2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification

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Host countriesFirst round:
Sri Lanka (Group A)
Mongolia (Group B)
Tajikistan (Group C)
Kyrgyzstan (Group D)
Nepal (Group E)
Bangladesh (Group F)
Second round:
Laos (Group A)
Myanmar (Group B)
DatesFirst round:
15–23 September 2018
Second round:
27 February – 7 March 2019
Teams30 (from 1 confederation)
Venue8 (in 8 host cities)
2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification
Tournament details
Host countriesFirst round:
Sri Lanka (Group A)
Mongolia (Group B)
Tajikistan (Group C)
Kyrgyzstan (Group D)
Nepal (Group E)
Bangladesh (Group F)
Second round:
Laos (Group A)
Myanmar (Group B)
DatesFirst round:
15–23 September 2018
Second round:
27 February – 7 March 2019
Teams30 (from 1 confederation)
Venue8 (in 8 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played68
Goals scored397 (5.84 per match)
Attendance32,890 (484 per match)
Top scorerChina Shao Ziqin (16 goals)
← 2017

The 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification is a women's under-16 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2019 AFC U-16 Women's Championship.

A total of eight teams qualify to play in the final tournament held in Thailand,[1] four of which are decided by qualification.

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 33 teams entered the competition, with North Korea, South Korea, and Japan, automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top three teams of the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship and thus not participating in qualification. The final tournament hosts Thailand, despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament, entered to participate in qualification. As a result, a total of 30 teams entered qualification. Due to the increased number of teams, two qualification rounds were scheduled for the first time.[2]

The draw for the first round of the qualifiers was held on 30 May 2018, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] For the first round, the 30 teams were drawn into six groups of five teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification. The following restrictions were also applied:[4]

  • The six teams which indicated their intention to serve as qualification group hosts prior to the draw were drawn into separate groups.
Top 3 (not participating in qualification)
Participating in qualification first round
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 (unranked)
  1.  China (4)
  2.  Thailand (5) (Q)
  3.  Australia (6)
  4.  Bangladesh (7) (H)
  5.  Laos (8)
  6.  Philippines (9)
  1.  Chinese Taipei (10)
  2.  Vietnam (11)
  3.  Myanmar (12)
  4.  Iran (13)
  5.  India (14)
  6.  Uzbekistan (15)
  1.  Guam (22)
  2.  Palestine (23)
  3.  Singapore (24)
Notes
  • Teams in bold automatically qualified for the final tournament.
  • Teams in italics advanced to second round.
  • (H): Qualification first round group hosts
  • (Q): Automatically qualified for final tournament regardless of first round qualification results, and did not advance to second round
  • (W): Withdrew after draw
Did not enter

Player eligibility

Players born between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament.[5]

Format

In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue.

  • In the first round, the six group winners and the two best runners-up advance to the second round. However, the final tournament hosts Thailand do not advance to the second round. If they win their group, the runner-up of their group advances to the second round, or if they are among the two best runners-up, the third best runner-up advances to the second round.
  • In the second round, the two group winners and the two group runners-up qualify for the final tournament to join the four automatically qualified teams.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (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):[5]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. 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;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. 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);
  9. Drawing of lots.

First round

Second round

The draw for the second round of the qualifiers was held on 7 November 2018, 11:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[7] For the second round, 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 qualification. The following restrictions were also applied:[8]

  • The two teams which indicated their intention to serve as qualification group hosts prior to the draw were drawn into separate groups.
Participating in qualification second round
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Myanmar (H)
  2.  Iran
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
  • (H): Qualification second round group hosts

The second round was played between 27 February – 7 March 2019.[9]

Group A

  • All matches were held in Laos.
  • Times listed are UTC+7.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Final tournament
2  Vietnam 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4
3  Laos (H) 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4  Iran 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Australia 3–0 Iran
 Report
Attendance: 120
Referee: Abirami Naidu (Singapore)
Laos 0–1 Vietnam
Report
Attendance: 1,018
Referee: Yu Hong (China)
Vietnam 0–1 Australia
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
Iran 0–2 Laos
Report
Attendance: 384
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
Vietnam 0–0 Iran
Report
Attendance: 115
Referee: Yu Hong (China)
Australia 3–0 Laos
 Report
Attendance: 1,025
Referee: Abirami Naidu (Singapore)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 9 Final tournament
2  Bangladesh 3 2 0 1 11 3 +8 6
3  Myanmar (H) 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4  Philippines 3 0 0 3 0 20 −20 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Bangladesh 10–0 Philippines
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran)
China 5–0 Myanmar
 Report
Attendance: 1,986
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
Philippines 0–7 China
Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Pak Un-jong (North Korea)
Myanmar 0–1 Bangladesh
Report
Attendance: 4,540
Referee: Bùi Thị Thu Trang (Vietnam)
China 3–0 Bangladesh
 Report
Attendance: 125
Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)
Philippines 0–3 Myanmar
Report
Attendance: 367
Referee: Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran)

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in AFC U-16 Women's Championship1
 ThailandHosts20 April 2018[1]7 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 North Korea2017 champions30 May 2018[3]6 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 South Korea2017 runners-up30 May 2018[3]7 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 Japan2017 third place30 May 2018[3]7 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 AustraliaSecond round Group A winners7 March 20195 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2017)
 VietnamSecond round Group A runners-up7 March 20190 (debut)
 ChinaSecond round Group B winners1 March 20197 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 BangladeshSecond round Group B runners-up1 March 20192 (2005, 2017)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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