AFC U-16 Women's Championship

AFC U-16 Women's Championship

Logo 2009 AFC U-16 Women's Championship
Founded	2005
Region	Asia (AFC)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	North Korea (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	Japan (3 titles)
2015 Championship

The AFC U-16 Women's Championship is a biennial women's football tournament for youth teams organised by the Asian Football Confederation. It further serves as the qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

The tournament was first held in 2005 as an Under-17 edition. With only eleven teams entering in the inaugural year, there was no qualification held. In 2007 the tournament switched to the Under-16 modus, again eight teams entered the competition. In 2009 twelve teams entered and thus for a first time a qualifying round was held. The 2011 edition featured two qualification rounds. Here five seeded teams for the finals were joined by an additional 13 teams fighting for a final sixth spot.

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champions	Score	Runners-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2005 Details	South Korea		Japan	1–1 3–1 (pen.)	China PR		Thailand	2–1	South Korea
2007 Details	Malaysia		North Korea	3–0	Japan		South Korea	1–1 4–2 (pen.)	China PR
2009 Details	Thailand		South Korea	4–0	North Korea		Japan	6–2	Australia
2011 Details	China		Japan	RR	North Korea		China PR	RR	South Korea
2013 Details	China		Japan	1–1 6–5 (pen.)	North Korea		China PR	2–2 4–2 (pen.)	Thailand
2015 Details	China		North Korea	1–0	Japan		China PR	8–0	Thailand

Performance by nation

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Total
Japan	3	2	1	0	6
North Korea	2	3	0	0	5
South Korea	1	0	1	2	4
China PR	0	1	3	1	5
Thailand	0	0	1	2	3
Australia	0	0	0	1	1

External links

• Official website
• Tournament archive at RSSSF.com