World champions Korea DPR aim Asian treble

• Holders Korea DPR aim to keep Asian title
• The top-three finishers allege to Uruguay 2018
• The Asian finals underline 3 stream or former universe champions

Less than 11 months after they carried a FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup prize in Jordan, Korea DPR will find to validate for a tellurian finals for a sixth unbroken time as a preliminaries start in Asia.

The continent’s 3 berths during subsequent year’s U-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay will be dynamic during a AFC U-16 Women’s Championship, that sees 8 teams – divided into dual groups of 4 – conflict it out. The top-two finishers from any organisation allege to a semi-finals, a winners of that will contest for a Asian pretension carrying already cumulative their World Cup places. The remaining mark during Uruguay 2018 is afterwards motionless by a third-place play-off.

As reigning Asian and universe champions, Korea DPR enter a contest encouraged to keep a pretension to and equal a record transport of three-time winners Japan. However, both a Japanese and 2009 winners Korea Republic are able of ascent a critical challenge, while Australia and China PR also transport to Thailand with large ambitions.

The groups
Group A: Thailand, China PR, Korea Republic, Laos
Group B: Korea DPR, Japan, Australia, Bangladesh

The numbers
1 Laos go into their lass AFC U16 Women’s Championship as a tournament’s usually debutants.

2 This is a second time Thailand will horde a AFC U-16 Women’s Championship, carrying also staged a contest in 2009. They will wish to transport improved than on that occasion, when they unsuccessful to swell past a organisation theatre and missed out on a World Cup spot.

3 Four of a past 5 U-17 Women’s World Cups have been won by 3 of a teams competing in Thaialand. The many important are Korea DPR, who won a initial book behind in 2008 before re-capturing a tellurian laurels during Jordan 2016. But Korea Republic and Japan have also claimed a universe pretension once apiece, in 2010 and 2014 respectively.

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4 A party of teams, namely China PR, Japan, Korea Republic and Thailand, have participated in any of a 6 editions of a AFC U-16 Women’s Championship given 2005.

6 A goalkeeping legend, China manager Gao Hong won 6 uninterrupted comparison AFC Women’s Asian Cup titles with Steel Roses between 1989 and 1999. Besides her managerial role, a former New York Power protector provides a players with impulse as an idol of a women’s game.

11 One of a tournament’s players to watch is Australia brazen Sofia Sakalis, who finished tip scorer in final year’s qualifiers for a AFC U-16 finals with 11 goals.

What they said
“Our idea is clear: to validate to a U-17 World Cup in Uruguay subsequent year. We are dynamic to live adult to expectations, whatever problems are confronting us. Meanwhile, we wish a players will make good swell (by competing opposite a world’s best players) and turn cornerstones of a inhabitant organisation in future.”
China PR manager Gao Hong

“We are aiming to turn a Asian champions but, some-more importantly, we should initial secure the place during subsequent year’s U-17 World Cup. This is a idea that we contingency achieve. Our organisation rivals are clever teams though we will concentration on the football and find the winning form.”
Japan manager Naoki Kusunose

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