2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

The 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-16 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Thailand between 15 and 28 September 2019,[1] with a total of eight teams competing.

2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
ฟุตบอลหญิงชิงชนะเลิศแห่งเอเชีย รุ่นอายุไม่เกิน 16 ปี 2019
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates15–28 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (4th title)
Runners-up North Korea
Third place China
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored63 (3.94 per match)
Attendance2,689 (168 per match)
Top scorer(s)Japan Maika Hamano (5 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Hanon Nishio
Fair play award North Korea

The top two teams of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in India as the AFC representatives, besides India who would have automatically qualified as hosts.[2] However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.[3]

This edition was the last to be played as an under-16 tournament, as the AFC have agreed to the proposal for switching the tournament from under-16 to under-17 starting from 2022.[4]

North Korea were the defending champions, but were defeated 2–1 in the final by Japan.

Qualification
Main article: 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification

Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament: the hosts and the top three of 2017. The other four spots were determined by the qualifying stage.

A total of 30 teams entered the qualifying stage. Due to the increased number of teams, two qualification rounds were scheduled for the first time. The first round was scheduled for 15–23 September 2018,[5] and the second round was scheduled for 23 February – 3 March 2019.[6]

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the tournament.

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 ThailandHosts8thThird place (2005)
 North Korea2017 champions7thChampions (2007, 2015, 2017)
 South Korea2017 runners-up8thChampions (2009)
 Japan2017 third place8thChampions (2005, 2011, 2013)
 AustraliaSecond round Group A winners6thFourth place (2009)
 VietnamSecond round Group A runners-up1stDebut
 ChinaSecond round Group B winners8thRunners-up (2005)
 BangladeshSecond round Group B runners-up3rdGroup stage (2005, 2017)

Venues

The matches are played at two venues, both at the Mueang Chonburi District in Chonburi Province.

Draw

The draw was held on 23 May 2019, 15:30 ICT (UTC+7), at the Oakwood Hotel in Chonburi, Thailand.[7][8] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 16 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 24.1 and 24.2).[10]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

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 9.3):[10]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, ICT (UTC+7).

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 15–16 September 2019 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2 18–19 September 2019 4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3 21–22 September 2019 1 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 2 1 0 17 0 +17 7 Knockout stage
2  Australia 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5
3  Thailand (H) 3 1 0 2 2 14 −12 3
4  Bangladesh 3 0 1 2 2 12 −10 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Japan 0–0 Australia
Report
Attendance: 223
Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)
Thailand 1–0 Bangladesh
  • Thawanrat 59'
 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
Bangladesh 0–9 Japan
Report
  • Hayashi 2'
  • Hamano 6', 23'
  • Ota 17'
  • Nebu 43', 51'
  • Hiranaka 49'
  • Tanno 60', 61'
Attendance: 165
Referee: Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran)
Australia 6–1 Thailand
  • Jancevski 5', 45+1'
  • Lowry 27', 45+3'
  • Beaumont 51', 59'
 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Bùi Thị Thu Trang (Vietnam)
Thailand 0–8 Japan
Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
Australia 2–2 Bangladesh
  • Mihocic 77'
  • Zois 80'
 Report
Attendance: 172
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 3 3 0 0 17 0 +17 9 Knockout stage
2  China 3 2 0 1 3 4 −1 6
3  South Korea 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Vietnam 3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
North Korea 10–0 Vietnam
  • Kim Chung-mi 8'
  • Sin Pom-hyang 44' (pen.), 90+2'
  • Myong Yu-jong 51', 85'
  • Kim Hye-yong 55'
  • Hong Song-ok 57'
  • Ham Ju-hyang 67'
  • Kim Kye-jong 71', 78'
 Report
Attendance: 105
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
South Korea 0–2 China
Report
  • Zou Mengyao 66'
  • Shao Ziqin 75' (pen.)
Attendance: 80
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
China 0–4 North Korea
Report
  • Kim Chung-mi 27'
  • Myong Yu-jong 36'
  • Sin Pom-hyang 60'
  • Hong Song-ok 83'
Attendance: 119
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
Vietnam 0–3 South Korea
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Asmita Manandhar (Nepal)
North Korea 3–0 South Korea
 Report
Attendance: 80
Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)
China 1–0 Vietnam
  • Shao Ziqin 81'
 Report
Attendance: 83
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out (no extra time) was used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 12.1 and 12.2).[10]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 September – IPE Chonburi
 
 
 Japan2
 
28 September – Chonburi
 
 China0
 
 Japan2
 
25 September – IPE Chonburi
 
 North Korea1
 
 North Korea3
 
 
 Australia0
 
Third place match
 
 
28 September – Chonburi
 
 
 China2
 
 
 Australia1

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

North Korea 3–0 Australia
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
Japan 2–0 China
 Report
Attendance: 152
Referee: Bùi Thị Thu Trang (Vietnam)

Third place match
China 2–1 Australia
  • Shi Xiaomin 78'
  • Zou Mengyao 82'
 Report
Attendance: 180
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

Final
Japan 2–1 North Korea
 Report
  • Hong Song-ok 9' (pen.)
Attendance: 280
Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)

Winners
 Winner 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship 

Japan
Fourth title

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Top Goalscorer[11] Most Valuable Player[11] Fair Play award[11]
Japan Maika Hamano Japan Hanon Nishio  North Korea

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from AFC would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup before the tournament was cancelled.

All three teams qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, including India who qualified automatically as host.[12] On 16 March 2022, the AFC announced that China PR would replace North Korea as the AFC's representatives at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[13] On 16 August 2022, it was announced that the All India Football Federation, or AIFF, was suspended by FIFA due to undue influence from third parties. As a result, the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was stripped from India, as FIFA planned to assess the next steps when it came to hosting the tournament.[14] On 27 August, FIFA lifted the suspension, thus giving back the hosting rights to India.[15]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
 India15 March 2019[16]0 (debut)
 Japan25 September 2019[17]6 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
 China16 March 20222 (2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 63 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

  • Australia Hana Lowry
  • Japan Hanon Nishio
  • Japan Ririka Tanno
  • North Korea Sin Pom-hyang

2 goals

  • Australia Georgia Beaumont
  • Australia Alana Jancevski
  • Bangladesh Tohura Khatun
  • China Shao Ziqin
  • China Zou Mengyao
  • Japan Suzu Amano
  • Japan Manaka Hayashi
  • Japan Momoko Nebu
  • North Korea Kim Chung-mi
  • North Korea Kim Kye-jong

1 goal

  • Australia Claudia Mihocic
  • Australia Paige Zois
  • China Shi Xiaomin
  • Japan Kyono Hiranaka
  • Japan Yuko Inose
  • Japan Moe Ota
  • Japan Aemu Oyama
  • North Korea Ham Ju-hyang
  • North Korea Kim Pom-i
  • South Korea Hwang Ah-yun
  • South Korea Jang Jin-yeong
  • Thailand Janista Jinantuya
  • Thailand Thawanrat Promthongmee

1 own goal

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