Changes: 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

Latest revision as of 14:28, 11 May 2021

The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification will be the qualification tournament for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.

A total of twelve teams will qualify to play in the final tournament in India. The host country India and the top three teams of the previous tournament in 2018 will qualify automatically, while the other eight teams will be decided by qualification, with the matches scheduled to be played between 13–25 September 2021 in a centralised venue.

This tournament will also serve as the first stage of Asian qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, where five teams from the Women's Asian Cup qualify directly for the World Cup (plus co-hosts Australia), and two teams qualify for a 10-team playoff tournament.

Draw

Northern Mariana Islands, whose association became the 47th full AFC member during the confederation's 30th Congress on 9 December 2020, are eligible to enter the qualification tournament, but are not FIFA members and would not be eligible to participate in the FIFA Women's World Cup.

The draw was scheduled to be held on 27 May 2021, 15:30 MST (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, however it was announced on 11 May 2021 that the draw had been cancelled and will be rearranged in due course due to a rise in COVID cases in India as the AFC may look for an alternative venue.

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in AFC Women's Asian Cup¹
India	Hosts	5 June 2020	8 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003)
Japan	2018 champions	28 January 2021	16 (1977, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2018)
Australia	2018 runners-up	28 January 2021	7 (1975, 1979, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2018)
China PR	2018 third place	28 January 2021	14 (1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, *1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010*, 2014, 2018)
TBD		September 2021
TBD		September 2021
TBD		September 2021
TBD		September 2021
TBD		September 2021
TBD		September 2021
TBD		September 2021
TBD		September 2021

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

External links

AFC Women's Asian Cup, the-AFC.com

AFC Women's Asian Cup
Tournaments
Hong Kong 1975 · Republic of China 1977 · India 1980 · Hong Kong 1981 · Thailand 1983 · Hong Kong 1986 · Hong Kong 1989 · Japan 1991 · Malaysia 1993 · Malaysia 1995 · China 1997 · Philippines 1999 · Chinese Taipei 2001 · Thailand 2003 · Australia 2006 · Vietnam 2008 · China 2010 · Vietnam 2014 · Jordan 2018 · India 2022
Qualification
2006 · 2008 · 2010 · 2014 · 2018 · 2022

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
AFC
2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup (Qualification)
CAF
2022 Africa Women Cup of Nations (Qualification)
CONCACAF
2022 CONCACAF Women's Championship (Qualification)
CONMEBOL
2022 Copa América Femenina
OFC
2022 OFC Women's Nations Cup (Qualification)
UEFA
UEFA qualification (Group A, Group B, Group C, Group D, Group E, Group F, Group G, Group H, Group I, Play-offs)
Play-offs
Inter-confederation play-offs

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 [[Northern Mariana Islands]], whose [[Northern Mariana Islands Football Association|association]] became the 47th full AFC member during the confederation's 30th Congress on 9 December 2020, are eligible to enter the qualification tournament, but are not FIFA members and would not be eligible to participate in the FIFA Women's World Cup.
-The draw will be held on 27 May 2021, 15:30 [[Time in Malaysia|MST]] ([[UTC+08:00|UTC+8]]), at the AFC House in [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Malaysia]].
+The draw was scheduled to be held on 27 May 2021, 15:30 MST ([[UTC+08:00|UTC+8]]), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, [[Malaysia]], however it was announced on 11 May 2021 that the draw had been cancelled and will be rearranged in due course due to a rise in COVID cases in India as the [[AFC]] may look for an alternative venue.
 ==Qualified teams==