2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
| ฟุตบอลหญิงชิงชนะเลิศแห่งเอเชีย รุ่นอายุไม่เกิน 16 ปี 2017 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |
 Thailand
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| City | Chonburi |
| Dates | 10–23 September 2017 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
The 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship will the 7th edition of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-16 national teams of Asia. The tournament will be held in Thailand between 10–23 September 2017, with a total of eight teams competing.
The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the AFC representatives.
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016. Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2015 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining four spots (Thailand also participated in qualifying despite already qualified as hosts). The qualifiers were held from 25 August to 5 September 2016.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
Notes:
The tournament will be held in Chonburi, at the Chonburi Stadium and the Institute of Physical Education Chonburi Campus Stadium.
The draw was held on 28 April 2017, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.
Players born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players.
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
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