2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification

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)
Dates	19–27 October 2024[1]
Teams	43 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	69
Goals scored	386 (5.59 per match)
Top scorer(s)	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]

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 (GMT+08:00).

The 43 teams were allocated to 3 groups of five teams and 7 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
Japan  South Korea  Uzbekistan  Iran  Yemen  Australia  Thailand (H)  Malaysia  Afghanistan  Tajikistan	India  China (H)  Vietnam (H)  Qatar (H)  Laos (H)  Indonesia  Bangladesh  Oman  Jordan (H)  Iraq	Syria  United Arab Emirates  Kuwait (H)  Kyrgyzstan  Chinese Taipei (H)  Singapore (H)  Mongolia  Cambodia (H)  Brunei  Bahrain	Turkmenistan  Palestine    Nepal  Myanmar  Bhutan  Hong Kong  Northern Mariana Islands  Lebanon (W)  Guam  Philippines	Maldives  North Korea (NR)  Macau (NR)

Notes

• Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
• (H): Qualification group hosts
• (W): Withdrew after draw

Did not enter

Timor-Leste  Pakistan  Sri Lanka

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

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

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

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] Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams; Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; 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; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams were tied and they met in the last round of the group; 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); Drawing of lots.

• 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

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

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

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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

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

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

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• All matches were held in Chinese Taipei (Taiwan).
• Times listed are UTC+8.

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

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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

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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

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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]

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

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

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

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

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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

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

Team[6]	Qualified as	Appearance	Previous best performance
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)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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

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