The AFC U-17 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship, is a football competition, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held once every two years for Asian under-17 teams that also serves as a qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top 4 countries qualify to participate in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Up to 2000, the tournament was for U-16 teams. Between 2002 and 2006 it was held as an under-17 tournament. Between 2008 and 2020, it was switched back to a U-16 Championship. The AFC has proposed switching back to an under-17 tournament starting from 2023.[1] Moreover, the tournament will also be rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Asian Cup".[2]
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Organising body | AFC |
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Founded | 1985 |
Region | Asia and Oceania |
Number of teams | 16 |
Current champions | ![]() |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() |
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Format
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History
Results
- Tournament names
- 1985–2000: AFC U-16 Championship
- 2002–2006: AFC U-17 Championship
- 2008–2020: AFC U-16 Championship
- 2023–present: AFC U-17 Asian Cup
Notes:
- a.e.t.: after extra time
- p: after penalty shoot-out
- 1 No third place match was played.
Successful national teams
Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place | Semifinalist | Total |
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Japan | 4 (1994, 2006, 2018, 2023) | 1 (2012) | 1 (2000) | 1 (1996) | 3 (2008, 2010, 2016) | 10 |
South Korea | 2 (1986, 2002) | 3 (2008, 2014, 2023) | — | 1 (1998) | 1 (2018) | 7 |
North Korea | 2 (2010, 2014) | 2 (2004, 2006) | — | 2 (1986, 1992) | 1 (2016) | 7 |
China | 2 (1992, 2004) | — | 3 (1988, 1990, 2002) | — | — | 5 |
Saudi Arabia | 2 (1985, 1988) | — | 2 (1986, 1992) | — | — | 4 |
Oman | 2 (1996, 2000) | — | 1 (1994) | — | — | 3 |
Qatar | 1 (1990) | 5 (1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1998) | 1 (2004) | — | — | 7 |
Iran | 1 (2008) | 2 (2000, 2016) | — | 1 (2004) | 2 (2012, 2023) | 6 |
Uzbekistan | 1 (2012) | 1 (2010) | — | 1 (2002) | 1 (2023) | 4 |
Thailand | 1 (1998) | 1 (1996) | — | 1 (1985) | — | 3 |
Iraq | 1 (2016) | — | 1 (1985) | 1 (1988) | 1 (2012) | 4 |
Bahrain | — | 1 (1988) | 2 (1996, 1998) | 1 (1994) | — | 4 |
Tajikistan | — | 1 (2018) | 1 (2006) | — | — | 2 |
United Arab Emirates | — | 1 (1990) | — | — | 1 (2008) | 2 |
Yemen | — | 1 (2002) | — | — | — | 1 |
Syria | — | — | — | 1 (2006) | 1 (2014) | 2 |
Indonesia | — | — | — | 1 (1990) | — | 1 |
Vietnam | — | — | — | 1 (2000) | — | 1 |
Australia | — | — | — | — | 3 (2010, 2014, 2018) | 3 |
Total (19 editions) | 19 | 19 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 76 |
Note:
- Results as hosts in bold.
