2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification
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.
A total of 18 teams entered the qualification tournament, which decided four of the eight participating teams in the final tournament held in China.
Draw
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 22 teams entered the competition, with Japan, North Korea, South Korea and the host nation China PR automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top four teams of the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship and thus did not participate in the qualifying competition.The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016, 16:00 MYT, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 18 teams were drawn into four groups: two groups of five teams and two groups of four teams.
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification. The following restrictions were also applied:
- The three teams which indicated their intention to serve as qualification group hosts prior to the draw were drawn into separate groups.
- Teams in bold qualified for the final tournament.
- ': Qualification group hosts
- ': Withdrew after draw
Player eligibility
Format
In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The four group winners qualified for the final tournament.Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked according to points, and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings :- Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
- If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Goals scored in all group matches;
- Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
- Disciplinary points ;
- Drawing of lots.
Groups
Group A
- All matches were held in China.
- Times listed were.
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Group B
- All matches were held in Tajikistan.
- Times listed were.
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Group C
- All matches were held in Myanmar.
- Times listed were.
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Group D
- All matches were held in Vietnam.
- Times listed were.
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Qualified teams
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in AFC U-19 Women's Championship[|1] |
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8 | |||
8 | |||
8 | |||
6 | |||
3 | |||
5 | |||
3 |
Goalscorers
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- Georgia Plessas
- Liang Kai-jou
- Tsai Pei-yu
- Yu Wen-chieh
- Zhuo Li-ping
- Chung Pui Ki
- Kashmina
- Hanieh Mokhtarifar
- Tasneem Abu-Rob
- Lana Feras
- Zenia Fakoury
- Baktygul Toktobolotova
- Shwe Moe Aye
- Thinzar Cho
- Gulsunbi Khalimova
- Jumakhon Shukronai
- Kullasatree Jaiton
- Nutwadee Pram-Nak
- Sirikan Phayaknet
- Feruza Bobokhujaeva
- Malika Burkhonova
- Shoira Kulturayeva
- Maftuna Panjeva
- Hà Thị Nhài