2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

The 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 7th 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 10–23 September 2017,[2] with a total of eight teams competing.

2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
ฟุตบอลหญิงชิงชนะเลิศแห่งเอเชีย รุ่นอายุไม่เกิน 16 ปี 2017
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates10–23 September 2017[1]
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions North Korea (3rd title)
Runners-up South Korea
Third place Japan
Fourth place China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored69 (4.31 per match)
Attendance6,276 (392 per match)
Top scorer(s) Kim Kyong-yong (9 goals)
Best player(s) Kim Kyong-yong
Fair play award Japan

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the AFC representatives.[3]

Qualification
Main article: 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016.[4] Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2015 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining four spots (Thailand also participated in qualifying despite already qualified as hosts). The qualifiers were held from 25 August to 5 September 2016.[5]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[6]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 North Korea2015 champions6thChampions (2007, 2015)
 Japan2015 runners-up7thChampions (2005, 2011, 2013)
 China PR2015 third place7thRunners-up (2005)
 Thailand2015 fourth place / Hosts7thThird place (2005)
 LaosGroup A runners-up[note 1]1stDebut
 South KoreaGroup B winners7thChampions (2009)
 BangladeshGroup C winners2ndGroup stage (2005)
 AustraliaGroup D winners5thFourth place (2009)

Notes:

  1. Since the Group A winners Thailand already automatically qualified for the final tournament as hosts, Laos also qualified for the final tournament as runners-up.

Venues

The tournament was held in Chonburi, Chonburi Province, at the Chonburi Stadium and the IPE Chonburi Stadium.

Draw

The draw was held on 28 April 2017, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams.[8] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2015 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
  1.  Bangladesh
  2.  Laos

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003 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 29.4 and 29.5).[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 11.5):[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).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China PR 3 2 1 0 15 3 +12 7 Knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 2 1 0 12 2 +10 7
3  Thailand (H) 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4  Laos 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
China PR 2–2 South Korea
  • Zhang Linyan  11'
  • Tang Han  90+3'
 Report
  • Hwang Ah-hyeon  59'
  • Kim Bit-na  68'
Attendance: 95
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)
Thailand 3–0 Laos
  • Pluemjai  26', 67'
  • Panittha  45'
 Report
Attendance: 185
Laos 0–7 China PR
Report
  • Han Huimin  3'
  • Li Yinghua  30'
  • Jin Jing  45+1'
  • Tang Han  57'
  • Zhang Linyan  62', 78'
  • Wang Yumeng  89'
Attendance: 65
Referee: Seinn Cho Aung (Myanmar)
South Korea 3–0 Thailand
  • An Se-bin  58'
  • Chang Eun-hyun  62'
  • Cho Mi-jin  88'
 Report
Attendance: 248
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
Thailand 1–6 China PR
 Report
  • Ou Yiyao  6'
  • Wararat  30' (o.g.)
  • Yang Qian  36'
  • Tang Han  56', 69'
  • Zhang Linyan  57'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)
South Korea 7–0 Laos
  • Ko Min-jung  7', 37', 85'
  • Cho Mi-jin  30', 88', 89'
  • Lee Su-in  80'
 Report
Attendance: 45

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  North Korea 3 2 0 1 17 2 +15 6
3  Australia 3 1 0 2 3 14 −11 3
4  Bangladesh 3 0 0 3 2 15 −13 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
North Korea 9–0 Bangladesh
  • Kim Kyong-yong  5', 8', 50', 57', 86'
  • Ri Su-gyong  30', 90+1'
  • Kim Yun-ok  33'
  • Yun Ji-hwa  52'
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
Japan 5–0 Australia
  • Osawa  5'
  • Tomioka  48'
  • Tanaka  54', 71'
  • Kinoshita  84'
 Report
Attendance: 152
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
Bangladesh 0–3 Japan
Report
  • Tanaka  13'
  • Nakae  31'
  • Yamamoto  39'
Attendance: 106
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
Australia 0–7 North Korea
Report
  • Kim Kyong-yong  5', 39'
  • Pak Hye-gyong  21'
  • Ko Kyong-hui  78'
  • Ri Su-gyong  86', 90+2'
  • Yun Ji-hwa  88'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Cong Thi Dung (Vietnam)
North Korea 1–2 Japan
  • Kim Kyong-yong  18'
 Report
  • Kinoshita  76'
  • Yamamoto  86'
Attendance: 105
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
Australia 3–2 Bangladesh
 Report
Attendance: 157
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.[10]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 September – Chonburi Stadium
 
