2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification

The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-19 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship. Players born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[1]

2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesJordan (Group A)
Sri Lanka (Group B)
Vietnam (Group C)
Thailand (Group D)
Dates5–11 November 2014
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored85 (4.72 per match)
Attendance4,050 (225 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Sunny Franco
Vietnam Lê Hoài Lương
Uzbekistan Nilufar Kudratova
(7 goals each)
2013
2017

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including South Korea, North Korea, China PR (hosts), and Japan, who qualified directly as the top four finishers of the 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.

The top three teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea.[2]

Draw

edit

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 17 June 2014 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[3] A total of 14 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage and were drawn into four groups.

  • West Zone had 7 entrants from Central Asia, South Asia and West Asia, where they were drawn into one group of four teams and one group of three teams.
  • East Zone had 7 entrants from ASEAN and East Asia (excluding direct qualifiers South Korea, North Korea, China, and Japan), where they were drawn into one group of four teams and one group of three teams.

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2013.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
West Zone
(Groups A–B)

  Jordan
  Palestine

  Iran
  Uzbekistan

  India
  Sri Lanka

  Lebanon

East Zone
(Groups C–D)

  Australia
  Myanmar

  Thailand
  Vietnam

  Chinese Taipei
  Singapore

  Hong Kong

Notes
1 Non-FIFA member, ineligible for World Cup.

Format

edit

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

Tiebreakers

edit

The teams were ranked according to points (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:[1]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. 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);
  8. Drawing of lots.

Groups

edit

The matches were played between 5–9 November 2014 for Groups A, C and D; 7–11 November 2014 for Group B.

Group A

edit
  • All matches were held in Jordan.
  • Times listed were UTC+2.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 12 0 +12 9 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2   Jordan (H) 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3   India 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3
4   Lebanon 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Uzbekistan  2–0  India
Kudratova   20', 35' Report [1]
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
Jordan  3–0  Lebanon
Al-Khawaled   19', 51'
Al-Naber   88'
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Pannipar Kamneung (Thailand)

Lebanon  0–7  Uzbekistan
Report Muydinova   29', 45+3', 83'
Kudratova   33', 49', 79'
Shoyimova   90+4'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Saltanat Noroozi (Iran)
India  1–3  Jordan
Pyari Xaxa   30' Report [2] Al-Khawaled   9'
Feras   56'
Al-Naber   70'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Cong Thi Dung (Vietnam)

India  3–1  Lebanon
Dangmei Grace   33'
Pyari Xaxa   60'
Sweety Devi   87'
Report [3] Chehab   19'
Attendance: 80
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
Jordan  0–3  Uzbekistan
Report Muydinova   49'
Kudratova   83', 90+3'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

Group B

edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9 6 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2   Sri Lanka (H) 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
3   Palestine 2 0 1 1 0 6 −6 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Sri Lanka  0–0  Palestine
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Li Juan (China)

Iran  4–1  Sri Lanka
Behesht   20', 33', 89'
Khodabakhshi   24'
Report Aberathna   71'

Palestine  0–6  Iran
Report Khosravi   3', 38', 44'
Behesht   11'
Rahmati   74', 77'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)

Group C

edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 3 3 0 0 28 0 +28 9 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2   Vietnam (H) 3 2 0 1 17 3 +14 6
3   Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 2 13 −11 3
4   Singapore 3 0 0 3 1 32 −31 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Australia  6–0  Hong Kong
Crummer   25'
Harrison   49'
Ibini-Isei   65'
Condon   73'
Goad   76', 84'
Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Kim Sook-hee (South Korea)
Vietnam  11–0  Singapore
Bùi Thị Trang   5'
Nguyễn Thanh Huyền   14'
Lê Hoài Lương   16', 45', 47', 62', 83'
Biện Thị Hằng   24', 77'
Đoàn Thị Thanh Tâm   42', 90+3'
Report

Singapore  0–19  Australia
Report Franco   5', 11', 29', 35', 44', 59'
Chidiac   23', 70'
Baker   25', 45', 72', 80'
Goodrich   34'
Goad   50'
Binte Ros   68' (o.g.)
Condon   74'
Price   83' (pen.), 86'
Harrison   90+2'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Maria Piedade Rebello (India)
Hong Kong  0–6  Vietnam
Report Nguyễn Kim Anh   4', 50'
Bùi Thị Trang   25'
Lê Thị Thùy Trang   38'
Lê Hoài Lương   39', 73'
Attendance: 30
Referee: Kuwahara Rikako (Japan)

Singapore  1–2  Hong Kong
Siti   12' Report Sharon Fung   58'
Lee Wing Yan   60' (pen.)
Attendance: 50
Referee: Kim Sook-hee (South Korea)
Australia  3–0  Vietnam
Harrison   8' (pen.)
Goad   56'
Franco   81'
Report

Group D

edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Thailand 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2   Myanmar (H) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
3   Chinese Taipei 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Chinese Taipei  0–0  Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

Thailand  2–1  Chinese Taipei
Jiraporn   12'
Jenjira   63'
Report Pan Yen-hsin   34'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Myanmar  0–0  Thailand
Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mai Hoang Trang (Vietnam)

Qualified teams

edit

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament2
  South Korea 2013 champions 17 June 2014 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
  North Korea 2013 runners-up 17 June 2014 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
  China 2013 third place / Hosts 17 June 2014 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
  Japan 2013 fourth place 17 June 2014 7 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
  Uzbekistan Group A winners 9 November 2014 2 (2002, 2004)
  Iran Group B winners 11 November 2014 0 (debut)
  Australia Group C winners 9 November 2014 5 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
  Thailand Group D winners 9 November 2014 4 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009)
2 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers

edit
7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Source: the-AFC.com[4]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b "Regulations AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
  3. ^ "AFC U-19 Women's C'ship 2015 qualifiers set". AFC. 17 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship Qualifiers". AFC.com.
edit