2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
2015亚足联U19女子锦标赛
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates18–29 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (4th title)
Runners-up North Korea
Third place South Korea
Fourth place China
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored73 (4.56 per match)
Attendance4,675 (292 per match)
Top scorer(s)North Korea Ri Un-sim (6 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Rikako Kobayashi
Fair play award Japan
2013
2017

The 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 8th 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 China between 18–29 August 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-20 Women's World Cup. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the AFC representatives.[2]

Japan won their fourth title with a final victory over North Korea on penalties. Both finalists and third-placed South Korea qualified for the World Cup.[3]

  1. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Korea Republic qualify, Japan crowned champions". FIFA.com. 29 August 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016.