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2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
The 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 10th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in Thailand between 27 October and 9 November 2019,[1] with a total of eight teams competing. The top three teams of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the AFC representatives.[2][3] However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.[4] This edition was the last to be played as an under-19 tournament, as the AFC had agreed to the proposal for switching the tournament from under-19 to under-20 starting from 2022.[5] Japan are the defending champions. QualificationFour teams qualified directly for the final tournament: the hosts and the top three of 2017. The other four spots were determined by the qualifying stage. A total of 27 teams entered the qualifying stage. Due to the increased number of teams, two qualification rounds were scheduled for the first time. The first round was scheduled for 20–28 October 2018,[6] and the second round was scheduled for 22–30 April 2019.[7] Qualified teamsThe following teams qualified for the tournament.
VenuesThe matches were played at two venues, both at the Mueang Chonburi District in Chonburi Province.
DrawThe draw was held on 23 May 2019, 16:30 ICT (UTC+7), at the Oakwood Hotel in Chonburi, Thailand.[8][9] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Thailand automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[10]
SquadsPlayers born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team had to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 24.1 and 24.2).[11] Group stageThe top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):[11]
All times are local, ICT (UTC+7). Group A
Group B
Knockout stageIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where there was no extra time and penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner if necessary (Regulations Articles 12.1, 12.2 and 12.3).[11] Bracket
Semi-finalsWinners qualified for 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Third place matchWinner qualified for 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Final
Winners
AwardsThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World CupThe following three teams from AFC would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup before the tournament was cancelled. All three teams qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[14] On 16 March 2022, the AFC announced that Australia would replace North Korea as the AFC’s representatives at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[15]
GoalscorersThere were 64 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match. 7 goals 5 goals 4 goals 3 goals 2 goals 1 goal
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