Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Chonburi: Featuring hosts Thailand, two of the Continent’s women’s football heavyweights in Japan and Australia, and an emerging Bangladesh, Group A of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Thailand 2019 promises to deliver memorable matches as Asia’s stars of the future stake their claim for a regional title.
With Sunday’s highly-anticipated tournament openers drawing ever closer, the-AFC.com breaks down the contenders in the first of a two-part series looking at the competition ahead in Chonburi.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Chonburi: Thailand will make the most of their status as the 2019 AFC U-16 Women’s Championship hosts according to head coach Kaenson Naruephon, who urged local fans to throw their support behind his young players.
Naruephon’s comments came after the tournament’s official draw on Thursday, where Thailand were placed alongside Australia, Bangladesh and three-time champions Japan in what looms as a hotly-contested Group A.
Meanwhile, 2017 finalists DPR Korea and Korea Republic will meet in Group B, which also includes China PR and Vietnam.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Chonburi: A new generation of Asian women’s football stars have learned their AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Thailand 2019 opponents, after the competition’s official draw was held at Chonburi's Oakwood Hotel on Thursday.
Defending champions DPR Korea are set for a mouth-watering clash with fellow heavyweights Korea Republic after they were drawn alongside their East Asian neighbours, as well as China PR and Vietnam in Group B.
The September 22 clash between DPR Korea and Korea Republic will be a repeat of the 2017 final, where a starring performance from Kim Kyong-yong led DPR Korea to a 2-0 win
Elsewhere, Thailand will meet three-time winners Japan along with Australia and Bangladesh in Group A.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Chonburi: It took until the final day of the tournament to determine the best team at the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2017, but the tournament’s Most Valuable Player was clear well before that.
DPR Korea’s brilliant striker Kim Kyong-yong, who also claimed the award for top goal scorer with nine in just five matches, stood out from her first very first appearance – hitting the back of the net five times against Bangladesh.
Kim scored in every match but one, racking up the highest individual scoring tally at the tournament since Australia’s Caitlin Foord eight years ago.
Speaking after the match, the 15-year-old star revealed that taking home the award for the tournament’s best player was something she had actively aimed for.