2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

The 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 7th 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 Thailand between 10 and 23 September 2017,^[2] with a total of eight teams competing.

2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

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Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	10–23 September[1]
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (3rd title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	69 (4.31 per match)
Attendance	6,276 (392 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kim Kyong-yong (9 goals)
Best player(s)	Kim Kyong-yong
Fair play award	Japan
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The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the AFC representatives.^[3]

Qualification

Main article: 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification

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 (Thailand also participated in qualifying despite already qualified as hosts). The qualifiers were held from 25 August to 5 September 2016.^[5]

Qualified teams

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

Team	Qualified as	Appearance	Previous best performance
North Korea	2015 champions	6th	Champions (2007, 2015)
Japan	2015 runners-up	7th	Champions (2005, 2011, 2013)
China	2015 third place	7th	Runners-up (2005)
Thailand	2015 fourth place / Hosts	7th	Third place (2005)
Laos	Group A runners-up[note 1]	1st	Debut
South Korea	Group B winners	7th	Champions (2009)
Bangladesh	Group C winners	2nd	Group stage (2005)
Australia	Group D winners	5th	Fourth place (2009)

Notes:

1. Since the Group A winners Thailand already automatically qualified for the final tournament as hosts, Laos also qualified for the final tournament as runners-up.

Venues

The tournament was held in Chonburi, Chonburi Province, at the Chonburi Stadium and the IPE Chonburi Stadium.

Chonburi
Chonburi Stadium	IPE Chonburi Stadium
Capacity: 8,680	Capacity: 11,000
Chonburi

Draw

The draw was held on 28 April 2017, 15:00 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-16 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.^[9]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Thailand (hosts)  North Korea	Japan  China	South Korea  Australia	Bangladesh  Laos

Squads

Main article: 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship squads

Players born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 16 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 29.4 and 29.5).^[10]

Group stage

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, ICT (UTC+7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	0	15	3	+12	7	Knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	2	1	0	12	2	+10	7
3	Thailand (H)	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Laos	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10)

17:00

China	2–2	South Korea
Zhang Linyan 11' Tang Han 90+3'	Report	Hwang Ah-hyeon 59' Kim Bit-na 68'

IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 95

Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

10 September 2017 (2017-09-10)

19:00

Thailand	3–0	Laos
Pluemjai 26', 67' Panittha 45'	Report

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 185

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

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13 September 2017 (2017-09-13)

17:00

Laos	0–7	China
	Report	Han Huimin 3' Li Yinghua 30' Jin Jing 45+1' Tang Han 57' Zhang Linyan 62', 78' Wang Yumeng 89'

IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 65

Referee: Seinn Cho Aung (Myanmar)

13 September 2017 (2017-09-13)

19:00

South Korea	3–0	Thailand
An Se-bin 58' Chang Eun-hyun 62' Cho Mi-jin 88'	Report

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 248

Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

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16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)

18:00

Thailand	1–6	China
Ploychompoo 49'	Report	Ou Yiyao 6' Wararat 30' (o.g.) Yang Qian 36' Tang Han 56', 69' Zhang Linyan 57'

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 250

Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

16 September 2017 (2017-09-16)

18:00

South Korea	7–0	Laos
Ko Min-jung 7', 37', 85' Cho Mi-jin 30', 88', 89' Lee Su-in 80'	Report

IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 45

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Knockout stage
2	North Korea	3	2	0	1	17	2	+15	6
3	Australia	3	1	0	2	3	14	−11	3
4	Bangladesh	3	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

11 September 2017 (2017-09-11)

17:00

North Korea	9–0	Bangladesh
Kim Kyong-yong 5', 8', 50', 57', 86' Ri Su-gyong 30', 90+1' Kim Yun-ok 33' Yun Ji-hwa 52'	Report

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 50

Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

11 September 2017 (2017-09-11)

19:00

Japan	5–0	Australia
Osawa 5' Tomioka 48' Tanaka 54', 71' Kinoshita 84'	Report

IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 152

Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

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14 September 2017 (2017-09-14)

17:00

Bangladesh	0–3	Japan
	Report	Tanaka 13' Nakae 31' Yamamoto 39'

IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 106

Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

14 September 2017 (2017-09-14)

19:00

Australia	0–7	North Korea
	Report	Kim Kyong-yong 5', 39' Pak Hye-gyong 21' Ko Kyong-hui 78' Ri Su-gyong 86', 90+2' Yun Ji-hwa 88'

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 75

Referee: Cong Thi Dung (Vietnam)

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17 September 2017 (2017-09-17)

18:00

North Korea	1–2	Japan
Kim Kyong-yong 18'	Report	Kinoshita 76' Yamamoto 86'

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 105

Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

17 September 2017 (2017-09-17)

18:00

Australia	3–2	Bangladesh
Hughes 9' Cooney-Cross 78' Sakalis 83'	Report	Shamsunnahar 45' (pen.) Chakma 51'

IPE Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 157

Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.^[10]

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	20 September – Chonburi Stadium
	China	0
					23 September – Chonburi Stadium
	North Korea	1
					North Korea	2
	20 September – Chonburi Stadium
					South Korea	0
	Japan	1 (2)
	South Korea (p)	1 (4)
					Third place
					23 September – Chonburi Stadium
					China	0
					Japan	1

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20)

16:00

China	0–1	North Korea
	Report	Ri Su-gyong 58' (pen.)

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 1,036

Referee: Cong Thi Dung (Vietnam)

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20 September 2017 (2017-09-20)

19:30

Japan	1–1	South Korea
Tanaka 46'	Report	Cho Mi-jin 65' (pen.)
Penalties
Tomioka Tanaka Ito Iwai	2–4	Lee Su-in Lee Eun-young Jang You-been Ko Min-jung Cho Mi-jin

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 927

Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

Third place match

Winner qualified for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23)

16:00

China	0–1	Japan
	Report	Nakao 55'

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 1,677

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Final

23 September 2017 (2017-09-23)

19:30

North Korea	2–0	South Korea
Ri Su-jong 38' Kim Kyong-yong 87'	Report

Chonburi Stadium, Chonburi

Attendance: 1,103

Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

Winners

Winner 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
North Korea Third title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.^[11][12]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
North Korea	20 September 2017	5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
South Korea	20 September 2017	2 (2008, 2010)
Japan	23 September 2017	5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[13]

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer	Fair Play Award
Kim Kyong-yong	Kim Kyong-yong	Japan

Goalscorers

9 goals

• Kim Kyong-yong

5 goals

• Ri Su-gyong
• Cho Mi-jin

4 goals

• Tang Han
• Zhang Linyan
• Tomoko Tanaka

3 goals

• Ko Min-jung

2 goals

• Momoka Kinoshita
• Yuzuki Yamamoto
• Yun Ji-hwa
• Pluemjai Sontisawat

1 goal

• Kyra Cooney-Cross
• Laura Hughes
• Sofia Sakalis
• Monika Chakma
• Shamsunnahar
• Han Huimin
• Jin Jing
• Li Yinghua
• Ou Yiyao
• Wang Yumeng
• Yang Qian
• Moe Nakae
• Momo Nakao
• Haruka Osawa
• Chihiro Tomioka
• Kim Yun-ok
• Ko Kyong-hui
• Pak Hye-gyong
• Ri Su-jong
• An Se-bin
• Chang Eun-hyun
• Hwang Ah-hyeon
• Kim Bit-na
• Lee Su-in
• Panittha Jeeratanapavibul
• Ploychompoo Somnuek

1 own goal

• Wararat Nanongtum (against China)

Source: the-afc.com