2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification explained

Tourney Name:AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification
Year:2019
Country:First round:
Lebanon (Group A)
Thailand (Group B)
Kyrgyzstan (Group C)
Tajikistan (Group D)
Vietnam (Group E)
Myanmar (Group F)
Country2:Second round:
Myanmar (Group A)
Vietnam (Group B)
Dates:First round:
20–28 October 2018
Second round:
26–30 April 2019
Num Teams:27
Confederations:1
Top Scorer: Shahnoza Kurbonova
Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Ngân
(10 goals each)
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2022
2024

The 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification is a women's under-19 football competition which decides the participating teams of the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.

A total of eight teams qualify to play in the final tournament held in Thailand,[1] four of which are decided by qualification.

Teams

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 30 teams entered the competition, with Japan, North Korea, and China PR, automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top three teams of the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship and thus not participating in qualification. The final tournament hosts Thailand, despite having automatically qualified for the final tournament, entered to participate in qualification. As a result, a total of 27 teams entered qualification. Due to the increased number of teams, two qualification rounds were scheduled for the first time.[2]

The draw for the first round of the qualifiers was held on 30 May 2018, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] For the first round, the 27 teams were drawn into six groups: three groups of five teams and three groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification. The following restrictions were also applied:[4]

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Participating in qualification first round
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Notes
Did not enter

Re-draw

Due to the withdrawal of Afghanistan and Northern Mariana Islands after the draw, there were only three teams left in Group E, but still five teams in Groups B and C. As a result, AFC decided to hold a re-draw for the qualification first round to maintain the balance of number of teams across all groups (one group of five teams and five groups of four teams). The re-draw was held at the AFC House on 30 August 2018. In the re-draw, unranked teams from Group B (Pakistan, Nepal, Singapore) and Group C (United Arab Emirates, Guam, Maldives) were placed in a pot and the first ball drawn would be moved to Group E. Singapore was drawn and as a result moved from Group B to Group E.[5] [6]

Player eligibility

Players born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2004 are eligible to compete in the tournament.[7]

Format

In each group, teams play each other once at a centralised venue.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 9.3):[7]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

First round

The first round was played between 20 and 28 October 2018.[8]

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Ranking of second-placed teams

Due to groups having different number of teams after withdrawals, the results against the fourth-placed and fifth-placed teams in four-team and five-team groups are not considered for this ranking.

Second round

The draw for the second round of the qualifiers was held on 13 February 2019, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[9] [10] For the second round, the eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification. The following restrictions were also applied:[11]

Participating in qualification second round
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Notes

The second round was played between 26 and 30 April 2019.[12]

Group A

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Group B

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Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in AFC U-19 Women's Championship1
6 (2002, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2015, 2017)
9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
7 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
3 (2002, 2007, 2013)
9 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
4 (2004, 2009, 2011, 2017)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

In total,

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AFC Women’s Football Committee recommends women’s club competition. AFC. 20 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Four slots available to hopefuls. AFC. 29 May 2018.
  3. Web site: Hopefuls learn qualifying fate. AFC. 30 May 2018.
  4. Web site: AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2019 Qualifiers Draw. YouTube. 30 May 2018.
  5. Web site: Singapore drawn into Group E. AFC. 30 August 2018.
  6. Web site: AFC U-19 Women's Championship Qualifiers 2018 re-draw. YouTube. 30 August 2018.
  7. Web site: AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2019 Competition Regulations. AFC.
  8. Web site: AFC Competitions Calendar 2018. AFC. 11 January 2018.
  9. Web site: Preview: Round Two Qualifiers Draw. AFC. 12 February 2019.
  10. Web site: Teams learn Qualifiers Round 2 opponents. AFC. 13 February 2019.
  11. Web site: AFC U-19 Women's Championship Thailand 2019 Qualifiers Round 2 Draw. YouTube. 13 February 2019.
  12. Web site: AFC Competitions Calendar 2019. AFC. 28 February 2018.

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