# AFF U-16 Women's Championship

The AFF U-16 Women's Championship is association football 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 every two years. The official tournament started in 2009, hosted by Myanmar and won by Australia.

## History
### 2009

The first women's ASEAN championship at the youth level, held as the 2009 AFF U-16 Women's Championship was held in Myanmar from 9 October through 18 October 2009. The competition was held at the Thuwunna Stadium and Aung San Stadium.
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.
In the final, Thailand defeated Philippines by 6–2.

## Results

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third Place Match | Third Place Match | Third Place Match |
| Year | Host | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place |
| 2009 Details | Myanmar | Australia | 8–0 | Thailand | Vietnam | 3–0 | Myanmar A |
| 2017 Details | Laos | Thailand | 6–2 | Philippines | Myanmar | 3–1 | Cambodia |
| 2018 Details | Indonesia | Thailand | 1–0 | Myanmar | Vietnam | 0–0 (3–0) pen | Laos |
| 2019 Details | Thailand | Thailand | 0–0 (5–3) pen | Laos | Vietnam | 1–0 | Philippines |

## Records and statistics
### Total wins

| Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
| Thailand | 3 (2017, 2018, 2019) | 1 (2009) | – | – |
| Australia | 1 (2009) | – | – | – |
| Myanmar | – | 1 (2018) | 1 (2017) | 1 (2009) |
| Philippines | – | 1 (2017) | – | 1 (2019) |
| Laos | – | 1 (2019) | – | 1 (2018) |
| Vietnam | – | – | 3 (2009, 2018, 2019) | – |
| Cambodia | – | – | – | 1 (2017) |

## Participating nations

| Team | 2009 (8) | 2017 (9) | 2018 (9) | 2019 (9) | Total |
| Australia | 1st | × | × | × | 1 |
| Cambodia | × | 4th | GS | GS | 3 |
| Indonesia | GS | GS | GS | × | 3 |
| Laos | × | GS | 4th | 2nd | 3 |
| Malaysia | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 |
| Myanmar | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | GS | 4 |
| Myanmar B | GS | × | × | × | 1 |
| Philippines | GS | 2nd | GS | 4th | 4 |
| Singapore | × | GS | GS | GS | 3 |
| Thailand | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4 |
| East Timor | × | × | × | GS | 1 |
| Vietnam | 3rd | GS | 3rd | 3rd | 4 |

### Legend
## General Statistics

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time 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
| Rank | Team | Part | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Dif | Pts |
| 1 | Thailand | 4 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 92 | 16 | +76 | 54 |
| 2 | Vietnam | 4 | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 53 | 14 | +41 | 39 |
| 3 | Myanmar | 4 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 81 | 30 | +51 | 33 |
| 4 | Laos | 3 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 28 |
| 5 | Philippines | 4 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 34 | 57 | −23 | 19 |
| 6 | Australia | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 1 | +41 | 15 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 4 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 73 | −57 | 13 |
| 8 | Singapore | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 35 | −25 | 8 |
| 9 | Cambodia | 3 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 33 | −26 | 4 |
| 10 | Indonesia | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 36 | −30 | 4 |
| 11 | Myanmar B | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 3 |
| 12 | East Timor | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 54 | −54 | 0 |

## Awards

| Tournament | Top scorer(s) | Goals | Fair play award |
| 2009 | | | Thailand |
| 2017 | Myat Noe Khin Ploychompoo Somnuek | 6 | Thailand |
| 2018 | Myat Noe Khin | 9 | |
| 2019 | Pe | 12 | |

### Winning coaches

| Year | Team | Tournament |
| 2009 | Australia | |
| 2017 | Thailand | Cheewathan Krueawan |
| 2018 | Thailand | Naruephon Kaenson |
| 2019 | Thailand | Naruephon Kaenson |