Women's U-19 Asian Football Championship
| Women's U-19 Asian Football Championship | |
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| Association | AFC |
| First edition | 2002 |
| Teams | 6th |
| Game mode |
Round-robin tournament (two groups of 4 teams each, semi-finals and placement games) |
| Title holder |
 Japan
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| Record winner |
Japan (6 wins)
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| Website | www.the-AFC.com |
| Qualification for | U-20 Women's World Cup |
The Women's U-19 Asian Football Championship (officially: AFC U-19 Women's Championship ) is a women's football competition hosted by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the U-19 selection. It also serves as a qualifying tournament for the U-20 Women's World Cup .
The championship was held for the first time in 2002, when 16 teams competed. None of the teams had to qualify for the finals, the three group winners and the best second-placed team reached the semi-finals. In this edition, Japan prevailed against Taiwan in the final. Both teams qualified for the World Cup in Canada . In the second edition in 2004, a quarter-finals were also introduced in the finals, South Korea won the second edition and qualified together with China for the 2004 World Cup in Thailand.
In the third final round there was a change of mode, for the first time a qualification phase was introduced and the number of final round participants was limited to 8 teams. After FIFA increased the number of teams at the World Cup, Asia was awarded another place. In addition to champions China, North Korea and AFC newcomer Australia qualified for the 2006 World Cup in Russia. The next edition of the tournament took place in the People's Republic of China the following year. For the 2008 World Cup in Chile, North Korea and Japan were able to qualify alongside hosts China.
The fifth final round took place in the People's Republic of China from August 1 to 12, 2009 and served as the qualifying round for the 2010 U-20 Women's World Cup in Germany. The Asian team was the Japanese team, which was able to prevail in the final against the opponent from South Korea. In addition to the two finalists, third-placed North Korea also qualified for the World Cup finals.
From the sixth playout in 2011, a different mode will apply. For the first time, two qualifying rounds were set to determine a participant who, in addition to the five seeded teams, completed the field of six in the final round.
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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2002 details |
India |
 Japan |
2: 1 |
 Chinese Taipei |
 China |
4: 1 |
 North Korea |
|
2004 details |
China |
 South Korea |
3-0 |
China |
North Korea |
4-0 |
 Thailand |
|
2006 details |
Malaysia |
China |
1-0 |
North Korea |
 Australia |
3: 2 |
Japan |
|
2007 details |
China |
North Korea |
1-0 |
Japan |
China |
1-0 |
South Korea |
|
2009 details |
China |
Japan |
2: 1 |
South Korea |
North Korea |
1-0 |
China |
|
2011 details |
Vietnam |
Japan |
(League system) |
North Korea |
China |
(League system) |
South Korea |
|
2013 details |
China |
South Korea |
(League system) |
North Korea |
China |
(League system) |
Japan |
|
2015 details |
China |
Japan |
0: 0, 4: 2 i. E. |
North Korea |
South Korea |
4-0 |
China |
|
2017 details |
China |
Japan |
1-0 |
North Korea |
China |
3-0 |
Australia |
|
2019 details |
Thailand |
Japan |
2: 1 |
North Korea |
South Korea |
9: 1 |
Australia |
Ranking list of winners
| rank | country | title | Year (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Japan
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6th | 2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019 |
| 2 |
 South Korea
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2 | 2004, 2013 |
| 3 |
 China
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1 | 2006 |
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North Korea
|
2007 |