New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): The Final draw for the AFC U17 Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2026 and the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup China 2026 will likely be held on Thursday on the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in accordance with the All India Football Federation (AIFF).
For the twenty first version of the AFC U17 Asian Cup, 16 groups will likely be divided into 4 teams of 4 every. India had been one of many seven groups that secured their place within the event by way of the qualifiers, becoming a member of hosts Saudi Arabia and the eight different AFC representatives from the FIFA U17 World Cup Qatar 2025 that certified routinely.
India topped Group D forward of Iran, Lebanon, Palestine and Chinese Taipei within the qualifiers held in November 2025 to qualify for the AFC U17 Asian Cup for the tenth time of their historical past.
The event is scheduled to happen between May 5 and 22. The prime two groups from every group is not going to solely qualify for the quarter-finals but in addition ebook their locations within the FIFA U17 World Cup Qatar 2026.
For the AFC U17 Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2026 Final Draw, India are positioned in Pot 3 and will likely be drawn towards both Saudi Arabia, Korea Republic, Japan, or Uzbekistan from Pot 1, Tajikistan, Australia, Yemen, or Indonesia from Pot 2, and DPR Korea, United Arab Emirates, Qatar or Myanmar from Pot 4.
As hosts, Saudi Arabia will likely be designated as the highest seed and occupy place A1.
Pot allocations for the AFC U17 Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2026 Final Draw (Seedings in brackets):
Pot 1: Saudi Arabia, the Republic of Korea (1), Japan (2), Uzbekistan (3)Pot 2: Tajikistan (4), Australia (5), Yemen (6), Indonesia (7)Pot 3: Thailand (8), China PR (10), Vietnam (11), India (12)Pot 4: DPR Korea (13), United Arab Emirates (14), Qatar (15), Myanmar (16)
For the tenth version of the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup, 12 groups will likely be divided into three teams of 4 every. India had been one of many eight groups that secured their place within the event by way of the qualifiers, becoming a member of hosts China PR and the 4 AFC representatives on the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Morocco 2025 that certified routinely.
India topped Group G forward of Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan within the qualifiers held in October 2025 to qualify for the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup after 21 years.
The event is scheduled to happen between May 1 and 17. For the Final Draw, India are positioned in Pot 3, and will likely be drawn towards both China PR, DPR Korea, or Japan from Pot 1, Korea Republic, Thailand, or Australia from Pot 2, and Chinese Taipei, Myanmar, or Lebanon from Pot 4.
As hosts, China PR will likely be designated as the highest seed and occupy place A1.
The prime two sides from every group, together with the 2 finest third-placed groups, will progress to the quarter-finals. The 4 semi-finalists will qualify for the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Morocco 2026, the place DPR Korea are the present holders.
Pot allocations for the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup China 2026 Final Draw (Seedings in brackets):
Pot 1: China PR, DPR Korea (1), Japan (2)Pot 2: Korea Republic (3), Thailand (5), Australia (6),Pot 3: Philippines (7), Vietnam (8), India (9)Pot 4: Chinese Taipei (10), Myanmar (11), Lebanon (12)
For the pot allocations for the Final Draw for each AFC U17 Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2026 and AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup China 2026, the seedings are based mostly on a factors system derived from the groups’ closing rankings throughout the earlier three editions of the Finals, with the factors from every version weighted progressively as follows: 100% of rating factors for the newest version (2025 for males’s and 2024 for ladies’s), 50% of rating factors for the second-last version (2023 for males’s and 2019 for ladies’s) and 25% of rating factors for the third-last version (2018 for males’s and 2017 for ladies’s). (ANI)