AFC U-16 Women's Championship

AFC U-16 Women's Championship

Logo 2009 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
Founded	2005 (2005)
Region	Asia (AFC)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	North Korea (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	Japan  North Korea (3 titles each)
2019 qualification

The AFC U-16 Women's Championship is a biennial women's football tournament for youth teams organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It further serves as the qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

The tournament was first held in 2005 as an Under-17 edition. With only eleven teams entering in the inaugural year, there was no qualification held.^[1] In 2007 the tournament switched to the Under-16 modus, again eight teams entered the competition.^[2] In 2009 twelve teams entered and thus for a first time a qualifying round was held.^[3] The 2011 edition featured two qualification rounds. Here five seeded teams for the finals were joined by an additional 13 teams fighting for a final sixth spot.

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2005 Details	South Korea		Japan	1–1 3–1 (p)	China PR		Thailand	2–1	South Korea
2007 Details	Malaysia		North Korea	3–0	Japan		South Korea	1–1 4–2 (p)	China PR
2009 Details	Thailand		South Korea	4–0	North Korea		Japan	6–2	Australia
2011 Details	China		Japan	Round-robin	North Korea		China PR	Round-robin	South Korea
2013 Details	China		Japan	1–1 6–5 (p)	North Korea		China PR	2–2 4–2 (p)	Thailand
2015 Details	China		North Korea	1–0	Japan		China PR	8–0	Thailand
2017 Details	Thailand		North Korea	2–0	South Korea		Japan	1–0	China PR
2019 Details	Thailand

Performance by nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Total
North Korea	3	3	0	0	6
Japan	3	2	2	0	7
South Korea	1	1	1	2	5
China PR	0	1	3	2	6
Thailand	0	0	1	2	3
Australia	0	0	0	1	1

Medal Summary

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	North Korea	3	3	0	6
2	Japan	3	2	2	7
3	South Korea	1	1	1	3
4	China PR	0	1	3	4
5	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		7	7	7	21

All-time Results

As of 2017.

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Japan	7	33	24	4	5	184	19	+165	76
2	North Korea	6	27	21	3	3	100	18	+82	66
3	China PR	7	30	14	7	9	123	32	+91	49
4	South Korea	7	29	13	8	8	85	37	+48	47
5	Thailand	7	27	8	2	17	43	111	–68	26
6	Australia	5	20	6	1	10	35	39	–4	19
7	Chinese Taipei	4	10	2	0	8	9	62	–53	6
8	Uzbekistan	2	5	1	1	3	3	11	–-8	4
9	Hong Kong	1	3	1	1	1	3	24	–21	4
10	Guam	2	5	1	1	3	1	39	–38	4
11	India	1	3	1	0	2	10	13	–3	3
12	Iran	2	5	1	0	4	2	22	–20	3
13	Jordan	1	2	0	0	2	1	8	–7	0
14	Myanmar	1	3	0	0	3	2	19	–17	0
15	Laos	1	3	0	0	3	0	17	–17	0
16	Bahrain	1	2	0	0	2	0	25	–25	0
17	Indonesia	1	3	0	0	3	0	32	–32	0
18	Singapore	1	3	0	0	3	0	34	–34	0
19	Bangladesh	2	6	0	0	6	4	43	–39	0

Comprehensive team results in each Championship

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• GS – Group stage
•  •  – Did not qualify
•  ×  – Did not enter / Withdrew
• XX – Country did not exist or national team was inactive
•    – Hosts
• q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2005 (11)	2007 (6)	2009 (8)	2011 (6)	2013 (12)	2015 (8)	2017 (8)	2019 (8)	Total
Australia	×	GS	4th	R1	GS	•	GS		5
Bahrain	×	×	×	×	GS	•	×	•	1
Bangladesh	GS	×	×	×	×	•	GS		2
China PR	2nd	4th	GS	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th		7
Chinese Taipei	GS	×	GS	•	GS	GS	•	•	4
Guam	GS	×	×	•	GS	×	•	•	2
Hong Kong	GS	×	×	×	•	•	•	•	1
India	GS	×	•	•	•	•	•	•	1
Indonesia	GS	×	×	×	×	×	×	•	1
Iran	×	×	×	•	GS	GS	•		2
Japan	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	q	8
Jordan	×	×	×	•	GS	•	•	•	1
Laos	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS		1
Myanmar	×	×	GS	•	•	•	•		1
North Korea	×	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	q	7
Singapore	GS	×	•	•	×	×	•	•	1
South Korea	4th	3rd	1st	4th	GS	GS	2nd	q	8
Thailand	3rd	GS	GS	R1	4th	4th	GS	q	8
Uzbekistan	×	×	•	×	GS	GS	•	•	2

References

External links

• Official website
• Tournament archive at RSSSF.com