2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification

2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification
Tournament details
Host countries	Jordan (Group A) Sri Lanka (Group B) Vietnam (Group C) Thailand (Group D)
Dates	5–11 November 2014
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	85 (4.72 per match)
Attendance	4,050 (225 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sunny Franco Lê Hoài Lương Nilufar Kudratova (7 goals each)

The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-19 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship. Players born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.^[1]

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including South Korea, North Korea, China PR (hosts), and Japan, who qualified directly as the top four finishers of the 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.

The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea.^[2]

Draw

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 17 June 2014 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.^[3] A total of 14 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage and were drawn into four groups.

West Zone had 7 entrants from Central Asia, South Asia and West Asia, where they were drawn into one group of four teams and one group of three teams.
East Zone had 7 entrants from ASEAN and East Asia (excluding direct qualifiers South Korea, North Korea, China, and Japan), where they were drawn into one group of four teams and one group of three teams.

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2013.

	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
West Zone (Groups A–B)	Jordan Palestine	Iran Uzbekistan	India Sri Lanka	Lebanon
East Zone (Groups C–D)	Australia Myanmar	Thailand Vietnam	Chinese Taipei Singapore	Hong Kong

Did not enter
West Zone	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Iraq Kyrgyzstan Kuwait Maldives Nepal Oman Pakistan Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Tajikistan Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Yemen
East Zone	Brunei Cambodia Guam Indonesia Laos Macau Malaysia Mongolia Northern Mariana¹ Philippines Timor-Leste

Notes: ¹ Non-FIFA member, ineligible for World Cup.

Format

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The four group winners qualified for the final tournament.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:^[1]

Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
Goal difference in all the group matches;
Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
Drawing of lots.

Groups

The matches were played between 5–9 November 2014 for Groups A, C and D; 7–11 November 2014 for Group B.

Group A

All matches were held in Jordan.
Times listed were UTC+2.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	3	3	0	12	0	+12	9	2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2	Jordan (H)	3	2	1	6	4	+2	6
3	India	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Lebanon	3	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Uzbekistan v India

5 November 2014
12:30

Uzbekistan	2–0	India
Kudratova 20', 35'	Report

Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

Jordan v Lebanon

5 November 2014
16:30

Jordan	3–0	Lebanon
Al-Khawaled 19', 51' Al-Naber 88'	Report

Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 350
Referee: Pannipar Kamneung (Thailand)

Lebanon v Uzbekistan

7 November 2014
12:30

Lebanon	0–7	Uzbekistan
	Report	Muydinova 29', 45+3', 83' Kudratova 33', 49', 79' Shoyimova 90+4'

Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 100
Referee: Saltanat Noroozi (Iran)

India v Jordan

7 November 2014
16:30

India	1–3	Jordan
Xaxa 30'	Report	Al-Khawaled 9' Feras 56' Al-Naber 70'

Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 300
Referee: Cong Thi Dung (Vietnam)

India v Lebanon

9 November 2014
12:30

India	3–1	Lebanon
Dangmei 33' Xaxa 60' Nganbam 87'	Report	Chehab 19'

Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 80
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

Jordan v Uzbekistan

9 November 2014
16:30

Jordan	0–3	Uzbekistan
	Report	Muydinova 49' Kudratova 83', 90+3'

Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 300
Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

Group B

All matches were initially to be held in Palestine, but were relocated to Sri Lanka.
Times listed were UTC+5:30.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	6	2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2	Sri Lanka (H)	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3	1
3	Palestine	2	0	1	1	0	6	−6	1

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Sri Lanka v Palestine

7 November 2014
15:30

Sri Lanka	0–0	Palestine
	Report

City Football Complex, Colombo
Attendance: 300
Referee: Li Juan (China)

Iran v Sri Lanka

9 November 2014
15:30

Iran	4–1	Sri Lanka
Behesht 20', 33', 89' Khodabakhshi 24'	Report	Aberathna 71'

City Football Complex, Colombo
Attendance: 100
Referee: Katherine Margaret Jacewicz (Australia)

Palestine v Iran

11 November 2014
15:30

Palestine	0–6	Iran
	Report	Khosravi 3', 38', 44' Behesht 11' Rahmati 74', 77'

City Football Complex, Colombo
Attendance: 100
Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)

Group C

All matches were held in Vietnam.
Times listed were UTC+7.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	28	0	+28	9	2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2	Vietnam (H)	3	2	1	17	3	+14	6
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	2	13	−11	3
4	Singapore	3	0	3	1	32	−31	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Australia v Hong Kong

5 November 2014
13:00

Australia	6–0	Hong Kong
Crummer 25' Harrison 49' Ibini-Isei 65' Condon 73' Goad 76', 84'	Report

Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi
Attendance: 30
Referee: Kim Sook-hee (South Korea)

Vietnam v Singapore

5 November 2014
15:15

Vietnam	11–0	Singapore
Bùi Thị Trang 5' Nguyễn Thanh Huyền 14' Lê Hoài Lương 16', 45', 47', 62', 83' Biện Thị Hằng 24', 77' Đoàn Thị Thanh Tâm 42', 90+3'	Report

Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi
Attendance: 100
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Singapore v Australia

7 November 2014
13:00

Singapore	0–19	Australia
	Report	Franco 5', 11', 29', 35', 44', 59' Chidiac 23', 70' Baker 25', 45', 72', 80' Goodrich 34' Goad 50' Binte Ros 68' (o.g.) Condon 74' Price 83' (pen.), 86' Harrison 90+2'

Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi
Attendance: 60
Referee: Maria Piedade Rebello (India)

Hong Kong v Vietnam

7 November 2014
15:15

Hong Kong	0–6	Vietnam
	Report	Nguyễn Kim Anh 4', 50' Bùi Thị Trang 25' Lê Thị Thùy Trang 38' Lê Hoài Lương 39', 73'

Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi
Attendance: 30
Referee: Kuwahara Rikako (Japan)

Singapore v Hong Kong

9 November 2014
13:00

Singapore	1–2	Hong Kong
Siti 12'	Report	Sharon Fung 58' Lee Wing Yan 60' (pen.)

Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi
Attendance: 50
Referee: Kim Sook-hee (South Korea)

Australia v Vietnam

9 November 2014
15:15

Australia	3–0	Vietnam
Harrison 8' (pen.) Goad 56' Franco 81'	Report

Vietnam Youth Football Training Centre, Hanoi
Attendance: 150
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Group D

All matches were held in Thailand.
Times listed were UTC+7.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4	2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2	Myanmar (H)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
3	Chinese Taipei	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Chinese Taipei v Myanmar

5 November 2014
17:00

Chinese Taipei	0–0	Myanmar
	Report

Thephasadin Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

Thailand v Chinese Taipei

7 November 2014
17:00

Thailand	2–1	Chinese Taipei
Jiraporn 12' Jenjira 63'	Report	Pan Yen-hsin 34'

Thephasadin Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 200
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Myanmar v Thailand

9 November 2014
17:00

Myanmar	0–0	Thailand
	Report

Thephasadin Stadium, Bangkok
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mai Hoang Trang (Vietnam)

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament²
South Korea	1 !2013 champions	01 !17 June 2014	07 !7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
North Korea	2 !2013 runners-up	02 !17 June 2014	07 !7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
China PR	3 !2013 third place / Hosts	03 !17 June 2014	07 !7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Japan	4 !2013 fourth place	04 !17 June 2014	07 !7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Uzbekistan	A !Group A winners	07 !9 November 2014	02 !2 (2002, 2004)
Iran	B !Group B winners	08 !11 November 2014	00 !0 (debut)
Australia	C !Group C winners	05 !9 November 2014	05 !5 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Thailand	D !Group D winners	06 !9 November 2014	04 !4 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009)

² Bold indicates champion for that year. Italics indicate host.

Goalscorers

7 goals

Sunny Franco
Nilufar Kudratova
Lê Hoài Lương

4 goals

Jordan Baker
Beattie Goad
Shabnam Behesht
Nodira Muydinova

3 goals

Amy Harrison
Fereshteh Khosravi
Rasha Al-Khawaled

2 goals

Alexandra Chidiac
Emily Condon
Olivia Price
Pyari Xaxa
Fatemeh Rahmati
Jeeda Al-Naber
Biện Thị Hằng
Bùi Thị Trang
Đoàn Thị Thanh Tâm
Nguyễn Kim Anh

1 goal

Larissa Crummer
Brooke Goodrich
Princess Ibini-Isei
Pan Yen-hsin
Sharon Fung
Lee Wing Yan
Grace Dangmei
Sweety Devi Nganbam
Zahra Khodabakhshi
Lana Feras
Mariam Chehab
Sitianiwati Binte Rosielin
Upeksha Aberathna
Jenjira Bubpha
Jiraporn Mongkoldee
Maftuna Shoyimova
Lê Thị Thùy Trang
Nguyễn Thanh Huyền

Own goal

Roseamelya Binte Ros (playing against Australia)

Source: the-AFC.com^[4]

References

1 2 "Regulations AFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2015" (PDF). AFC.
↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
↑ "AFC U-19 Women’s C’ship 2015 qualifiers set". AFC. 17 June 2014.
↑ "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship Qualifiers". AFC.com.

External links

AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the-AFC.com

AFC U-19 Women's Championship

Tournaments	2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Qualification	2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

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