Matches played 18 Attendance 6,813 (379 per match) | Goals scored 93 (5.17 per match) | |
Host countries China (Group A)
Tajikistan (Group B)
Myanmar (Group C)
Vietnam (Group D) Dates 27 October – 24 December 2016 Teams 18 (from 1 confederation) | ||
The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-19 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship, which will be held in China PR.
Contents
A total of eight teams will play in the final tournament. However, Singapore, Lebanon, Pakistan and the Philippines later withdrew from the competition. The host nation China PR along with Japan, North Korea, and South Korea had already qualified directly as the top four finishers of the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship. The top team from each of the four groups qualified for the final tournament.
Draw
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2015.
Player eligibility
Players born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2001 were eligible to compete in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship.
Format
In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The four group winners qualified for the final tournament.
Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers will be applied in the following order:
- 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;
- If, after applying criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 9 apply;
- 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.
Groups
The matches were scheduled for 27 October – 6 November 2016. Group C was postponed to 20–24 December 2016 due to the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Philippines withdrew because of conflicts with college schedules.