	29	9	5	147	25	+122	96
3	South Korea	9	40	24	4	12	122	40	+82	76
4	China PR	9	44	22	8	14	140	45	+95	74
5	Australia	7	27	11	1	15	59	47	+12	34
6	Thailand	6	21	6	1	14	29	65	–36	19
7	Chinese Taipei	4	15	5	2	8	52	30	+22	17
8	India	3	10	3	0	7	9	58	–49	9
9	Vietnam	4	14	2	0	12	26	54	–28	6
10	Myanmar	3	11	2	0	9	8	47	–39	6
11	Uzbekistan	4	12	1	1	10	7	51	–42	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 in each Championship

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 (12)	2004 (15)	2006 (8)	2007 (8)	2009 (8)	2011 (6)	2013 (6)	2015 (8)	2017 (8)	2019 (8)	Total
Australia			3rd	GS	GS	5th	5th	GS	4th	4th	8
China PR	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	GS	10
Chinese Taipei	2nd	QF	•	GS	GS	•	•	•	•	•	4
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	10
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	10
Philippines	•	GS	×	×	•	•	•	×	×	×	1
Singapore	GS	GS	•	•	•	×	×	•	×	•	2
South Korea	GS	1st	GS	4th	2nd	4th	1st	3rd	GS	3rd	10
Thailand	GS	4th	•	GS	GS	•	•	GS	GS	GS	7
Uzbekistan	GS	GS	•	×	×	•	•	GS	GS	•	5
Vietnam	×	QF	×	•	GS	6th	•	•	GS	GS	5

References

1. "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC Women's Club Championship". AFC. 27 September 2019.
2. "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2002". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
3. "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2004". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
4. "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2006". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 23 November 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
5. "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2007". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
6. "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2009". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 August 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Tournament at RSSSF.com