2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

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2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
2015亚足联U16女子锦标赛
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates4–15 November 2015
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place China PR
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
Fair play award Japan
← 2013
2017 →

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.

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[]

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[]

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 PR 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)
  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)
  Qualifying Group D winners 4th Group stage (2005, 2009, 2013)

Venues[]

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

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

Squads[]

Main article:

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[]

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  China PR (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) Host
Thailand 4–0 Iran
Kanyanat Goal 5', 36'
Goal 8', 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 60
Referee: (Japan)
China PR 3–3 South Korea
Goal 16'
Goal 38'
Wang Yanwen Goal 72'		 Report Goal 57'
Goal 68'
Goal 90+4'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
South Korea 0–1 Thailand
Report Nutwadee Goal 89'
Attendance: 105
Referee: (Vietnam)
Iran 0–4 China PR
Report Goal 22', 90+3'
Goal 27'
Wang Yanwen Goal 81'
Attendance: 150
Referee: (Myanmar)
China PR 5–0 Thailand
Goal 3'
Wang Yanwen Goal 11', 33'
Jin Kun Goal 40', 47'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: (Myanmar)
Iran 0–5 South Korea
Report Goal 14', 30'
Goal 25' (pen.)
Goal 53'
Goal 90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 40
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Group B[]

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   3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4   3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Japan 4–0 
Nagano Goal 54'
Ueki Goal 60'
Miyazawa Goal 78'
Takarada Goal 81'		 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: (Iran)
North Korea 5–0 
Goal 2'
Sung Hyang-sim Goal 8', 33'
Goal 43'
Goal 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 40
 0–4 North Korea
Report Goal 45+3', 55', 78'
Goal 71'
Attendance: 40
Referee: (Iran)
 0–6 Japan
Report Endo Goal 18'
Goal 24' (pen.)
Miyazawa Goal 31', 38'
Takahashi Goal 40'
Goal 88'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Park Ji-yeong (South Korea)
Japan 1–1 North Korea
Takahashi Goal 63' Report Sung Hyang-sim Goal 2'
Attendance: 100
Referee: (Vietnam)
 0–3 
Report Goal 45+1'
Kurbonova Goal 75'
Goal 88'
Attendance: 35

Knockout stage[]

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

Bracket[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 November – Wuhan
 
 
 China PR1
 
15 November – Wuhan
 
 North Korea2
 
 North Korea1
 
12 November – Wuhan
 
 Japan0
 
 Japan8
 
 
 Thailand0
 
Third place
 
 
15 November – Wuhan
 
 
 China PR8
 
 
 Thailand0

Semi-finals[]

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

Japan 8–0 Thailand
Ueki Goal 5', 68'
Takahashi Goal 16'
Endo Goal 36', 75'
Miyazawa Goal 55', 56'
Takarada Goal 84'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: (Myanmar)
China PR 1–2 North Korea
Goal 62' Report Goal 2', 87'
Attendance: 280
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Third place match[]

China PR 8–0 Thailand
Zhao Yujie Goal 14'
Wang Yanwen Goal 19', 89' (pen.)
Goal 21', 26', 66'
Jin Kun Goal 32'
Goal 90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: (Japan)

Final[]

North Korea 1–0 Japan
Goal 41' Report
Attendance: 205

Winners[]

 Winner 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship 

North Korea
Second title

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

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[]

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[7]

Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Fair Play Award
North Korea China Wang Yanwen  Japan

Goalscorers[]

6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
  • China
  • North Korea
  • North Korea
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References[]

  1. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  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.
  7. ^ "Ri Hae-yon named AFC U-16 Women's C'ship MVP". AFC. 16 November 2015.

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