AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

The AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, founded as the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and later the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, before changing to its current name after the 2019 edition,[1] is a biennial women's football tournament for youth teams organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It further serves as the qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The AFC have agreed to the proposal for switching the tournament from under-16 to under-17 starting from 2022.[1] Moreover, the tournament will also be rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup".[2]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC Women's Club Championship". AFC. 27 September 2019.
  2. "AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups". AFC. 2 October 2020.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · View on Wikipedia

Developed by Nelliwinne