2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
2015亚足联U16女子锦标赛 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | China |
Dates | 4–15 November |
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 | 69 (4.31 per match) |
Attendance | 1,755 (110 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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
[edit]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 |
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2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship champions | 6th | Champions (2005, 2011, 2013) |
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2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship runners-up | 5th | Champions (2007) |
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2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship third place / Hosts | 6th | Runners-up (2005) |
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2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship fourth place | 6th | Third place (2005) |
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Qualifying Group A winners | 2nd | Group stage (2013) |
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Qualifying Group B winners | 2nd | Group stage (2013) |
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Qualifying Group C winners | 6th | Champions (2009) |
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Qualifying Group D winners | 4th | Group stage (2005, 2009, 2013) |
Venues
[edit]Wuhan hosted the tournament, with two venues: Xinhua Road Sports Center and Hankou Cultural Sports Centre.
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 |
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Squads
[edit]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
[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]
- Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference in all the group matches;
- Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
- 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);
- Drawing of lots.
All times were local, CST (UTC+8).
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 |
China ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() |
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Xie Qiwen ![]() Zhang Linyan ![]() Wang Yanwen ![]() |
Report | Choi Jeong-min ![]() Gwon Hui-seon ![]() Mun Eun-ju ![]() |
South Korea ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Nutwadee ![]() |
Iran ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Ma Xiaolan ![]() Chen Yuanmeng ![]() Wang Yanwen ![]() |
China ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Ma Xiaolan ![]() Wang Yanwen ![]() Jin Kun ![]() |
Report |
Iran ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Choi Jeong-min ![]() Jung Min-young ![]() Mun Eun-ju ![]() Yang Hyeon-ji ![]() |
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
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 |
North Korea ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Kim Pom-ui ![]() Sung Hyang-sim ![]() Ri Hae-yon ![]() Ri Un-jong ![]() |
Report |
Uzbekistan ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Kim Pom-ui ![]() Choe Un-chong ![]() |
Chinese Taipei ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() |
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Report | Endo ![]() Kanekatsu ![]() Miyazawa ![]() Takahashi ![]() Kojima ![]() |
Japan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Takahashi ![]() |
Report | Sung Hyang-sim ![]() |
Chinese Taipei ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Panjieva ![]() Kurbonova ![]() Nazarkulova ![]() |
Knockout stage
[edit]In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time was not used).[6]
Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
12 November – Wuhan | ||||||
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15 November – Wuhan | ||||||
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12 November – Wuhan | ||||||
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Third place | ||||||
15 November – Wuhan | ||||||
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Semi-finals
[edit]Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
China ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Zhang Linyan ![]() |
Report | Ri Hae-yon ![]() |
Third place match
[edit]China ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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Zhao Yujie ![]() Wang Yanwen ![]() Xie Qiwen ![]() Jin Kun ![]() Shen Mengyu ![]() |
Report |
Final
[edit]North Korea ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Ri Hae-yon ![]() |
Report |
Winners
[edit]Winner 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship |
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![]() North Korea Second title |
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
[edit]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 |
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5 December 2013 | 0 (Debut) |
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12 November 2015 | 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
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12 November 2015 | 4 (2008, 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 |
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Goalscorers
[edit]- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Jin Kun
Ma Xiaolan
Jun Endo
Hana Takahashi
Riko Ueki
Sung Hyang-sim
Choi Jeong-min
- 2 goals
Zhang Linyan
Saori Takarada
Mun Eun-ju
Kanyanat Chetthabutr
Karen Yaowaporn Lohrmann
- 1 goal
Chen Yuanmeng
Shen Mengyu
Zhao Yujie
Rio Kanekatsu
Seira Kojima
Fuka Nagano
Choe Un-chong
Ri Un-jong
Gwon Hui-seon
Jung Min-young
Yang Hyeon-ji
Nutwadee Pram-nak
Shahnoza Kurbonova
Makhliyo Nazarkulova
Maftuna Panjieva
References
[edit]- ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Asian duo qualify for Jordan 2016". FIFA.com. 12 November 2015. Archived from the original on November 15, 2015.
- ^ "Twenty-one teams out for U-16 women's tickets". AFC. 17 June 2014.
- ^ "Japan U-16 women to renew acquaintances with DPR Korea". AFC. 13 May 2015.
- ^ a b c "Regulations AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2014.
- ^ "Ri Hae-yon named AFC U-16 Women's C'ship MVP". AFC. 16 November 2015.
External links
[edit]- AFC U-16 Women's Championship, the-AFC.com
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