2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
| 2017亚足联U19女子锦标赛 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country |
 China
|
| City | Nanjing |
| Dates | 15–28 October 2017 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship will be the 9th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament will be held in China for the third consecutive edition between 15–28 October 2017, with a total of eight teams competing.
The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France 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. The qualifiers were held from 27 October to 6 November 2016, with Group C postponed to 20–24 December 2016 due to the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
The tournament will be held in Nanjing, at the Jiangning Sports Center and the Jiangsu Training Base Stadium.
The draw was held on 28 April 2017, 16:00 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-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts China automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.
Players born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2001 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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