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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 15 and 28 September 2019, with a total of eight teams competing. The top two teams of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to

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) in

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as the AFC representatives, besides

who would have automatically qualified as hosts. However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled. This edition was 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.

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were the defending champions, but were defeated 2–1 in the final by

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Qualification

Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament: the hosts and the top three of

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. 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.

Venues

The matches are played at two venues, both at the

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in Chonburi Province. *

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Draw

The draw was held on 23 May 2019, 15:30 ICT (

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), at the Oakwood Hotel in

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, 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

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, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Squads

Players born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2005 were 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 (Regulations Articles 24.1 and 24.2).

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. ;Tiebreakers Teams were ranked according to

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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3): #Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #

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in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams; #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; #Goal difference in all group matches; #Goals scored in all group matches; #

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if only two teams are tied and they meet in the last round of the group; #Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points); #Drawing of lots. All times are local, ICT (

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage,

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(no

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) was used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 12.1 and 12.2).

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Third place match

Final

Winners

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

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

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, including

who qualified automatically as host. On 16 March 2022, the AFC announced that China PR would replace North Korea as the AFC's representatives at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. On 16 August 2022, it was announced that the

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, or AIFF, was suspended by FIFA due to undue influence from third parties. As a result, the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was stripped from India, as FIFA planned to assess the next steps when it came to hosting the tournament. On 27 August, FIFA lifted the suspension, thus giving back the hosting rights to India. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

References

External links

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