2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

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

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[]

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[]

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 PR 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[]

Nanjing hosted the tournament, with two venues: Jiangning Sports Center and .

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 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[]

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  Japan 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Knockout stage
2  China PR (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) Host
Japan 2–0 Australia
Kobayashi Goal 10', 28' Report
Attendance: 200
China PR 9–0 Uzbekistan
Goal 14' (pen.)
Xiao Yuyi Goal 20', 41', 58'
Yan Jinjin Goal 31', 32', 51'
Goal 66'
Goal 79' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)
Uzbekistan 0–6 Japan
Report Sonoda Goal 5', 77'
Seike Goal 25', 35', 47'
Hasegawa Goal 36'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Maria Rebello (India)
Australia 1–2 China PR
Harrison Goal 67' Report Goal 38'
Goal 55'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
China PR 2–3 Japan
Goal 71' (pen.)
Goal 84'		 Report Kobayashi Goal 22'
Goal 64'
Kitagawa Goal 75'
Attendance: 600
Australia 2–0 Uzbekistan
Goal 36'
O'Brien Goal 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Maria Rebello (India)

Group B[]

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
Goal 11', 24'
Goal 15', 36'
Goal 37', 59'
Son Hwa-yeon Goal 52', 78'
Goal 60', 72', 81'
Goal 65'
Goal 90'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)
North Korea 5–0 Thailand
Goal 38' (pen.)
Goal 47'
Goal 63', 66', 88'		 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Qin Liang (China)
Thailand 0–3 South Korea
Report Jang Chang Goal 52', 71'
Goal 75' (pen.)
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
Iran 0–9 North Korea
Report Goal 27', 63'
Goal 33'
Wi Jong-sim Goal 36'
Goal 39'
Goal 48'
Goal 86'
Goal 88'
Goal 90+4'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)
South Korea 0–1 North Korea
Report Goal 62'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
Thailand 7–1 Iran
Saowalak Goal 3', 11', 53', 68'
Goal 81', 84', 89'		 Report Zohrabi Nia Goal 59'
Attendance: 75
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Knockout stage[]

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[6]

Bracket[]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
26 August – Nanjing
 
 
 Japan1
 
29 August – Nanjing
 
 South Korea0
 
 Japan (p)0 (4)
 
26 August – Nanjing
 
 North Korea0 (2)
 
 North Korea2
 
 
 China PR0
 
Third place
 
 
29 August – Nanjing
 
 
 South Korea4
 
 
 China PR0

Semi-finals[]

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

Japan 1–0 South Korea
Kobayashi Goal 82' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)
North Korea 2–0 China PR
Goal 29'
Goal 61'		 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

Third place match[]

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

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

Final[]

Japan 0–0 (a.e.t.) North Korea
Report
Penalties
Penalty scored
Kobayashi Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Miura Penalty scored		 4–2 Penalty scored
Penalty scored
Penalty missed
Penalty missed Wi Jong-sim
Attendance: 500
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Winners[]

 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship Winners 

Japan
Fourth title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[]

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[]

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

Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Fair Play Award
Japan Rikako Kobayashi North Korea  Japan

Goalscorers[]

6 goals
  • North Korea
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • China Wang Ying (playing against South Korea)
  • Uzbekistan (playing against China PR)
Source: the-afc.com

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 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.
  7. ^ "Double celebration as Kobayashi claims MVP award". AFC. 29 August 2015.

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