2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup

2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup
كٲس اسيا تحت 17 سنة
Tournament details
Host country	Saudi Arabia
City	2
Dates	7–24 May 2026
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
	← 2025 2027 →

The 2026 AFC U-17 Asian Cup will be the 21th edition of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-17 Championship and AFC U-16 Championship), the annual international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-17 national teams of Asia. It will be the second of four consecutive AFC U-17 Asian Cup held in Saudi Arabia, succeeding the 2025 preceding the 2027 and 2028.

The top eight teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the AFC representatives. Uzbekistan are the defending champions.

Qualification

The host country of the 2026 U-17 World Cup (Qatar) and the top eight teams of the previous tournament in 2025 (including host Saudi Arabia) qualified automatically, while the other seven teams will be decided by qualification. There will be one round of qualification matches, which will be held between 22–30 November.

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	App.	Previous best performance
Saudi Arabia	Hosts and AFC representative for the 2025 World Cup	13th	Champions (1985, 1988)
Qatar	AFC representatives for the 2025 World Cup	12th	Champions (1990)
Uzbekistan		12th	Champions (2012, 2025)
North Korea		13th	Champions (2010, 2014)
South Korea		17th	Champions (1986, 2002)
Japan		18th	Champions (1994, 2006, 2018, 2023)
Tajikistan		6th	Runners-up (2018)
Indonesia		8th	Fourth place (1990)
United Arab Emirates		9th	Runners-up (1990)
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