Australia are the host. Australia, China, Japan & South Korea received automatic qualification to the tournament. 33 AFC teams have entered the qualifiers. the draw will be held March 21. https://www.the-afc.com/en/national...sian-cup-australia-2026™-qualifiers-confirmed The 33 teams that have submitted their interest and are poised to participate in the qualifiers are: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Chinese Taipei, DPR Korea, Guam, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Palestine, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. Did not enter: Pakistan, Syria, Macau, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Qatar.
Schedule semi-final 1 in Perth, semi-final 2 in Sydney final in Sydney. Wow... the winner of SF1 will need to take 5h flight (over 3500km) to get to the final while winner of SF2 don't need to travel.
Only nine teams did not enter(Syria, Macau, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Qatar, Brunei, Oman, Yemen, Northern Mariana Islands). Fairly nice turnout if nobody withdraws.
2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification starts today in group B Only 8 group winners advance to the final tournament. AUSTRALIA (host), JAPAN, KOREA REPUBLIC, CHINA PR already qualified (bye) *group A host is Qatar. Group B livestreams supposedly HERE (youtube) or HERE (facebook)
AFC Women's Asian Cup QualifyingResults Group B Match 2 pic.twitter.com/nLB4WZUgsJ— Wosoworld (@karlyboy71) June 26, 2025
If only our shitty federation would actually consider seriously investing in the women's team. What the AIFF has done to both men's and women's football in this country is absolutely criminal. The Indian men are anyways hopeless, at least on the women's side our comparatively okay women's rights situation should have been an advantage over the Irans and Bahrains and Saudis of the world... It's not as though the Philippines or Vietnam or Thailand are some great, historic footballing powerhouses, if they have been able to qualify for WWCs, why not India? (Of course I think some of those also benefited from dual nats, if only India allowed it) Even a modest investment could probably make us semi-competitive on the women's side and give us a serious chance of qualifying for WWCs from the AFC. Alas, I can sooner even see the Israel-Palestine conflict getting resolved than the AIFF ever getting its act together...
Iraq's win 5-2 against Mongolia marks first ever win for the Iraq team in 15 years history of this team. Today Iraq plays against group hosts Thailand
Congratulations! India has qualified for the AFC Women's Asian Cup after defeating higher seed Thailand in the final match of their group.
Cool . Just saw the result. Was really not expecting it. Qualifying for the Asian Cup on merit ahead of a former WWC participant is a great achievement for this team.
Tough group for the hosts Australia and cakewalk for Japan, with a highway to the SF. All four semi-finalist qualify directly for WWC 2027 in Brazil. Four losers from quarter-finals will play in for: 2 direct tickets (winners) 2 inter-confederation play-off tickets (losers)
Single-Match Tickets on sale from 5th September (exclusive to Visa cardholders) and 11th September (on sale to all accepted payment methods) https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/womensasiancup2026
Quite interesting that 6 out of 12 qualify for the WWC directly. Making it to the finals really gives very good odds to qualify.
Japan team announcement is Thursday 12th Feb (12:00 local) so I guess AFC will publish lists maybe Friday or Monday?
AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026 Match Predictor*** (game with prizes) LECHUS BIGSOCCER LEAGUE code: MGQSMNIH AFC Women's Asian Cup 2026 Match PredictorLeague Code: MGQSMNIHhttps://t.co/cXg8xmXyeH— Rob Mikalski (@Lechus79) February 20, 2026 It's a pity that there are no results - only which team will win the match and which will score the first goal. ***(account registration on the AFC website required)