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2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship

AFC U-19 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	1–12 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	North Korea
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	48 (3 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mana Iwabuchi Ji So-yun (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Mana Iwabuchi
Fair play award	North Korea
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The AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2009 was the fifth edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship. It was held from 1 to 12 August in Wuhan, China. The top 3 teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Qualification

Qualified teams

Direct entry

•  North Korea (Defending champions)
•  Japan (2007 runners-up)
•  China (2007 3rd place)

Via qualification

•  South Korea: Qualification Group A winners
•  Vietnam: Qualification Group A runner-up
•  Thailand: Qualification Group B winners
•  Australia: Qualification Group B runner-up
•  Chinese Taipei: Qualification Group A third-placed

Venues

• Xinhua Road Sports Center
• Hankou Cultural Sports Centre

Seeding

1.  North Korea
2.  Japan
3.  China
4.  South Korea
5.  Thailand
6.  Australia
7.  Vietnam
8.  Chinese Taipei

Group stage

The draw for the AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2009 took place in Kuala Lumpur on February 27, 2009.

• All times are China standard time (UTC+8).

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9
South Korea	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
Vietnam	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
Thailand	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

North Korea	4–0	Thailand
Ho Un-byol 7' Kim Un-hyang 52' Kim Chung-sim 74' Yun Hyon-hi 90+1'	Summary

South Korea	3–0	Vietnam
Kong Hye-won 5' Kang In-hae 29' Park Hee-young 46'	Summary

Thailand	0–5	South Korea
	Summary	Kang In-hae 16' Ji So-yun 49', 65' Park Hee-young 59' Lim Jin-young 62'

Vietnam	0–6	North Korea
	Summary	Yun Hyon-hi 6' (pen.), 67' Jon Myong-hwa 17', 22', 32' Kim Chung-sim 88'

North Korea	3–0	South Korea
Ho Un-byol 21' Kim Chung-sim 55' Choe Un-ju 85'	Summary

Vietnam	2–1	Thailand
Nguyễn Thị Nguyệt 10', 85'	Summary	Romyen 31'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Japan	3	1	2	0	7	2	+5	5
Australia	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
Chinese Taipei	3	0	0	3	0	11	−11	0

Japan	1–1	Australia
Iwabuchi 66'	Summary	Simon 88'

China	2–0	Chinese Taipei
Gu Yasha 4' Zhang Chenxue 82'	Summary

Chinese Taipei	0–5	Japan
	Summary	Kumagai 4' Obara 33' Fujita 37' Takara 59' Takeyama 68'

Australia	1–2	China
Simon 75'	Summary	Lou Jiahui 10' An Ning 42'

Japan	1–1	China
Iwabuchi 49'	Summary	An Ning 83'

Chinese Taipei	0–4	Australia
	Summary	Clifford 21' Simon 58' Courtney 66' Bolger 84'

Knockout stage

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Semi-finals

North Korea	0–1	Japan
	Summary	Iwabuchi 58'

China	0–1	South Korea
	Summary	Ji So-yun 84'

Third-place play-off

North Korea	1–0	China
Ho Un-byol 66'	Summary

Final

Japan	2–1	South Korea
Yasumoto 63' Iwabuchi 87'	Summary	Ji So-yun 69' (pen.)

Winners

AFC U-19 Women's Championship 2009
Japan Second title

Awards

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer	Fair Play Award
Mana Iwabuchi	Mana Iwabuchi (4 goals) Ji So-yun (4 goals)	North Korea

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

4 goals

• Mana Iwabuchi
• Ji So-yun

3 goals

• Kyah Simon
• Ho Un-byol
• Jon Myong-hwa
• Kim Chung-sim
• Yun Hyon-hi

2 goals

• An Ning
• Kang In-hae
• Park Hee-young
• Nguyễn Thị Nguyệt

1 goal

• Alesha Clifford
• Faye Courtney
• Nicola Bolger
• Gu Yasha
• Lou Jiahui
• Zhang Chenxue
• Nozomi Fujita
• Ryoko Takara
• Saki Kumagai
• Sawako Yasumoto
• Yuko Takeyama
• Yuria Obara
• Kong Hye-won
• Lim Jin-young
• Choe Un-ju
• Kim Un-hyang
• Nisa Romyen

See also

• 2010 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
• AFC U-16 Women's Championship 2009

References

1. "the-afc.com".

External links

• Official website
• rsssf.com; Tournament results

• 2009 AFC U-19 Women's Championship
• 2009 in Asian football
• 2009 in Chinese football
• AFC U-19 Women's Championship
• International women's association football competitions hosted by China
• 2009 in women's association football
• 2009 in Japanese women's football
• 2009 in South Korean football
• 2009 in North Korean football
• 2009 in Taiwanese football
• 2009–10 in Australian women's soccer
• 2009 in Vietnamese football
• 2009 in Thai football
• 2009 in youth association football