2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification

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2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Host countries Jordan (Group A)
 Cambodia (Group B)
 China (Group C)
 Thailand (Group D)
 Chinese Taipei (Group E)
 Qatar (Group F)
 Kuwait (Group G)
 Laos (Group H)
 Vietnam (Group I)
 Singapore (Group J)
Dates19–27 October 2024[1]
Teams43 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played69
Goals scored386 (5.59 per match)
Top scorer(s)Tajikistan Muhammadjon Nazriev
(16 goals)
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The 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification was an international men's under-17 football competition which was held to decide the participating teams of the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup.[1]

Draw

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Of the 47 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member associations, a total of 44 teams entered the competition. Saudi Arabia as the hosts of the final tournament did not participate.[2]

The draw was held on 13 June 2024 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 14:00 local time (UTC+8).

The 43 teams were allocated to three groups of five teams and seven groups of four teams, with teams seeded according to their performance in the 2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup final tournament and qualification (overall ranking shown in parentheses; NR stands for non-ranked teams). A further restriction was also applied, with the ten teams serving as qualification group hosts drawn into separate groups.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5
  1.  Japan (1)
  2.  South Korea (2)
  3.  Uzbekistan (3)
  4.  Iran (4)
  5.  Yemen (6)
  6.  Australia (7)
  7.  Thailand (8) (H)
  8.  Malaysia (9)
  9.  Afghanistan (10)
  10.  Tajikistan (11)
  1.  India (12)
  2.  China (13) (H)
  3.  Vietnam (14) (H)
  4.  Qatar (15) (H)
  5.  Laos (16) (H)
  6.  Indonesia (17)
  7.  Bangladesh (18)
  8.  Oman (19)
  9.  Jordan (20) (H)
  10.  Iraq (21)
  1.  Syria (22)
  2.  United Arab Emirates (23)
  3.  Kuwait (24) (H)
  4.  Kyrgyzstan (25)
  5.  Chinese Taipei (26) (H)
  6.  Singapore (27) (H)
  7.  Mongolia (28)
  8.  Cambodia (29) (H)
  9.  Brunei (30)
  10.  Bahrain (31)
  1.  Turkmenistan (32)
  2.  Palestine (33)
  3.    Nepal (34)
  4.  Myanmar (35)
  5.  Bhutan (36)
  6.  Hong Kong (37)
  7.  Northern Mariana Islands (38)
  8.  Lebanon (39) (W)
  9.  Guam (40)
  10.  Philippines (41)
  1.  Maldives (42)
  2.  North Korea (NR)
  3.  Macau (NR)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification group hosts
  • (W): Withdrew after draw
Did not enter

Player eligibility

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Players born on or after 1 January 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[4]

Schedule

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The matches were played between 19 and 27 October 2024.

— Group A-C Group D-G, I, J Group H
Date Matches Date Matches Date Matches
Matchday 1 19 October 2024 3 v 2
5 v 4 		23 October 2024 1 v 4
2 v 3 		23 October 2024 3 v 1
Matchday 2 21 October 2024 4 v 1
5 v 3 		25 October 2024 4 v 2
3 v 1 		25 October 2024 2 v 3
Matchday 3 23 October 2024 1 v 5
2 v 4 		27 October 2024 1 v 2
3 v 4 		27 October 2024 1 v 2
Matchday 4 25 October 2024 2 v 5
3 v 1 		—
Matchday 5 27 October 2024 4 v 3
1 v 2

Groups

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In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue.[5]

  The ten group winners and the five best runners-up qualified for the final tournament.

Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):[4]
  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. 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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

