A total of eight teams qualify to play in the final tournament held in Thailand,[1] four of which are decided by qualification.

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 30 teams entered the competition, with Japan, North Korea, and China PR, automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top three teams of the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship and thus not participating in qualification.

[2] The draw for the first round of the qualifiers was held on 30 May 2018, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification.

The draw for the second round of the qualifiers was held on 13 February 2019, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.