The 2026 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup will be the 12th edition of the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-20 Women's Championship and 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.
[1] For the first time, total of twelve teams will compete in the tournament,[2] in another first there will be no third place playoff.
[3] The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as the AFC representatives.
In a further change from previous editions, there will be only a single round of qualifying, scheduled to take place between 2–10 August 2025.
The following three teams from AFC qualify for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Poland.