AFC U-17 Asian Cup

The AFC U-17 Asian Cup, formerly known as the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship, is a football competition, organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) held once every two years for Asian under-17 teams that also serves as a qualification tournament for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The top 4 countries qualify to participate in the FIFA U-17 World Cup. Until 2006 it was held as an under-17 tournament.

Results

Edition	Year	Host		Final				Third place match
				Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1985	Qatar		Saudi Arabia	0–0 (aet) (4–3 p)	Qatar		Iraq	1–0	Thailand
2	1986	Qatar		South Korea	0–0 (5–4 p)	Qatar		Saudi Arabia	2–0	North Korea
3	1988	Thailand		Saudi Arabia	2–0	Bahrain		China PR	1–1 (4–3 p)	Iraq
4	1990	United Arab Emirates		Qatar	2–0	United Arab Emirates		China PR	5–0	Indonesia
5	1992	Saudi Arabia		China PR	2–2 (aet) (8–7 p)	Qatar		Saudi Arabia	2–1	North Korea
6	1994	Qatar		Japan	1–0 (aet)	Qatar		Oman	3–2	Bahrain
7	1996	Thailand		Oman	1–0	Thailand		Bahrain	0–0 (4–1 p)	Japan
8	1998	Qatar		Thailand	1–1 (aet) (3–2 p)	Qatar		Bahrain	5–1	South Korea
9	2000	Vietnam		Oman	1–0	Iran		Japan	4–2	Vietnam
10	2002	United Arab Emirates		South Korea	1–1 (5–3 p)	Yemen		China PR	1–0	Uzbekistan
11	2004	Japan		China PR	1–0	North Korea		Qatar	2–1	Iran
12	2006	Singapore		Japan	4–2 (aet)	North Korea		Tajikistan	3–3 (aet) (5–4 p)	Syria
Edition	Year	Host		Final				Losing semi-finalists 1
				Champions	Score	Runners-up
13	2008	Uzbekistan		Iran	2–1	South Korea		Japan and United Arab Emirates
14	2010	Uzbekistan		North Korea	2–0	Uzbekistan		Australia and Japan
15	2012	Iran		Uzbekistan	1–1 (3–1 p)	Japan		Iran and Iraq
16	2014	Thailand		North Korea	2–1	South Korea		Australia and Syria
17	2016	India		Iraq	0–0 (4–3 p)	Iran		Japan and North Korea
18	2018	Malaysia		Japan	1–0	Tajikistan		Australia and South Korea
192	2020	Bahrain		-	-	-		-
20	2023	Bahrain

Notes:

• a.e.t.: after extra time
• p: after penalty shoot-out
• ¹ No third place match was played.
• ² Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Successful national teams

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place	Semi-finalists	Total (Top 4)
Japan	3 (1994, 2006, 2018)	1 (2012)	1 (2000)	1 (1996)	3 (2008, 2010, 2016)	9
North Korea	2 (2010, 2014)	2 (2004, 2006)	-	2 (1986, 1992)	1 (2016)	7
South Korea	2 (1986, 2002)	2 (2008, 2014)	-	1 (1998)	1 (2018)	6
China PR	2 (1992, 2004)	-	3 (1988, 1990, 2002)	-	-	5
Saudi Arabia	2 (1985, 1988)	-	2 (1986, 1992)	-	-	4
Oman	2 (1996, 2000)	-	1 (1994)	-	-	3
Qatar	1 (1990)	5 (1985, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1998)	1 (2004)	-	-	7
Iran	1 (2008)	2 (2000, 2016)	-	1 (2004)	1 (2012)	5
Thailand	1 (1998)	1 (1996)	-	1 (1985)	-	3
Uzbekistan	1 (2012)	1 (2010)	-	1 (2002)	-	3
Iraq	1 (2016)	-	1 (1985)	1 (1988)	1 (2012)	4
Bahrain	-	1 (1988)	2 (1996, 1998)	1 (1994)	-	4
Tajikistan	-	1 (2018)	1 (2006)	-	-	2
United Arab Emirates	-	1 (1990)	-	-	1 (2008)	2
Yemen	-	1 (2002)	-	-	-	1
Syria	-	-	-	1 (2006)	1 (2014)	2
Indonesia	-	-	-	1 (1990)	-	1
Vietnam	-	-	-	1 (2000)	-	1
Australia	-	-	-	-	3 (2010, 2014, 2018)	3
Total (18 editions)	18	18	12	12	12	72

Note:

• Results as hosts in bold.