# 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in China for the third consecutive edition between 15–28 October 2017, with a total of eight teams competing.
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the AFC representatives.

## Qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016. Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2015 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining four spots. The qualifiers were held from 27 October to 6 November 2016, with Group C postponed to 20–24 December 2016 due to the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

### Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| Japan | 2015 champions | 9th | Champions (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015) |
| North Korea | 2015 runners-up | 9th | Champions (2007) |
| South Korea | 2015 third place | 9th | Champions (2004, 2013) |
| China | 2015 fourth place / Hosts | 9th | Champions (2006) |
| Australia | Group A winners | 7th | Third place (2006) |
| Uzbekistan | Group B winners | 4th | Group stage (2002, 2004, 2015) |
| Thailand | Group C winners | 6th | Fourth place (2004) |
| Vietnam | Group D winners | 4th | Quarter-finals (2004) |

## Venues

The tournament was held in Nanjing, at the Jiangning Sports Center and the Jiangsu Training Base Stadium.
Nanjing :
| Jiangning Sports Center | Jiangsu Training Base Stadium |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 3,000 |
| Nanjing ||

## Draw

The draw was held on 28 April 2017, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts China automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| China (hosts) Japan | North Korea South Korea | Australia Thailand | Uzbekistan Vietnam |

## Match officials

A total of 8 referees and 10 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.

## Squads

Players born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 31.4 and 31.5).

## Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

### 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 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.
All times are local, CST (UTC+8).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | North Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | China (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 October – Jiangning Stadium | 25 October – Jiangning Stadium |
| North Korea | 3 |
| North Korea | 3 | 28 October – Jiangning Stadium | 28 October – Jiangning Stadium |
| Australia | 0 | 28 October – Jiangning Stadium | 28 October – Jiangning Stadium |
| Australia | 0 | North Korea | 0 |
| 25 October – Jiangning Stadium | 25 October – Jiangning Stadium | | North Korea | 0 |
| 25 October – Jiangning Stadium | 25 October – Jiangning Stadium | Japan | 1 |
| Japan | 5 | Japan | 1 |
| China | 0 | | |
| China | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 28 October – Jiangning Stadium | 28 October – Jiangning Stadium |
| | | Australia | 0 |
| | | China | 3 |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

### Third place match

Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

### Final
## Winners

* 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship winners
* Japan Fifth title

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| Japan | 25 October 2017 | 5 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016) |
| North Korea | 25 October 2017 | 6 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
| China | 28 October 2017 | 5 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Most Valuable Player | Top Scorer | Fair Play Award |
| Sung Hyang-sim | Sung Hyang-sim | Japan |

## Goalscorers
### 6 goals

* Sung Hyang-sim

### 5 goals

* Saori Takarada

### 3 goals

* Alex Chidiac
* Remy Siemsen
* Hinata Miyazawa
* Riko Ueki
* Kim Pom-ui
* Ri Hae-yon
* Kim So-eun

### 2 goals

* Liu Jing
* Mizuka Sato
* An Song-ok
* Ju Hyo-sim
* Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva

### 1 goal

* Princess Ibini
* Rachel Lowe
* Chen Yuanmeng
* He Luyao
* Jin Kun
* Xie Qiwen
* Jun Endo
* Honoka Hayashi
* Oto Kanno
* Rina Mehara
* Asato Miyagawa
* Mami Muraoka
* Nana Ono
* Kim Eun-soul
* Mun Eun-ju
* Orrapan Bungthong
* Kanyanat Chetthabutr
* Hà Thị Nhài
* Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Ngân

### 1 own goal

* Chen Qiaozhu (against Japan)
* Tipkritta Onsamai (against China)
    Source: the-afc.com Archived 27 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine