2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

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2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
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Tournament details
Host countryUzbekistan
Dates3–16 March 2024
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Third placeFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Fourth placeFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored70 (4.38 per match)
Attendance902 (56 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Japan.svg Maya Hijikata (4 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of North Korea.svg Chae Un-yong
Best goalkeeper Flag of North Korea.svg Chae Un-gyong
Fair play awardFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
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The 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup was the 11th edition of the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-20 Women's Championship and AFC U-19 Women's Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-20 national teams of Asia.

Contents

It was held in Uzbekistan on 3–16 March 2024. [1] [2] A total of eight teams are competing in the tournament.

The top four teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia as the AFC representatives. Japan were the defending champions. They were beaten 1–2 in the final by North Korea.

Qualification

The host country and the top three teams of the previous tournament in 2019 qualified automatically, while the other four teams were decided by qualification. There were two rounds of qualification matches, with the first round played between 4–12 March 2023, and the second round played between 3–11 June 2023.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

TeamQualified asAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Hosts5thGroup stage (2002, 2004, 2015, 2017)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2019 champions11thChampions (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2019 runners-up11thChampions (2007)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2019 third place11thChampions (2004, 2013)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Second round Group A winners9thThird place (2006)
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Second round Group A runners-up6thQuarter-finals (2004)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Second round Group B winners11thChampions (2006)
Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei Second round Group B runners-up5thRunners-up (2002)

Venues

The matches are being played on two venues at Tashkent.

Tashkent
JAR Stadium Do'stlik Stadium
Capacity: 8,500Capacity: 10,000
Stadion "Dzhar".jpg No image available.svg

Draw

The draw was held on 15 December 2023 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [3]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Uzbekistan automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  1. Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (hosts)
  2. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2008 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (regulation articles 21.2 and 26.3). [4]

Group stage

All times are local, UZT (UTC+5). [4]

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 tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings: [4]

  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 were 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.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 330071+69 Knockout stage and
2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3201202+186
3Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 310229−73
4Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan (H)3003017−170
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg1–2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Jeon Yu-gyeong Soccerball shade.svg25' Report
Do'stlik Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 40
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg0–2Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei
Report
JAR Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 150
Referee: Lê Thị Ly (Vietnam)
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg0–6Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Report
Do'stlik Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 55
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg2–0Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report
JAR Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 80
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg0–13Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Report
JAR Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 60
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–0Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei
Report
Do'stlik Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 42
Referee: Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 321081+77 Knockout stage and
2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3201121+116
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 311174+34
4Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 3003122−210
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg1–1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Kim Song-gyong Soccerball shade.svg84' Report Huo Yuexin Soccerball shade.svg88'
Do'stlik Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 120
Referee: Pansa Chaisant (Thailand)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg10–0Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Report
JAR Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 60
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg0–6Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Report
Do'stlik Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 44
Referee: Sunita Thongthawin (Thailand)
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg0–2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report
JAR Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 85
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg0–1Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Report
JAR Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 70
Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg6–1Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Report
Do'stlik Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 65
Referee: Park Se-jin (South Korea)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time (excluding the third place match) and a penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary. [4]

All four teams that reached the knockout stage qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
13 March
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1
 
16 March
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1
 
13 March
 
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 2
 
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 3
 
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0
 
 Third place match
 
 
16 March
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1
 
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0

Semi-finals

Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–5Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Trimis Soccerball shade.svg13' Report Yoneda Soccerball shade.svg3'
Shiragaki Soccerball shade.svg63'
Hijikata Soccerball shade.svg83'
Sasai Soccerball shade.svg88'
Thomas-Chinnama Soccerball shade.svg89' (o.g.)
JAR Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 88
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)
North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg3–0Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Choe Il-son Soccerball shade.svg45'
Jong Kum Soccerball shade.svg51'
Hwang Yu-yong Soccerball shade.svg78'		 Report
Do'stlik Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 78
Referee: Lê Thị Lý (Vietnam)

Third place match

Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg1–0Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Report
JAR Stadium, Tashkent
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

Final

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–2Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Tsujisawa Soccerball shade.svg20' Jon Ryong-yong Soccerball shade.svg44', 86'
JAR Stadium, Tashkent
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)

Goalscorers

There were 70 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.38 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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

The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 7 March 20247 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2012 , 2016, 2018 , 2022)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 9 March 20244 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2022)
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 9 March 20246 (2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022)
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 10 March 20247 ( 2006 , 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 , 2018)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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