Tournament details | |
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Host countries |
China (Group A) Tajikistan (Group B) Myanmar (Group C) Vietnam (Group D) |
Dates | 27 October – 24 December 2016 |
Teams | 18 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 18 |
Goals scored | 93 (5.17 per match) |
Attendance | 6,813 (379 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Remy Siemsen (10 goals) |
The 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification was a women's under-19 football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.
A total of 18 teams entered the qualification tournament, which decided four of the eight participating teams in the final tournament held in China.
Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 22 teams entered the competition, with Japan, North Korea, South Korea and the host nation China PR automatically qualified for the final tournament by their position as the top four teams of the 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship and thus did not participate in the qualifying competition.
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 19 May 2016, 16:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 18 teams were drawn into four groups: two groups of five teams and two groups of four teams.
The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2015 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification. The following restrictions were also applied:
Players born between 1 January 1998 and 31 December 2001 were eligible to compete in the 2017 AFC U-19 Women's Championship.
In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The four group winners qualified for the final tournament.