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AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

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AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006)
RegionAFC (Asia)
Number of teams46
2022

The AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, is a quadrennial international association football competition for women's, organised by the sport's Asian governing body, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to decide the participants for AFC Women's Asian Cup. The competition has been held since 1975. Between 2006 and 2010 the tournament was held biennially, since 2010 it has been held every four years.

History

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From 1975 to 2003 the qualification tournament for the final tournament did not exist and the teams were invited to participate. In 2006, the structure saw a major overhaul, with a qualifier tournament introduced for the final championship tournament, allowing all the member nations of AFC to participate. The tournament was also rebranded to 'AFC Women's Asian Cup'.

Since 2006, the qualification tournament has seen various changes in format. In the current format, a total of twelve teams qualify for the final tournament which includes the hosts, top three finishers of previous edition and eight teams who qualify via qualification tournament.[1] From the 2029 edition, a total of twelve teams will qualify for the final tournament which includes the hosts and eleven teams who qualify via the second round of the new 2-round qualification tournament.[2]

Tournament Debutants Number of teams in the qualifiers Number of teams in the final tournament
1975  Hong Kong*,  Thailand,  Australia,  Singapore,  New Zealand and  Malaysia 6
1977  Republic of China*,  Indonesia and  Japan 6
1980  India* and  Western Australia 6
1981  Philippines 8
1983 None 6
1986  China* and  Nepal 7
1989  North Korea 8
1991  South Korea 9
1993 None 8
1995  Kazakhstan and  Uzbekistan 11
1997  Guam 11
1999  Hong Kong (as an SAR of China) and  Vietnam 15
2001 None 14
2003  Myanmar 14
2006  Australia (as an AFC member) 12 9
2008 None 10 8
2010 None 12 8
2014  Jordan* 16 8
2018 None 19 8
2022  Iran 24 12

* – Hosts

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "AFC to invest in new era of national team and club competitions". AFC. 26 October 2019.
  2. ^ "AFC unveils breakthrough reforms to strengthen Women's National Team Competitions". Asian Football Confederation. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.