2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

2015亚足联U16女子锦标赛
Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Wuhan
Dates	4–15 November 2015
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	China PR
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	69 (4.31 per match)
Attendance	1,755 (110 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Wang Yanwen (6 goals)
Best player	Ri Hae-yon
Fair play award	Japan

The 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-16 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in China between 4–15 November 2015.^[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the AFC representatives, besides Jordan who qualified automatically as hosts.^[2]

North Korea won their second title with a 1–0 final victory over Japan. Both finalists qualified for the World Cup.^[3]

Qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 17 June 2014. Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2013 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining four spots.^[4]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Appearance	Previous best performance
Japan	1 !2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship champions	06 !6th	01 !Champions (2005, 2011, 2013)
North Korea	2 !2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship runners-up	05 !5th	01 !Champions (2007)
China PR	3 !2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship third place / Hosts	06 !6th	02 !Runners-up (2005)
Thailand	4 !2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship fourth place	06 !6th	03 !Third place (2005)
Uzbekistan	A !Qualifying Group A winners	02 !2nd	05 !Group stage (2013)
Iran	B !Qualifying Group B winners	02 !2nd	05 !Group stage (2013)
South Korea	C !Qualifying Group C winners	06 !6th	01 !Champions (2009)
Chinese Taipei	D !Qualifying Group D winners	04 !4th	05 !Group stage (2005, 2009, 2013)

Venues

Wuhan hosted the tournament, with two venues: Xinhua Road Sports Center and Hankou Cultural Sports Centre.

Draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 13 May 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.^[5] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous edition in 2013.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
China PR (hosts)  Japan	North Korea  Thailand	Chinese Taipei  Iran	South Korea  Uzbekistan

Squads

Players born between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).^[6]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

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 were applied in the following order:^[6]

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. Penalty shoot-out 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 (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);
8. Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CST (UTC+8).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China PR (H)	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7	Knockout stage
2	Thailand	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	South Korea	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
4	Iran	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7	Knockout stage
2	North Korea	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7
3	Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time was not used).^[6]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 November – Wuhan
	China PR	1
					15 November – Wuhan
	North Korea	2
					North Korea	1
	12 November – Wuhan
					Japan	0
	Japan	8
	Thailand	0
					Third Place
					15 November – Wuhan
					China PR	8
					Thailand	0

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

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Third place match

Final

Winners

Winner 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
North Korea Second title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Jordan qualified as hosts.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
Jordan	01 !5 December 2013	00 !0 (Debut)
North Korea	03 !12 November 2015	04 !4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Japan	02 !12 November 2015	04 !4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[7]

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer	Fair Play Award
Ri Hae-yon	Wang Yanwen	Japan

Goalscorers

6 goals

• Wang Yanwen

5 goals

• Hinata Miyazawa

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

External links

• AFC U-16 Women's Championship, the-AFC.com