2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification will be the qualification tournament for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[2]

2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
Tournament details
Dates13–25 September 2021[1]
TeamsTBD (from 1 confederation)

A total of twelve teams will qualify to play in the final tournament in India.[3] 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.[4]

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.[5]

Draw

India might not participate in this tournament since they have already qualified as hosts for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[3]

Qualified teams

The following 12 teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in AFC Women's Asian Cup1
 IndiaHosts5 June 2020[3]8 (1979, 1981, 1983, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003)
 Japan2018 champions28 January 202117 (2003, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
 Australia2018 runners-up28 January 20216 (2010, 2014, 2018)
 China PR2018 third place28 January 202115 (1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018)
TBDSeptember 2021
TBDSeptember 2021
TBDSeptember 2021
TBDSeptember 2021
TBDSeptember 2021
TBDSeptember 2021
TBDSeptember 2021
TBDSeptember 2021
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References
  1. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2021". AFC. 25 September 2020.
  2. "AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 Competition Regulations". AFC.
  3. "India to host AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 finals". All India Football Federation. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. "Dates for expanded AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022™ confirmed". AFC. 28 January 2021.
  5. "Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions". FIFA. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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