Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Kuala Lumpur: Defending champions Japan will renew acquaintances with DPR Korea at the AFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2015 after the two were pitted against each other during the tournament's official draw on Wednesday.
The draw at AFC House in the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur placed the Japanese in Group B with DPR Korea, who they beat in the final of the last edition in 2013. Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan complete the group.
Meanwhile, hosts China find themselves in Group A alongside Iran, Korea Republic and Thailand, who they edged for third place in 2013.
Japan, China, DPR Korea and Thailand gained automatic entries into the competition by finishing in the top four of the last edition.
Uzbekistan, Iran, Korea Republic and Chinese Taipei punched their tickets to the finals after winning their respective qualifying groups.
The eight teams will play a one-round league, whereby each team in the group will play one match against every other team.
The top two teams in each group (four teams in total) will qualify for the semi-finals where the two winners will play in the final match to determine the champion while the losing teams will play in the 3rd/4th place play-off.
The championship will be held in Wuhan from November 4 to 15, 2015.
THE GROUPS:
Group A: China, Thailand, Iran, Korea Republic
Group B: Japan, DPR Korea, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan