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
			Champions	Score	Runners-up
1	1985	Qatar	Saudi Arabia	0–0 (aet) (4–3 p)	Qatar
2	1986	Qatar	South Korea	0–0 (5–4 p)	Qatar
3	1988	Thailand	Saudi Arabia	2–0	Bahrain
4	1990	United Arab Emirates	Qatar	2–0	United Arab Emirates
5	1992	Saudi Arabia	China	2–2 (aet) (8–7 p)	Qatar
6	1994	Qatar	Japan	1–0 (aet)	Qatar
7	1996	Thailand	Oman	1–0	Thailand
8	1998	Qatar	Thailand	1–1 (aet) (3–2 p)	Qatar
9	2000	Vietnam	Oman	1–0	Iran
10	2002	United Arab Emirates	South Korea	1–1 (5–3 p)	Yemen
11	2004	Japan	China	1–0	North Korea
12	2006	Singapore	Japan	4–2 (aet)	North Korea
13	2008	Uzbekistan	Iran	2–1	South Korea
14	2010	Uzbekistan	North Korea	2–0	Uzbekistan
15	2012	Iran	Uzbekistan	1–1 (3–1 p)	Japan
16	2014	Thailand	North Korea	2–1	South Korea
17	2016	India	Iraq	0–0 (4–3 p)	Iran
18	2018	Malaysia	Japan	1–0	Tajikistan
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	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.