2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

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The 2022 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup was originally to be held as the 9th edition of the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and AFC U-16 Women's Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-17 national teams of Asia, before being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Starting from the 2022 edition, the AFC agreed to the proposal for switching the tournament from under-16 to under-17.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/news/afcsection/afc-women-s-football-committee-approves-afc-women-s-club-championship|title=AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC Women's Club Championship|publisher=AFC|date=27 September 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://thewomensgame.com/news/junior-young-matildas-championships-to-change-531688|title=Junior, Young Matildas Championships to change|publisher=thewomensgame.com|date=1 October 2019}} Moreover, the tournament was also rebranded from the "AFC U-16 Women's Championship" to the "AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup".{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-beach-soccer-championship/latest/news/afc-rebrands-age-group-championships-to-afc-asian-cups|title=AFC rebrands age group championships to AFC Asian Cups|publisher=AFC|date=2 October 2020}} It was scheduled to be held in Indonesia between 9–22 May 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/news/afcsection/afc-executive-committee-reiterates-commitment-to-deliver-2021-competitions|title=AFC Executive Committee reiterates commitment to deliver 2021 competitions|publisher=AFC|date=7 April 2021|access-date=7 April 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/documents/afc-competitions-calendar-2022|title=AFC Competitions Calendar 2022|publisher=AFC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717100139/https://www.the-afc.com/documents/afc-competitions-calendar-2022|archive-date=17 July 2020|url-status=dead}} A total of eight teams were to compete in the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/documents/afc-u17-women-s-asian-cup-2022-competition-regulations|title=AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup 2022 Competition Regulations|publisher=AFC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116170500/https://www.the-afc.com/documents/afc-u17-women-s-asian-cup-2022-competition-regulations|archive-date=16 November 2020|url-status=live}}

The AFC announced the cancellation of the tournament on 5 July 2021, leaving the hosting rights for the 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup also to Indonesia.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/news/afcsection/latest-update-on-the-afc-national-team-competitions-in-2021-and-2022|title=Latest update on the AFC National Team Competitions in 2021 and 2022|website=the-afc.com|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=5 July 2021}} Japan were to be the defending champions.

In addition to India (as hosts), the top two teams of the tournament were to qualify for the 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India, prior to that tournament's own cancellation.{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/who-we-are/news/update-on-fifa-club-world-cup-2020-and-women-s-youth-tournaments|title=Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|website=FIFA.com|access-date=24 December 2020|date=17 November 2020}} These same three teams - India (as hosts), Japan and North Korea - qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/about_afc/committees/news/afc_women%E2%80%99s_football_committee_hails_the_successful_restart_of_the_asian_women%E2%80%99s_game.html|title=AFC Women's Football Committee hails the successful restart of the Asian women's game|website=the-afc.com|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=14 October 2021}} However, the AFC subsequently announced that China PR would replace North Korea as one of the AFC's representatives.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/en/national/fifa_u-20_womens_world_cup/news/asia%E2%80%99s_representatives_at_fifa_women%E2%80%99s_competitions_confirmed.html|title=Asia's representatives at FIFA women's competitions confirmed|website=the-afc.com|publisher=Asian Football Confederation|date=16 March 2022}}