Women's U-16 Asian Football Championship
| Women's U-16 Asian Football Championship | |
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| Association | AFC |
| First edition | 2005 |
| Teams | 8th |
| Game mode |
Round tournament (2 groups of 4 teams each), followed by semi-finals and finals |
| Title holder |
 North Korea
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| Record winner |
 Japan & North Korea (3 wins each)
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| Website | www.the-afc.com |
| Qualification for | U-17 Women's World Cup |
The Women's U-16 Asian Football Championship (officially: AFC U-16 Women's Championship ) is a women's football competition hosted by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the U-16 selections. It also serves as a qualifying tournament for the U-17 Women's World Cup .
The current title holder is North Korea, who defeated South Korea 2-0 in the 2017 final.
history
The championship was held for the first time in 2005, when eight teams competed. None of the teams had to qualify for the finals. In this Japan was able to prevail against China in the final. Both teams qualified for the World Cup in Canada. In the second draw in 2007, a qualifying round was also introduced. North Korea won the second edition and qualified with Japan and South Korea for the 2008 World Cup in New Zealand. In 2009 in Thailand, the South Korean team prevailed against North Korea in the final. The two Korean teams and third-placed Japan have now qualified for the World Cup finals in Trinidad and Tobago.
For the fourth playout in 2011, a different mode again applied. For the first time, two qualifying rounds were scheduled to determine a participant who, in addition to the five seeded teams, completed the field of six of the final round. In 2013, 12 teams took part, initially in four groups of three to determine the four semi-finalists whose winners and losers competed against each other in the finals.
The tournaments at a glance
| year | host | final | Game for third place | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| winner | Result | Second place | third place | Result | fourth place | ||
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2005 details |
South Korea |
 Japan |
1: 1 (3: 1 i.E.) |
 China |
 Thailand |
2: 1 |
 South Korea |
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2007 details |
Malaysia |
North Korea |
3-0 |
Japan |
South Korea |
1: 1 (4: 2 i.E.) |
China |
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2009 details |
Thailand |
South Korea |
4-0 |
North Korea |
Japan |
6: 2 |
 Australia |
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2011 details |
China |
Japan |
League format |
North Korea |
China |
League format |
South Korea |
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2013 details |
China |
Japan |
1: 1 (6: 5 i.E.) |
North Korea |
China |
2: 2 (4: 2 i.E.) |
Thailand |
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2015 details |
China |
North Korea |
1-0 |
Japan |
China |
8-0 |
Thailand |
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2017 details |
Thailand |
North Korea |
2-0 |
South Korea |
Japan |
1-0 |
China |
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2019 details |
Thailand | ||||||
Ranking list of winners
| rank | country | title | Year (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Japan
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3 | 2005, 2011, 2013 |
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North Korea
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3 | 2007, 2015, 2017 | |
| 3 |
 South Korea
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1 | 2009 |