The AFF U-16 Women's Championship is

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

tournament for women's national teams under the age of 15. It was first conducted in 2009 as the AFF U-16 Women's Championship with an upper age limit of 16. It is organised by the ASEAN Football Federation every two years. The official tournament started in 2009, hosted by

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and won by Australia.

History

2009

The first women's ASEAN championship at the youth level, held as the

2009 AFF U-16 Women's Championship The 2009 AFF U-16 Women's Championship was held from 9 to 18 October 2009, hosted by Myanmar. All games were played at the Thuwunna Stadium and Aung San Stadium. It was the first tournament held for this age bracket amongst the group of annual A ...

was held in Myanmar from 9 October through 18 October 2009. The competition was held at the

Thuwunna Stadium The Thuwunna Youth Training Center Stadium ( my, သုဝဏ္ဏ လူငယ် လေ့ကျင့်ရေး ကွင်း), simply known as the Thuwunna Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the venue o ...

and

Aung San Stadium The Bogyoke Aung San Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium, located in downtown Yangon, Myanmar. It was built as an athletic ground in 1906, which was completed in 1909 and named as Burma Athletic Association Ground, where many sports were held ...

. In the final, Australia defeated Thailand by 8–0.

2017

The second women's ASEAN championship at the youth level, held as the 2017 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship was held in Laos from 8 May through 20 May 2017. The competition was held at the

New Laos National Stadium The New Laos National Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Vientiane, Laos that was built in 2009. It is used mostly for football matches. It hosted the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2009 Southeast Asian Games. Overview Upon completio ...

. In the final, Thailand defeated Philippines by 6–2.

Results

Records and statistics

Total wins

Participating nations

;Legend * — Champions * — Runners-up * — Third place * — Fourth place * GS — Group stage * q — Qualified for the current tournament * — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned * — Hosts

General Statistics

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss. ''As end of 2019 AFF U-16 Women's Championship''

Awards

Winning coaches

References

External links

* at the ASEAN Football Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:AFF U-16 Women's Championship AFF competitions Youth football competitions Recurring sporting events established in 2009 Women's association football competitions in Asia 2009 establishments in Southeast Asia