2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

November 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2015 2015亚足联U19女子锦标赛 China 18–29 August 8 1 2 1 20 JPN 4 20 PRK 20 KOR 20 CHN 16 73 PRK Ri Un-sim (6 goals) JPN Rikako Kobayashi 20 JPN 2013 2017 The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in China between 18–29 August 2015.http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2015.pdf AFC AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015 PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20141208143533/http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2015.pdf 8 December 2014 PDF dead A total of eight teams played in the tournament. Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the AFC representatives.https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/38/35/13/circularno.1428-decisionstakenbythefifaexecutivecommitteeconcerningwomenscompetitions2016_neutral.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140712053521/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/38/35/13/circularno.1428-decisionstakenbythefifaexecutivecommitteeconcerningwomenscompetitions2016%5fneutral.pdf dead 12 July 2014 Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016 FIFA 23 June 2014 Japan won their fourth title with a final victory over North Korea on penalties. Both finalists and third-placed South Korea qualified for the World Cup.https://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/news/y=2015/m=8/news=korea-republic-punch-ticket-to-papua-new-guinea-japan-crowned-champion-2673727.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160327151707/http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/news/y=2015/m=8/news=korea-republic-punch-ticket-to-papua-new-guinea-japan-crowned-champion-2673727.html dead 27 March 2016 Korea Republic qualify, Japan crowned champions FIFA.com 29 August 2015 Qualification 2015 AFC U-19 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.http://www.the-afc.com/u-19-womens-championship-2015/afc-u-19-women%E2%80%99s-c%E2%80%99ship-2015-qualifiers-set AFC U-19 Women’s C’ship 2015 qualifiers set AFC 17 June 2014 1 November 2014 30 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170830202803/http://www.the-afc.com/u-19-womens-championship-2015/afc-u-19-women%E2%80%99s-c%E2%80%99ship-2015-qualifiers-set live Qualified teams The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance 20 KOR 1 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship champions 08 8th 01 Champions (2004, 2013) 20 PRK 2 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship runners-up 08 8th 01 Champions (2007) 20 CHN 3 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship third place / Hosts 08 8th 01 Champions (2006) 20 JPN 4 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship fourth place 08 8th 01 Champions (2002, 2009, 2011) 20 UZB A Qualifying Group A winners 03 3rd 05 Group stage (2002, 2004) 20 IRN B Qualifying Group B winners 01 1st 99 Debut 20 AUS C Qualifying Group C winners 06 6th 03 Third place (2006) 20 THA D Qualifying Group D winners 05 5th 04 Fourth place (2004) Venues Nanjing hosted the tournament, with two venues: Jiangning Sports Center and Jiangsu Training Base Stadium. Nanjing Jiangning Sports Center Jiangsu Training Base Stadium Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 3,000 200px 200px China left 300 China 32.0339 118.4644 Nanjing top Draw The draw for the final tournament was held on 13 May 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.http://www.the-afc.com/u-19-womens-championship-2015/hosts-china-learn-afc-u-19-womens-championship-opponents Hosts China learn AFC U-19 Women's Championship opponents AFC 13 May 2015 13 May 2015 26 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150726230711/http://www.the-afc.com/u-19-womens-championship-2015/hosts-china-learn-afc-u-19-womens-championship-opponents live 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 420 CHN (hosts) 20 KOR20 JPN 20 PRK20 AUS 20 THA20 IRN 20 UZB Squads 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship squads Players born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).http://www.the-afc.com/sites/default/files/regulations_u19_womens_2015.pdf Regulations AFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2015 AFC https://web.archive.org/web/20141029180125/http://www.the-afc.com/sites/default/files/regulations_u19_womens_2015.pdf 29 October 2014 dead Group stage The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. Tiebreakers 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: Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned; Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned; Goal difference in all the group matches; Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches; Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play; 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); Drawing of lots. All times were local, CST (UTC+8). Group A main WDL AFC 20 CHN 20 JPN 20 AUS 20 UZB complete 2 0 1 13 4 H 3 0 0 11 2 1 0 2 3 4 0 0 3 0 17 JPN CHN AUS UZB Group stage tiebreakers Q KO KO green1 Knockout stage 2015 8 18 y 16:00 20 JPN 2–0 20 AUS Report Kobayashi 10 28 Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing 200 Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea) 2015 8 18 y 19:00 20 CHN 9–0 20 UZB Report Shi Tianlun 14 pen.Xiao Yuyi 20 41 58Yan Jinjin 31 32 51Zhang Zhu 66Tojiddinova 79 o.g. Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing 500 Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam) 2015 8 20 y 16:00 20 UZB 0–6 20 JPN Report Sonoda 5 77Seike 25 35 47Hasegawa 36 Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing 100 Maria Rebello (India) 2015 8 20 y 19:00 20 AUS 1–2 20 CHN Report Harrison 67 Qin Manman 38Liu Yan 55 Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing 450 Rita Gani (Malaysia) 2015 8 22 y 16:00 20 CHN 2–3 20 JPN Report Shi Tianlun 71 pen.Pan Jiahui 84 Kobayashi 22Nishida 64Kitagawa 75 Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing 600 Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea) 2015 8 22 y 16:00 20 AUS 2–0 20 UZB Report Kirby 36O'Brien 90+3 Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing 100 Maria Rebello (India) Group B main WDL AFC 20 KOR 20 PRK 20 THA 20 IRN complete 2 0 1 16 1 3 0 0 15 0 1 0 2 7 9 0 0 3 1 29 PRK KOR THA IRN Group stage tiebreakers Q KO KO green1 Knockout stage 2015 8 19 y 16:00 20 KOR 13–0 20 IRN Report Hwang Hye-soo 11 24Choi Hee-jeong 15 36Namgung Ye-ji 37 59Son Hwa-yeon 52 78Wie Jae-eun 60 72 81Park Ye-eun 65Song Ji-yoon 90 Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing 150 Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan) 2015 8 19 y 19:00 20 PRK 5–0 20 THA Report Jon So-yon 38 pen.Ri Kyong-hyang 47Ri Un-sim 63 66 88 Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing 400 Qin Liang (China) 2015 8 21 y 16:00 20 THA 0–3 20 KOR Report Jang Chang 52 71Namgung Ye-ji 75 pen. Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing 150 Kate Jacewicz (Australia) 2015 8 21 y 19:00 20 IRN 0–9 20 PRK Report Ri Un-sim 27 63Jon So-yon 33Wi Jong-sim 36Kim Phyong-hwa 39Ri Kyong-hyang 48Ri Hui-jong 86Kim So-hyang 88Choe Un-hwa 90+4 Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing 300 Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam) 2015 8 23 y 16:00 20 KOR 0–1 20 PRK Report Ri Hyang-sim 62 Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing 100 Rita Gani (Malaysia) 2015 8 23 y 16:00 20 THA 7–1 20 IRN Report Saowalak 3 11 53 68Jenjira 81 84 89 Zohrabi Nia 59 Jiangsu Training Base Stadium, Nanjing 75 Qin Liang (China) Knockout stage In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. Bracket N4 yes high yes yes 26 August – Nanjing 20 JPN 1 20 KOR 0 26 August – Nanjing 20 PRK 2 20 CHN 0 29 August – Nanjing 20 JPN 0 (4) 20 PRK 0 (2) 29 August – Nanjing 20 KOR 4 20 CHN 0 Semi-finals Winners qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. 26 August 2015 16:30 20 JPN 1–0 20 KOR Report Kobayashi 82 Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing 200 Kate Jacewicz (Australia) 26 August 2015 20:00 20 PRK 2–0 20 CHN Report Ri Un-sim 29Ri Kyong-hyang 61 Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing 500 Rita Gani (Malaysia) Third place match Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. 29 August 2015 16:30 20 KOR 4–0 20 CHN Report Wang Ying 50 o.g.Son Hwa-yeon 59 67Jang Chang 69 Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing 350 Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan) Final 29 August 2015 20:00 20 JPN 0–0 yes 20 PRK Report Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing 500 Qin Liang (China) Nishida Kobayashi Kitagawa Miura 4–2 Jon So-yon Ri Un-sim Jo Ryon-hwa Wi Jong-sim Winners fbwu 20 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship winners JPN Fourth Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The following three teams from AFC qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1 20 JPN 01 26 August 2015 04 4 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2012) 20 PRK 02 26 August 2015 05 5 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 20 KOR 03 29 August 2015 04 4 (2004, 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.http://www.the-afc.com/u-19-womens-championship-2015/double-celebration-as-kobayashi-claims-mvp-award Double celebration as Kobayashi claims MVP award AFC 29 August 2015 29 August 2015 1 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150901162715/http://www.the-afc.com/u-19-womens-championship-2015/double-celebration-as-kobayashi-claims-mvp-award live Most Valuable PlayerTop ScorerFair Play AwardJPN Rikako KobayashiPRK Ri Un-sim20 JPN Goalscorers 6 goals 22em PRK Ri Un-sim 4 goals 22em JPN Rikako Kobayashi KOR Son Hwa-yeon THA Saowalak Pengngam 3 goals 22em CHN Xiao Yuyi CHN Yan Jinjin JPN Kiko Seike PRK Ri Kyong-hyang KOR Namgung Ye-ji KOR Jang Chang KOR Wie Jae-eun THA Jenjira Bubpha 2 goals 22em CHN Shi Tianlun JPN Mizuki Sonoda PRK Jon So-yon KOR Choi Hee-jeong KOR Hwang Hye-soo 1 goal 22em AUS Amy Harrison AUS Ayesha Kirby AUS Chloe O'Brien CHN Liu Yan CHN Pan Jiahui CHN Qin Manman CHN Zhang Zhu IRN Sara Zohrabi JPN Yui Hasegawa JPN Hikaru Kitagawa JPN Meika Nishida PRK Choe Un-hwa PRK Kim Phyong-hwa PRK Kim So-hyang PRK Ri Hui-jong PRK Ri Hyang-sim PRK Wi Jong-sim KOR Park Ye-eun KOR Song Ji-yoon Own goal 22em CHN Wang Ying (playing against South Korea) UZB Shokhida Tojiddinova (playing against China PR) Source: http://www.the-afc.com/afcasfeeds?&view=ajax&show=mod_topScorer&stageid=368&disp=all the-afc.com References External links http://www.the-afc.com/competition/afc-u-19-women%E2%80%99s-championship AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the-AFC.com 2015 U-19 Championship U-19 Women's Championship 2015 Category:2015 in Chinese women's football Category:Sport in Nanjing