2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	26 September – 6 October 2013
Teams	12
Venue(s)	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (3rd title)
Runners-up	North Korea
Third place	China PR
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Top scorer(s)	Rikako Kobayashi (7goals)
Best player	Hina Sugita

The 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 5th edition of the tournament. The tournament was held from 26 September to 6 October 2013.^[1]

The tournament was played in Nanjing, China, just as the 2011 edition.^[2] The top three teams qualify for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Qualification

Four teams were directly qualified by their 2011 performance, the others had to enter qualifying.

Country	Qualified as	Date qualification was secured
Japan	2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Champion	010 July 2012
North Korea	2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Runner-up	010 July 2012
South Korea	2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Third Place	010 July 2012
China PR	2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Fourth Place, later confirmed as hosts	010 July 2012
Chinese Taipei	Qualification Group D Winner	18 November 2012
Guam	Qualification Group D Runner-up	18 November 2012
Australia	Qualification Group C Winner	29 November 2012
Jordan	Qualification Group A Winner	29 November 2012
Bahrain	Qualification Group A Runner-up	29 November 2012
Thailand	Qualification Group C Runner-up	311 November 2012
Uzbekistan	Qualification Group B Winner	428 November 2012
Iran	Qualification Group B Runner-up	530 November 2012

Format

The twelve teams are drawn into four groups of three teams. After playing each other once the group winner advances to the semi-finals.^[3] The draw was held on 26 April 2013.^[4]

If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.^[3]

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. Kicks from the penalty mark 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;
8. Drawing of lots.

Group stage

All kick-off times are China Standard time (UTC+08:00).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	2	2	0	0	19	0	+19	6
Australia	2	1	0	1	8	2	+6	3
Bahrain	2	0	0	2	0	25	−25	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	2	2	0	0	16	0	+16	6
Chinese Taipei	2	1	0	1	2	11	−9	3
Jordan	2	0	0	2	1	8	−7	0

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4
South Korea	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
Uzbekistan	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3	1

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Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	0	28	0	+28	6
Iran	2	1	0	1	2	9	−7	3
Guam	2	0	0	2	0	21	−21	0

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	China PR	1
	North Korea	3
					North Korea	1 (5)
					Japan	1 (6)
					Third place
	Thailand	0		China PR	2 (4)
	Japan	6			Thailand	2 (2)

Semifinals

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

The following awards were given.^[5]

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer	Fair Play Award
Hina Sugita	Rikako Kobayashi (7 goals)	North Korea

Goalscorers

7 goals

• Rikako Kobayashi

6 goals

Liu Yan Hikaru Kitagawa

Hina Sugita

Ri Hae Yon

4 goals

Cui Yuhan Wu Yue

Miho Kamogawa Sung Hyang Sim

Chuchuen Sudarat

3 goals

Sunny Franco

Qin Manman

Wi Jong Sim

2 goals

Chen Yudan Fuka Kono Fuka Nagano

Meika Nishida Narumi Miura

Kim Pom Ui Lee So Hee

1 goals

Afrikah Mcgladrigan Alexandra Chidiac Jessica Pitts Madeline Stockdale Rhianna Pollicina Fan Yuqiu Shen Lufan Fatemeh Geraeli

Shabnam Behesht Manar Mohammad Mahmoud Isleem Moeka Minami Yukiko Abe Yurina Imai Wakaho Kanda An Song Ok Ju Hyo Sim

Mun Kyong Yong Ri Pom Hwang Ri Un Yong Janthawan Thanakorn Jiraporn Sojirat Pan Shin-Yu Yanh Chia Hui

Own goal

• Hessa Alzayani (playing against China)

References

External links

• Official tournament website

International women's association football FIFA World Cup Olympics Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup U-20 World Cup U-17 World Cup World Rankings Player of the Year Player of the Century FIFA Ballon d'Or Geography Teams Competitions Federations Codes Asia AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF) Africa CAF Women's Championship U-20 U-17 North America, Central America and Caribbean CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17 South America CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17 Oceania OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17 Europe UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17 Non-FIFA NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup Games All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Universiade See also International men's football

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