Group A

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  • All matches were held in Jordan.
  • Times listed are UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 4 4 0 0 17 4 +13 12 Final tournament
2  Iran 4 3 0 1 13 7 +6 9
3  Hong Kong 4 2 0 2 7 17 −10 6
4  Syria 4 1 0 3 5 6 −1 3
5  Jordan (H) 4 0 0 4 4 12 −8 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Syria 3–1 Jordan
 Report
Attendance: 193
Referee: Abdullah Al Shehri (Saudi Arabia)
North Korea 8–2 Hong Kong
 Report
Attendance: 27
Referee: Umesh Bidari (Nepal)
Hong Kong 1–7 Iran
Yiu Tsz Leong 23' Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Mohamed Jafran (Sri Lanka)
North Korea 2–1 Syria
 Report
Attendance: 162
Referee: Hussain Al-Showaikh (Bahrain)
Jordan 1–2 Hong Kong
 Report
Attendance: 210
Referee: Baraa Abusarris (Palestine)
Iran 1–4 North Korea
 Report
Attendance: 10
Referee: Abdullah Al-Shehri (Saudi Arabia)
Jordan 0–3 North Korea
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mohamed Jafran (Sri Lanka)
Syria 0–1 Iran
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Baraa Abusarris (Palestine)
Iran 4–2 Jordan
 Report
Attendance: 120
Referee: Hussain Al-Showaikh (Bahrain)
Hong Kong 2–1 Syria
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Umesh Bidari (Nepal)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Afghanistan 4 4 0 0 23 3 +20 12 Final tournament
2  Philippines 4 2 0 2 9 9 0 6[a]
3  Bangladesh 4 2 0 2 10 4 +6 6[a]
4  Cambodia (H) 4 2 0 2 3 5 −2 6[a]
5  Macau 4 0 0 4 0 24 −24 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Philippines 3, Bangladesh 3, Cambodia 3. Head-to-head goal difference: Philippines +1, Bangladesh 0, Cambodia –1
Macau 0–7 Philippines
Report
Attendance: 258
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaya (Kyrgyzstan)
Cambodia 1–0 Bangladesh
 Report
Attendance: 4,166
Referee: Ali Hussein Doshi (Iraq)
Philippines 0–8 Afghanistan
Report
Attendance: 468
Referee: Chuang En-yir (Chinese Taipei)
Macau 0–1 Cambodia
Report Pimakara 15'
Attendance: 3,109
Referee: Ali Al Ashkar (Lebanon)
Afghanistan 9–0 Macau
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Sila Jinnigorn (Thailand)
Bangladesh 1–0 Philippines
 Report
Attendance: 120
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaya (Kyrgyzstan)
Bangladesh 7–0 Macau
 Report
Attendance: 636
Referee: Chuang En-yir (Chinese Taipei)
Cambodia 1–3 Afghanistan
 Report
Attendance: 3,894
Referee: Sila Jinnigorn (Thailand)
Afghanistan 3–2 Bangladesh
 Report
Attendance: 720
Referee: Ali Al Ashkar (Lebanon)
Philippines 2–0 Cambodia
 Report
Attendance: 2,315
Referee: Ali Hussein Doshi (Iraq)

Group C

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  • All matches were held in China.
  • Times listed are UTC+8.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 4 3 1 0 22 2 +20 10 Final tournament
2  China (H) 4 3 1 0 19 2 +17 10
3  Bahrain 4 2 0 2 2 4 −2 6
4  Bhutan 4 0 1 3 2 14 −12 1
5  Maldives 4 0 1 3 2 25 −23 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Maldives 2–2 Bhutan
Mohamed Imran 70', 81' (pen.) Report
Dalian Football Youth Training Base, Dalian
Attendance: 20
Referee: Senthilnathan Sekaran (India)
Bahrain 0–2 China
Report
Puwan Stadium, Dalian
Attendance: 238
Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan)
Maldives 0–1 Bahrain
Report Ebrahim Ayash 83'
Puwan Stadium, Dalian
Attendance: 20
Referee: Suhail Al-Mulla (United Arab Emirates)
Bhutan 0–5 South Korea
Report
Dalian Football Youth Training Base, Dalian
Attendance: 27
Referee: Clarence Leow (Singapore)
China 6–0 Bhutan
 Report
Puwan Stadium, Dalian
Attendance: 166
Referee: Suhail Al-Mulla (United Arab Emirates)
South Korea 13–0 Maldives
 Report
Dalian Football Youth Training Base, Dalian
Attendance: 30
Referee: Senthilnathan Sekaran (India)
China 9–0 Maldives
 Report
Puwan Stadium, Dalian
Attendance: 180
Referee: Wael Haidar (Lebanon)
Bahrain 0–2 South Korea
Report
Dalian Football Youth Training Base, Dalian
Attendance: 55
Referee: Clarence Leow (Singapore)
Bhutan 0–1 Bahrain
Report
Dalian Football Youth Training Base, Dalian
Attendance: 8
Referee: Wael Haidar (Lebanon)
South Korea 2–2 China
 Report
Puwan Stadium, Dalian
Attendance: 488
Referee: Firdavs Norsafarov (Uzbekistan)

