2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship


The 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 8th edition of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation for the women's under-16 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Thailand between 15–28 September 2019, with a total of eight teams competing.
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the AFC representatives, besides India who automatically qualified as hosts.
This edition will be the last to be played as an under-16 tournament, as the AFC have agreed to the proposal for switching the tournament from under-16 to under-17 starting from 2022.
North Korea were the defending champions, but were defeated 2–1 in the final by Japan.

Qualification

Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament: the hosts and the top three of 2017. The other four spots were determined by the qualifying stage.
A total of 30 teams entered the qualifying stage. Due to the increased number of teams, two qualification rounds were scheduled for the first time. The first round was scheduled for 15–23 September 2018, and the second round was scheduled for 23 February – 3 March 2019.

Qualified teams

The following teams have qualified for the tournament.
TeamQualified asAppearancePrevious best performance
8th
7th
8th
8th
6th
1st
8th
3rd

Venues

The matches are played at two venues, both at the Mueang Chonburi District in Chonburi Province.
The draw was held on 23 May 2019, 15:30 ICT, at the Oakwood Hotel in Chonburi, Thailand. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.
Pot [|1]Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2005 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.

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
;Tiebreakers
Teams are ranked according to points, and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings :
  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 ;
  9. Drawing of lots.
All times are local, ICT.
MatchdayDatesMatches
Matchday 115–16 September 20191 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 218–19 September 20194 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 321–22 September 20191 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
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Third place match

Final

Winners

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Top GoalscorerMost Valuable PlayerFair Play award
Maika Hamano Hanon Nishio

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

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, including India who qualified automatically as host.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
15 3 20190
6
6

Goalscorers