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The 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup will be the 21st edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women's national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Australia was officially ratified as the host nation by the AFC Women's Football Committee on 15 May 2024. [1]
It will be held between 1–17 May 2026. [1] For the first time, total of twelve teams will compete in the tournament, [2] in another first there will be no third place playoff. [3] The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup as the AFC representatives. DPR Korea are the defending champions.
The tournament is scheduled to be held between 1–18 April 2026. [1] For the first time, a total of twelve teams will compete in the tournament [2] and there will be no third place playoff. [3] The top four teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as the AFC representatives. DPR Korea are the defending ...
The ten winners advanced to the second round. The best loser qualified for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification third round, while the remaining teams qualified for the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification – play-off round. Second round: 36 teams (ranked 1–26 and ten first-round winners) were divided into nine groups of four teams. The teams ...
Asia is set to start its 2026 World Cup journey, giving the lower-ranked teams such as Afghanistan, Bhutan and Pakistan a chance to grab some attention and secure matches against soccer’s ...
The following four football associations submitted their interest to host the tournament by the 31 July 2022 deadline. [1]The tournament is expected to continue the format of the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup edition, with a total of 27 matches taking place, with 12 teams competing in the tournament.
This tournament will also serve as the first stage of Asian qualification for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup and the 2028 Olympic football tournament. The teams will be divided into eight groups, with group winners qualifying to the final tournament.
The competition is contested by Asian members' senior women's national cricket teams, determining the continental champion of Asia. [1] The first Women's Asia Cup was held in 2004 on Colombo and Kandy in the Sri Lanka. The 2020 edition was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic before being cancelled. The ICC has ruled that all the ...