The Chinese women’s football team finished second in the group with a 4-0 dark horse! Qualified for the first time in the U17 World Cup. Zhou Xinyi scored 4 goals in 3 games and conceded points.

In a focus match in the final round of Group C of the 2025 U17 Women's World Cup that ended on the evening of October 24, the Chinese women's football team defeated the South American dark horse Ecuador 4-0. In the first half, Zhou Xinyi and Zeng Yijie scored consecutive world waves. Chen Ruilin expanded her advantage and Song Yu sealed the victory with a header. In the second half, Zhou Xinyi missed a point and missed scoring twice in this campaign.

In the end, the Chinese U17 women's team scored 2 wins, 1 loss, and 6 points, scored 11 goals and conceded 5 goals. They finished second in the group and qualified with the top American team. Ecuador has 1 win and 2 losses with 3 points to qualify, while Norway has 3 consecutive losses and is at the bottom with 0 points.

This is also the first time that the Chinese U17 women's football team has qualified for the group stage after participating in the World Cup 4 times (2012, 2014 and 2022 all stopped in the group stage, and the other 5 years did not qualify). At 23:30 on the 28th, the Chinese U17 women's football team will face the second place in Group A in the 1/8 finals. The opponent will most likely be between Brazil and Italy.

[Key Focus]

In the 10th minute, Zhou Xinyi scored with a world wave from outside the penalty area. China 1-0 Ecuador. Zhou Xinyi scored in each of the three rounds of the group stage, scoring a total of 4 goals.

In the 16th minute, Zeng Yijie took a free kick and scored directly, China 2-0 Ecuador. Zeng Yijie also scored wonderful world waves in 2 consecutive games.

In the 31st minute, the Chinese team took a tactical corner kick. Chen Ruilin's volley from a small angle hit the defensive player and bounced into the net. China 3-0 Ecuador. This is Chen Ruilin's second goal of this World Cup.

In the 43rd minute, Zeng Yijie took a corner kick and Song Yu scored with a header. China 4-0 Ecuador.

In the 61st minute, Chen Ruilin made a point. Zhou Xinyi took the penalty kick and hit it to the left, hitting the goal post and popping out of the baseline.

[Highlight Replay]

In the 7th minute, Huang Qinyi completed a shot from the left side of the penalty area, and the ball went slightly wide.

In the 38th minute, Huang Qinyi was offside and the goal was disallowed.

Change sides and fight again. In the 49th minute, Huang Qinyi fell to the ground after receiving a long pass from her teammate and inserted it into the penalty area. The referee said there was no foul and refused to award a penalty kick.

In the 71st minute, Zhou Xinyi shot from a small angle and the goalkeeper attacked to resolve the danger.

In the 72nd minute, an Ecuadorian player was suspected of handball. The Chinese team launched a VAR challenge. After watching the replay, the referee did not award another penalty kick to the Chinese team.

[Statistics]

[Lineup]

Goalkeeper: 1-Niu Ziqi (68 '1 2-Li Xinzhi)

Guards: 3-He Yuanqi (68 '11-Chen Junji), 15-Cai Xinlin, 4-Yang Yuxuan, 17-Zeng Yijie (95 '2-Chen Jueying)

Back midfielder: 5-Song Yu, 16-Xu Xiaotang

Avant-garde: 19-Fang Zhenzhu, 6-Chen Ruilin (68 '20-Song Lijuan), 10-Zhou Xinyi (77 '21 -Li Qixian)

Forward: 9-Huang Qinyi

Substitute did not play: 7-Xu Yue, 8-Yu Tianzhen, 13-You Yaxin, 14-Zhou Yajie, 18-Zhang Kecan