2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup

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2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup
AFC U-20 ayollar Osiyo kubogi 2024
Tournament details
Host countryUzbekistan
Dates3–16 March 2024
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Australia
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored70 (4.38 per match)
Attendance902 (56 per match)
Top scorer(s)Japan Maya Hijikata
(4 goals)
Best player(s)North Korea Chae Un-yong
Best goalkeeperNorth Korea Chae Un-gyong
Fair play award Japan
2026 →

The 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup was the 11th edition of the AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup (including previous editions of the AFC U-20 Women's Championship and AFC U-19 Women's Championship), the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the women's under-20 national teams of Asia.

It was held in Uzbekistan between 3–16 March 2024.[1][2] A total of eight teams competed in the tournament, with he top four teams of the tournament qualifying for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia as the AFC representatives.

Japan were the defending champions. They were beaten 1–2 in the final by North Korea.

Qualification

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Main article: 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup qualification

The host country and the top three teams of the previous tournament in 2019 qualified automatically, while the other four teams were decided by qualification. There were two rounds of qualification matches, with the first round played between 4–12 March 2023, and the second round played between 3–11 June 2023.

Qualified teams

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The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Team Qualified as Appearance Previous best performance
 Uzbekistan Hosts 5th Group stage (2002, 2004, 2015, 2017)
 Japan 2019 champions 11th Champions (2002, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 North Korea 2019 runners-up 11th Champions (2007)
 South Korea 2019 third place 11th Champions (2004, 2013)
 Australia Second round Group A winners 9th Third place (2006)
 Vietnam Second round Group A runners-up 6th Quarter-finals (2004)
 China Second round Group B winners 11th Champions (2006)
 Chinese Taipei Second round Group B runners-up 5th Runners-up (2002)

Venues

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The matches are being played on two venues at Tashkent.

Tashkent
JAR Stadium Do'stlik Stadium
Capacity: 8,500 Capacity: 10,000

Draw

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The draw was held on 15 December 2023 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2019 AFC U-19 Women's Championship final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Uzbekistan automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Uzbekistan (hosts)
  2.  Japan

Squads

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Main article: 2024 AFC U-20 Women's Asian Cup squads

Players born between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2008 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team has to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (regulation articles 21.2 and 26.3).[4]

Group stage

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All times are local, UZT (UTC+5).[4]

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 tie-breaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:[4]

  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 were 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.

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Knockout stage and
2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  South Korea 3 2 0 1 20 2 +18 6
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 2 9 −7 3
4  Uzbekistan (H) 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
South Korea 1–2 Australia
Jeon Yu-gyeong 25' Report
Attendance: 40
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)
Uzbekistan 0–2 Chinese Taipei
Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Lê Thị Ly (Vietnam)
Chinese Taipei 0–6 South Korea
Report
Attendance: 55
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
Australia 2–0 Uzbekistan
 Report
Attendance: 80
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)
Uzbekistan 0–13 South Korea
Report
Attendance: 60
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)
Australia 3–0 Chinese Taipei
 Report
Attendance: 42
Referee: Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Knockout stage and
2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2  Japan 3 2 0 1 12 1 +11 6
3  China 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
4  Vietnam 3 0 0 3 1 22 −21 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
North Korea 1–1 China
Kim Song-gyong 84' Report Huo Yuexin 88'
Do'stlik Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 120
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
Japan 10–0 Vietnam
  • Matsukubo 11', 31', 44'
  • Hijikata 57', 64'
  • Tsujisawa 67'
  • Sasaki 70'
  • Sasai 73'
  • Yoneda 83'
  • Shirasawa 84'
 Report
Attendance: 60
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
Vietnam 0–6 North Korea
Report
  • Chae Un-yong 3'
  • Min Kyong-jin 5'
  • Pak Mi-ryong 14', 32'
  • Lê Thị Bảo Trâm 36' (o.g.)
  • Hyon Ji-hyang 52'
Do'stlik Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 44
Referee: Sunita Thongthawin (Thailand)
China 0–2 Japan
Report
Attendance: 85
Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)
Japan 0–1 North Korea
Report
  • Chae Un-yong 22'
Attendance: 70
Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)
China 6–1 Vietnam
  • Yu Jiaqi 11', 80'
  • Lu Jiayu 15', 76'
  • Xia Lejiao 17'
  • Huo Yuexin 82'
 Report
Do'stlik Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 65
Referee: Park Se-jin (South Korea)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time (excluding the third place match) and a penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[4]

All four teams that reached the knockout stage qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 March
 
 
 Australia1
 
16 March
 
 Japan5
 
 Japan1
 
13 March
 
 North Korea2
 
 North Korea3
 
 
 South Korea0
 
Third place match
 
 
16 March
 
 
 Australia1
 
 
 South Korea0

Semi-finals

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Australia 1–5 Japan
Trimis 13' Report Yoneda 3'
Shiragaki 63'
Hijikata 83'
Sasai 88'
Chinnama 89' (o.g.)
Attendance: 88
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)
North Korea 3–0 South Korea
Choe Il-son 45'
Jong Kum 51'
Hwang Yu-yong 78'		 Report
Attendance: 78
Referee: Lê Thị Ly (Vietnam)

Third place match

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Australia 1–0 South Korea
 Report
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

Final

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Japan 1–2 North Korea
Tsujisawa 20' Jon Ryong-yong 44', 86'
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)

Goalscorers

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There were 70 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.38 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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The following four teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
 Japan 7 March 2024 7 (2002, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022)
 Australia 9 March 2024 4 (2002, 2004, 2006, 2022)
 South Korea 9 March 2024 6 (2004, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2022)
 North Korea 10 March 2024 7 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Latest update on the AFC National Team Competitions in 2021 and 2022". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. ^ "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC's world-class competitions' roster". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. ^ "#U20WAC draw to set stage for eagerly anticipated Uzbekistan 2024". the-afc. Asian Football Confederation. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup 2024 Competition Regulations". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
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