2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2017亚足联U19女子锦标赛
Tournament details
Host country China
Dates 15–28 October 2017[1]
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Japan (5th title)
Runners-up  North Korea
Third place  China PR
Fourth place  Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 63 (3.94 per match)
Attendance 6,713 (420 per match)
Top scorer(s) North Korea Sung Hyang-sim (6 goals)
Best player North Korea Sung Hyang-sim
Fair play award  Japan

The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in China for the third consecutive edition between 15–28 October 2017,[2] with a total of eight teams competing.

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the AFC representatives.[3]

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. The qualifiers were held from 27 October to 6 November 2016, with Group C postponed to 20–24 December 2016 due to the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.[5]

Qualified teams

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

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 Japan2015 champions9thChampions (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015)
 North Korea2015 runners-up9thChampions (2007)
 South Korea2015 third place9thChampions (2004, 2013)
 China PR2015 fourth place / Hosts9thChampions (2006)
 AustraliaGroup A winners7thThird place (2006)
 UzbekistanGroup B winners4thGroup stage (2002, 2004, 2015)
 ThailandGroup C winners6thFourth place (2004)
 VietnamGroup D winners4thSixth place (2011)

Venues

The tournament was held in Nanjing, at the Jiangning Sports Center and the Jiangsu Training Base Stadium.

Draw

The draw was held on 28 April 2017, 16:00 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-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts China automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[9]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Match officials

A total of 8 referees and 10 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.

Squads

Players born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 31.4 and 31.5).[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, CST (UTC+8).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9 Knockout stage
2  China PR (H) 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
4  Thailand 3 0 1 2 2 13 −11 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
China PR  2–0  Uzbekistan
  • Chen Yuanmeng  19'
  • Liu Jing  61' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 750
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
North Korea  9–0  Thailand
 Report
Attendance: 358
Thailand  0–2  China PR
Report
  • Tipkritta  29' (o.g.)
  • Liu Jing  72'
Attendance: 465
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
Uzbekistan  0–2  North Korea
Report
Attendance: 182
Referee: Kajiyama Fusako (Japan)
China PR  0–2  North Korea
Report
  • An Song-ok  3'
  • Ri Hae-yon  28'
Attendance: 617
Thailand  2–2  Uzbekistan
  • Kanyanat  45+1'
  • Orrapan  71'
 Report
  • Khabibullaeva  9', 66'
Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing
Attendance: 40
Referee: Kajiyama Fusako (Japan)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Knockout stage
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1 6
3  South Korea 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4  Vietnam 3 0 0 3 2 18 −16 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
South Korea  0–2  Australia
Report
Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing
Attendance: 150
Referee: Qin Liang (China)
Japan  8–0  Vietnam
  • Endo  3'
  • Ono  30'
  • Ueki  33'
  • Takarada  53', 59', 67'
  • Sato  57', 73'
 Report
Attendance: 285
Vietnam  0–5  South Korea
Report
  • Mun Eun-ju  8'
  • Kim So-eun  23', 74', 85'
  • Kim Eun-soul  58'
Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing
Attendance: 60
Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)
Australia  1–5  Japan
 Report
  • Miyagawa  51'
  • Hayashi  58'
  • Miyazawa  66'
  • Takarada  72', 90+3'
Attendance: 561
Japan  2–0  South Korea
  • Muraoka  49'
  • Kanno  81'
 Report
Attendance: 318
Referee: Qin Liang (China)
Australia  5–2  Vietnam
 Report
  • Tuyết Ngân  50'
  • Nhài  81'
Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing
Attendance: 130
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner.[10]

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 October – Jiangning Stadium
 
 
 North Korea3
 
28 October – Jiangning Stadium
 
 Australia0
 
 North Korea0
 
25 October – Jiangning Stadium
 
 Japan1
 
 Japan5
 
 
 China PR0
 
Third place
 
 
28 October – Jiangning Stadium
 
 
 Australia0
 
 
 China PR3

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

North Korea  3–0  Australia
 Report
Attendance: 261
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
Japan  5–0  China PR
  • Miyazawa  47', 48'
  • Chen Qiaozhu  61' (o.g.)
  • Ueki  64'
  • Mehara  85'
 Report
Attendance: 780
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

Third place match

Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Australia  0–3  China PR
Report
  • He Luyao  20'
  • Xie Qiwen  53'
  • Jin Kun  54'
Attendance: 843

Final

North Korea  0–1  Japan
Report
  • Ueki  50'
Attendance: 913
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Winners

 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship Winners 

Japan
Fifth title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[11][12]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
 Japan25 October 20175 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016)
 North Korea25 October 20176 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 China PR28 October 20175 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014)
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.

Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Fair Play Award
North Korea Sung Hyang-sim North Korea Sung Hyang-sim  Japan

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
  • Japan Saori Takarada
3 goals
2 goals
  • China Liu Jing
  • Japan Mizuka Sato
  • North Korea An Song-ok
  • North Korea Ju Hyo-sim
  • Uzbekistan Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva
1 goal
  • Australia Princess Ibini
  • Australia Rachel Lowe
  • China Chen Yuanmeng
  • China He Luyao
  • China Jin Kun
  • China Xie Qiwen
  • Japan Jun Endo
  • Japan Honoka Hayashi
  • Japan Oto Kanno
  • Japan Rina Mehara
  • Japan Asato Miyagawa
  • Japan Mami Muraoka
  • Japan Nana Ono
  • South Korea Kim Eun-soul
  • South Korea Mun Eun-ju
  • Thailand Kanyanat Chetthabutr
  • Thailand Orrapan Bungthong
  • Vietnam Hà Thị Nhài
  • Vietnam Tuyết Ngân
1 own goal
  • China Chen Qiaozhu (playing against Japan)
  • Thailand Tipkritta (playing 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. ↑ "Nations learn AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualifying fate". the AFC. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC.
  6. ↑ "Thailand beat Myanmar to complete China 2017 line-up". AFC. 25 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Stage set for AFC U-19 Women's Championship China 2017 draw". AFC. 27 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "AFC U-19 Women's Championship China 2017 hopefuls learn opponents". AFC. 28 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "AFC U-19 Women's Championship China 2017 - Official Draw". YouTube. 28 April 2017.
  10. 1 2 3 "Regulations AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2017" (PDF). AFC.
  11. ↑ "Korea DPR, Japan seal France 2018 spots". FIFA.com. 25 October 2017.
  12. ↑ "China PR sink Australia to reach France 2018". FIFA.com. 28 October 2017.
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