# 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

The 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 5th edition of the tournament. The tournament was held from 26 September to 6 October 2013.
The tournament was played in Nanjing, China, just as the 2011 edition. The top three teams qualify for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

## Venues

Nanjing :
| Jiangning Sports Center | Jiangsu Football Training Centre Stadium |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 3,000 |
| Nanjing ||

## Qualification

Four teams were directly qualified by their 2011 performance, the others had to enter qualifying.
| Country | Qualified as | Date qualification was secured |
| Japan | 2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Champion | 10 July 2012 |
| North Korea | 2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Runner-up | 10 July 2012 |
| China | 2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Third Place, later confirmed as hosts | 10 July 2012 |
| South Korea | 2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Fourth Place | 10 July 2012 |
| Chinese Taipei | Qualification Group D Winner | 8 November 2012 |
| Guam | Qualification Group D Runner-up | 8 November 2012 |
| Australia | Qualification Group C Winner | 9 November 2012 |
| Jordan | Qualification Group A Winner | 9 November 2012 |
| Bahrain | Qualification Group A Runner-up | 9 November 2012 |
| Thailand | Qualification Group C Runner-up | 11 November 2012 |
| Uzbekistan | Qualification Group B Winner | 28 November 2012 |
| Iran | Qualification Group B Runner-up | 30 November 2012 |

## Format

The twelve teams are drawn into four groups of three teams. After playing each other once the group winner advances to the semi-finals. The draw was held on 26 April 2013.
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.
* Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Goal difference in all the group matches;
* Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
* Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
* Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
* Drawing of lots.

## Group stage

All kick-off times are China Standard time (UTC+08:00).

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 6 |
| Australia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 3 |
| Bahrain | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | −25 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| North Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 6 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 3 |
| Jordan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Thailand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 |
| South Korea | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 |

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | +28 | 6 |
| Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 |
| Guam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| China | 1 |
| North Korea | 3 | | |
| North Korea | 3 | North Korea | 1 (5) |
| | | Japan | 1 (6) |
| Thailand | 0 | Japan | 1 (6) |
| Japan | 6 | | |
| Japan | 6 | Third place | Third place |
| | | China | 2 (4) |
| | | Thailand | 2 (2) |

### Final
## Awards

The following awards were given.
| Most Valuable Player | Top Scorer | Fair Play Award |
| Hina Sugita | Rikako Kobayashi (7 goals) | North Korea |
* Winners 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
* Japan Third title

## Goalscorers
### 7 goals

* Rikako Kobayashi

### 6 goals

* Liu Yan
* Hikaru Kitagawa
* Hina Sugita
* Ri Hae-yon

### 4 goals

* Cui Yuhan
* Wu Yue
* Miho Kamogawa
* Sung Hyang-sim
* Sudarat Chuchuen

### 3 goals

* Sunny Franco
* Qin Manman
* Wi Jong-sim

### 2 goals

* Chen Yudan
* Fuka Kono
* Fuka Nagano
* Meika Nishida
* Narumi Miura
* Kim Pom-ui
* Lee So-hee

### 1 goals

* Afrikah Mcgladrigan
* Alexandra Chidiac
* Jessica Pitts
* Madeline Stockdale
* Rhianna Pollicina
* Fan Yuqiu
* Shen Lufan
* Fatemeh Geraeli
* Shabnam Behesht
* Manar Mohammad Mahmoud Isleem
* Moeka Minami
* Yukiko Abe
* Yurina Imai
* Wakaho Kanda
* An Song-ok
* Ju Hyo-sim
* Mun Kyong-yong
* Ri Pom-hwang
* Ri Un-yong
* Janthawan Thanakorn
* Jiraporn
* Sojirat
* Pan Shin-yu
* Yang Chia-hui

### Own goal

* Hessa Alzayani (playing against China PR)