The final cast of the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup™ Uzbekistan 2024 will discover their Group Stage opponents on Friday, December 15, 6pm (AEDT) during the official Final Draw ceremony at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.
Eight teams will feature at the 11th edition of the tournament, which is set to be hosted by Uzbekistan for the first time and scheduled to run from March 3 to 16, 2024.
The CommBank Young Matildas will learn their opponents for next year's tournament.
As the Host Association, Uzbekistan will be seeded first for the draw, with the remaining teams ranked by their performances at the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship Thailand 2019. The teams will be divided equally into two groups to contest a single-round league format, with the top two finishers in each group qualifying to the Semi-finals. The seedings are as follow:
Pot 1 (Ranked 1st and 2nd): Uzbekistan, Japan
Pot 2 (3rd and 4th): DPR Korea, Korea Republic
Pot 3 (5th and 6th): Australia, China PR
Pot 4 (7th and 8th): Vietnam, Chinese Taipei
The top four teams at the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup™ Uzbekistan 2024 will qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2024, which is slated to begin on August 31, 2024, in Colombia.