Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Chonburi: DPR Korea, the defending champions of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship, are determined to retain the title and seal a spot in the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, head coach Hwang Yong-song has stated.
The East Asians, drawn in Group B, face Vietnam in their opening match on Monday while Korea Republic will play China PR in what are two enticing matches.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Chonburi: Today they stand on top of the footballing world, but they were once teenagers taking their first steps on the international stage.
While World Cups, club titles and major individual awards would follow, many of Asia’s women’s football icons began their careers on the same stage which greets a new generation of players in Chonburi in the AFC U-16 Women's Championship Thailand 2019.
As the Continent waits to see which promising youngsters will emerge in Thailand, the-AFC.com looks back at some of the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship's graduates.
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.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Chonburi: Australia will look to challenge perennial contenders Japan, while hosts Thailand face an emerging Bangladesh outfit when the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship Thailand 2019 begins on Sunday.
Besides regional glory, two berths in the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India are also at stake, ensuring the tournament will see the Continent's future stars giving their best.
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: 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.