AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup 2026: India draws with Japan, Australia and Chinese Taipei – The Away End

India were drawn in Group C of the AFC U-20 Women’s Asian Cup Thailand 2026 along with Japan, Australia and Chinese Taipei in the final draw held on Monday, November 10, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand.

After qualifying for the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup after two decades, the Young Tigresses start their campaign against Japan, followed by Australia and Chinese Taipei.

Japan, runners-up in 2024, is a record six-time champions of the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup and also FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup champions in 2018 and runners-up in 2024. Australia finished the 2024 edition in third place, while Chinese Taipei were eliminated in the group stage.

In Group A, host country Thailand played together with China PR, Vietnam and Bangladesh. Group B consists of North Korea, South Korea, Uzbekistan and Jordan.

The AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup Thailand 2026 will be hosted at three venues: Rajamangala National Stadium (Bangkok), Thammasat Stadium (Pathum Thani) and Pathum Thani Stadium (Pathum Thani).

For the pot allocations for the Final draw, the placings were based on a points system derived from the teams’ final rankings over the previous three editions of the Final, with the points from each edition progressively weighted as follows: 100% of the ranking points for the last edition (2024), 50% of the ranking points for the penultimate edition (2019) and 25% of the ranking points for the third-to-last edition (2017).

India, who did not qualify for any of the last three editions, were placed in Pot 4 before the draw.

The top two teams from each group, together with the two best third-placed teams, will advance to the quarter-finals. The four semi-finalists will qualify for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Poland 2026, where DPR Korea are the current holders.

AFC U20 WOMEN ASIAN CUP THAILAND 2026 LATEST RESULTS

Group A: Thailand, China PR, Vietnam, Bangladesh
Group B: DPR Korea, South Korea, Uzbekistan, Jordan
Group C: Japan, Australia, Chinese Taipei, India

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