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#U17WAC - In Numbers
Bali: The curtains came down on the AFC U17 Women’s Asian Cup™ Indonesia 2024 on Sunday with DPR Korea defeating Japan to lift the title.
The-AFC.com looks back on some of the facts and figures that caught the eye in an exhilarating tournament.

Dominant DPR Korea
DPR Korea had a perfect campaign in Bali, netting 24 unanswered goals en route to claiming the trophy, adding to the AFC U-16 Women's Championship titles they won in 2007, 2015, and 2017. DPR Korea's success in Indonesia followed their recent achievement of winning the AFC U20 Women’s Asian Cup™ Uzbekistan 2024, where they edged Japan 2-1 in the final.

Golden Boot
Jon Il Chong picked up the Yili Top Scorer award after a sparkling performance, finishing with six goals. Jon scored the only goal in the final, having netted a hat-trick against Korea Republic and two against the Philippines. Additionally, Jon assisted five goals for her teammates.

Dream debut
The Philippines made a decent debut, kickstarting their campaign in style with a 6-1 win against hosts Indonesia. That was followed by a 6-0 defeat against DPR Korea with the Southeast Asian side narrowly missing out on the semi-finals by the slimmest of margins after being held 1-1 by Korea Republic in their final group game.

Goals galore
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An impressive 74 goals were scored in, with 66 coming from the group stage

Phair steps up
Casey Phair produced a match-winning performance in the third-place playoff against China PR, with the Angel City FC forward's first two goals of the tournament confirming Korea Republic’s FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Dominican Republic 2024 ticket.

Shinjo one to watch
Despite Japan missing out on the title, Miharu Shinjo was a deserving winner of the Most Valuable Player award, scoring four goals, providing three assists and topping the chart for the most number of passes.

Save hands
DPR Korea's Pak Ju Gyong is another player destined for greater things after keeping five clean sheets to win the Best Goalkeeper award.

Dominican Republic bound
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All three of the continent's representatives at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Dominican Republic 2024 are former winners, with DPR Korea having lifted the title in 2008 and 2016, Japan in 2014 and Korea Republic in 2010.