The 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup will be the 20th edition of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-17 national teams of Asia.
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| Host country | Saudi Arabia |
| Dates | 3–20 April |
| Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | TBD |
On 24 May 2024, the AFC announced that Saudi Arabia would host the tournament.[1]
A total of 16 teams will play in the tournament. The top eight teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the AFC representatives besides Qatar who qualified automatically as the host.[2]
Qualification
editQualification matches will be played in October 2024.
Qualified teams
editA 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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 Saudi Arabia | Hosts | 12th | Champions (1985, 1988) |
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
editThe following teams from AFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup; Qatar qualified automatically as host.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1 |
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 Qatar | 14 March 2024 | 7 (1985, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2005) |
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- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.