The 2024 U17 Women's Asian Cup has entered the final battle in Indonesia, with the Japanese women's football team and the North Korean women's football team competing for the championship for two consecutive U17 women's Asian Cup finals. The Chinese women's football team has participated in the third and fourth finals of the U17 Women's Asian Cup for two consecutive years. In the end, the Japanese women's football team 0-1 North Korea women's football team, and the Chinese women's football team 1-2 South Korea women's football team. Japan, North Korea and South Korea will compete in the U17 Women's World Cup in Dominica in October 2024.
China Women's Football Team 1-2 South Korea Women's Football Team
The Chinese women's football team was the third runner-up of the last U17 Women's Asian Cup, and the U17 Women's Asian Cup was directly qualified, but was divided into the group of death during the group draw, with the same group of teams including the last champion Japan women's football team, the last fourth place Australian women's football team and the Southeast Asian team Thailand women's football team. The Chinese women's football team performed well in the first two rounds, defeating the Australian women's football team and the Thai women's football team with a score of 3-0 respectively, and qualified for the group one round ahead of schedule, but lost 0-4 in the battle for the top spot in the group with the Japanese women's football team, and could only qualify as the second in the group.
In the semifinals, the Chinese women's football team faced the North Korean women's football team, but in the first 10 minutes, the Chinese women's football team lost 0-1 to the North Korean women's football team due to a low-level mistake by the goalkeeper and missed the final. Although the Chinese women's football team missed the championship and runner-up competition, winning the third place and entering the U17 Women's World Cup is the bottom line goal.
The South Korean women's football team qualified for the U17 Women's Asian Cup finals through the qualifying round, and lost to the North Korean women's football team with a score of 0-7 in the first round, but then through adjustments, the South Korean women's football team beat the host Indonesian women's football team 12-0, reversed the disadvantage of goal difference, drew with the Philippines in the crucial third round, and was lucky to qualify second in the group, and lost to the Japanese women's football team 0-3 in the semifinals.
In the 13th minute of the game, there was a hole in the back line of the Chinese women's football team, Wu Zhuen burst into the penalty area on the left side and passed back the triangle, Casey Fell followed up and scored a goal, and the South Korean women's football team made a dream start and led the Chinese women's football team 1-0. The Chinese women's football team besieged the South Korean women's football team after conceding the goal, but it was always scoreless, and at halftime, it fell behind the South Korean women's football team 0-1.
In the second half, the Chinese women's football team continued to attack wildly, and in the 81st minute, Dong Yujie, who came on as a substitute, broke through the side and scored a small angle in the penalty area, and the Chinese women's football team equalized. But only 3 minutes later, the Chinese women's football team made a mistake at the back, and Casey Fell seized the opportunity to score in the penalty area and scored a brace, and finally the Chinese women's football team lost 1-2 to the South Korean women's football team, and finally ranked 4th and missed the U17 Women's World Cup.
Japan Women's Team 0-1 North Korea Women's Football Team
Both the Japanese women's football team and the North Korean women's football team are the top teams in Asian women's football, and the Japanese women's football team won the last U17 Women's Asian Cup final after beating the North Korean women's football team. In the group stage, the Japanese women's football team defeated the Thai women's football team, the Australian women's football team and the Chinese women's football team, won all three games to advance to the semifinals, and defeated the South Korean women's football team with a score of 3-0 in the semifinals, reaching the final of the U17 Women's Asian Cup for two consecutive years.
North Korea women's football team is a mysterious division, in the group stage, the North Korean women's football team is full of firepower, respectively, played three big wins, 7-0 South Korea women's football team, 6-0 Philippine women's football team, 9-0 Indonesian women's football team, won all three games, a goal difference, and did not concede a goal, advanced to the semi-finals, although encountered the stubborn resistance of the Chinese women's football team, but still advanced with a score of 1-0, won all four games and conceded zero goals.
In the game, in the first half, Hirakawa Yona hit the post, the North Korean women's football team had multiple shots saved, and in the second half, Zhang Quanyi won & headed in the frame. In the end, the North Korean women's football team defeated the Japanese women's football team 1-0, and the North Korean women's football team won all five games without conceding a goal, and won the U17 Women's Asian Cup.