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand (H) 3 3 0 0 24 2 +22 9 Final tournament
2  India 3 2 0 1 16 3 +13 6
3  Turkmenistan 3 1 0 2 10 3 +7 3
4  Brunei 3 0 0 3 0 42 −42 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
India 13–0 Brunei
 Report
Attendance: 70
Referee: Mederbek Taychiev (Kyrgyzstan)
Thailand 2–0 Turkmenistan
 Report
Attendance: 949
Referee: Tareq Ahmed (Iraq)
Turkmenistan 0–1 India
Report
Attendance: 10
Referee: Hamid Siri (Iran)
Brunei 0–19 Thailand
Report
Attendance: 868
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)
Brunei 0–10 Turkmenistan
Report
Attendance: 76
Referee: Đỗ Khánh Nam (Vietnam)
Thailand 3–2 India
 Report
Attendance: 1,730
Referee: Hamed Siri (Iran)

Group E

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Final tournament
2  Iraq 3 2 0 1 9 1 +8 6
3  Palestine 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
4  Chinese Taipei (H) 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Uzbekistan 3–0 Palestine
 Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 35
Referee: Mohammed Al-Mazyed (Qatar)
Iraq 5–0 Chinese Taipei
 Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 388
Referee: Zaheer Hussain (Maldives)
Palestine 0–4 Iraq
Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 33
Referee: Nur Amali Ihsanuddin (Malaysia)
Chinese Taipei 0–1 Uzbekistan
Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 284
Referee: Gholamreza Adibi (Iran)
Uzbekistan 1–0 Iraq
 Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 36
Referee: Nur Amali Ihsanuddin (Malaysia)
Chinese Taipei 0–2 Palestine
Report
Fu Jen Catholic University Stadium, New Taipei City
Attendance: 480
Referee: Khash-Erdene Bold (Mongolian)

Group F

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  • All matches were held in Qatar.
  • Times listed are UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 21 2 +19 9 Final tournament
2  Qatar (H) 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3  Mongolia 3 1 0 2 1 9 −8 3
4    Nepal 3 0 0 3 2 15 −13 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Qatar 2–0 Mongolia
Zaid Ktit 18', 83' Report
Attendance: 348
Referee: Ahmed Imam (Kuwait)
Japan 9–2   Nepal
 Report
Attendance: 80
Referee: Aditya Purkayastha (India)
Nepal   0–5 Qatar
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Sanzhar Zhakypbekov (Kyrgyzstan)
Mongolia 0–7 Japan
Report
Attendance: 84
Referee: Saif Al Messabi (United Arab Emirates)
Mongolia 1–0   Nepal
 Report
Attendance: 45
Referee: Aditya Purkayastha (India)
Japan 5–0 Qatar
 Report
Attendance: 368
Referee: Abdullo Davlatov (Tajikistan)

Group G

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  • All matches were held in Kuwait.
  • Times listed are UTC+3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 2 1 0 22 1 +21 7 Final tournament
2  Indonesia 3 2 1 0 11 0 +11 7
3  Kuwait (H) 3 1 0 2 10 4 +6 3
4  Northern Mariana Islands 3 0 0 3 0 38 −38 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts


Indonesia 1–0 Kuwait
 Report
Attendance: 475
Referee: Ammar Abo Alo (Syria)
Australia 19–0 Northern Mariana Islands
 Report
Attendance: 34
Referee: Khalid Khallufah Al Ahmari (Saudi Arabia)
Northern Mariana Islands 0–10 Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 648
Referee: Mahmoud Ahmad Mazin Alsawalmeh (Jordan)
Kuwait 1–3 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Seyit Doolotkeldi uulu (Kyrgyzstan)
Australia 0–0 Indonesia
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Khalid Khallufah Al Ahmari (Saudi Arabia)
Kuwait 9–0 Northern Mariana Islands
 Report
Attendance: 85
Referee: Mohammed Abdulhakim Ba-saleh (Yemen)

Group H

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  • All matches were held in Laos.
  • Times listed are UTC+7.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United Arab Emirates 2 2 0 0 7 2 +5 6 Final tournament
2  Malaysia 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
3  Laos (H) 2 0 1 1 4 7 −3 1
4  Lebanon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn[a]
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Lebanon withdrew on 16 October 2024.


