2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification

2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification
Tournament details
Host countries  Jordan (Group A)
 Sri Lanka (Group B)
 Vietnam (Group C)
 Thailand (Group D)
Dates 5–11 November 2014
Teams 14 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 18
Goals scored 85 (4.72 per match)
Attendance 4,050 (225 per match)
Top scorer(s) Australia Sunny Franco
Vietnam Lê Hoài Lương
Uzbekistan Nilufar Kudratova
(7 goals each)

The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-19 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship. Players born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[1]

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including South Korea, North Korea, China PR (hosts), and Japan, who qualified directly as the top four finishers of the 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.

The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea.[2]

Draw

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 17 June 2014 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[3] A total of 14 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage and were drawn into four groups.

  • West Zone had 7 entrants from Central Asia, South Asia and West Asia, where they were drawn into one group of four teams and one group of three teams.
  • East Zone had 7 entrants from ASEAN and East Asia (excluding direct qualifiers South Korea, North Korea, China, and Japan), where they were drawn into one group of four teams and one group of three teams.

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2013.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
West Zone
(Groups A–B)

 Jordan
 Palestine

 Iran
 Uzbekistan

 India
 Sri Lanka

 Lebanon

East Zone
(Groups C–D)

 Australia
 Myanmar

 Thailand
 Vietnam

 Chinese Taipei
 Singapore

 Hong Kong

Notes
1 Non-FIFA member, ineligible for World Cup.

Format

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The four group winners qualified for the final tournament.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[1]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  8. Drawing of lots.

Groups

The matches were played between 5–9 November 2014 for Groups A, C and D; 7–11 November 2014 for Group B.

Group A

  • All matches were held in Jordan.
  • Times listed were UTC+2.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2  Jordan (H) 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  India 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4  Lebanon 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Uzbekistan  2–0  India
Kudratova  20', 35' Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
Jordan  3–0  Lebanon
Al-Khawaled  19', 51'
Al-Naber  88'		 Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Pannipar Kamneung (Thailand)
Lebanon  0–7  Uzbekistan
Report Muydinova  29', 45+3', 83'
Kudratova  33', 49', 79'
Shoyimova  90+4'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Saltanat Noroozi (Iran)
India  1–3  Jordan
Xaxa  30' Report Al-Khawaled  9'
Feras  56'
Al-Naber  70'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Cong Thi Dung (Vietnam)
India  3–1  Lebanon
Dangmei  33'
Xaxa  60'
Nganbam  87'		 Report Chehab  19'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
Jordan  0–3  Uzbekistan
Report Muydinova  49'
Kudratova  83', 90+3'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9 6 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2  Sri Lanka (H) 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
3  Palestine 2 0 1 1 0 6 −6 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Sri Lanka  0–0  Palestine
Report
City Football Complex, Colombo
Attendance: 300
Referee: Li Juan (China)
Iran  4–1  Sri Lanka
Behesht  20', 33', 89'
Khodabakhshi  24'		 Report Aberathna  71'
City Football Complex, Colombo
Attendance: 100
Palestine  0–6  Iran
Report Khosravi  3', 38', 44'
Behesht  11'
Rahmati  74', 77'
City Football Complex, Colombo
Attendance: 100
Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 28 0 +28 9 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2  Vietnam (H) 3 2 0 1 17 3 +14 6
3  Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 2 13 −11 3
4  Singapore 3 0 0 3 1 32 −31 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Australia  6–0  Hong Kong
Crummer  25'
Harrison  49'
Ibini-Isei  65'
Condon  73'
Goad  76', 84'		 Report
Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi
Attendance: 30
Referee: Kim Sook-hee (South Korea)
Vietnam  11–0  Singapore
Trang  5'
Huyền  14'
Lương  16', 45', 47', 62', 83'
Hằng  24', 77'
Thanh Tâm  42', 90+3'		 Report
Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi
Attendance: 100
Referee: Qin Liang (China)
Singapore  0–19  Australia
Report Franco  5', 11', 29', 35', 44', 59'
Chidiac  23', 70'
Baker  25', 45', 72', 80'
Goodrich  34'
Goad  50'
Binte Ros  68' (o.g.)
Condon  74'
Price  83' (pen.), 86'
Harrison  90+2'
Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi
Attendance: 60
Referee: Maria Piedade Rebello (India)
Hong Kong  0–6  Vietnam
Report Anh  4', 50'
Thị Trang  25'
Thùy Trang  38'
Lương  39', 73'
Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi
Attendance: 30
Referee: Kuwahara Rikako (Japan)
Singapore  1–2  Hong Kong
Siti  12' Report Sharon Fung  58'
Lee Wing Yan  60' (pen.)
Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi
Attendance: 50
Referee: Kim Sook-hee (South Korea)
Australia  3–0  Vietnam
Harrison  8' (pen.)
Goad  56'
Franco  81'		 Report
Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi
Attendance: 150
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2  Myanmar (H) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
3  Chinese Taipei 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Chinese Taipei  0–0  Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)
Thailand  2–1  Chinese Taipei
Jiraporn  12'
Jenjira  63'		 Report Pan Yen-hsin  34'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
Myanmar  0–0  Thailand
Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mai Hoang Trang (Vietnam)

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament2
 South Korea2013 champions17 June 20147 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 North Korea2013 runners-up17 June 20147 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 China PR2013 third place / Hosts17 June 20147 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 Japan2013 fourth place17 June 20147 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 UzbekistanGroup A winners9 November 20142 (2002, 2004)
 IranGroup B winners11 November 20140 (debut)
 AustraliaGroup C winners9 November 20145 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 ThailandGroup D winners9 November 20144 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009)
2 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  • Australia Larissa Crummer
  • Australia Brooke Goodrich
  • Australia Princess Ibini-Isei
  • Chinese Taipei Pan Yen-hsin
  • Hong Kong Sharon Fung
  • Hong Kong Lee Wing Yan
  • India Grace Dangmei
  • India Sweety Devi Nganbam
  • Iran Zahra Khodabakhshi
  • Jordan Lana Feras
  • Lebanon Mariam Chehab
  • Singapore Sitianiwati Binte Rosielin
  • Sri Lanka Upeksha Aberathna
  • Thailand Jenjira Bubpha
  • Thailand Jiraporn Mongkoldee
  • Uzbekistan Maftuna Shoyimova
  • Vietnam Lê Thị Thùy Trang
  • Vietnam Nguyễn Thanh Huyền
Own goal
  • Singapore Roseamelya Binte Ros (playing against Australia)

Source: the-AFC.com[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Regulations AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "AFC U-19 Women's C'ship 2015 qualifiers set". AFC. 17 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship Qualifiers". AFC.com.
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