# 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification

The 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-16 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship.
A total of 24 teams entered the qualification tournament, which decided four of the eight participating teams in the final tournament held in Thailand.

## Draw

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 27 teams entered the competition, with North Korea, Japan, China and the host nation Thailand automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top four teams of the 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship and thus did not participate in the qualifying competition, except for Thailand which decided to also participate in the qualifying competition.
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 24 teams were drawn into four groups of six teams.
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification. The following restrictions were also applied:
* The three teams which indicated their intention to serve as qualification group hosts prior to the draw were drawn into separate groups.
Automatically qualified for final tournament and not participating in qualification :
| North Korea Japan China |||||
| Participating in qualification |||||
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | Pot 5 (unranked) |
| Thailand (H, Q) South Korea Uzbekistan Iran | Chinese Taipei Australia Myanmar India | Bangladesh (H) Vietnam (H) Philippines Jordan | Hong Kong United Arab Emirates | Guam Iraq Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon (W) Malaysia Northern Mariana Islands Pakistan (W) Palestine Singapore |

### Notes

* Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
* (H): Qualification group hosts (remaining group hosted at neutral venue)
* (Q): Automatically qualified for final tournament regardless of qualification results
* (W): Withdrew after draw

### Did not enter

* Afghanistan
* Bahrain
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* Indonesia
* Kuwait (suspended)
* Macau
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Nepal
* Oman
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Tajikistan
* Timor-Leste
* Turkmenistan
* Yemen

## Player eligibility

Players born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003 were eligible to compete in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship.

## Format

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The four group winners qualified for the final tournament. If Thailand won their group, the runner-up of their group also qualified for the final tournament.

### Tiebreakers

Teams were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):
* Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
* Goal difference 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;
* Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met 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.

## Groups

The matches were scheduled for 25 August – 5 September 2016.

### Group A

* All matches were held in Thailand.
* Times listed were UTC+7.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Thailand (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 12 | Final tournament as one of the top 4 teams at 2015 season |
| 2 | Laos | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 8 | +15 | 9 | 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship |
| 3 | Myanmar | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 9 | +8 | 6 | |
| 4 | Jordan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | |
| 5 | Guam | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 33 | −31 | 0 | |
| 6 | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group B

* All matches were held in China (neutral venue host).
* Times listed were UTC+8.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | +38 | 12 | 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship |
| 2 | Philippines | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 9 | |
| 3 | India | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | −21 | 3 | |
| 5 | Northern Mariana Islands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 30 | −28 | 0 | |
| 6 | Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Group C

* All matches were held in Bangladesh.
* Times listed were UTC+6.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Bangladesh (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | +24 | 15 | 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 12 | |
| 3 | Iran | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 9 | |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 4 | |
| 5 | Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 30 | −25 | 3 | |
| 6 | Singapore | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 29 | −26 | 1 | |

### Group D

* All matches were held in Vietnam.
* Times listed were UTC+7.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 1 | +64 | 15 | 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship |
| 2 | Vietnam (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 12 | |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 4 | |
| 5 | Iraq | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17 | −15 | 3 | |
| 6 | Palestine | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 41 | −38 | 2 | |

## Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in AFC U-16 Women's Championship |
| North Korea | 2015 champions | 19 May 2016 | 5 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) |
| Japan | 2015 champions | 19 May 2016 | 6 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) |
| China | 2015 third place | 19 May 2016 | 6 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) |
| Thailand | 2015 fourth place | 19 May 2016 | 6 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) |
| Laos | Group A runners-up | 5 September 2016 | 0 (debut) |
| South Korea | Group B winners | 5 September 2016 | 6 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) |
| Bangladesh | Group C winners | 3 September 2016 | 1 (2005) |
| Australia | Group D winners | 1 September 2016 | 4 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Goalscorers

