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2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
2015亚足联U16女子锦标赛
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	4–15 November
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	China
Fourth place	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	69 (4.31 per match)
Attendance	1,755 (110 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Wang Yanwen (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Ri Hae-yon
Fair play award	Japan
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The 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 6th 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 China between 4–15 November 2015.^[1] A total of eight teams played in the tournament.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the AFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the AFC representatives, besides Jordan who qualified automatically as hosts.^[2]

North Korea won their second title with a 1–0 final victory over Japan. Both finalists qualified for the World Cup.^[3]

Qualification

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 17 June 2014. Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2013 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining four spots.^[4]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Appearance	Previous best performance
Japan	2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship champions	6th	Champions (2005, 2011, 2013)
North Korea	2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship runners-up	5th	Champions (2007)
China	2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship third place / Hosts	6th	Runners-up (2005)
Thailand	2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship fourth place	6th	Third place (2005)
Uzbekistan	Qualifying Group A winners	2nd	Group stage (2013)
Iran	Qualifying Group B winners	2nd	Group stage (2013)
South Korea	Qualifying Group C winners	6th	Champions (2009)
Chinese Taipei	Qualifying Group D winners	4th	Group stage (2005, 2009, 2013)

Venues

Wuhan hosted the tournament, with two venues: Xinhua Road Sports Center and Hankou Cultural Sports Centre.

Draw

The draw for the final tournament was held on 13 May 2015 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.^[5] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous edition in 2013.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
China (hosts) Japan	North Korea Thailand	Chinese Taipei Iran	South Korea Uzbekistan

Squads

Players born between 1 January 1999 and 31 December 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).^[6]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

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 were applied in the following order:^[6]

Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
Goal difference in all the group matches;
Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
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);
Drawing of lots.

All times were local, CST (UTC+8).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China (H)	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7	Knockout stage
2	Thailand	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6	Knockout stage
3	South Korea	3	1	1	1	8	4	+4	4
4	Iran	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

4 November 2015

15:00

Thailand	4–0	Iran
Kanyanat 5', 36' Yaowaporn 8', 90+2'	Report

Hankou Cultural Sports Centre, Wuhan

Attendance: 60

Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

4 November 2015