2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

2015亚足联U19女子锦标赛
Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Nanjing
Dates	18–29 August 2015
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (4th title)
Runners-up	North Korea
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	China PR
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	73 (4.56 per match)
Attendance	4,675 (292 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ri Un-sim (6 goals)
Best player	Rikako Kobayashi
Fair play award	Japan

The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in China between 18–29 August 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-20 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the AFC representatives.^[2]

Japan won their fourth title with a final victory over North Korea on penalties. Both finalists and third-placed South Korea 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
South Korea	1 !2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship champions	08 !8th	01 !Champions (2004, 2013)
North Korea	2 !2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship runners-up	08 !8th	01 !Champions (2007)
China PR	3 !2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship third place / Hosts	08 !8th	01 !Champions (2006)
Japan	4 !2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship fourth place	08 !8th	01 !Champions (2002, 2009, 2011)
Uzbekistan	A !Qualifying Group A winners	03 !3rd	05 !Group stage (2002, 2004)
Iran	B !Qualifying Group B winners	01 !1st	99 !Debut
Australia	C !Qualifying Group C winners	06 !6th	03 !Third place (2006)
Thailand	D !Qualifying Group D winners	05 !5th	04 !Fourth place (2004)

Venues

Nanjing hosted the tournament, with two venues: Jiangning Sports Center and Jiangsu Training Base Stadium.

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)  South Korea	Japan  North Korea	Australia  Thailand	Iran  Uzbekistan

Squads

Players born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2000 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	Japan	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	China PR (H)	3	2	0	1	13	4	+9	6
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
4	Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Korea	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9	Knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	2	0	1	16	1	+15	6
3	Thailand	3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3
4	Iran	3	0	0	3	1	29	−28	0

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.^[6]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	26 August – Nanjing
	Japan	1
					29 August – Nanjing
	South Korea	0
					Japan (p)	0 (4)
	26 August – Nanjing
					North Korea	0 (2)
	North Korea	2
	China PR	0
					Third Place
					29 August – Nanjing
					South Korea	4
					China PR	0

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

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Third place match

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Final

Winners

2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship Winners
Japan Fourth title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
Japan	01 !26 August 2015	04 !4 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2012)
North Korea	02 !26 August 2015	05 !5 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
South Korea	03 !29 August 2015	04 !4 (2004, 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
Rikako Kobayashi	Ri Un-sim	Japan

Goalscorers

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Source: the-afc.com

References

External links

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