Awards
Tournament | best player | top goal scorer | Goals | Fair play award |
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1959–2002 | Not awarded | |||
2004 | Not awarded | Yusef Ahmed | 7 | Not awarded |
2006 | Yoichiro Kakitani | Mohamad Jaafar | 6 | Japan |
2008 | Lee Jong-ho | Kaveh Rezaei | 6 | South Korea |
2010 | Timur Khakimov | Timur Khakimov | 5 | Not awarded |
2012 | Taro Sugimoto | Hwang Hee-Chan | 5 | Not awarded |
2014 | Lee Seung-woo | Lee Seung-woo | 5 | South Korea |
2016 | Mohammed Dawood | Mohammed Dawood | 6 | Iraq |
2018 | Jun Nishikawa | Luqman Hakim | 5 | Japan |
2023 | Gaku Nawata | Gaku Nawata | 5 | Japan |
Participating nations
- Legend:
- 1st – Champion
- 2nd – 2nd
- 3rd – 3rd
- 4th – 4th
- SF – Semi-finalists
- QF – Quarter finals
- GS – Group stage
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- DQ – Disqualified
- •• – Qualified but withdrew
- • – Did not qualify
- × – Did not enter
- × – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
- — Country not affiliated to AFC at that time
- XX — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
- – Hosts
- – Not affiliated to FIFA
Nation | 1985 |
1986 |
1988 |
1990 |
1992 |
1994 |
1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2016 |
2018 |
2023 |
Total |
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Afghanistan | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | DQ | • | • | GS | GS | 2 |
Australia | • | QF | SF | QF | SF | GS | SF | QF | 7 | |||||||||||
Bahrain | • | GS | 2nd | • | GS | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 7 |
Bangladesh | × | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | GS | × | GS | GS | DQ | • | • | × | • | • | • | 6 |
China | GS | • | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | GS | GS | • | GS | 3rd | 1st | QF | GS | GS | GS | GS | • | • | GS | 15 |
Hong Kong | × | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | • | 1 |
India | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | • | • | QF | GS | • | GS | • | GS | • | GS | QF | GS | 9 |
Indonesia | × | GS | GS | 4th | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | × | QF | • | 6 |
Iran | × | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | 2nd | × | 4th | QF | 1st | GS | SF | QF | 2nd | GS | SF | 12 |
Iraq | 3rd | • | 4th | × | × | GS | × | GS | • | • | QF | GS | DQ | QF | SF | • | 1st | GS | • | 10 |
Japan | GS | • | GS | × | • | 1st | 4th | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | 1st | SF | SF | 2nd | QF | SF | 1st | 1st | 16 |
Jordan | × | • | • | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | QF | × | • | • | GS | • | 3 |
Kuwait | •• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | QF | • | • | GS | QF | GS | × | × | • | 5 |
Kyrgyzstan | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | DQ | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 | |||||
Laos | × | × | × | × | × | × | • | • | • | • | GS | DQ | • | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | 3 |
Malaysia | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | • | • | • | GS | • | GS | • | • | QF | GS | GS | GS | 6 |
Myanmar | × | GS | × | × | × | × | × | • | GS | GS | • | GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | 4 |
Nepal | • | × | • | • | • | × | × | • | GS | × | • | GS | • | • | • | GS | × | • | • | 3 |
North Korea | × | 4th | GS | • | 4th | • | • | GS | × | • | 2nd | 2nd | DQ | 1st | GS | 1st | SF | QF | × | 11 |
Oman | × | • | • | • | × | 3rd | 1st | GS | 1st | × | QF | • | • | GS | GS | GS | QF | QF | • | 10 |
Pakistan | × | × | × | × | • | × | × | • | • | GS | × | • | • | • | • | • | × | × | × | 1 |
Qatar | 2nd | 2nd | GS | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | • | 2nd | • | QF | 3rd | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | GS | 11 |
Saudi Arabia | 1st | 3rd | 1st | •• | 3rd | GS | • | • | • | • | • | QF | QF | • | GS | GS | GS | • | QF | 11 |
Singapore | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | GS | • | • | • | • | • | • | 2 |
South Korea | • | 1st | GS | GS | • | GS | GS | 4th | • | 1st | QF | QF | 2nd | • | QF | 2nd | GS | SF | 2nd | 15 |
South Yemen | GS | • | • | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Syria | • | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | QF | × | 4th | QF | QF | QF | SF | • | • | • | 6 |
Tajikistan | × | × | • | • | × | • | 3rd | DQ | GS | • | • | • | 2nd | GS | 4 | |||||
Thailand | 4th | • | GS | • | GS | • | 2nd | 1st | GS | × | GS | • | • | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | 12 |
East Timor | × | × | × | GS | • | × | • | • | × | 1 | ||||||||||
Turkmenistan | × | × | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | × | • | • | × | • | 1 | |||||
United Arab Emirates | • | • | • | 2nd | GS | GS | • | • | • | QF | • | • | SF | QF | • | • | QF | × | • | 7 |
Uzbekistan | GS | GS | • | • | 4th | GS | • | QF | 2nd | 1st | QF | QF | • | SF | 10 | |||||
Vietnam | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 4th | GS | GS | GS | • | GS | • | • | QF | GS | GS | 8 |
