2007 Asian Women's U-19 Football Championship

The fourth edition of the Women's U-19 Asian Football Championship was held from October 5th to 16th, 2007 in the People's Republic of China . China will host this championship for the second time since 2004. Originally Malaysia provided as hosts of the tournament, after the cancellation of the Southeast Asian country they departed from then on China.

The location of Chongqing in China

Most of the games were played at the Chongqing Sports Center Stadium . This stadium was built in 2004 for the men's Asian championship and has a capacity of 58,852 seats. Furthermore, it can accommodate up to 300 journalists in the media lounge. It is usually the home of the Chinese first division club Chongqing Lifan . The group matches Australia-Myanmar and China-South Korea were played at Datianwan Stadium . The ticket prices are 10 Renminbi (€ 0.95).

The North Korean team won the tournament after beating Japan 1-0 . Host China beat South Korea 1-0 and qualified third together with the two finalists for the 2008 World Cup in Chile.

Qualifications and participants

Initially, the Asian Association decided that the four semi-finalists from 2006 (China, North Korea, Australia and Japan) as well as host Malaysia would automatically qualify for the finals. After Malaysia's rejection, South Korea, the best group third of 2006, moved up.

14 teams applied for the remaining three places in the final round. These were initially reduced to nine through a pre-qualification (in October 2006). In the main qualification, the remaining teams were then divided into two groups. In group A five teams played for two final places while in group B with four teams only the group winners qualified. Thailand, Myanmar (Group A) and Taiwan (Group B) prevailed in the qualification. The qualifying rounds were held in November 2006.

Finalists

Australia  People's Republic of China (hosts / defending champions)  Japan  North Korea

Myanmar  South Korea  Chinese Taipei  Thailand

Games and results

Group stage

The group draw took place on November 20, 2006 in Kuala Lumpur. China was set as the group head of group B and will play the opening game.

The placement of the teams in the preliminary round groups results in the following order:

1. Number of points (win: 3 points; draw: 1 point; defeat: 0 points),
2. in the event of a tie, the direct comparison between the teams concerned
3. in the event of a tie, the goal difference from all three games in a direct comparison;
4. if the goal difference is the same, the number of goals scored in all three games;
5. the lot.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	North Korea	3	3	0	0	008: 200	+6	09
2.	Japan	3	2	0	1	010: 300	+7	06th
3.	Australia	3	1	0	2	003: 400	−1	03
4th	Myanmar	3	0	0	3	001:130	−12	00

October 6, 2007
North Korea	-	Myanmar	3: 0 (1: 0)
October 6, 2007
Japan	-	Australia	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 8, 2007
Australia	-	North Korea	1: 2 (1: 1)
October 8, 2007
Myanmar	-	Japan	0: 8 (0: 3)
October 10, 2007
North Korea	-	Japan	3: 1 (1: 1)
October 10, 2007
Myanmar	-	Australia	1: 2 (1: 1)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	3	2	1	0	010: 200	+8	07th
2.	China	3	2	1	0	008: 100	+7	07th
3.	Thailand	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
4th	Taiwan	3	0	0	3	000:130	−13	00

October 5, 2007
China	-	Thailand	2: 0 (0: 0)
October 5, 2007
South Korea	-	Taiwan	6: 0 (3: 0)
October 7, 2007
Thailand	-	South Korea	1: 3 (1: 1)
October 7, 2007
Taiwan	-	China	0: 5 (0: 3)
October 9, 2007
China	-	South Korea	1: 1 (1: 0)
October 9, 2007
Thailand	-	Taiwan	2: 0 (1: 0)

Semifinals

October 13, 2007 in Chongqing
South Korea	-	Japan	0: 0 a. E.
October 13, 2007 in Chongqing
North Korea	-	China	4: 1 (3: 0)

Game for third place

October 16, 2007 in Chongqing
China	-	South Korea	1: 0 (0: 0)

final

October 16, 2007 in Chongqing
North Korea	-	Japan	1: 0 (1: 0)

Web links

• Official website of the Asian Football Association (English)