2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

The 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup was the 9th edition of the AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and AFC U-16 Women's Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-17 national teams of Asia.

2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup

Piala Asia Putri U-17 2024
Tournament details
Host country	Indonesia
City	Gianyar Regency
Dates	6–19 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (4th title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	74 (4.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jon Il-chong (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Miharu Shinjo
Best goalkeeper	Pak Ju-gyong
Fair play award	Japan
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It was held in Indonesia between 6–19 May 2024.^[1][2] A total of eight teams competed in the tournament. This was the first continental women's football tournament hosted by Indonesia.

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic as the AFC representatives. Japan were the defending champions. They were defeated in the final by North Korea, equaling Japan's record of four titles.

Qualification

Main article: 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup qualification

The host country and the top three teams of the previous tournament in 2019 qualified automatically, while the other four teams were decided by qualification. There were two rounds of qualification matches, with the first round played between 22–30 April 2023, and the second round played between 16–24 September 2023.

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Appearance	Previous best performance
Indonesia	Hosts	2nd	Group stage (2005)
Japan	2019 champions	9th	Champions (2005, 2011, 2013, 2019)
North Korea	2019 runners-up	8th	Champions (2007, 2015, 2017)
China	2019 third place	9th	Runners-up (2005)
South Korea	Second round Group A winners	9th	Champions (2009)
Thailand	Second round Group A runners-up	9th	Third place (2005)
Australia	Second round Group B winners	7th	Fourth place (2009, 2019)
Philippines	Second round Group B runners-up	1st	Debut

Venues

The matches were played at two venues, both at Gianyar Regency in Bali.

Gianyar
Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium	Bali United Training Center
Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 600
Gianyar

Draw

The draw was held on 7 March 2024 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Indonesia automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.^[3]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Indonesia (hosts)  Japan	North Korea  China	Australia  South Korea	Thailand  Philippines

Match officials

The following referees and assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.

Referees

• Rebecca Durcau
• Yu Hong
• Yang Shu-Ting
• Mahsa Ghorbani
• Azusa Sugino
• Cha Min-ji
• Veronika Bernatskaia
• Doumouh Al Bakkar
• Supiree Testhomya
• Bùi Thị Thu Trang

Assistant referees

• Bao Mengxiao
• Wu Qiaoli
• Riiohlang Dhar
• Saki Nakamoto
• Islam Al-Abadi
• Sabreen Ala'badi
• Park Mi-suk
• Phutsavan Chanthavong
• Phyu May Thet
• Dilshoda Rahmanova
• Suwida Wongkraisorn
• Amal Badhafari

Squads

Main article: 2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup squads

Players born between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2009 were 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 22.1 and 26.3).^[4]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and should they tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3):^[4]

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. Should more than two teams were tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams were still tied, all head-to-head criteria above were 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 meet 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, WITA (UTC+8)^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Korea	3	3	0	0	22	0	+22	9	Knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	1	1	1	13	8	+5	4
3	Philippines	3	1	1	1	7	8	−1	4
4	Indonesia (H)	3	0	0	3	1	27	−26	0

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

6 May 2024 (2024-05-06)

16:00

North Korea	7–0	South Korea
Ri Kuk-hyang 41' (pen.) Ho Kyong 45+2', 54' Jon Il-chong 47', 51', 89' Choe Rim-jong 60'	Report

Bali United Training Center, Gianyar

Referee: Yu Hong (China)

6 May 2024 (2024-05-06)

19:00

Indonesia	1–6	Philippines
Scheunemann 12'	Report	Pino 6', 35' Guy 22' Markey 29' Collins 54', 62'

Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar

Referee: Supiree Testhomya (Thailand)

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9 May 2024 (2024-05-09)

16:00

Philippines	0–6	North Korea
	Report	Jon Il-chong 17', 27' Kang Ryu-mi 24' Pak Il-sim 31' Choe Chong-gum 48' Son Jo-ye 90+3'

Bali United Training Center, Gianyar

Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)

9 May 2024 (2024-05-09)

19:00

South Korea	12–0	Indonesia
Kim Hyo-won 13' Han Guk-hee 34' Beom Ye-ju 39' Park Ji-yu 41' Won Ju-eun 45+1', 50', 61', 86' Kim Yee-un 59' (pen.) Baek Ji-eun 80', 82' Seo Min-jeong 90+2'	Report

Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar

Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)

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12 May 2024 (2024-05-12)

16:00

Indonesia	0–9	North Korea
	Report	Choe Il-son 1', 10', 38', 40', 47' Kang Ryu-mi 11', 45+3' Ro Un-hyang 14', 44'

Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar

Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

12 May 2024 (2024-05-12)

16:00

South Korea	1–1	Philippines
Beom Ye-ju 74'	Report	Markey 38'

Bali United Training Center, Gianyar

Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Knockout stage
2	China	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Thailand	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
4	Australia	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

7 May 2024 (2024-05-07)

16:00

China	3–0	Australia
Zhou Xinyi 5' Xiao Jiaqi 63' Zhang Kecan 77'	Report

Bali United Training Center, Gianyar

Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)

7 May 2024 (2024-05-07)

19:00

Japan	4–0	Thailand
Shinjo 51' Sakaki 65' Tsuda 69', 87'	Report

Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar

Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

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10 May 2024 (2024-05-10)

16:00

Thailand	0–3	China
	Report	Song Yu 58' Zhang Kecan 90' Chen Rui 90+2'

Bali United Training Center, Gianyar

Referee: Doumouh Al Bakkar (Lebanon)

10 May 2024 (2024-05-10)

19:00

Australia	1–4	Japan
Dos Santos 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Sato 3', 10' Shinjo 65' Hirakawa 80'

Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar

Referee: Yang Shu-ting (Chinese Taipei)

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13 May 2024 (2024-05-13)

16:00

Japan	4–0	China
Fukushima 9' Kikuchi 74', 86' Nezu 90+5'	Report

Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar

Referee: Cha Min-ji (South Korea)

13 May 2024 (2024-05-13)

16:00

Australia	1–3	Thailand
Punch 31'	Report	Kurisara 38' Rinyaphat 67' Chutikan 90+7'

Bali United Training Center, Gianyar

Referee: Bùi Thị Thu Trang (Vietnam)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 May
	North Korea	1
					19 May
	China	0
					North Korea	1
	16 May
					Japan	0
	Japan	3
	South Korea	0
					Third place match
					19 May
					China	1
					South Korea	2

Semi-finals

The winners qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

16 May 2024 (2024-05-16)

15:00

Japan	3–0	South Korea
Nezu 40' Shinjo 68', 88'	Report

Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar

Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)

16 May 2024 (2024-05-16)

19:00

North Korea	1–0	China
Choe Yon-a 11'	Report

Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar

Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)

Third place match

The winner of this match qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

19 May 2024 (2024-05-19)

15:00

China	1–2	South Korea
Dong Yujie 81'	Report	Phair 13', 84'

Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar

Referee: Azusa Sugino (Japan)

Final

19 May 2024 (2024-05-19)

19:00

North Korea	1–0	Japan
Jon Il-chong 46'	Report

Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium, Gianyar

Attendance: 1,325

Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)

2024 AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup winners
North Korea Fourth title

Awards

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

Award	Recipient
Most Valuable Player[6]	Miharu Shinjo
Top Goalscorer[7]	Jon Il-chong
Best Goalkeeper[8]	Pak Ju-gyong
Future Star (fan favorites)[9]	Miharu Shinjo Casey Phair Zhang Kecan Ariana Markey

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

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
Japan	16 May 2024	7 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
North Korea	16 May 2024	6 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
South Korea	19 May 2024	3 (2008, 2010, 2018)

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

Goalscorers

There were 74 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.62 goals per match.

6 goals

• Jon Il-chong

5 goals

• Choe Il-son

4 goals

• Miharu Shinjo
• Won Ju-eun

3 goals

• Kang Ryu-mi

2 goals

• Zhang Kecan
• Hana Kikuchi
• Ririka Nezu
• Momo Sato
• Anon Tsuda
• Ho Kyong
• Ro Un-hyang
• Natalie Collins
• Ariana Markey
• Alexa Pino
• Baek Ji-eun
• Beom Ye-ju
• Casey Phair

1 goal

• Indiana dos Santos
• Lily Punch
• Chen Rui
• Dong Yujie
• Song Yu
• Xiao Jiaqi
• Zhou Xinyi
• Claudia Scheunemann
• Noa Fukushima
• Hina Hirakawa
• Manaka Sakaki
• Choe Chong-gum
• Choe Rim-jong
• Choe Yon-a
• Pak Il-sim
• Ri Kuk-hyang
• Son Jo-ye
• Jael-Marie Guy
• Han Guk-hee
• Kim Hyo-won
• Kim Yee-un
• Park Ji-yu
• Seo Min-jeong
• Chutikan Kitikhun
• Kurisara Limpawanich
• Rinyaphat Moondong

See also

• 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup