2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
AFC U-19 Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	China
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	48 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mana Iwabuchi Ji So-Yun (4 goals)
Best player	Mana Iwabuchi
← 2007 2011 →

The AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2009 was the 5th instance of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship. It was held from August 1 to 12 in Wuhan, China. Top-3 teams will qualify for 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

1 Qualification
- 1.1 Qualified teams
2 Venues
3 Seeding
4 Group stage
- 4.1 Group A
- 4.2 Group B
5 Knockout stage
6 Winners
7 Awards
8 Countries to participate in 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

Qualification

Main article: 2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification

Qualified teams

Direct entry

North Korea (Defending champions)
Japan (2007 runners-up)
China PR (2007 3rd place)

Via qualification

South Korea: Qualification Group A winners
Vietnam: Qualification Group A runner-up
Thailand: Qualification Group B winners
Australia: Qualification Group A runner-up
Chinese Taipei: Qualification Group A third-placed

Venues

Seeding

Group stage

The draw for the AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2009 was took place in Kuala Lumpur on February 27, 2009.^[1]

All times are China standard time (UTC+8).

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
North Korea	9	3	3	0	13	0	+13
South Korea	6	3	2	1	8	3	+5
Vietnam	3	3	1	2	2	10	–8
Thailand	0	3	0	3	1	11	–10

2009-08-02 18:00	North Korea	4 – 0	Thailand	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 500 Referee: Jacqui Melksham (Australia)
	Ho Un-Byol 7' Kim Un-Hyang 52' Kim Chung-Sim 74' Yun Hyon-Hi 90+1'	Summary

2009-08-02 20:30	South Korea	3 – 0	Vietnam	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 600 Referee: Wang Jia (China)
	Kong Hye-Won 5' Kang In-Hae 29' Park Hee-Young 46'	Summary

2009-08-04 18:00	Thailand	0 – 5	South Korea	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 500 Referee: Fukano Etsuko (Japan)
		Summary	Kang In-Hae 16' Ji So-Yun 49' 65' Park Hee-Young 59' Lim Jin-Young 62'

2009-08-04 20:30	Vietnam	0 – 6	North Korea	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 500 Referee: Jacqui Melksham (Australia)
		Summary	Yun Hyon-Hi 6' (pen.) 67' Jon Myong-Hwa 17' 22' 32' Kim Chung-Sim 88'

2009-08-06 19:30	North Korea	3 – 0	South Korea	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Jacqui Melksham (Australia)
	Ho Un-Byol 21' Kim Chung-Sim 55' Choe Un-Ju 85'	Summary

2009-08-06 19:30	Vietnam	2 – 1	Thailand	Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan Attendance: 100 Referee: Fukano Etsuko (Japan)
	Nguyen Thi-Nguyet 10' 85'	Summary	Nisa Romyen 31'

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	7	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3
Japan	5	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5
Australia	4	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3
Chinese Taipei	0	3	0	0	3	0	11	-11

2009-08-01 18:00	Japan	1 – 1	Australia	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Hong Eun-Ah (Korea Republic)
	Mana Iwabuchi 66'	Summary	Kyah Simon 88'

2009-08-01 20:30	China PR	2 – 0	Chinese Taipei	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Semaksuk Praew (Thailand)
	Gu Yasha 4' Zhang Chenxue 82'	Summary

2009-08-03 18:00	Chinese Taipei	0 – 5	Japan	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ri Hong-Sil (DPR Korea)
		Summary	Saki Kumagai 4' Yuria Obara 33' Nozomi Fujita 37' Ryoko Takara 59' Yuko Takeyama 68'

2009-08-03 20:30	Australia	1 – 2	China PR	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Bentla Dcoth (India)
	Kyah Simon 75'	Summary	Lou Jiahui 10' An Ning 42'

2009-08-05 19:30	Japan	1 – 1	China PR	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Hong Eun-Ah (Korea Republic)
	Mana Iwabuchi 49'	Summary	An Ning 83'

2009-08-05 19:30	Chinese Taipei	0 – 4	Australia	Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan Attendance: 200 Referee: Ri Hong-Sil (DPR Korea)
		Summary	Alesha Clifford 21' Kyah Simon 58' Faye Courtney 66' Nicola Bolger 84'

Knockout stage

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Semi-finals

2009-08-09 18:00	North Korea	0 – 1	Japan	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Melksham Jacqui (Australia)
		Summary	Mana Iwabuchi 58'

2009-08-09 21:00	China PR	0 – 1	South Korea	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Semaksuk Praew (Thailand)
		Summary	Ji So-Yun 84'

Third-place play-off

2009-08-12 18:00	North Korea	1 – 0	China PR	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Hong Eun-Ah (Korea Republic)
	Ho Un-Byol 66'	Summary

Final

2009-08-12 21:00	Japan	2 – 1	South Korea	Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Wang Jia (China)
	Sawako Yasumoto 63' Mana Iwabuchi 87'	Summary	Ji So-Yun 69' (pen.)

Winners

AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2009
Japan Second title

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer	Fair Play Award
Mana Iwabuchi	Mana Iwabuchi (4 goals) Ji So-Yun (4 goals)	North Korea

Countries to participate in 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

References

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External links

Official site
rsssf.com; Tournament results

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