# 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

The 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-16 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Thailand between 10 and 23 September 2017, with a total of eight teams competing.
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay 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 (Thailand also participated in qualifying despite already qualified as hosts). The qualifiers were held from 25 August to 5 September 2016.

### Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Team | Qualified as | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| North Korea | 2015 champions | 6th | Champions (2007, 2015) |
| Japan | 2015 runners-up | 7th | Champions (2005, 2011, 2013) |
| China | 2015 third place | 7th | Runners-up (2005) |
| Thailand | 2015 fourth place / Hosts | 7th | Third place (2005) |
| Laos | Group A runners-up | 1st | Debut |
| South Korea | Group B winners | 7th | Champions (2009) |
| Bangladesh | Group C winners | 2nd | Group stage (2005) |
| Australia | Group D winners | 5th | Fourth place (2009) |
Notes:
* ↑ Since the Group A winners Thailand already automatically qualified for the final tournament as hosts, Laos also qualified for the final tournament as runners-up.

## Venues

The tournament was held in Chonburi, Chonburi Province, at the Chonburi Stadium and the IPE Chonburi Stadium.
Chonburi :
| Chonburi Stadium | IPE Chonburi Stadium |
| Capacity: 8,680 | Capacity: 11,000 |
| Chonburi ||

## Draw

The draw was held on 28 April 2017, 15:00 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-16 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Thailand (hosts) North Korea | Japan China | South Korea Australia | Bangladesh Laos |

## Squads

Players born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 16 players and maximum 23 players, minimum two of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 29.4 and 29.5).

## 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, ICT (UTC+7).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Thailand (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Laos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | North Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 3 | |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 20 September – Chonburi Stadium | 20 September – Chonburi Stadium |
| China | 0 |
| China | 0 | 23 September – Chonburi Stadium | 23 September – Chonburi Stadium |
| North Korea | 1 | 23 September – Chonburi Stadium | 23 September – Chonburi Stadium |
| North Korea | 1 | North Korea | 2 |
| 20 September – Chonburi Stadium | 20 September – Chonburi Stadium | | North Korea | 2 |
| 20 September – Chonburi Stadium | 20 September – Chonburi Stadium | South Korea | 0 |
| Japan | 1 (2) | South Korea | 0 |
| South Korea (p) | 1 (4) | | |
| South Korea (p) | 1 (4) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 23 September – Chonburi Stadium | 23 September – Chonburi Stadium |
| | | China | 0 |
| | | Japan | 1 |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

### Third place match

Winner qualified for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

### Final
## Winners

* Winner 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
* North Korea Third title

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup |
| North Korea | 20 September 2017 | 5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
| South Korea | 20 September 2017 | 2 (2008, 2010) |
| Japan | 23 September 2017 | 5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
    $^1$ 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 |
| Kim Kyong-yong | Kim Kyong-yong | Japan |

## Goalscorers
### 9 goals

* Kim Kyong-yong

### 5 goals

* Ri Su-gyong
* Cho Mi-jin

### 4 goals

* Tang Han
* Zhang Linyan
* Tomoko Tanaka

### 3 goals

* Ko Min-jung

### 2 goals

* Momoka Kinoshita
* Yuzuki Yamamoto
* Yun Ji-hwa
* Pluemjai Sontisawat

### 1 goal

* Kyra Cooney-Cross
* Laura Hughes
* Sofia Sakalis
* Monika Chakma
* Shamsunnahar
* Han Huimin
* Jin Jing
* Li Yinghua
* Ou Yiyao
* Wang Yumeng
* Yang Qian
* Moe Nakae
* Momo Nakao
* Haruka Osawa
* Chihiro Tomioka
* Kim Yun-ok
* Ko Kyong-hui
* Pak Hye-gyong
* Ri Su-jong
* An Se-bin
* Chang Eun-hyun
* Hwang Ah-hyeon
* Kim Bit-na
* Lee Su-in
* Panittha Jeeratanapavibul
* Ploychompoo Somnuek

### 1 own goal

* Wararat Nanongtum (against China)
    Source: the-afc.com