2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification

The 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-16 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship. Players born between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament.[1]

2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification
Tournament details
Host countries Bahrain (Group A)
 Bangladesh (Group B)
 Malaysia (Groups C and D)
Dates4 October – 25 December 2014
Teams21 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored154 (6.42 per match)
Attendance7,250 (302 per match)
Top scorer(s) Liang Kai-jou (10 goals)

A total of eight teams qualified to play in the final tournament, including Japan, North Korea, China PR (hosts), and Thailand, who qualified directly as the top four finishers of the 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship.

The top two teams of the final tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan (besides Jordan who qualified automatically as hosts).[2]

Draw

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 17 June 2014 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.[3] A total of 21 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage and were drawn into four groups.

  • West Zone had 12 entrants from Central Asia, South Asia and West Asia, where they were drawn into two groups of six teams.
  • East Zone had 9 entrants from ASEAN and East Asia (excluding direct qualifiers Japan, North Korea, China, and Thailand), where they were drawn into one group of five teams and one group of four teams.

The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2013.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6
West Zone
(Groups A–B)

 Bangladesh
 Sri Lanka

 Iran
 Uzbekistan

 Bahrain
 Jordan

 India
 Palestine

 Kyrgyzstan
 United Arab Emirates

 Qatar
 Tajikistan

East Zone
(Groups C–D)

 Australia
 Chinese Taipei

 South Korea
 Myanmar

 Hong Kong
 Philippines

 Cambodia
 Northern Mariana1

 Vietnam
Notes
1 Non-FIFA member, ineligible for World Cup.

Format

In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The four group winners qualified for the final tournament.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:[1]

  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card);
  8. Drawing of lots.

Groups

The matches were played between 4–8 October 2014 for Group C; 5–9 October 2014 for Group D; 15–23 October 2014 for Group B; 22–25 December 2014 for Group A.

Group A
  • All matches were initially to be held in Palestine, but were postponed.
  • After the withdrawal of four teams, the two remaining teams played two matches against each other, both held in Bahrain.
  • Times listed were UTC+3.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Uzbekistan 2 2 0 0 22 0 +22 6 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
2  Bahrain (H) 2 0 0 2 0 22 −22 0
3  Kyrgyzstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
3  Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Tajikistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Uzbekistan 17–0 Bahrain
Ergasheva  10', 20', 23'
Kurbonova  26', 29', 34', 42', 45', 48', 49'
Panjieva  28', 50'
Askarova  55', 68'
Bobokhujaeva  59', 65'
Utamova  77'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Maria Piedade Rebello (India)
Bahrain 0–5 Uzbekistan
Report Boboeva  32', 41'
Panjieva  37'
Ergasheva  55'
Kurbonova  77'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Cong Thi Dung (Vietnam)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 4 4 0 0 19 3 +16 12 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
2  India 4 3 0 1 21 6 +15 9
3  Bangladesh (H) 4 2 0 2 9 4 +5 6
4  Jordan 4 1 0 3 12 14 −2 3
5  United Arab Emirates 4 0 0 4 1 35 −34 0
6  Qatar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Iran 9–0 United Arab Emirates
Geraeli  49', 51', 68', 81'
Ghasemi  37', 41', 53', 90+1'
Dabbaghi  62'		 Report
Attendance: 200
Jordan 0–1 Bangladesh
Report S. Akhter  70' (pen.)
Attendance: 300
Referee: Wang Jia (China)
Iran 2–1 India
Hosseini  71', 88' Report Chiru  13'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)
Bangladesh 6–0 United Arab Emirates
Mali  6', 68'
S. Akhter  9', 23'
Rani  44'
L. Akhter  90+1'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500
United Arab Emirates 1–8 Jordan
Juma  90+2' Report Al-Btoush  12'
Isleem  39'
Fahad  44' (o.g.)
Zoqash  52'
Abulrob  65', 76'
Sahloul  68'
Zabian  71'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mai Hoang Trang (Vietnam)
Bangladesh 1–2 India
S. Akhter  21' (pen.) Report Devi  30' (pen.), 66'
Attendance: 1,500
India 12–0 United Arab Emirates
Bardhan  4', 57'
Chiru  7'
Devi  24', 59', 75', 90+2'
Tudu  67'
Samuel  72', 76', 80', 82'		 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Mai Hoang Trang (Vietnam)
Iran 6–1 Jordan
Geraeli  22', 39', 52'
Ghasemi  42', 83', 84'		 Report Zoqash  45+3'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)
Jordan 3–6 India
Zoqash  11'
Al-Naber  53'
Isleem  74'		 Report Samuel  20', 69'
Bardhan  22'
Panna  26'
Tudu  88'
Devi  90'
Attendance: 100
Bangladesh 1–2 Iran
L. Akhter  16' Report Geraeli  61'
Ghasemi  71' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,000

