2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship


The 2013 AFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 5th edition of the tournament. The tournament was held from 26 September to 6 October 2013.
The tournament was played in Nanjing, China, just as the 2011 edition. The top three teams qualify for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Qualification

Four teams were directly qualified by their 2011 performance, the others had to enter qualifying.
CountryQualified asDate qualification was secured
2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Champion10 July 2012
2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Runner-up10 July 2012
2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Third Place, later confirmed as hosts10 July 2012
2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship Fourth Place10 July 2012
Qualification Group D Winner8 November 2012
Qualification Group D Runner-up8 November 2012
Qualification Group C Winner9 November 2012
Qualification Group A Winner9 November 2012
Qualification Group A Runner-up9 November 2012
Qualification Group C Runner-up11 November 2012
Qualification Group B Winner28 November 2012
Qualification Group B Runner-up30 November 2012

Format

The twelve teams are drawn into four groups of three teams. After playing each other once the group winner advances to the semi-finals. The draw was held on 26 April 2013.
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.
  1. Greater number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  5. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  6. Kicks from the penalty mark if only two teams are involved and they are both on the field of play;
  7. Fewer score calculated according to the number of yellow and red cards received in the group matches;
  8. Drawing of lots.

    Group stage

All kick-off times are China Standard time.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Semifinals

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Third place play-off

Final

Awards

The following awards were given.
Most Valuable PlayerTop ScorerFair Play Award
Hina Sugita Rikako Kobayashi

Goalscorers

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