AFC U17 Asian Cup
Set to take place at 3pm, the ceremony will split the 35 participating teams into seven groups of five to contest a single round-robin centralised league for the qualifying rounds that run from November 8 to 20, 2026.
Only the seven group winners from the Qualifiers will progress to next year’s Finals—both into their 22nd editions—and join the nine AFC representatives from the FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2026 who have automatically qualified, namely Australia, China PR, Japan, Korea Republic, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
Thirteen teams are aiming to make their Finals debut: Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Lebanon, Maldives, Mongolia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palestine, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Macau, China.
The cast has been seeded into five pots and an additional Hosts Pot for the draw based on a points system derived from their final rankings across the most recent three editions, as follows:
Pot 1: Yemen (Rank: 1), Indonesia (3), India (5), Islamic Republic of Iran (7)
Pot 2: Iraq (9), Bangladesh (10), Turkmenistan (11), Kuwait (13)
Pot 3: Afghanistan (15), Syria (16), Bahrain (17), Jordan (18), Hong Kong, China (20), Palestine (21)
Pot 4: Pakistan (22), Mongolia (23), Singapore (24), Lebanon (25), Philippines (26), Chinese Taipei (27), Bhutan (28),
Pot 5: Cambodia (29), Macau, China (30), Brunei Darussalam (31), Northern Mariana Islands (32), Maldives (33), Sri Lanka (34), Guam (35)
Hosts Pot: Thailand (2; Pot 1), United Arab Emirates (4; 1), Oman (6; 1), Malaysia (8; 2), Myanmar (12; 2), Laos (14; 2), Kyrgyz Republic (19; 3)
The AFC U17 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2027™ is scheduled to commence in May 2027.
Tune in to the Qualifiers Draw on Thursday, August 27, 2026 at 3pm here!
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