en 2029 AFC Women%27s Asian Cup

The 2029 AFC Women's Asian Cup will be the 22nd 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 the first edition of the tournament to not be held in the year before the FIFA Women's World Cup since 2003, nor as the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Uzbekistan was officially ratified as the host nation by the AFC Women's Football Committee on 15 May 2024.^[1]

Host selection

Uzbekistan was selected as the host nation by the AFC Women's Football Committee on 15 March 2024 as sole bidders.^[2]

Uzbekistan – The country previously had never hosted a major women's football tournament, though it has played in the women's Asian Cup five times. The country has hosted various men's and women's youth competitions, such as the 2008 and 2010 AFC U-16 Championships, the 2022 AFC U-23 Asian Cup, the 2023 AFC U-20 Asian Cup and the 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup.

The host country Uzbekistan qualified automatically. The remaining 11 teams will be decided by qualification matches to be played in 2028.

The following twelve teams qualified for the tournament:

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	FIFA Ranking	Previous best performance
Uzbekistan	Hosts	15 May 2024	6th	2003	TBD	Group stage (1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003)