Logo 2009 AFC U-16 Women's Championship |
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| Founded | 2005 |
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| Region | Asia (AFC) |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current champions | Japan (2nd title) |
| Most successful team | Japan (2 titles) |
| 2011 Championship | |
The AFC U-16 Women's Championship is a biannial women's football tournament for youth teams organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It furhter 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.
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| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2005 Details |
Korea Republic | Japan |
1 - 1 (3 - 1 pen.) |
China PR |
Thailand |
2 - 1 | South Korea |
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| 2007 Details |
Malaysia | North Korea |
3 - 0 | Japan |
South Korea |
1 - 1 (4 - 2 pen.) |
China PR |
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| 2009 Details |
Thailand | South Korea |
4 - 0 | North Korea |
Japan |
6 - 2 | Australia |
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| 2011 Details |
China | Japan |
round-robin format | North Korea |
China PR |
round-robin format | South Korea |
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| # | Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place | Total |
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| 1 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | North Korea | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | China PR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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