AFC U-17 Asian Cup

football tournament

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. Until 2006 it was held as an under-17 tournament.

ResultsEdit

Edition Year Host Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 1985   Qatar   Saudi Arabia 0–0 (aet)
(4–3 p)
  Qatar   Iraq 1–0   Thailand
2 1986   Qatar   South Korea 0–0
(5–4 p)
  Qatar   Saudi Arabia 2–0   North Korea
3 1988   Thailand   Saudi Arabia 2–0   Bahrain   China PR 1–1
(4–3 p)
  Iraq
4 1990   United Arab Emirates   Qatar 2–0   United Arab Emirates   China PR 5–0   Indonesia
5 1992   Saudi Arabia   China PR 2–2 (aet)
(8–7 p)
  Qatar   Saudi Arabia 2–1   North Korea
6 1994   Qatar   Japan 1–0 (aet)   Qatar   Oman 3–2   Bahrain
7 1996   Thailand   Oman 1–0   Thailand   Bahrain 0–0
(4–1 p)
  Japan
8 1998   Qatar   Thailand 1–1 (aet)
(3–2 p)
  Qatar   Bahrain 5–1   South Korea
9 2000   Vietnam   Oman 1–0   Iran   Japan 4–2   Vietnam
10 2002   United Arab Emirates   South Korea 1–1
(5–3 p)
  Yemen   China PR 1–0   Uzbekistan
11 2004   Japan   China PR 1–0   North Korea   Qatar 2–1   Iran
12 2006   Singapore   Japan 4–2 (aet)   North Korea   Tajikistan 3–3 (aet)
(5–4 p)
  Syria
Edition Year Host Final Losing semi-finalists 1
Champions Score Runners-up
13 2008   Uzbekistan   Iran 2–1   South Korea   Japan and   United Arab Emirates
14 2010   Uzbekistan   North Korea 2–0   Uzbekistan   Australia and   Japan
15 2012   Iran   Uzbekistan 1–1
(3–1 p)
  Japan   Iran and   Iraq
16 2014   Thailand   North Korea 2–1   South Korea   Australia and   Syria
17 2016   India   Iraq 0–0
(4–3 p)
  Iran   Japan and   North Korea
18 2018   Malaysia   Japan 1–0   Tajikistan   Australia and   South Korea
192 2020   Bahrain - - - -
20 2023   Bahrain

Notes:

  • a.e.t.: after extra time
  • p: after penalty shoot-out
  • 1 No third place match was played.
  • 2 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Successful national teamsEdit

Team Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place Semi-finalists Total (Top 4)
  Japan 3 (1994, 2006, 2018) 1 (2012) 1 (2000) 1 (1996) 3 (2008, 2010, 2016) 9
  North Korea 2 (2010, 2014) 2 (2004, 2006) - 2 (1986, 1992) 1 (2016) 7
  South Korea 2 (1986, 2002) 2 (2008, 2014) - 1 (1998) 1 (2018) 6
  China PR 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) 1 (2012) 5
  Thailand 1 (1998) 1 (1996) - 1 (1985) - 3
  Uzbekistan 1 (2012) 1 (2010) - 1 (2002) - 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 (18 editions) 18 18 12 12 12 72

Note:

  • Results as hosts in bold.

ReferencesEdit