AFC U-17 Women's Championship
Encyclopedia
The AFC U-16 Women's Championship is a biannial women's football tournament for youth teams organised by the Asian Football Confederation
. It furhter serves as the qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
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The tournament was first held in 2005 as an Under-17 edition. With only eleven teams entering in the inaugural year, there was no qualification held. In 2007 the tournament switched to the Under-16 modus, again eight teams entered the competition. In 2009 twelve teams entered and thus for a first time a qualifying round was held. The 2011 edition featured two qualification rounds. Here five seeded teams for the finals were joined by an additional 13 teams fighting for a final sixth spot.
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
. It furhter serves as the qualifying competition for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is an international association football tournament for female players under the age of 17. It is organized by Fédération Internationale de Football Association...
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The tournament was first held in 2005 as an Under-17 edition. With only eleven teams entering in the inaugural year, there was no qualification held. In 2007 the tournament switched to the Under-16 modus, again eight teams entered the competition. In 2009 twelve teams entered and thus for a first time a qualifying round was held. The 2011 edition featured two qualification rounds. Here five seeded teams for the finals were joined by an additional 13 teams fighting for a final sixth spot.
Results
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||
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| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||
| 2005 Details |
1 - 1 (3 - 1 pen. Penalty shootout The shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to penalty shots in that a single player takes one shot on goal... ) |
2 - 1 | |||||
| 2007 Details |
 Malaysia |
3 - 0 | 1 - 1 (4 - 2 pen. Penalty shootout The shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to penalty shots in that a single player takes one shot on goal... ) |
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| 2009 Details AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2009 The AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2009 was the 3rd instance of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship. It was held from November 4 to 15 in Bangkok, Thailand... |
 Thailand |
4 - 0 | 6 - 2 | ||||
| 2011 Details 2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship The 2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 3rd editon of the AFC U-16 Women's Championship. The top 3 teams qualify for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.-Venues:The host city was Nanjing in Jiangsu, China... |
 Mainland China |
round-robin Round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:... format |
round-robin Round-robin tournament A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:... format |
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Performance by nation
| # | Nation | Winners | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |