2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

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.

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

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
 Japan2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship champions6thChampions (2005, 2011, 2013)
 North Korea2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship runners-up5thChampions (2007)
 China2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship third place / Hosts6thRunners-up (2005)
 Thailand2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship fourth place6thThird place (2005)
 UzbekistanQualifying Group A winners2ndGroup stage (2013)
 IranQualifying Group B winners2ndGroup stage (2013)
 South KoreaQualifying Group C winners6thChampions (2009)
 Chinese TaipeiQualifying Group D winners4thGroup 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
  •  Chinese Taipei
  •  Iran

Squads

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 (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) Hosts
Thailand 4–0 Iran
Kanyanat 5', 36'
Yaowaporn 8', 90+2'		 Report
Attendance: 60
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)
China 3–3 South Korea
Xie Qiwen 16'
Zhang Linyan 38'
Wang Yanwen 72'		 Report Choi Jeong-min 57'
Gwon Hui-seon 68'
Mun Eun-ju 90+4'
Attendance: 200
South Korea 0–1 Thailand
Report Nutwadee 89'
Attendance: 105
Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)
Iran 0–4 China
Report Ma Xiaolan 22', 90+3'
Chen Yuanmeng 27'
Wang Yanwen 81'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
China 5–0 Thailand
Ma Xiaolan 3'
Wang Yanwen 11', 33'
Jin Kun 40', 47'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
Iran 0–5 South Korea
Report Choi Jeong-min 14', 30'
Jung Min-young 25' (pen.)
Mun Eun-ju 53'
Yang Hyeon-ji 90+4' (pen.)
Attendance: 40

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  Uzbekistan 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4  Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 3 0 14 −14 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Japan 4–0 Uzbekistan
Nagano 54'
Ueki 60'
Miyazawa 78'
Takarada 81'		 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Shiva Yari (Iran)
North Korea 5–0 Chinese Taipei
Kim Pom-ui 2'
Sung Hyang-sim 8', 33'
Ri Hae-yon 43'
Ri Un-jong 90+3'		 Report
Attendance: 40
Uzbekistan 0–4 North Korea
Report Kim Pom-ui 45+3', 55', 78'
Choe Un-chong 71'
Attendance: 40
Referee: Shiva Yari (Iran)
Chinese Taipei 0–6 Japan
Report Endo 18'
Kanekatsu 24' (pen.)
Miyazawa 31', 38'
Takahashi 40'
Kojima 88'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Park Ji-yeong (South Korea)
Japan 1–1 North Korea
Takahashi 63' Report Sung Hyang-sim 2'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)
Chinese Taipei 0–3 Uzbekistan
Report Panjieva 45+1'
Kurbonova 75'
Nazarkulova 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
 
 
 China1
 
15 November – Wuhan
 
 North Korea2
 
 North Korea1
 
12 November – Wuhan
 
 Japan0
 
 Japan8
 
 
 Thailand0
 
Third place
 
 
15 November – Wuhan
 
 
 China8
 
 
 Thailand0

Semi-finals

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

Japan 8–0 Thailand
Ueki 5', 68'
Takahashi 16'
Endo 36', 75'
Miyazawa 55', 56'
Takarada 84'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
China 1–2 North Korea
Zhang Linyan 62' Report Ri Hae-yon 2', 87'
Attendance: 280

Third place match
China 8–0 Thailand
Zhao Yujie 14'
Wang Yanwen 19', 89' (pen.)
Xie Qiwen 21', 26', 66'
Jin Kun 32'
Shen Mengyu 90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

Final
North Korea 1–0 Japan
Ri Hae-yon 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
 Jordan5 December 20130 (Debut)
 North Korea12 November 20154 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Japan12 November 20154 (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 Ri Hae-yon China Wang Yanwen  Japan

Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
  • China Xie Qiwen
  • North Korea Kim Pom-ui
  • North Korea Ri Hae-yon
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014.
  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. "Regulations AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2014.
  7. "Ri Hae-yon named AFC U-16 Women's C'ship MVP". AFC. 16 November 2015.
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