The U17 Women's Asian Cup continues in Indonesia, this U17 Women's Asian Cup is participated by 8 teams, the top three of the last U17 Women's Asian Cup, the Japanese women's football team, the North Korean women's football team and the Chinese women's football team directly qualified, in addition to the South Korean women's football team, the Australian women's football team, the Thai women's football team and the Philippine women's football team advanced through the qualifying round, plus the host Indonesian women's football team, a total of 8 teams participated, according to the rules, the top three of this U17 Women's Asian Cup will be eligible to participate in the 2024 U17 Women's World Cup in Dominica.
In the group draw, the Chinese women's football team was unlucky and was placed in the group of death where the Japanese women's football team, the Australian women's football team and the Thai women's football team were played, and the other group consisted of the North Korean women's football team, the host Indonesian women's football team, the South Korean women's football team and the Philippines women's football team. At the end of the group stage, the North Korean women's football team and the Japanese women's football team won all three games and advanced as the group winners, while the Chinese women's football team and the South Korean women's football team won the second place in their respective groups and advanced to the semifinals.
North Korea women's football team is the runner-up of the last U17 Women's Asian Cup, the group stage, the North Korean women's football team is full of firepower, the first round of the North Korean women's football team swept the South Korean women's football team with a score of 7-0 to get off to a good start, in the second round, the North Korean women's football team beat the Philippine women's football team 6-0, the last round of the group stage, the North Korean women's football team played against the host Indonesian women's football team, and finally the North Korean women's football team bloodied Indonesia with a score of 9-0, won all three games, won 22 goals, and advanced to the semifinals.
The Chinese women's football team is the third place in the last U17 Women's Asian Cup, and in the first round of the U17 women's football team, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Australian women's football team, the fourth place in the last year, with a score of 3-0, and made a good start. In the second round, the Chinese women's football team played against the Thai women's football team, the Chinese team won with a score of 3-0, and after two consecutive wins, they qualified from the group one round in advance, and in the final round of the group top match with the Japanese women's football team, the Chinese women's football team defeated the Japanese women's football team 0-4, and finally could only advance as the second in the group.
The semi-finals are: North Korea Women's Football Team VS China Women's Football Team, Japan Women's Football Team VS South Korea Women's Football Team. At 19 o'clock in the evening of May 16, Beijing time, the Chinese women's football team will compete with the North Korean women's football team for a place in the finals, the North Korean women's football team has strong offensive firepower, scoring 22 goals in the three rounds of the group stage, conceding 0 goals, and scoring as many as 22 goals. Zhang Quanyi and Cui Yishan each scored 5 goals and tied for first place in the scorer list, while Jiang Liumei also scored 3 goals and ranked 4th in the scorer list.
On the other hand, the Chinese women's football team scored 6 goals and conceded 4 goals in the group stage, and the player with the most goals in the team was Zhang Kecan, who scored 2 goals. On the assist list, Zhang Quanyi and Jiang Liumei each have 5 assists, tied for the first place in the assist list, which shows how strong the North Korean women's football team's offense is, and the front court is more flowering, while the Chinese women's football team only Liu Zeyu contributed 2 assists, and is the only Chinese female football player on the top ten in the assist list.
For the Chinese women's football team, even if the semi-finals cannot cross the North Korean women's football team, there is still a third-place match to compete for a ticket to the U17 Women's World Cup. In the two semifinals, the South Korean women's football team is likely to be unable to defeat the Japanese women's football team, so the South Korean women's football team will participate in the third or fourth place finals, if the Chinese team cannot defeat the North Korean women's football team, but in the face of the South Korean women's football team, the Chinese women's football team has the advantage and will be able to defeat the South Korean women's football team and win a World Cup place.