2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2015亚足联U19女子锦标赛 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | China |
Dates | 18–29 August |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 73 (4.56 per match) |
Attendance | 4,675 (292 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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
[edit]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
[edit]The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship champions | 8th | Champions (2004, 2013) |
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2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship runners-up | 8th | Champions (2007) |
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2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship third place / Hosts | 8th | Champions (2006) |
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2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship fourth place | 8th | Champions (2002, 2009, 2011) |
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Qualifying Group A winners | 3rd | Group stage (2002, 2004) |
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Qualifying Group B winners | 1st | Debut |
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Qualifying Group C winners | 6th | Third place (2006) |
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Qualifying Group D winners | 5th | Fourth place (2004) |
Venues
[edit]Nanjing hosted the tournament, with two venues: Jiangning Sports Center and Jiangsu Training Base Stadium.
Draw
[edit]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 |
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Squads
[edit]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
[edit]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]
- 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.
All times were local, CST (UTC+8).
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 |
China ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() |
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Shi Tianlun ![]() Xiao Yuyi ![]() Yan Jinjin ![]() Zhang Zhu ![]() Tojiddinova ![]() |
Report |
China ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Shi Tianlun ![]() Pan Jiahui ![]() |
Report | Kobayashi ![]() Nishida ![]() Kitagawa ![]() |
Australia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Kirby ![]() O'Brien ![]() |
Report |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | −28 | 0 |
South Korea ![]() | 13–0 | ![]() |
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Hwang Hye-soo ![]() Choi Hee-jeong ![]() Namgung Ye-ji ![]() Son Hwa-yeon ![]() Wie Jae-eun ![]() Park Ye-eun ![]() Song Ji-yoon ![]() |
Report |
North Korea ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Jon So-yon ![]() Ri Kyong-hyang ![]() Ri Un-sim ![]() |
Report |
Thailand ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Jang Chang ![]() Namgung Ye-ji ![]() |
Iran ![]() | 0–9 | ![]() |
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Report | Ri Un-sim ![]() Jon So-yon ![]() Wi Jong-sim ![]() Kim Phyong-hwa ![]() Ri Kyong-hyang ![]() Ri Hui-jong ![]() Kim So-hyang ![]() Choe Un-hwa ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Ri Hyang-sim ![]() |
Knockout stage
[edit]In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[6]
Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
26 August – Nanjing | ||||||
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29 August – Nanjing | ||||||
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26 August – Nanjing | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
29 August – Nanjing | ||||||
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Semi-finals
[edit]Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Japan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Kobayashi ![]() |
Report |
North Korea ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Ri Un-sim ![]() Ri Kyong-hyang ![]() |
Report |
Third place match
[edit]Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
South Korea ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Wang Ying ![]() Son Hwa-yeon ![]() Jang Chang ![]() |
Report |
Final
[edit]Japan ![]() | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Penalties | ||
Nishida ![]() Kobayashi ![]() Kitagawa ![]() Miura ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Winners
[edit]2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship winners |
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![]() Japan Fourth title |
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
[edit]The following three teams from AFC qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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26 August 2015 | 4 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2012) |
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26 August 2015 | 5 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
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29 August 2015 | 4 (2004, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
- 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
Awards
[edit]The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[7]
Most Valuable Player | Top Scorer | Fair Play Award |
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Goalscorers
[edit]- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
Wang Ying (playing against South Korea)
Shokhida Tojiddinova (playing against China PR)
- Source: the-afc.com
References
[edit]- ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014.
- ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2014.
- ^ "Korea Republic qualify, Japan crowned champions". FIFA.com. 29 August 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016.
- ^ "AFC U-19 Women's C'ship 2015 qualifiers set". AFC. 17 June 2014.
- ^ "Hosts China learn AFC U-19 Women's Championship opponents". AFC. 13 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "Regulations AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Double celebration as Kobayashi claims MVP award". AFC. 29 August 2015.
External links
[edit]- AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the-AFC.com