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The AFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2009 was the fifth edition of the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship. It was held from 1 to 12 August in Wuhan, China. The top 3 teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.

Qualification

Qualified teams

Direct entry

Via qualification

Venues

Wuhan
Xinhua Road Sports Center Hankou Cultural Sports Centre
Capacity: 22,140 Capacity: 20,000

Seeding

  1.  North Korea
  2.  Japan
  3.  China
  4.  South Korea
  5.  Thailand
  6.  Australia
  7.  Vietnam
  8.  Chinese Taipei

Group stage

The draw for the AFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2009 took place in Kuala Lumpur on February 27, 2009.[1]

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 North Korea 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9
 South Korea 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
 Vietnam 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3
 Thailand 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: [citation needed]
North Korea 4–0 Thailand
Ho Un-byol 7'
Kim Un-hyang 52'
Kim Chung-sim 74'
Yun Hyon-hi 90+1'
Summary
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jacqui Melksham (Australia)



Vietnam 0–6 North Korea
Summary Yun Hyon-hi 6' (pen.), 67'
Jon Myong-hwa 17', 22', 32'
Kim Chung-sim 88'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Jacqui Melksham (Australia)

North Korea 3–0 South Korea
Ho Un-byol 21'
Kim Chung-sim 55'
Choe Un-ju 85'
Summary
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Jacqui Melksham (Australia)

Vietnam 2–1 Thailand
Nguyễn Thị Nguyệt 10', 85' Summary Romyen 31'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 China 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Japan 3 1 2 0 7 2 +5 5
 Australia 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0
Source: [citation needed]
Japan 1–1 Australia
Iwabuchi 66' Summary Simon 88'


Chinese Taipei 0–5 Japan
Summary Kumagai 4'
Obara 33'
Fujita 37'
Takara 59'
Takeyama 68'

Australia 1–2 China
Simon 75' Summary Lou Jiahui 10'
An Ning 42'

Japan 1–1 China
Iwabuchi 49' Summary An Ning 83'

Chinese Taipei 0–4 Australia
Summary Clifford 21'
Simon 58'
Courtney 66'
Bolger 84'

Knockout stage

All times are China standard time (UTC+8).

Semi-finals

The winners qualified for 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.

North Korea 0–1 Japan
Summary Iwabuchi 58'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Melksham Jacqui (Australia)
China 0–1 South Korea
Summary Ji So-yun 84'
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Semaksuk Praew (Thailand)

Third place play-off

The winner qualified for 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.

North Korea 1–0 China
Ho Un-byol 66' Summary

Final

Japan 2–1 South Korea
Yasumoto 63'
Iwabuchi 87'
Summary Ji So-yun 69' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Wang Jia (China)

Winners

 AFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2009 

Japan
Second title

Awards

Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Fair Play Award
Japan Mana Iwabuchi Japan Mana Iwabuchi (4 goals)
South Korea Ji So-yun (4 goals)
 North Korea

Goalscorers

There were 48 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

See also

References