The 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification will be an international men's under-17 football competition which will be held to decide the participating teams of the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup.[1]
Draw
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 44 teams will enter the competition. Saudi Arabia as host of the final tournament will not participate.[2]
The draw was held on 13 June 2024 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia at 14:00 (GMT+08:00).
The 43 teams will be 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.[citation needed]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 |
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- Notes
- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
- (H): Qualification group hosts
Player eligibility
Players born on or after 1 January 2008 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[3]
Format
In each group, teams will play each other once at a centralised venue. The ten group winners and the six best runners-up will qualify for the final tournament.[citation needed]
Tiebreakers
Teams will be ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):[3]
- 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 are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are 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 are 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.
Groups
The matches will be played between 19 and 27 October 2024.
— | Group A-C | Group D-J | ||
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Date | Matches | Date | Matches | |
Matchday 1 | 19 October 2024 | 3 v 2 5 v 4 |
23 October 2024 | 1 v 4 2 v 3 |
Matchday 2 | 21 October 2024 | 4 v 1 5 v 3 |
25 October 2024 | 4 v 2 3 v 1 |
Matchday 3 | 23 October 2024 | 1 v 5 2 v 4 |
27 October 2024 | 1 v 2 3 v 4 |
Matchday 4 | 25 October 2024 | 2 v 5 3 v 1 |
— | |
Matchday 5 | 27 October 2024 | 4 v 3 1 v 2 |
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible final tournament[a] |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ The five best runners-up across all groups qualify for the final tournament.
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible final tournament[a] |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ The five best runners-up across all groups qualify for the final tournament.
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible final tournament[a] |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ The five best runners-up across all groups qualify for the final tournament.
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible final tournament[a] |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ The five best runners-up across all groups qualify for the final tournament.
Group E
- All matches will be held in Taiwan (Chinese Taipei).
- Times listed are UTC+8.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible final tournament[a] |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ The five best runners-up across all groups qualify for the final tournament.
Group F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible final tournament[a] |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ The five best runners-up across all groups qualify for the final tournament.
Group G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible final tournament[a] |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ The five best runners-up across all groups qualify for the final tournament.
Group H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible final tournament[a] |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ The five best runners-up across all groups qualify for the final tournament.
Group I
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible final tournament[a] |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ The five best runners-up across all groups qualify for the final tournament.
Group J
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible final tournament[a] |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:
- ^ The five best runners-up across all groups qualify for the final tournament.
Ranking of second-placed teams
Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fifth-placed teams in five-team groups will not be considered for this ranking.
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Final tournament |
2 | B | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | C | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | D | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | E | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | F | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | G | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | H | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | I | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | J | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.
Qualified teams
A total of 16 teams including hosts Saudi Arabia will qualify for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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Hosts | 12th | Champions (1985, 1988) |
TBD | Group A winners | ||
TBD | Group B winners | ||
TBD | Group C winners | ||
TBD | Group D winners | ||
TBD | Group E winners | ||
TBD | Group F winners | ||
TBD | Group G winners | ||
TBD | Group H winners | ||
TBD | Group I winners | ||
TBD | Group J winners | ||
TBD | Best runners-up | ||
TBD | 2nd best runners-up | ||
TBD | 3rd best runners-up | ||
TBD | 4th best runners-up | ||
TBD | 5th best runners-up |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
See also
Notes
References
- ^ a b "AFC Competitions Calendar (Jul 2024 - Jun 2025)" (PDF). AFC. 15 May 2024.
- ^ "U17亚洲杯6月13日抽签,中国国少预选赛东道主+种子身份出战" (in Chinese). Dongqiudi. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ a b "AFC U17 Asian Cup™ 2025 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
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