United Arab Emirates 2–0 Malaysia
 Report
Attendance: 265
Referee: Mahmoud Al-Sbaih (Kuwait)
Laos 2–5 United Arab Emirates
 Report
Attendance: 1,907
Referee: Lakmal Weerakkody (Sri Lanka)
Malaysia 2–2 Laos
 Report
Attendance: 2,273
Referee: Ibrokhim Ismoilov (Uzbekistan)

Group I

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Yemen 3 2 1 0 10 4 +6 7 Final tournament
2  Vietnam (H) 3 1 2 0 3 1 +2 5
3  Myanmar 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
4  Kyrgyzstan 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Yemen 6–1 Myanmar
 Report
Attendance: 268
Referee: Amirjon Khorkashev (Tajikistan)
Vietnam 0–0 Kyrgyzstan
Report
Attendance: 7,538
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
Kyrgyzstan 2–3 Yemen
 Report
Attendance: 469
Myanmar 0–2 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 7,136
Referee: Akobirkhuja Shukurullaev (Uzbekistan)
Kyrgyzstan 1–2 Myanmar
 Report
Attendance: 289
Referee: Amirul Mohd Jamil (Malaysia)
Yemen 1–1 Vietnam
 Report
Attendance: 4,823
Referee: Akobirkhuja Shukurullaev (Uzbekistan)

Group J

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tajikistan 3 3 0 0 38 1 +37 9 Final tournament
2  Oman 3 2 0 1 23 2 +21 6
3  Singapore (H) 3 1 0 2 15 8 +7 3
4  Guam 3 0 0 3 0 65 −65 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Tajikistan 33–0 Guam
 Report
Attendance: 82
Referee: Jack Morgan (Australia)
Oman 5–0 Singapore
 Report
Attendance: 605
Referee: Koki Nagamine (Japan)
Guam 0–18 Oman
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Nasir Uddin (Bangladesh)
Singapore 1–3 Tajikistan
 Report
Attendance: 650
Referee: Samarathunge Madushanka (Sri Lanka)
Tajikistan 2–0 Oman
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
Singapore 14–0 Guam
 Report
Attendance: 664
Referee: Jack Morgan (Australia)

Ranking of second-placed teams

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Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams in five-team groups and the fourth-placed teams in five-team groups and four-team groups were not considered for this ranking.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C  China 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Final tournament
2 I  Vietnam 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
3 G  Indonesia 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4
4 A  Iran 2 1 0 1 8 5 +3 3
5 J  Oman 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 3
6 E  Iraq 2 1 0 1 4 1 +3 3
7 D  India 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
8 F  Qatar 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3
9 H  Malaysia 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
10 B  Philippines 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.

Qualified teams

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A total of 16 teams including hosts Saudi Arabia qualified for the final tournament.

Team[6] Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance1
 Saudi Arabia Hosts 12th Champions (1985, 1988)
 North Korea Group A winners 12th Champions (2010, 2014)
 Afghanistan Group B winners 3rd Group stage (2018, 2023)
 South Korea Group C winners 16th Champions (1986, 2002)
 Thailand Group D winners 13th Champions (1998)
 Uzbekistan Group E winners 11th Champions (2012)
 Japan Group F winners 17th Champions (1994, 2006, 2018, 2023)
 Australia Group G winners 8th Semi-finals (2010, 2014, 2018)
 United Arab Emirates Group H winners 8th Runners-up (1990)
 Yemen Group I winners 8th Runners-up (2002)
 Tajikistan Group J winners 5th Runners-up (2018)
 China Best runners-up 16th Champions (1992, 2004)
 Vietnam 2nd best runners-up 9th Fourth place (2000)
 Indonesia 3rd best runners-up 7th Fourth place (1990)
 Iran 4th best runners-up 13th Champions (2008)
 Oman 5th best runners-up 11th Champions (1996, 2000)
1Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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There were 386 goals scored in 69 matches, for an average of 5.59 goals per match.

16 goals

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "AFC Competitions Calendar (Jul 2024 - Jun 2025)" (PDF). the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 15 May 2024.
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  3. ^ "Stage set for #AFCU17 and #AFCU20 Qualifiers draws". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "AFC U17 Asian Cup™ 2025 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  5. ^ "Updated: AFC U17 and U20 Asian Cup Qualifier Draws set the stage for Asia's future stars to shine". Asian Football Confederation. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  6. ^ "#AFCU17 Qualifiers - MD5: Results & Reports". the-afc. Asian Football Confederation. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.