The 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-16

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competition which decided the participating teams of the

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. Players born between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including

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(hosts), and

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, who qualified directly as the top four finishers of the

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. The top two teams of the final tournament qualified for the

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in Jordan (besides

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who qualified automatically as hosts).

Draw

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 17 June 2014 at the AFC House in

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. A total of 21 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage and were drawn into four groups. *West Zone had 12 entrants from

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and

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, where they were drawn into two groups of six teams. *East Zone had 9 entrants from

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and

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(excluding direct qualifiers Japan, North Korea, China, and Thailand), where they were drawn into one group of five teams and one group of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2013. ;Notes :

¹ Non-FIFA member, ineligible for World Cup.

Format

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The four group winners qualified for the final tournament.

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 would be 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.

Groups

The matches were played between 4–8 October 2014 for Group C; 5–9 October 2014 for Group D; 15–23 October 2014 for Group B; 22–25 December 2014 for Group A.

Group A

*All matches were initially to be held in

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, but were postponed. *After the withdrawal of four teams, the two remaining teams played two matches against each other, both held in

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. *Times listed were

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Group B

*All matches were held in

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. *Times listed were

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Group C

*All matches were held in

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. *Times listed were

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Group D

*All matches were held in

. *Times listed were

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Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament. :

² Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

;10 goals *

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;8 goals * Fatemeh Geraeli * Fatemeh Ghasemi * Shahnoza Kurbonova ;7 goals * Roja Devi ;6 goals * Anushka Samuel ;4 goals * Ashlee Brodigan *

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* Thin Thin Yu * Dildora Ergasheva ;3 goals *

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* Chen Yu-chieh * Sushmita Bardhan * Nour Zoqash * Lim Su-bin * Maftuna Panjieva ;2 goals * Melina Ayres * Joey Cartwright * Panagiota Petratos * Lipi Akhter * Bipasha Mali * Premi Chiru *

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* Fatemeh Hosseini * Tasneem Abulrob * Tasnim Isleem * Hnin Kalyar Ko * Kay Zin Myint * Itsuko Bacatan * Joyce Semacio * Eom Keun-byeol * Gwon Hui-seon * Ju Yee-un * Yang Hyeon-ji * Ruzikhon Askarova * Zarina Boboeva * Feruza Bobokhujaeva * Nguyễn Thị Quỳnh *

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;1 goal * Hannah Bourke *

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* Krishna Rani * Song Channa * Yon Yeurn * Huang Yu-tzu * Eva Panna * Hajar Dabbaghi *

Leen Al-Btoush Leen Yasin Mohammad Al-Btoush (; born 20 July 2001) is a Jordanian footballer who plays as a forward for the Jordan national team. References External links * * Leen Al-Btoushat the Jordan Football Association The Jordan Football Asso ...

* Jeeda Al-Naber * Luna Sahloul * Yasmeen Zabian *

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* Khine Thazin Oo * Mikhaela Jumawan * Lindsay Whaley * Im So-jeong * Park Hye-jeong * Song Bo-ram * Yang Seo-yeong *

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* Dilnoza Utamova * Nguyễn Thị Nga * Nguyễn Thị Nụ * Phạm Thu Hiền ;Own goal * Amna Fahad (playing against Jordan)

References

External links

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