Yemen | × | • | • | • | × | × | 2nd | • | GS | DQ | • | GS | • | GS | GS | QF | 6 |
Summary (1985-2023)
Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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1 | Japan | 16 | 76 | 48 | 11 | 17 | 189 | 85 | +104 | 155 |
2 | South Korea | 15 | 69 | 39 | 12 | 18 | 150 | 73 | +77 | 129 |
3 | Iran | 12 | 56 | 30 | 10 | 16 | 107 | 60 | +47 | 100 |
4 | China | 15 | 62 | 27 | 17 | 18 | 109 | 81 | +28 | 98 |
5 | Qatar | 11 | 49 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 82 | 47 | +35 | 93 |
6 | North Korea | 11 | 53 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 83 | 66 | +17 | 80 |
7 | Saudi Arabia | 12 | 48 | 23 | 8 | 17 | 82 | 48 | +34 | 77 |
8 | Uzbekistan | 11 | 50 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 79 | 94 | −15 | 77 |
9 | Iraq | 10 | 44 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 61 | 49 | +12 | 66 |
10 | Oman | 10 | 43 | 19 | 6 | 18 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 63 |
11 | Thailand | 12 | 47 | 17 | 7 | 23 | 69 | 75 | −6 | 58 |
12 | Australia | 7 | 30 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 62 | 47 | +15 | 54 |
13 | Bahrain | 7 | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 47 |
14 | Syria | 6 | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 39 |
15 | United Arab Emirates | 7 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 38 |
16 | Yemen | 7 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 27 |
17 | India | 9 | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 68 | −32 | 25 |
18 | Vietnam | 8 | 28 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 68 | −36 | 23 |
19 | Tajikistan | 4 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 21 |
20 | Malaysia | 6 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 17 |
21 | Kuwait | 6 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 28 | 50 | −22 | 15 |
22 | Bangladesh | 6 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 59 | −43 | 12 |
23 | Indonesia | 7 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 52 | −36 | 11 |
24 | Myanmar | 4 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 36 | −24 | 8 |
25 | Jordan | 3 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 7 |
26 | Laos | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 6 |
27 | Nepal | 3 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 31 | −25 | 5 |
28 | Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 3 |
29 | Afghanistan | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 3 |
30 | South Yemen | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 |
31 | Singapore | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 2 |
32 | Pakistan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
33 | Hong Kong | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
34 | East Timor | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
35 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
Men's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R2 – Round 2
- R1 – Round 1
- – Hosts
- – Not affiliated to AFC
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team | 1985 |
1987 |
1989 |
1991 |
1993 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2023 |
2025 |
Total |
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Australia | OFC member | R2 | R2 | R2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Bahrain | 4th | R1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
China | QF | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | QF | 6 | ||||||||||||||
India | R1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Indonesia | R1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Iran | R1 | R2 | R2 | QF | R2 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Iraq | R1 | R2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Japan | QF | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | QF | R2 | R2 | R2 | R2 | 10 | ||||||||||
North Korea | QF | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Oman | 4th | QF | R1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Qatar | R1 | QF | 4th | R1 | R1 | QF | R1 | Q | 8 | ||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | QF | R1 | 1st | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
South Korea | QF | R1 | R1 | QF | R2 | QF | R1 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Syria | R2 | R1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tajikistan | Part of Soviet Union | R2 | R1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Thailand | R1 | R1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
United Arab Emirates | R1 | R2 | R1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | Part of Soviet Union | QF | R2 | QF | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Yemen | R1 | 1 |
See also
References
- ^ "AFC Competitions Committee recommends changes to youth competitions". AFC. 26 November 2018.
- ^ "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.
Sources
- Garin, Erik; Stokkermans, Karel. "Asian U-16 Championships". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.