The 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the

AFC U-16 Women's Championship The AFC U-17 Women's Asian Cup, founded as the AFC U-17 Women's Championship and later the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, before changing to its current name after the 2019 edition, is a biennial women's football tournament for youth teams organis ...

, the biennial international youth

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championship organised by the

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(AFC) for the women's under-16 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in

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between 4–15 November 2015. A total of eight teams played in the tournament. Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the

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in Jordan as the AFC representatives, besides

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who qualified automatically as hosts.

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu (Amnok) and T ...

won their second title with a 1–0 final victory over

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. Both finalists qualified for the World Cup.

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.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Venues

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hosted the tournament, with two venues: Xinhua Road Sports Center and Hankou Cultural Sports Centre.

Draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 13 May 2015 at the AFC House in

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. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous edition in

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Squads

Players born between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).

Group stage

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

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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; #

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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 (

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage,

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was used to decide the winner if necessary (

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was not used).

Bracket

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for

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Third place match

Final

Winners

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

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Jordan qualified as hosts. :

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.

Goalscorers

;6 goals *

Wang Yanwen Wang Yanwen is a Chinese association football player who plays for Beijing BG Phoenix. She studied in the Beijing Sport University Beijing Sport University (BSU) (), formerly known as "Central Institute of Physical Education" () and "Beijing ...

;5 goals *

Hinata Miyazawa is a Japanese Association football, football player. She plays for Mynavi Sendai Ladies, Mynavi Sendai and Japan women's national football team, Japan national team. Club career Miyazawa was born in Minamiashigara, Kanagawa, Minamiashigara on No ...

;4 goals * Xie Qiwen * Kim Pom-ui * Ri Hae-yon ;3 goals *

Jin Kun Jin Kun (born 4 October 1999) is a Chinese footballer who plays as a midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case ...

* Ma Xiaolan *

Jun Endo Jun or JUN may refer to: People and anthroponymy * Jun (given name), a common Japanese given name * Jun (singer), a member of South Korean boy band U-KISS * Tomáš Jun, Czech footballer * A spelling of common Korean family name Jeon (Korean surn ...

* Hana Takahashi *

Riko Ueki is a Japanese professional football player who plays as a striker for Tokyo Verdy Beleza in the Japanese WE League and the Japan national team. Early life and education Ueki was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on 30 July 1999. She started pla ...

* Sung Hyang-sim * Choi Jeong-min ;2 goals *

Zhang Linyan Zhang Linyan ( zh, s=张琳艳, p=Zhāng Línyàn, born 16 January 2001 in Jiangyou) is a female Chinese football player, playing for Swiss Women's Super League club Grasshopper Club Zürich and the China national team. Career Zhang is a produ ...

Saori Takarada is a Japanese professional Association football, footballer who currently plays as a Midfielder (association football), midfielder and Forward (association football), forward for Linköpings FC and the Japan women's national football team. She p ...

* Mun Eun-ju *

Kanyanat Chetthabutr Kanyanat Chetthabutr ( th, กัญญาณัฐ เชษฐบุตร; born 24 September 1999) is a Thai footballer who plays as a forward for Women's League club BG Bundit Asia. International goals ''Scores and results list Thailand's ...

Karen Yaowaporn Lohrmann Karen may refer to: * Karen (name), a given name and surname * Karen (slang), a term and meme for a demanding woman displaying certain behaviors People * Karen people, an ethnic group in Myanmar and Thailand ** Karen languages or Karenic l ...

;1 goal * Chen Yuanmeng * Shen Mengyu * Zhao Yujie * Rio Kanekatsu * Seira Kojima *

Fuka Nagano is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Women's Super League club Liverpool and the Japan women's national team. Nagano begun her senior career with Urawa Reds in 2014. She joined WK league club Hyundai Steel Red ...

* Choe Un-chong * Ri Un-jong * Gwon Hui-seon * Jung Min-young * Yang Hyeon-ji *

Nutwadee Pram-nak Nutwadee Pram-nak ( th, ณัฐวดี ปร่ำนาค, born 9 October 2000) is a Thai footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Thailand women's national team. Early life Pram-nak was born in Phitsanulok and raised in Bangkok ...

Shahnoza Kurbonova Shahnoza Kurbonova ( uz, Shahnoza Qurbonova; born 1 May 2000) is an Uzbekistani footballer who plays as a forward. She has been a member of the Uzbekistan women's national football team. International goals ''Scores and results list Uzbekistan's ...

* Makhliyo Nazarkulova * Maftuna Panjieva

References

External links

*, the-AFC.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Afc U-16 Women's Championship 2015

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