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

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, 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

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. 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.

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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

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(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 ;5 goals * Hinata Miyazawa ;4 goals * Xie Qiwen * Kim Pom-ui * Ri Hae-yon ;3 goals *

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* Ma Xiaolan *

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* Hana Takahashi *

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* Sung Hyang-sim * Choi Jeong-min ;2 goals * Zhang Linyan * Saori Takarada * Mun Eun-ju * Kanyanat Chetthabutr * Karen Yaowaporn Lohrmann ;1 goal * Chen Yuanmeng * Shen Mengyu * Zhao Yujie * Rio Kanekatsu * Seira Kojima * Fuka Nagano * Choe Un-chong * Ri Un-jong * Gwon Hui-seon * Jung Min-young * Yang Hyeon-ji * Nutwadee Pram-nak * Shahnoza Kurbonova * Makhliyo Nazarkulova * Maftuna Panjieva

References

External links

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

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