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 9 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
2  Australia 3 2 0 1 16 1 +15 6
3  Vietnam 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3
4  Hong Kong 3 0 0 3 0 28 −28 0
5  Northern Mariana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Australia 6–0 Vietnam
Taranto  6'
Petratos  13', 31'
Ayres  24', 26'
Maher  90'		 Report
Attendance: 60
Referee: Qin Liang (China)
South Korea 11–0 Hong Kong
Lim Su-bin  15', 50', 61'
Gwon Hui-seon  31', 86'
Song Bo-ram  45'
Yang Hyeon-ji  51'
Ju Yee-un  69', 88'
Eom Keun-byeol  75', 79'		 Report
Attendance: 10
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
Vietnam 0–3 South Korea
Report Park Hye-jeong  31'
Yang Hyeon-ji  44'
Yang Seo-yeong  67'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Saltanat Noroozi (Iran)
Hong Kong 0–10 Australia
Report Cartwright  8', 86'
Bourke  16'
Ammendolia  46', 67', 90+3'
Brodigan  52', 55', 83', 84'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)
Australia 0–1 South Korea
Report Im So-jeong  69'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Qin Liang (China)
Hong Kong 0–7 Vietnam
Report Nguyễn Thị Nga  7'
Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Ngân  29', 58'
Nguyễn Thị Nụ  36'
Nguyễn Thi Quỳnh  45+1', 61'
Phạm Thu Hiền  76'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 9 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
2  Myanmar 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 6
3  Philippines 3 1 0 2 6 13 −7 3
4  Cambodia 3 0 0 3 2 15 −13 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Chinese Taipei 7–0 Cambodia
Liang Kai-jou  2', 30', 50', 71', 90+1'
Chen Yu-chieh  10', 60' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
Myanmar 6–0 Philippines
Kay Zin Myint  6'
Thin Thin Yu  9', 55', 71'
Hnin Kalyar Ko  64', 88'		 Report
Attendance: 90
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)
Cambodia 0–4 Myanmar
Report Thin Thin Yu  66'
Kay Zin Myint  74'
July Kyaw  75'
Khine Thazin Oo  82'
Attendance: 40
Referee: Li Juan (China)
Philippines 2–5 Chinese Taipei
Semacio  14'
Bacatan  39'		 Report Liang Kai-jou  2', 10', 15', 76'
Chen Yu-chieh  43'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Shiva Yari (Iran)
Chinese Taipei 2–0 Myanmar
Huang Yu-tzu  44'
Liang Kai-jou  56'		 Report
Attendance: 30
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)
Philippines 4–2 Cambodia
Jumawan  30'
Bacatan  33'
Semacio  45'
Whaley  89'		 Report Yeurn  8'
Channa  90+3'
Attendance: 60
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament2
 Japan2013 champions17 June 20145 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 North Korea2013 runners-up17 June 20144 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 China PR2013 third place / Hosts17 June 20145 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 Thailand2013 fourth place17 June 20145 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 UzbekistanGroup A winners25 December 20141 (2013)
 IranGroup B winners23 October 20141 (2013)
 South KoreaGroup C winners8 October 20145 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
 Chinese TaipeiGroup D winners9 October 20143 (2005, 2009, 2013)
2 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Goalscorers
10 goals
  • Liang Kai-jou
8 goals
7 goals
  • Roja Devi
6 goals
  • Anushka Samuel
4 goals
3 goals
  • Eliza Ammendolia
  • Chen Yu-chieh
  • Sushmita Bardhan
  • Nour Zoqash
  • Lim Su-bin
  • Maftuna Panjieva
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Amna Fahad (playing against Jordan)

Source: the-AFC.com[4]

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References
  1. "Regulations AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2015" (PDF). AFC.
  2. "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
  3. "Twenty-one teams out for U-16 women's tickets". AFC. 17 June 2014.
  4. "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Qualifiers". AFC.com.
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