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2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

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2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2017亚足联U19女子锦标赛
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates15–28 October[1]
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (5th title)
Runners-up North Korea
Third place China
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored63 (3.94 per match)
Attendance6,713 (420 per match)
Top scorer(s)North Korea Sung Hyang-sim (6 goals)
Best player(s)North Korea Sung Hyang-sim
Fair play award Japan
2015
2019

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

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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

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The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[6]

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 Japan 2015 champions 9th Champions (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015)
 North Korea 2015 runners-up 9th Champions (2007)
 South Korea 2015 third place 9th Champions (2004, 2013)
 China 2015 fourth place / Hosts 9th Champions (2006)
 Australia Group A winners 7th Third place (2006)
 Uzbekistan Group B winners 4th Group stage (2002, 2004, 2015)
 Thailand Group C winners 6th Fourth place (2004)
 Vietnam Group D winners 4th Quarter-finals (2004)

Venues

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The tournament was held in Nanjing, at the Jiangning Sports Center and the Jiangsu Training Base Stadium.

Draw

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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
  1.  China (hosts)
  2.  Japan

Match officials

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A total of 8 referees and 10 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.

Squads

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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

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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]

  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. 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;
  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 met 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, CST (UTC+8).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9 Knockout stage
2  China (H) 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Uzbekistan 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
4  Thailand 3 0 1 2 2 13 −11 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
China 2–0 Uzbekistan
Report
North Korea 9–0 Thailand
Report

Thailand 0–2 China
Report
Uzbekistan 0–2 North Korea
Report

China 0–2 North Korea
Report
Thailand 2–2 Uzbekistan
Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Knockout stage
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1 6
3  South Korea 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3
4  Vietnam 3 0 0 3 2 18 −16 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
South Korea 0–2 Australia
Report
Japan 8–0 Vietnam
Report

Vietnam 0–5 South Korea
Report
Australia 1–5 Japan
Report

Japan 2–0 South Korea
Report
Australia 5–2 Vietnam
Report

Knockout stage

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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

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 October – Jiangning Stadium
 
 
 North Korea3
 
28 October – Jiangning Stadium
 
 Australia0
 
 North Korea0
 
25 October – Jiangning Stadium
 
 Japan1
 
 Japan5
 
 
 China0
 
Third place
 
 
28 October – Jiangning Stadium
 
 
 Australia0
 
 
 China3

Semi-finals

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Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

North Korea 3–0 Australia
Report

Japan 5–0 China
Report

Third place match

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Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Australia 0–3 China
Report

Final

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North Korea 0–1 Japan
Report

Winners

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 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship winners 

Japan
Fifth title

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

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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
 Japan 25 October 2017 5 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016)
 North Korea 25 October 2017 6 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
 China 28 October 2017 5 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

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

Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Fair Play Award
North Korea Sung Hyang-sim North Korea Sung Hyang-sim  Japan

Goalscorers

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6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: the-afc.com Archived 27 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine

References

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  1. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2017" (PDF). AFC. 12 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Jordan to host AFC Women's Asian Cup 2018 finals". AFC. 4 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Nations learn AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualifying fate". the AFC. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2017.
  6. ^ "Thailand beat Myanmar to complete China 2017 line-up". AFC. 25 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Stage set for AFC U-19 Women's Championship China 2017 draw". AFC. 27 April 2017.
  8. ^ "AFC U-19 Women's Championship China 2017 hopefuls learn opponents". AFC. 28 April 2017.
  9. ^ "AFC U-19 Women's Championship China 2017 - Official Draw". YouTube. 28 April 2017.
  10. ^ a b c "Regulations AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2017" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Korea DPR, Japan seal France 2018 spots". FIFA.com. 25 October 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017.
  12. ^ "China PR sink Australia to reach France 2018". FIFA.com. 28 October 2017. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017.
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