2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

The 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup was the 9th edition of the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and AFC U-16 Women's Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-17 national teams of Asia.

2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup
Piala Asia Putri U-17 2024
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
CityGianyar Regency
Dates6–19 May
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions North Korea (4th title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place South Korea
Fourth place China
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored74 (4.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)North Korea Jon Il-chong
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Miharu Shinjo
Best goalkeeperNorth Korea Pak Ju-gyong
Fair play award Japan
2025

It was held in Indonesia between 6–19 May 2024.[1][2] A total of eight teams competed in the tournament. This was the first continental women's football tournament hosted by Indonesia.

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic as the AFC representatives. Japan were the defending champions. They were defeated in the final by North Korea, equaling Japan's record of four titles.

Qualification

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The host country and the top three teams of the previous tournament in 2019 qualified automatically, while the other four teams were decided by qualification. There were two rounds of qualification matches, with the first round played between 22–30 April 2023, and the second round played between 16–24 September 2023.

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
  Indonesia Hosts 2nd Group stage (2005)
  Japan 2019 champions 9th Champions (2005, 2011, 2013, 2019)
  North Korea 2019 runners-up 8th Champions (2007, 2015, 2017)
  China 2019 third place 9th Runners-up (2005)
  South Korea Second round Group A winners 9th Champions (2009)
  Thailand Second round Group A runners-up 9th Third place (2005)
  Australia Second round Group B winners 7th Fourth place (2009, 2019)
  Philippines Second round Group B runners-up 1st Debut

Venues

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The matches were played at two venues, both at Gianyar Regency in Bali.

Gianyar
Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium Bali United Training Center
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 600
   

Draw

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The draw was held on 7 March 2024 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Indonesia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[3]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.   Indonesia (hosts)
  2.   Japan

Match officials

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The following referees and assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.

Referees
Assistant referees
  •   Bao Mengxiao
  •   Wu Qiaoli
  •   Riiohlang Dhar
  •   Saki Nakamoto
  •   Islam Al-Abadi
  •   Sabreen Ala'badi
  •   Park Mi-suk
  •   Phutsavan Chanthavong
  •   Phyu May Thet
  •   Dilshoda Rahmanova
  •   Suwida Wongkraisorn
  •   Amal Badhafari

Squads

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Players born between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2009 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 22.1 and 26.3).[4]

Group stage

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

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and should they tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):[4]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Should more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they meet in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, WITA (UTC+8)[5]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   North Korea 3 3 0 0 22 0 +22 9 Knockout stage
2   South Korea 3 1 1 1 13 8 +5 4
3   Philippines 3 1 1 1 7 8 −1 4
4   Indonesia (H) 3 0 0 3 1 27 −26 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
North Korea  7–0  South Korea
Report
Bali United Training Center, Gianyar
Referee: Yu Hong (China)
Indonesia  1–6  Philippines
Scheunemann   12' Report
Referee: Supiree Testhomya (Thailand)

Philippines  0–6  North Korea
Report
Bali United Training Center, Gianyar
Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)
South Korea  12–0  Indonesia
Report

Indonesia  0–9  North Korea
Report
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
South Korea  1–1  Philippines
Beom Ye-ju   74' Report Markey   38'
Bali United Training Center, Gianyar
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Japan 3 3 0 0 12 1 +11 9 Knockout stage
2   China 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3   Thailand 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4   Australia 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
China  3–0  Australia
Report
Bali United Training Center, Gianyar
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)
Japan  4–0  Thailand
Report
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

Thailand  0–3  China
Report
Bali United Training Center, Gianyar
Australia  1–4  Japan
Dos Santos   90+6' (pen.) Report

Japan  4–0  China
Report
Australia  1–3  Thailand
Punch   31' Report
Bali United Training Center, Gianyar
Referee: Bùi Thị Thu Trang (Vietnam)

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
16 May
 
 
  North Korea1
 
19 May
 
  China0
 
  North Korea1
 
16 May
 
  Japan0
 
  Japan3
 
 
  South Korea0
 
Third place match
 
 
19 May
 
 
  China1
 
 
  South Korea2

Semi-finals

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The winners qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Japan  3–0  South Korea
Report
North Korea  1–0  China
Choe Yon-a   11' Report
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)

Third place match

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The winner of this match qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

China  1–2  South Korea
Dong Yujie   81' Report Phair   13', 84'

Final

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North Korea  1–0  Japan
Jon Il-chong   46' Report
Attendance: 1,325
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)

Winners

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 Winner 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup 
 
North Korea
Fourth title

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Award Recipient
Most Valuable Player[6]   Miharu Shinjo
Top Goalscorer[7]   Jon Il-chong
Best Goalkeeper[8]   Pak Ju-gyong
Future Star (fan favorites)[9]   Miharu Shinjo
  Casey Phair
  Zhang Kecan
  Ariana Markey

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

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The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
  Japan 16 May 2024 7 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
  North Korea 16 May 2024 6 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
  South Korea 19 May 2024 3 (2008, 2010, 2018)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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There were 74 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.62 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "#U17WAC draw to reveal thrilling Indonesia 2024 showdowns". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  2. ^ "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC's world-class competitions' roster". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. ^ "#U17WAC draw to reveal thrilling Indonesia 2024 showdowns". Asian Football Confederation. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  4. ^ a b "AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup 2024 Competition Regulations" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2024.
  5. ^ "AFC U17 Women's Asian Cup Indonesia 2024 Match Schedule" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Japan's Miharu Shinjo named Most Valuable Player". Asian Football Confederation. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Jon Il Chong wins Yili Top Goalscorer". Asian Football Confederation. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  8. ^ "DPR Korea's Pak Ju Gyong scoops Best Goalkeeper honour". Asian Football Confederation. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Vote for your #U17WAC NEOM Future Star". Asian Football Confederation. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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