2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
2015亚足联U16女子锦标赛
Tournament details
Host country  China
City Wuhan
Dates 4–15 November 2015
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up  Japan
Third place  China PR
Fourth place  Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 69 (4.31 per match)
Attendance 1,755 (110 per match)
Top scorer(s) China Wang Yanwen (6 goals)
Best player North Korea Ri Hae-yon
Fair play award  Japan

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

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
 Japan 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship champions 6th Champions (2005, 2011, 2013)
 North Korea 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship runners-up 5th Champions (2007)
 China PR 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship third place / Hosts 6th Runners-up (2005)
 Thailand 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship fourth place 6th Third place (2005)
 Uzbekistan Qualifying Group A winners 2nd Group stage (2013)
 Iran Qualifying Group B winners 2nd Group stage (2013)
 South Korea Qualifying Group C winners 6th Champions (2009)
 Chinese Taipei Qualifying Group D winners 4th Group 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 PR (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) Host.

4 November 2015 (2015-11-04)
15:00
Thailand  4–0  Iran
Kanyanat  5', 36'
Yaowaporn  8', 90+2' 		Report
Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan
Attendance: 60
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

4 November 2015 (2015-11-04)
19:00
China PR  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'
Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan
Attendance: 200
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)
15:00
South Korea  0–1  Thailand
Report Nutwadee  89'
Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan
Attendance: 105
Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)

6 November 2015 (2015-11-06)
19:00
Iran  0–4  China PR
Report Ma Xiaolan  22', 90+3'
Chen Yuanmeng  27'
Wang Yanwen  81'
Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan
Attendance: 150
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)
15:00
China PR  5–0  Thailand
Ma Xiaolan  3'
Wang Yanwen  11', 33'
Jin Kun  40', 47' 		Report
Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan
Attendance: 200
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)
15:00
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.)
Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan
Attendance: 40
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

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

5 November 2015 (2015-11-05)
15:00
Japan  4–0  Uzbekistan
Nagano  54'
Ueki  60'
Miyazawa  78'
Takarada  81' 		Report
Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan
Attendance: 50
Referee: Shiva Yari (Iran)

5 November 2015 (2015-11-05)
15:00
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

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07)
15:00
Uzbekistan  0–4  North Korea
Report Kim Pom-ui  45+3', 55', 78'
Choe Un-chong  71'
Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan
Attendance: 40
Referee: Shiva Yari (Iran)

7 November 2015 (2015-11-07)
15:00
Chinese Taipei  0–6  Japan
Report Endo  18'
Kanekatsu  24' (pen.)
Miyazawa  31', 38'
Takahashi  40'
Kojima  88'
Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan
Attendance: 50
Referee: Park Ji-yeong (South Korea)

9 November 2015 (2015-11-09)
15:00
Japan  1–1  North Korea
Takahashi  63' Report Sung Hyang-sim  2'
Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)

9 November 2015 (2015-11-09)
15:00
Chinese Taipei  0–3  Uzbekistan
Report Panjieva  45+1'
Kurbonova  75'
Nazarkulova  88'

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
 
 
 China PR1
 
15 November – Wuhan
 
 North Korea2
 
 North Korea1
 
12 November – Wuhan
 
 Japan0
 
 Japan8
 
 
 Thailand0
 
Third Place
 
 
15 November – Wuhan
 
 
 China PR8
 
 
 Thailand0

Semi-finals

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

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)
15:00
Japan  8–0  Thailand
Ueki  5', 68'
Takahashi  16'
Endo  36', 75'
Miyazawa  55', 56'
Takarada  84' 		Report
Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan
Attendance: 100
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

12 November 2015 (2015-11-12)
19:00
China PR  1–2  North Korea
Zhang Linyan  62' Report Ri Hae-yon  2', 87'
Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan
Attendance: 280
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Third place match

15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)
15:00
China PR  8–0  Thailand
Zhao Yujie  14'
Wang Yanwen  19', 89' (pen.)
Xie Qiwen  21', 26', 66'
Jin Kun  32'
Shen Mengyu  90+1' 		Report
Xinhua Road Sports Center, Wuhan
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

Final

15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)
19:00
North Korea  1–0  Japan
Ri Hae-yon  41' Report

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
 Jordan 5 December 2013 0 (Debut)
 North Korea 12 November 2015 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
 Japan 12 November 2015 4 (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
3 goals
  • China Jin Kun
  • China Ma Xiaolan
  • Japan Jun Endo
  • Japan Hana Takahashi
  • Japan Riko Ueki
  • North Korea Sung Hyang-sim
  • South Korea Choi Jeong-min
2 goals
  • China Zhang Linyan
  • Japan Saori Takarada
  • South Korea Mun Eun-ju
  • Thailand Kanyanat Chetthabutr
  • Thailand Karen Yaowaporn Lohrmann
1 goal
  • China Chen Yuanmeng
  • China Shen Mengyu
  • China Zhao Yujie
  • Japan Rio Kanekatsu
  • Japan Seira Kojima
  • Japan Fuka Nagano
  • North Korea Choe Un-chong
  • North Korea Ri Un-jong
  • South Korea Gwon Hui-seon
  • South Korea Jung Min-young
  • South Korea Yang Hyeon-ji
  • Thailand Nutwadee Pram-nak
  • Uzbekistan Shahnoza Kurbonova
  • Uzbekistan Makhliyo Nazarkulova
  • Uzbekistan Maftuna Panjieva

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.
  3. ↑ "Asian duo qualify for Jordan 2016". FIFA.com. 12 November 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. 1 2 3 "Regulations AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  7. ↑ "Ri Hae-yon named AFC U-16 Women's C'ship MVP". AFC. 16 November 2015.

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