The 2011 AFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the AFC U-19 Women's Championship. Vietnam hosted the tournament from 6 to 16 October 2011. The top 3 teams Japan, North Korea, and China qualified to the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Japan was later named host of the U-20 Women's World Cup, so their spot was awarded to fourth-place finisher South Korea.

Seeding The tournament format is:

Teams entering in this roundTeams advancing from previous roundCompetition format First qualifying round (8 teams)teams not in the top 8 of last tournament2 groups of 4 teams, hosted by Philippines and Bangladesh Second qualifying round (5 teams)teams placed 6 to 8 in last tournament 2 group winners from 1st qualifying round1 groups of 5 teams, hosted by Malaysia Final tournament (6 teams)top 5 finishers from last tournament 1 group winner from 2nd qualifying roundround-robin tournament, hosted by Vietnam

Qualification

Uzbekistan and Iran progressed from the first qualifying round as winners but then finished in the last two places in the second qualification round. Vietnam came through the qualification as the group winner in the 2nd qualification round.

Final round

Venues The host city was Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The Final round was played at the following stadiums.

Thanh Long Sports Centre Thong Nhat Stadium

Results All matches were held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (UTC+7)

Winners

Awards The following awards were given.

Most Valuable PlayerTop ScorerFair Play Award Mai Kyokawa Mai Kyokawa (5 goals) Yun Hyon-hi (5 goals)

Goalscorers 5 goals Mai Kyokawa Yun Hyon-hi

4 goals Kumi Yokoyama

3 goals Emily Gielnik Yao Shuangyan

2 goals

Ni Mengjie Lee Geummin Lee Jungeun Seo Hyunsook Kwon Song-hwa Kim Un-hwa Nguyễn Thị Nguyệt Phạm Hoàng Quỳnh

1 goal

Ashley Sarine Brown Emily van Egmond Linda Jane O'Neill Tara Jayne Andrews Wang Tingting Akane Saito Haruka Hamada Hanae Shibata Yoko Tanaka Choi Mirae Choi Yoojung Jang Selgi Kim Ji-hye Moon Mira Jon Myong-hwa Kim Jo-ran Kim Su-gyong Kim Un-ju Phan Thi Trang

Own goal Nguyễn Thị Hương (playing against China PR)

See also 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2011 AFC U-16 Women's Championship

References

External links Official tournament website