The AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2024™ & AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup Indonesia 2024™ Qualifying Round 1 draw took place last night in Kuala Lumpur, with Australia learning their qualification path for both tournaments.
Our CommBank Young Matildas & CommBank Junior Matildas will travel to the Kyrgyz Republic and Mongolia in their quest to advance to the next round of qualifying for the AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup & AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup, respectively.
Australia was placed into Pot 1 in both draws and goes into the first round of qualifying as the top-seeded nation for both age groups.
AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2024™ Qualifiers
Returning to the global stage for the first time since 2019, the age-group tournament is set to shift from its erstwhile identity of a U-19 competition and will be played in a U-20 format.
Round 1 of the Qualifiers is set to occur between March 4 and 12, with Australia travelling to the Kyrgyz Republic to play for a spot in Round 2.
The eight group winners will progress to Round 2, which will be played from June 3 to 11, 2023 where the four best sides will earn a spot in the Finals.
Leah Blayney's side has been drawn alongside hosts Kyrgyz Republic, Guam and Iraq. Kick-off times for all three group stage games will be confirmed closer to the start of qualifying.
AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2024™ Round 1 Qualifiers - Group C
Australia v Iraq
Date: 4 March 2023
Time: TBD
Guam v Australia
Date: 8 March 2023
Time: TBD
Australia v Kyrgyz Republic
Date: 12 March 2023
Time: TBD
AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup Indonesia 2024™ Qualifiers
The competition kicks off with the teams competing in eight groups in Round 1 from April 22 to 30, 2023. The eight Round 1 group winners will then play the Round 2 Qualifiers in two groups from September 16 to 24, 2023.
Australia will travel to Mongolia in their quest to advance to the next round of qualification.
Four teams from Round 2 will advance to the Finals, which are scheduled to be held in Indonesia from April 7 to 20, 2024. They will be joined by the top three teams from the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Thailand 2019 as well as hosts Indonesia, who will participate in the Qualifiers but will remain unranked during the draw.
Rae Dower's side has been drawn alongside hosts Mongolia, Chinese Taipei and Bhutan in Group B. Kick-off times for all three group stage games will be confirmed closer to the start of qualifying.
AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2024™ Round 1 Qualifiers - Group C
Australia v Bhutan
Date: 22 April 2023
Time: TBD
Mongolia v Australia
Date: 26 April 2023
Time: TBD
Australia v Chinese Taipei
Date: 30 April 2023
Time: TBD
