Tournament details | |
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Host countries |
Thailand (Group A) China (Group B) Bangladesh (Group C) Vietnam (Group D) |
Dates | 25 August – 5 September 2016 |
Teams | 24 (from 1 confederation) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 50 |
Goals scored | 332 (6.64 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Sofia Sakalis San Thaw Thaw (11 goals each) |
The 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-16 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, which will be held in Thailand.
A total of eight teams is set to play in the final tournament. North Korea, Japan, the host nation China and Thailand had already qualified directly as the top four finishers of the 2015 AFC U-16 Women's Championship, with Thailand expressing interest to participate in the qualifiers and hosted one of the groups. The top team from each of the three groups Thailand wasn't in (South Korea, Bangladesh and Australia) qualified for the final tournament and as Thailand finished top of their group in the qualifiers, Laos qualified to the final competition as the second-placed team from the same group.
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2015.
Players born between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2003 were eligible to compete in the 2017 AFC U-16 Women's Championship.
In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The four group winners qualified for the final tournament. If Thailand finish top of their group in the qualifiers, the second-placed team from the same group will also qualify to the final competition.
The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers would be applied in the following order:
The matches were scheduled for 25 August – 5 September 2016.