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2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

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.

2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2015亚足联U19女子锦标赛
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates18–29 August
Teams8 (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
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored73 (4.56 per match)
Attendance4,675 (292 per match)
Top scorer(s)North Korea Ri Un-sim (6 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Rikako Kobayashi
Fair play award Japan
← 2013
2017 →

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

Main article: 2015 AFC U-19 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
  South Korea 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship champions 8th Champions (2004, 2013)
  North Korea 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship runners-up 8th Champions (2007)
  China 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship third place / Hosts 8th Champions (2006)
  Japan 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship fourth place 8th Champions (2002, 2009, 2011)
  Uzbekistan Qualifying Group A winners 3rd Group stage (2002, 2004)
  Iran Qualifying Group B winners 1st Debut
  Australia Qualifying Group C winners 6th Third place (2006)
  Thailand 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

Squads edit

Main article: 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship 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 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   Japan 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Knockout stage
2   China (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
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Japan  2–0  Australia
Kobayashi   10', 28' Report
Attendance: 200
China  9–0  Uzbekistan
Shi Tianlun   14' (pen.)
Xiao Yuyi   20', 41', 58'
Yan Jinjin   31', 32', 51'
Zhang Zhu   66'
Tojiddinova   79' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)
Uzbekistan  0–6  Japan
Report Sonoda   5', 77'
Seike   25', 35', 47'
Hasegawa   36'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Maria Rebello (India)
Australia  1–2  China
Harrison   67' Report Qin Manman   38'
Liu Yan   55'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
China  2–3  Japan
Shi Tianlun   71' (pen.)
Pan Jiahui   84'		 Report Kobayashi   22'
Nishida   64'
Kitagawa   75'
Attendance: 600
Australia  2–0  Uzbekistan
Kirby   36'
O'Brien   90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Maria Rebello (India)

Group B edit

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
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
South Korea  13–0  Iran
Hwang Hye-soo   11', 24'
Choi Hee-jeong   15', 36'
Namgung Ye-ji   37', 59'
Son Hwa-yeon   52', 78'
Wie Jae-eun   60', 72', 81'
Park Ye-eun   65'
Song Ji-yoon   90'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)
North Korea  5–0  Thailand
Jon So-yon   38' (pen.)
Ri Kyong-hyang   47'
Ri Un-sim   63', 66', 88'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Qin Liang (China)
Thailand  0–3  South Korea
Report Jang Chang   52', 71'
Namgung Ye-ji   75' (pen.)
Attendance: 150
Iran  0–9  North Korea
Report Ri Un-sim   27', 63'
Jon So-yon   33'
Wi Jong-sim   36'
Kim Phyong-hwa   39'
Ri Kyong-hyang   48'
Ri Hui-jong   86'
Kim So-hyang   88'
Choe Un-hwa   90+4'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)
South Korea  0–1  North Korea
Report Ri Hyang-sim   62'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
Thailand  7–1  Iran
Saowalak   3', 11', 53', 68'
Jenjira   81', 84', 89'		 Report Zohrabi Nia   59'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 August – Nanjing
 
 
  Japan1
 
29 August – Nanjing
 
  South Korea0
 
  Japan (p)0 (4)
 
26 August – Nanjing
 
  North Korea0 (2)
 
  North Korea2
 
 
  China0
 
Third place
 
 
29 August – Nanjing
 
 
  South Korea4
 
 
  China0

Semi-finals edit

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

Japan  1–0  South Korea
Kobayashi   82' Report
Attendance: 200
North Korea  2–0  China
Ri Un-sim   29'
Ri Kyong-hyang   61'		 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

Third place match edit

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

South Korea  4–0  China
Wang Ying   50' (o.g.)
Son Hwa-yeon   59', 67'
Jang Chang   69'		 Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

Final edit

Japan  0–0 (a.e.t.)  North Korea
Report
Penalties
Nishida  
Kobayashi  
Kitagawa  
Miura  		 4–2   Jon So-yon
  Ri Un-sim
  Jo Ryon-hwa
  Wi Jong-sim
Attendance: 500
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Winners edit

 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship winners 
 
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
  Japan 26 August 2015 4 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2012)
  North Korea 26 August 2015 5 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
  South Korea 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
  Rikako Kobayashi   Ri Un-sim   Japan

Goalscorers edit

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
Source: the-afc.com

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 12 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Korea Republic qualify, Japan crowned champions". FIFA.com. 29 August 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016.
  4. ^ "AFC U-19 Women's C'ship 2015 qualifiers set". AFC. 17 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Hosts China learn AFC U-19 Women's Championship opponents". AFC. 13 May 2015.
  6. ^ a b c "Regulations AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Double celebration as Kobayashi claims MVP award". AFC. 29 August 2015.

External links edit

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