2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2017亚足联U19女子锦标赛
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	15–28 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (5th title)
Runners-up	North Korea
Third place	China
Fourth place	Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	63 (3.94 per match)
Attendance	6,713 (420 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sung Hyang-sim (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Sung Hyang-sim
Fair play award	Japan
	← 2015 2019 →

The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th 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 for the third consecutive edition between 15–28 October 2017,^[2] with a total of eight teams competing.

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the AFC representatives.^[3]

Qualification[edit]

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. The qualifiers were held from 27 October to 6 November 2016, with Group C postponed to 20–24 December 2016 due to the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.^[5]

Qualified teams[edit]

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

Team	Qualified as	Appearance	Previous best performance
Japan	2015 champions	9th	Champions (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015)
North Korea	2015 runners-up	9th	Champions (2007)
South Korea	2015 third place	9th	Champions (2004, 2013)
China	2015 fourth place / Hosts	9th	Champions (2006)
Australia	Group A winners	7th	Third place (2006)
Uzbekistan	Group B winners	4th	Group stage (2002, 2004, 2015)
Thailand	Group C winners	6th	Fourth place (2004)
Vietnam	Group D winners	4th	Quarter-finals (2004)

Venues[edit]

The tournament was held in Nanjing, at the Jiangning Sports Center and the Jiangsu Training Base Stadium.

Draw[edit]

The draw was held on 28 April 2017, 16:00 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-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts China automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.^[9]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
China (hosts) Japan	North Korea South Korea	Australia Thailand	Uzbekistan Vietnam

Match officials[edit]

A total of 8 referees and 10 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.

Referees

Kate Jacewicz
Qin Liang
Saltanat Noroozi
Kajiyama Fusako
Thein Thein Aye
Ri Hyang-ok
Oh Hyeon-jeong
Anna Sidorova

Assistant referees

Renae Coghill
Bao Mengxiao
Fang Yan
Uvena Fernandes
Ensieh Khabaz
Maiko Hagio
Naomi Teshirogi
Hong Kum-Nyo
Kim Kyoung-Min
Zilola Rahmatova

Squads[edit]

Players born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2001 are 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 31.4 and 31.5).^[10]

Group stage[edit]

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]

Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
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;
Goal difference in all group matches;
Goals scored in all group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
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);
Drawing of lots.

All times are local, CST (UTC+8).

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Korea	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Knockout stage
2	China (H)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Knockout stage
3	Uzbekistan	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
4	Thailand	3	0	1	2	2	13	−11	1

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

15 October 2017

15:00

China	2–0	Uzbekistan
Chen Yuanmeng 19' Liu Jing 61' (pen.)	Report

Jiangning Sports Center, Nanjing

Attendance: 750

Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

15 October 2017