AFC names teams for U17 and U20 Women’s World Cups, Asian Cup 2022 on track


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October 15 – With the global pandemic having decimated the global Women’s competition calendar in 2020 and seen the cancellation of both FIFA U17 and U20 age-group tournaments, the AFC Women’s Football Committee has rolled forward teams from its 2019 competitions to represent the confederation in the rearranged 2022 finals. That means Japan and DPR Korea join hosts India as the AFC’s three representatives in the upcoming FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup scheduled to take place from October 11 to 30, 2022 (they qualified via AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Thailand 2019). Japan, DPR Korea and Korea Republic will be Asia’s...