Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Asia’s next generation of women’s elite players are ready to shine starting Sunday as the Continent’s top eight sides prepare to compete in the 2019 AFC U-16 Women’s Championship in Chonburi, Thailand.
With the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup returning to Asia in India next year, the stakes for this 2019 edition have been raised even higher as nations contest for the top two spots to join the world’s top 16 teams in the subcontinent in September 2020.
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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.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Chonburi: The presence of three Continental powerhouses and one tournament debutant make Group B at the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Thailand 2019 an intriguing prospect.
Defending champions DPR Korea are joined by 2017 runners-up Korea Republic, as well as China PR and a Vietnam outfit appearing at the Finals for the first time, in a series of matches guaranteed to send at least one heavyweight home early.
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: DPR Korea remain the women’s youth football rulers of Asia, beating Korea Republic 2-0 to retain the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship title they won two years ago, in addition to last year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.
Song Sung-gwon’s side outran, outmuscled and outplayed their neighbours in a showing worthy of the best team in Asia, with goals to Ri Su-jong (picture below, centre) and Kim Kyong-yong giving them the result their play warranted.
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.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Chonburi: Japan maintained their record of qualifying for every FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, beating China PR by a Momo Nakao (pictured below, right) goal to secure third place at the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship in Thailand.
Seen by a Finals record crowd of 1,677, Nakao’s powerful second half strike made all the difference against a committed China PR, and came after Japan had missed a penalty just before half-time.
The result means Naoki Kusunose’s side will return to a competition where they have reached three finals – becoming FIFA U-17 world champions in 2014.
Japan made three changes to the team who lost on penalties to Korea Republic, including four-goal substitute Tomoko Tanaka, who was reinstated to Naoki Kusunose’s starting 11 for the first time since claiming Player of the Match honours against Bangladesh in the group stage.
China PR – who had an unchanged line-up – showed a much greater attacking verve than against DPR Korea in the semi-final, with the pace of Tang Han causing problems for the Japanese defence, but clear cut chances were not forthcoming.