 
 China PR0
 
23 September – Chonburi Stadium
 
 North Korea1
 
 North Korea2
 
20 September – Chonburi Stadium
 
 South Korea0
 
 Japan1 (2)
 
 
 South Korea (p)1 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
23 September – Chonburi Stadium
 
 
 China PR0
 
 
 Japan1

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

China PR 0–1 North Korea
Report
  • Ri Su-gyong  58' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,036
Referee: Cong Thi Dung (Vietnam)
Japan 1–1 South Korea
  • Tanaka  46'
 Report
  • Cho Mi-jin  65' (pen.)
Penalties
  • Tomioka
  • Tanaka
  • Ito
  • Iwai
2–4
  • Lee Su-in
  • Lee Eun-young
  • Jang You-been
  • Ko Min-jung
  • Cho Mi-jin
Attendance: 927
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

Third place match

Winner qualified for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

China PR 0–1 Japan
Report
  • Nakao  55'
Attendance: 1,677

Final
North Korea 2–0 South Korea
  • Ri Su-jong  38'
  • Kim Kyong-yong  87'
 Report
Attendance: 1,103
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

Winners
 Winner 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship 

North Korea
Third title

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

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[11][12]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
 North Korea20 September 20175 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 South Korea20 September 20172 (2008, 2010)
 Japan23 September 20175 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[13]

Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Fair Play Award
Kim Kyong-yong Kim Kyong-yong  Japan

Goalscorers
9 goals
  • Kim Kyong-yong
5 goals
  • Ri Su-gyong
  • Cho Mi-jin
4 goals
  • Tang Han
  • Zhang Linyan
  • Tomoko Tanaka
3 goals
2 goals
  • Momoka Kinoshita
  • Yuzuki Yamamoto
  • Yun Ji-hwa
  • Pluemjai Sontisawat
1 goal
  • Kyra Cooney-Cross
  • Laura Hughes
  • Sofia Sakalis
  • Monika
  • Shamsunnahar
  • Han Huimin
  • Jin Jing
  • Li Yinghua
  • Ou Yiyao
  • Wang Yumeng
  • Yang Qian
  • Moe Nakae
  • Momo Nakao
  • Haruka Osawa
  • Chihiro Tomioka
  • Kim Yun-ok
  • Ko Kyong-hui
  • Pak Hye-gyong
  • Ri Su-jong
  • An Se-bin
  • Chang Eun-hyun
  • Hwang Ah-hyeon
  • Kim Bit-na
  • Lee Su-in
  • Panittha Jeeratanapavibul
  • Ploychompoo Somnonk
1 own goal
  • Wararat (against China PR)
Source: the-afc.com

References
  1. "AFC Competitions Calendar 2017" (PDF). AFC. 12 April 2016.
  2. "Jordan to host AFC Women's Asian Cup 2018 finals". AFC. 4 September 2016.
  3. "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
  4. "AFC U-16 Championship draw concluded in Kuala Lumpur". the AFC. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 20 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC.
  6. "AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2017 line-up complete". AFC. 5 September 2016.
  7. "AFC U-16 Women's Championship Thailand 2017 draw on Friday". AFC. 27 April 2017.
  8. "2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship official draw results". AFC. 28 April 2017.
  9. "AFC U-16 Women's Championship Thailand 2017 - Official Draw". YouTube. 28 April 2017.
  10. "Regulations AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2017" (PDF). AFC.
  11. "Korea DPR, Korea Republic book tickets to Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 20 September 2017.
  12. "Japan complete Asian trio headed to Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 23 September 2017.
  13. "Shooting star Kim Kyong-yong claims MVP and Top Scorer Double". AFC. 23 September 2017.
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