2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

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2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
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Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates10–23 September [1]
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea (3rd title)
Runners-upFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Third placeFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Fourth placeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored69 (4.31 per match)
Attendance6,276 (392 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Kyong-yong (9 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Kyong-yong
Fair play awardFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
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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 and 23 September 2017, [2] with a total of eight teams competing.

Contents

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

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]

TeamQualified asAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2015 champions6thChampions (2007, 2015)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2015 runners-up7thChampions (2005, 2011, 2013)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2015 third place7thRunners-up (2005)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2015 fourth place / Hosts7thThird place (2005)
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos Group A runners-up [note 1] 1stDebut
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Group B winners7thChampions (2009)
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Group C winners2ndGroup stage (2005)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Group 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  1. Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (hosts)
  2. Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
  1. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3210153+127 Knockout stage
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3210122+107
3Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (H)310249−53
4Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 3003017−170
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg2–2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
  • Zhang Linyan Soccerball shade.svg11'
  • Tang Han Soccerball shade.svg90+3'
 Report
IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 95
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg3–0Flag of Laos.svg  Laos
Report
Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 185
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
Laos  Flag of Laos.svg0–7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Report
IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 65
Referee: Seinn Cho Aung (Myanmar)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg3–0Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Report
Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 248
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg1–6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Report
Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 250
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg7–0Flag of Laos.svg  Laos
Report
IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 45
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3300101+99 Knockout stage
2Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 3201172+156
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3102314−113
4Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 3003215−130
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg9–0Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Report
Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 50
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg5–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Report
IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 152
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
Bangladesh  Flag of Bangladesh.svg0–3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report
IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 106
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg0–7Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Report
Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 75
Referee: Cong Thi Dung (Vietnam)
North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg1–2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report
Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 105
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–2Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Report
IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
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
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0
 
23 September – Chonburi Stadium
 
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 1
 
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2
 
20 September – Chonburi Stadium
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1 (2)
 
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (p)1 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
23 September – Chonburi Stadium
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0
 
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1

Semi-finals

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

China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0–1Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Report
Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 1,036
Referee: Cong Thi Dung (Vietnam)

Third place match

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

China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0–1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report
Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 1,677
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Final

North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg2–0Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Report
Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi
Attendance: 1,103
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

Winners

 Winner 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship 
Flag of North Korea.svg
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]

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 1
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 20 September 20175 ( 2008 , 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 )
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 20 September 20172 (2008, 2010 )
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 23 September 20175 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 , 2016)
1Bold 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 PlayerTop ScorerFair Play Award
Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Kyong-yong Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Kyong-yong Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Goalscorers

9 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: the-afc.com

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