2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
ฟุตบอลหญิงชิงชนะเลิศแห่งเอเชีย รุ่นอายุไม่เกิน 19 ปี 2019
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates27 October – 9 November
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (6th title)
Runners-up North Korea
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Australia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored64 (4 per match)
Attendance2,282 (143 per match)
Top scorer(s)South Korea Kang Ji-woo (7 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Oto Kanno
Fair play award Japan
2017

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.

  1. ^ "AFC Women's Football Committee recommends women's club competition". AFC. 20 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Thailand 2019 semi-finals line-up confirmed". AFC. 3 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". FIFA.com. 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC Women's Club Championship". AFC. 27 September 2019.