AFF U-16 Women's Championship

AFF U-16 Women's Championship

Organising body	AFF
Founded	2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Region	Southeast Asia
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Thailand (3rd title)
Most successful team(s)	Thailand (3 titles)
2019 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship

The AFF U-16 Women's Championship is association football tournament for women's national teams under the age of 15. It was first conducted in 2009 as the AFF U-16 Women's Championship with an upper age limit of 16. It is organised by the ASEAN Football Federation every two years. The official tournament started in 2009, hosted by Myanmar and won by Australia.

History[edit]

2009[edit]

The first women's ASEAN championship at the youth level, held as the 2009 AFF U-16 Women's Championship was held in Myanmar from 9 October through 18 October 2009. The competition was held at the Thuwunna Stadium and Aung San Stadium.

In the final, Australia defeated Thailand by 8–0.^[1]

2017[edit]

The second women's ASEAN championship at the youth level, held as the 2017 AFF U-16 Girls' Championship was held in Laos from 8 May through 20 May 2017. The competition was held at the New Laos National Stadium.

In the final, Thailand defeated Philippines by 6–2.^[2]

Results[edit]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2009 Details	Myanmar		Australia	8–0	Thailand		Vietnam	3–0	Myanmar A
2017 Details	Laos		Thailand	6–2	Philippines		Myanmar	3–1	Cambodia
2018 Details	Indonesia		Thailand	1–0	Myanmar		Vietnam	0–0 (3–0) pen	Laos
2019 Details	Thailand		Thailand	0–0 (5–3) pen	Laos		Vietnam	1–0	Philippines

Records and statistics[edit]

Total wins[edit]

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Thailand	3 (2017, 2018, 2019)	1 (2009)	–	–
Australia	1 (2009)	–	–	–
Myanmar	–	1 (2018)	1 (2017)	1 (2009)
Philippines	–	1 (2017)	–	1 (2019)
Laos	–	1 (2019)	–	1 (2018)
Vietnam	–	–	3 (2009, 2018, 2019)	–
Cambodia	–	–	–	1 (2017)

Participating nations[edit]

Team	2009 (8)	2017 (9)	2018 (9)	2019 (9)	Total
Australia	1st	×	×	×	1
Cambodia	×	4th	GS	GS	3
Indonesia	GS	GS	GS	×	3
Laos	×	GS	4th	2nd	3
Malaysia	GS	GS	GS	GS	4
Myanmar	4th	3rd	2nd	GS	4
Myanmar B	GS	×	×	×	1
Philippines	GS	2nd	GS	4th	4
Singapore	×	GS	GS	GS	3
Thailand	2nd	1st	1st	1st	4
East Timor	×	×	×	GS	1
Vietnam	3rd	GS	3rd	3rd	4

Legend

General Statistics[edit]

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. 3 points per win, 1 point per draw and 0 points per loss.

As end of 2019 AFF U-16 Women's Championship

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Thailand	4	22	17	3	2	92	16	+76	54
2	Vietnam	4	20	12	3	5	53	14	+41	39
3	Myanmar	4	21	10	3	8	81	30	+51	33
4	Laos	3	15	8	3	4	33	15	+18	28
5	Philippines	4	17	6	1	10	34	57	−23	19
6	Australia	1	5	5	0	0	42	1	+41	15
7	Malaysia	4	15	4	1	10	16	73	−57	13
8	Singapore	3	11	2	2	7	10	35	−25	8
9	Cambodia	3	12	1	1	10	7	33	−26	4
10	Indonesia	3	9	1	1	7	6	36	−30	4
11	Myanmar B	1	3	1	0	2	5	18	−13	3
12	East Timor	1	3	0	0	3	0	54	−54	0

Awards[edit]

Tournament	Top scorer(s)	Goals	Fair play award
2009			Thailand
2017	Myat Noe Khin Ploychompoo Somnonk	6	Thailand
2018	Myat Noe Khin	9
2019	Pe	12

Winning coaches[edit]

Year	Team	Tournament
2009	Australia
2017	Thailand	Cheewathan Krueawan
2018	Thailand	Naruephon Kaenson
2019	Thailand	Naruephon Kaenson

See also[edit]

• AFF Women's Championship
• AFF U-19 Women's Championship

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• AFF Women's Tournament at the ASEAN Football Federation