2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 8th 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 between 18–29 August 2015.[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2015亚足联U19女子锦标赛
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates18–29 August 2015
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (4th title)
Runners-up North Korea
Third place South Korea
Fourth place China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored73 (4.56 per match)
Attendance4,675 (292 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ri Un-sim (6 goals)
Best player(s) Rikako Kobayashi
Fair play award Japan

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the AFC representatives.[2]

Japan won their fourth title with a final victory over North Korea on penalties. Both finalists and third-placed South Korea qualified for the World Cup.[3]

Qualification
Main article: 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 17 June 2014. Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2013 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining four spots.[4]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 South Korea2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship champions8thChampions (2004, 2013)
 North Korea2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship runners-up8thChampions (2007)
 China PR2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship third place / Hosts8thChampions (2006)
 Japan2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship fourth place8thChampions (2002, 2009, 2011)
 UzbekistanQualifying Group A winners3rdGroup stage (2002, 2004)
 IranQualifying Group B winners1stDebut
 AustraliaQualifying Group C winners6thThird place (2006)
 ThailandQualifying Group D winners5thFourth place (2004)

Venues

Nanjing hosted the tournament, with two venues: Jiangning Sports Center and Jiangsu Training Base Stadium.

Draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 13 May 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[5] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous edition in 2013.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

Players born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).[6]

Group stage

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

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 were applied in the following order:[6]

  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.

All times were local, CST (UTC+8).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  China PR (H) 3 2 0 1 13 4 +9 6
3  Australia 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  Uzbekistan 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Japan 2–0 Australia
Kobayashi  10', 28' Report
Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)
China PR 9–0 Uzbekistan
Shi Tianlun  14' (pen.)
Xiao Yuyi  20', 41', 58'
Yan Jinjin  31', 32', 51'
Zhang Zhu  66'
Tojiddinova  79' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)
Uzbekistan 0–6 Japan
Report Sonoda  5', 77'
Seike  25', 35', 47'
Hasegawa  36'
Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing
Attendance: 100
Referee: Maria Rebello (India)
Australia 1–2 China PR
Harrison  67' Report Qin Manman  38'
Liu Yan  55'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
China PR 2–3 Japan
Shi Tianlun  71' (pen.)
Pan Jiahui  84'		 Report Kobayashi  22'
Nishida  64'
Kitagawa  75'
Attendance: 600
Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)
Australia 2–0 Uzbekistan
Kirby  36'
O'Brien  90+3'		 Report
Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing
Attendance: 100
Referee: Maria Rebello (India)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 9 Knockout stage
2  South Korea 3 2 0 1 16 1 +15 6
3  Thailand 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3
4  Iran 3 0 0 3 1 29 −28 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
South Korea 13–0 Iran
Hwang Hye-soo  11', 24'
Choi Hee-jeong  15', 36'
Namgung Ye-ji  37', 59'
Son Hwa-yeon  52', 78'
Wie Jae-eun  60', 72', 81'
Park Yee-un  65'
Song Ji-yoon  90'		 Report
Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing
Attendance: 150
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)
North Korea 5–0 Thailand
Jon So-yon  38' (pen.)
Ri Kyong-hyang  47'
Ri Un-sim  63', 66', 88'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Qin Liang (China)
Thailand 0–3 South Korea
Report Jang Chang  52', 71'
Namgung Ye-ji  75' (pen.)
Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing
Attendance: 150
Iran 0–9 North Korea
Report Ri Un-sim  27', 63'
Jon So-yon  33'
Wi Jong-sim  36'
Kim Phyong-hwa  39'
Ri Kyong-hyang  48'
Ri Hui-jong  86'
Kim So-hyang  88'
Choe Un-hwa  90+4'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)
South Korea 0–1 North Korea
Report Ri Hyang-sim  62'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
Thailand 7–1 Iran
Saowalak  3', 11', 53', 68'
Jenjira  81', 84', 89'		 Report Zohrabinia  59'
Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing
Attendance: 75
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[6]

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 August – Nanjing
 
 
 Japan1
 
29 August – Nanjing
 
 South Korea0
 
 Japan (p)0 (4)
 
26 August – Nanjing
 
 North Korea0 (2)
 
 North Korea2
 
 
 China PR0
 
Third place
 
 
29 August – Nanjing
 
 
 South Korea4
 
 
 China PR0

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Japan 1–0 South Korea
Kobayashi  82' Report
Attendance: 200
North Korea 2–0 China PR
Ri Un-sim  29'
Ri Kyong-hyang  61'		 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

Third place match

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

South Korea 4–0 China PR
Wang Ying  50' (o.g.)
Son Hwa-yeon  59', 67'
Jang Chang  69'		 Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

Final
Japan 0–0 (a.e.t.) North Korea
Report
Penalties
Nishida
Kobayashi
Kitagawa
Miura 		4–2 Jon So-yon
Ri Un-sim
Jo Ryon-hwa
Wi Jong-sim
Attendance: 500
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Winners
 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship Winners 

Japan
Fourth title

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

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 Japan26 August 20154 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2012)
 North Korea26 August 20155 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 South Korea29 August 20154 (2004, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[7]

Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Fair Play Award
Rikako Kobayashi Ri Un-sim  Japan

Goalscorers
6 goals
  • Ri Un-sim
4 goals
3 goals
  • Xiao Yuyi
  • Yan Jinjin
  • Kiko Seike
  • Ri Kyong-hyang
  • Namgung Ye-ji
  • Jang Chang
  • Wie Jae-eun
  • Jenjira Bubpha
2 goals
  • Shi Tianlun
  • Mizuki Sonoda
  • Jon So-yon
  • Choi Hee-jeong
  • Hwang Hye-soo
1 goal
Own goal
  • Wang Ying (playing against South Korea)
  • Shokhida Tojiddinova (playing against China PR)
Source: the-afc.com

References
  1. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  2. "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
  3. "Korea Republic qualify, Japan crowned champions". FIFA.com. 29 August 2015.
  4. "AFC U-19 Women's C'ship 2015 qualifiers set". AFC. 17 June 2014.
  5. "Hosts China learn AFC U-19 Women's Championship opponents". AFC. 13 May 2015.
  6. "Regulations AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  7. "Double celebration as Kobayashi claims MVP award". AFC. 29 August 2015.
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