2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2017亚足联U19女子锦标赛 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | China |
Dates | 15–28 October 2017[1] |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 63 (3.94 per match) |
Attendance | 6,713 (420 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th 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 for the third consecutive edition between 15–28 October 2017,[2] with a total of eight teams competing.
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the AFC representatives.[3]
Qualification[]
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016.[4] Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2015 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining four spots. The qualifiers were held from 27 October to 6 November 2016, with Group C postponed to 20–24 December 2016 due to the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.[5]
Qualified teams[]
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[6]
Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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2015 champions | 9th | Champions (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015) |
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2015 runners-up | 9th | Champions (2007) |
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2015 third place | 9th | Champions (2004, 2013) |
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2015 fourth place / Hosts | 9th | Champions (2006) |
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Group A winners | 7th | Third place (2006) |
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Group B winners | 4th | Group stage (2002, 2004, 2015) |
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Group C winners | 6th | Fourth place (2004) |
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Group D winners | 4th | Quarter-finals (2004) |
Venues[]
The tournament was held in Nanjing, at the Jiangning Sports Center and the .
Draw[]
The draw was held on 28 April 2017, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams.[8] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts China automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[9]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Match officials[]
A total of 8 referees and 10 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.
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Squads[]
Players born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2001 are 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 31.4 and 31.5).[10]
Group stage[]
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
- Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):[10]
- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
All times are local, CST (UTC+8).
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Knockout stage |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 1 |
China PR ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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North Korea ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() |
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Uzbekistan ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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China PR ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Thailand ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 |
Vietnam ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Japan ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Australia ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() |
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Knockout stage[]
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner.[10]
Bracket[]
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
25 October – Jiangning Stadium | ||||||
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28 October – Jiangning Stadium | ||||||
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25 October – Jiangning Stadium | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
28 October – Jiangning Stadium | ||||||
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Semi-finals[]
Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
North Korea ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Third place match[]
Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Final[]
North Korea ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Winners[]
2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship Winners |
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![]() Japan Fifth title |
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[]
The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[11][12]
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1 |
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25 October 2017 | 5 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016) |
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25 October 2017 | 6 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
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28 October 2017 | 5 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Awards[]
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
Most Valuable Player | Top Scorer | Fair Play Award |
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Goalscorers[]
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
Chen Qiaozhu (playing against Japan)
(playing against China PR)
- Source: the-afc.com
References[]
- ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2017" (PDF). AFC. 12 April 2016.
- ^ "Jordan to host AFC Women's Asian Cup 2018 finals". AFC. 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2016.
- ^ "Nations learn AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualifying fate". the AFC. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC.
- ^ "Thailand beat Myanmar to complete China 2017 line-up". AFC. 25 December 2016.
- ^ "Stage set for AFC U-19 Women's Championship China 2017 draw". AFC. 27 April 2017.
- ^ "AFC U-19 Women's Championship China 2017 hopefuls learn opponents". AFC. 28 April 2017.
- ^ "AFC U-19 Women's Championship China 2017 - Official Draw". YouTube. 28 April 2017.
- ^ a b c "Regulations AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2017" (PDF). AFC.
- ^ "Korea DPR, Japan seal France 2018 spots". FIFA.com. 25 October 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017.
- ^ "China PR sink Australia to reach France 2018". FIFA.com. 28 October 2017. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017.
External links[]
- AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the-AFC.com
- AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2017, stats.the-AFC.com
- 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
- AFC U-19 Women's Championship
- 2017 in Asian football
- 2017 in women's association football
- 2017 in youth association football
- 2017 in Chinese football
- International association football competitions hosted by China
- Sport in Nanjing
- October 2017 sports events in Asia