The AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, founded as the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and later the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, before changing to its current name after the 2019 edition,[1] is a biennial women's football tournament for youth teams organised by the Asian Football Confederation.

It further serves as the qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

The AFC agreed to the proposal for switching the tournament from under-16 to under-17 starting from 2022.

With only 11 teams entering in the inaugural year, there was no qualification held.

[5] In 2009 twelve teams entered and thus for a first time a qualifying round was held.