2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |
 Jordan
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| Dates | 7–22 April 2018 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
The 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup will be the 19th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women's national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It will be held in Jordan between 7–22 April 2018.
The tournament will serve as the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the top five teams qualifying for the World Cup.
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 21 January 2017. The top three finishers of the last AFC Women's Cup qualified automatically and did not have to enter qualifying, while Jordan also qualified automatically as hosts but decided to also participate in the qualifying competition. The matches were played from 3 to 12 April 2017.
The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.
Notes:
To be announced.
Each team can register a maximum of 23 players.
The final draw will be in December 2017. The eight teams will be drawn into two groups of four teams.
To be announced.
The top two teams of each group qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup as well as advance to the semi-finals. The third-placed team of each group enter the fifth-placed match.
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):
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