AFC U-19 Women's Championship

AFC U-19 Women's Championship

Founded	2002
Region	Asia (AFC)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Japan (4th title)
Most successful team(s)	Japan (4 titles)
2015 Championship

The AFC U-19 Women's Championship is association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 19. It is organised by the Asian Football Confederation every two years, and serves as a qualifying competition for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Format

In 2002 and 2004 no qualifying round was played but all teams played in the group stage. In 2002 then the semi-finals followed, in 2004 the competitions only quarter-finals were played as eight teams advanced from the groups.

In 2006, 2007 and 2009 edition only eight teams play the final tournament and a qualification round is played before. The teams are drawn into two groups of four with the top two teams advancing to the semi-finals.

In 2011 and 2013 the final tournament was played with six teams in a single group and no knock-out stage.

In 2015 again eight teams played.

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2002[1] Details	India		Japan	2–1	Chinese Taipei		China PR	4–1	North Korea
2004[2] Details	China		South Korea	3–0	China PR		North Korea	4–0	Thailand
2006[3] Details	Malaysia		China PR	1–0	North Korea		Australia	3–2	Japan
2007[4] Details	China		North Korea	1–0	Japan		China PR	1–0	South Korea
2009[5] Details	China		Japan	2–1	South Korea		North Korea	1–0	China PR
2011 Details	Vietnam		Japan	RR	North Korea		China PR	RR	South Korea
2013 Details	China		South Korea	RR	North Korea		China PR	RR	Japan
2015 Details	China		Japan	0–0 4–2 (p)	North Korea		South Korea	4–0	China PR
2017 Details	Thailand

Performance by country

Nation	Champions	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Japan	4 (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015)	1 (2007)	–	2 (2006, 2013)
South Korea	2 (2004, 2013)	1 (2009)	1 (2015)	2 (2007, 2011)
North Korea	1 (2007)	4 (2006, 2011, 2013, 2015)	2 (2004, 2009)	1 (2002)
China PR	1 (2006)	1 (2004)	4 (2002, 2007, 2011, 2013)	2 (2009, 2015)
Chinese Taipei	–	1 (2002)	–	–
Australia	–	–	1 (2006)	–
Thailand	–	–	–	1 (2004)

References

1. "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2002". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
2. "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2004". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
3. "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2006". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
4. "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2007". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
5. "Asian Women U-19 Championship 2009". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 August 2011.

External links

• Official website
• Tournament at RSSSF.com