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2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

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.

2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
2015亚足联U16女子锦标赛
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates4–15 November
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place China
Fourth place Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored69 (4.31 per match)
Attendance1,755 (110 per match)
Top scorer(s)China Wang Yanwen (6 goals)
Best player(s)North Korea Ri Hae-yon
Fair play award Japan
← 2013
2017 →

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 edit

Main article: 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship 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 edit

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

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

Venues edit

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

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

Squads edit

Main article: 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship 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 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]

  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 edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   China (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
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Thailand  4–0  Iran
Kanyanat   5', 36'
Yaowaporn   8', 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 60
China  3–3  South Korea
Xie Qiwen   16'
Zhang Linyan   38'
Wang Yanwen   72'		 Report Choi Jeong-min   57'
Gwon Hui-seon   68'
Mun Eun-ju   90+4'
Attendance: 200
South Korea  0–1  Thailand
Report Nutwadee   89'
Attendance: 105
Iran  0–4  China
Report Ma Xiaolan   22', 90+3'
Chen Yuanmeng   27'
Wang Yanwen   81'
Attendance: 150
China  5–0  Thailand
Ma Xiaolan   3'
Wang Yanwen   11', 33'
Jin Kun   40', 47'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Iran  0–5  South Korea
Report Choi Jeong-min   14', 30'
Jung Min-young   25' (pen.)
Mun Eun-ju   53'
Yang Hyeon-ji   90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 40

Group B edit

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
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Japan  4–0  Uzbekistan
Nagano   54'
Ueki   60'
Miyazawa   78'
Takarada   81'		 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Shiva Yari (Iran)
North Korea  5–0  Chinese Taipei
Kim Pom-ui   2'
Sung Hyang-sim   8', 33'
Ri Hae-yon   43'
Ri Un-jong   90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 40
Uzbekistan  0–4  North Korea
Report Kim Pom-ui   45+3', 55', 78'
Choe Un-chong   71'
Attendance: 40
Referee: Shiva Yari (Iran)
Chinese Taipei  0–6  Japan
Report Endo   18'
Kanekatsu   24' (pen.)
Miyazawa   31', 38'
Takahashi   40'
Kojima   88'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Park Ji-yeong (South Korea)
Japan  1–1  North Korea
Takahashi   63' Report Sung Hyang-sim   2'
Attendance: 100
Chinese Taipei  0–3  Uzbekistan
Report Panjieva   45+1'
Kurbonova   75'
Nazarkulova   88'
Attendance: 35

Knockout stage edit

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

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 November – Wuhan
 
 
  China1
 
15 November – Wuhan
 
  North Korea2
 
  North Korea1
 
12 November – Wuhan
 
  Japan0
 
  Japan8
 
 
  Thailand0
 
Third place
 
 
15 November – Wuhan
 
 
  China8
 
 
  Thailand0

Semi-finals edit

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

Japan  8–0  Thailand
Ueki   5', 68'
Takahashi   16'
Endo   36', 75'
Miyazawa   55', 56'
Takarada   84'		 Report
Attendance: 100
China  1–2  North Korea
Zhang Linyan   62' Report Ri Hae-yon   2', 87'
Attendance: 280

Third place match edit

China  8–0  Thailand
Zhao Yujie   14'
Wang Yanwen   19', 89' (pen.)
Xie Qiwen   21', 26', 66'
Jin Kun   32'
Shen Mengyu   90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 100

Final edit

North Korea  1–0  Japan
Ri Hae-yon   41' Report
Attendance: 205

Winners edit

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

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

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 5 December 2013 0 (Debut)
  North Korea 12 November 2015 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  Japan 12 November 2015 4 (2008, 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
  Ri Hae-yon   Wang Yanwen   Japan

Goalscorers edit

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References edit

  1. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "Asian duo qualify for Jordan 2016". FIFA.com. 12 November 2015. Archived from the original on November 15, 2015.
  4. ^ "Twenty-one teams out for U-16 women's tickets". AFC. 17 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Japan U-16 women to renew acquaintances with DPR Korea". AFC. 13 May 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "Regulations AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Ri Hae-yon named AFC U-16 Women's C'ship MVP". AFC. 16 November 2015.

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