| Tourney Name: | AFC U-19 Women's Championship |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Other Titles: | 2017亚足联U19女子锦标赛 |
| Country: | China |
| Dates: | 15–28 October[1] |
| Num Teams: | 8 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 5 |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Goals: | 63 |
| Player: |  Sung Hyang-sim |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-19 national teams of Asia. The tournament was held in China for the third consecutive edition between 15–28 October 2017,[2] with a total of eight teams competing.
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the AFC representatives.[3]
See main article: article and 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification. The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016.[4] Four teams qualified directly for the final tournament by their 2015 performance, while the other entrants competed in the qualifying stage for the remaining four spots. The qualifiers were held from 27 October to 6 November 2016, with Group C postponed to 20–24 December 2016 due to the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.[5]
The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.[6]
| Team | Qualified as | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9th | (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015) | |||
| 9th | (2007) | |||
| 9th | (2004, 2013) | |||
| 9th | (2006) | |||
| 7th | (2006) | |||
| 4th | (2002, 2004, 2015) | |||
| 6th | (2004) | |||
| 4th | (2004) |
The tournament was held in Nanjing, at the Jiangning Sports Center and the Jiangsu Training Base Stadium.
The draw was held on 28 April 2017, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams.[8] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts China automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[9]
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A total of 8 referees and 10 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.
Kate Jacewicz
Qin Liang
Saltanat Noroozi
Kajiyama Fusako Ri Hyang-ok
Oh Hyeon-jeong
Anna Sidorova Renae Coghill Bao Mengxiao Fang Yan
Uvena Fernandes Ensieh Khabaz Maiko Hagio Naomi Teshirogi Hong Kum-Nyo Kim Kyoung-Min Zilola RahmatovaSee main article: article.
Players born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2001 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 31.4 and 31.5).[10]
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
All times are local, CST (UTC+8).
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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner.[10]
Winners qualify for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
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Winner qualifies for 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
The following three teams from AFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[11] [12]
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016) | |||
| 6 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) | |||
| 5 (2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
Alex Chidiac Remy Siemsen Hinata Miyazawa Riko Ueki Kim Pom-ui Ri Hae-yon Kim So-eun Liu Jing Mizuka Sato An Song-ok Ju Hyo-sim Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva Princess Ibini Rachel Lowe Chen Yuanmeng He Luyao Jin Kun Xie Qiwen Jun Endo Honoka Hayashi Oto Kanno Rina Mehara Asato Miyagawa Mami Muraoka Nana Ono Kim Eun-soul Mun Eun-ju
Orrapan Bungthong Kanyanat Chetthabutr Chen Qiaozhu (against Japan) Tipkritta Onsamai (against China)