2022 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

The 2022 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup was originally to be held as the 11th edition of the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-20 national teams of Asia, before being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2022 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host countryUzbekistan
DatesCancelled (originally 4–17 April 2022)
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)

Starting from the 2022 edition, the AFC agreed to the proposal for switching the tournament from under-19 to under-20. Moreover, the tournament was also rebranded from the "AFC U-19 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup". It was scheduled to be held in Uzbekistan between 4–17 April 2022. A total of eight teams were to compete in the tournament.

The AFC announced the cancellation of the tournament on 5 July 2021, leaving the hosting rights for the 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup with Uzbekistan.

The top three teams of the tournament were to qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica as the AFC representatives. These same three teams - Japan, South Korea and North Korea - qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. However, the AFC subsequently announced that Australia would replace North Korea as one of the AFC's representatives.

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