There were 332 goals scored in 50 matches, for an average of 6.64 goals per match.
11 goals
* Sofia Sakalis
* San Thaw Thaw
10 goals
* Courtney Nevin
* Fatemeh Ghasemi
9 goals
* Cho Mi-jin
8 goals
* India Kubin
* Krishna Rani Sarkar
* Kemmy Phatdala
7 goals
* Su Yu-hsuan
* Jang You-been
6 goals
* Kyra Cooney-Cross
* Jacynta Galabadaarachchi
* Jheng Ya-zih
* Fatemeh Makhdoumi
* Roghayeh Nasab
* Lina Al Maiah
* Chun Ga-ram
* Terjanee Isulat
5 goals
* Anuching Mogini
* Nien Ching-yun
* Hyun Seul-gi
* Kim Bo-min
* Ngân Thị Vạn Sự
* Kotchaphon Nillaor
4 goals
* Karly Roestbakken
* Julia Vignes
* Shamsunnahar
* Renu Rani
* Vady Inthiya
3 goals
* Amy Sayer
* Marzia Akter
* Wu Yu-jou
* Yu Ya-xuan
* Soumya Guguloth
* Aphatsala Chanhthavongxay
* Denise Graellos
* Tojinisokhon Rashidova
* Shakhnozabonu Yusupova
2 goals
* Ashley Dribbus
* Mishrat Jahan Moushumi
* Tohura Khatun
* Tseng Yun-ya
* Chan Wing Lam
* Viktoriia Dalinger
* Thipphaphone Homsombath
* Nurfaizah Saidin
* Win Sanda Tun
* Caitlin Levasseur
* Isabella Mahoney
* Noh Heon-yeon
* Ploychompoo Somnuek
* Sara Sameeh
* Lê Thị Kim Lảnh
* Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nhã
* Phan Thị Thu Thìn
* Trần Thị Mỹ Thương
* Trần Thị Thu Xuân
1 goal
* Molly Arens
* Angelique Hristodoulou
* Laura Hughes
* Georgia Iannella
* Gracie Johns
* Lucy Kell
* Jess Meads
* Alyssa Rose
* Maria Manda
* Nargis Khatun
* He Xin-rou
* Lin Hsin-hui
* Wu Dai-ling
* Hannah Cruz
* Jenna Han
* Kwan Wing Yu
* Halasan Tsang
* Karishma Rai
* Thailand Yumlembam
* Fatemeh Daeinia
* Mobina Etemad
* Marzieh Feizi
* Hanieh Khodaparasti
* Maryam Mohammadi
* Maral Torkaman
* Lanja Ahmed
* Elaf Sabah
* Amal Allababdeh
* Adelia Erkinbaeva
* Shakhnoza Ibraimova
* Setora Sultanova
* Boling
* Daoheung Chanthala
* Anouta Chanthithong
* Bouasavanh Inthavong
* Noudaeng Seepasong
* Nor Athirah
* Kyi Pyar Lin
* May Htet Lu
* Thidar Win
* Guinevere Borja
* Lyka Sally
* Laila Al Shaikh
* Joudi Khalil
* Hala Sarawi
* Stacey Arthur
* Maeva Collatos
* Glynnes Dela Cruz
* Danezza Graellos
* Regine Rebosura
* Andrea Tiongson
* Hannah Villasin
* Dorcas Chu
* Valerie Ong Siu Kym
* Putri Nur Syaliza
* Chang Eun-hyun
* Hwang Ah-hyeon
* Kim Hye-jeong
* Ko Min-jung
* Chatchawan Rodthong
* Nutnicha Kalasin
* Penpitcha Chaisida
* Phattharanit Duangkaew
* Phonchita Thaenprathum
* Supawadee Keereewong
* Al Reem Al Baloshi
* Rawan Alhammadi
* Hassa Mohamed
* Diyora Erkinova
* Anora Farmonova
* Marjona Turaeva
* Nguyễn Thị Hằng
* Nguyễn Thị Tú Anh
* Trần Thị Hải Linh
1 own goal
* Sina Eisenhardt (against Myanmar)
* Sabrina Kenney (against Laos)
* Fatimah Fadhil (against Vietnam)
* Madina Khikmatova (against Australia)
2 own goals
* Nicol Al Soos (against Australia)