The ASEAN 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 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

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 The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) is an organisation within the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and is an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer in Southeast Asia. It consists of the federations of Fo ...

every two years. The official tournament started in 2009, hosted by

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

and won by

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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 AF ...

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 (), simply known as the Thuwunna Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Yangon, Myanmar. It is the venue of choice for most national and international Association football, football and track and ...

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 (also known as Lao National Stadium KM16) 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 ...

. 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 Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...

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 Under-16 association football competitions Recurring sporting events established in 2009 Women's association football competitions in Asia 2009 establishments in Southeast Asia