2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup

2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Vietnam
Dates	14–25 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	China
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	67 (3.94 per match)
Attendance	45,250 (2,662 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yang Li Park Eun-sun (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Aya Miyama [1]
Fair play award	Japan
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The 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup , the 18th edition of the competition, was a women's association football tournament competed by national teams in Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It served as the qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. ^[2] It was played from 14 to 25 May 2014 in Vietnam. ^[3]

Reigning world champions Japan defeated the reigning Asian champions Australia 1–0 in the final to secure their first continental title. ^[4]

Qualification

Main article: 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

The final tournament was competed by eight teams, four of which were automatically qualified though their 2010 placement, while the others were determined via a qualification tournament. ^[5]

North Korea was banned from the tournament due to the sanction on their doping cases in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. ^[2] Hosts Vietnam had to play the qualifying round; in case of a non-qualification, another host would have been chosen.

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament [n 1]
Australia	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup top four	21 May 2010	4 (1975, 2006, 2008, 2010 )
Japan	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup top four	22 May 2010	14 (1977, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010)
China	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup top four	23 May 2010	12 ( 1986 , 1989 , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2001, 2003, 2006 , 2008, 2010)
South Korea	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup top four	26 September 2012	10 (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Myanmar	Group D winner	25 May 2013	3 (2003, 2006, 2010)
Thailand	Group B winner	25 May 2013	14 (1975, 1977, 1981, 1983 , 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Vietnam	Group C winner	26 May 2013	6 (1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010)
Jordan	Group A winner	9 June 2013	0 (debut)

1. Bold: winner, Italics: host.

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Thủ Dầu Một and Ho Chi Minh City.

Thủ Dầu Một Ho Chi Minh City	Thủ Dầu Một	Ho Chi Minh City
	Gò Đậu Stadium	Thống Nhất Stadium
	Capacity: 18,250	Capacity: 15,000

Squads

Main article: 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup squads

Group stage

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Each team then played the others in their group once. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals, and the two third-placed teams played a play-off match for fifth place and the final World Cup qualifying spot. The draw was held on 29 November 2013. ^{[6] [7]} In the group stage, teams tied in the points were ranked by the following criteria: ^[8]

1. Greater number of points between the teams concerned,
2. Goal differences between the teams concerned,
3. Number of goals between the teams concerned,
4. Goal differences between in all round-robin matches,
5. Number of goals between in all round-robin matches,
6. Penalty shoot-out (in case just two teams playing the final match tied in the all conditions above),
7. Fewer yellow and red card points in all group matches (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card), and
8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local (UTC+7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7	Knockout stage and Women's World Cup
2	Australia	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
3	Vietnam (H)	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3	Repechage play-off
4	Jordan	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	0

Source: AFC Schedule & Results
(H) Hosts

14 May 2014

17:15

Vietnam	3–1	Jordan
Nguyễn Thị Muôn 18' Lê Thu Thanh Hương 36', 84'	Report (AFC) Report	Jbarah 34'

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

14 May 2014

20:15

Australia	2–2	Japan
Foord 21' De Vanna 64'	Report (AFC) Report	Polkinghorne 71' (o.g.) Ōgimi 84'

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Qin Liang (China)

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16 May 2014

17:15

Jordan	1–3	Australia
Al-Naber 70'	Report (AFC) Report	Gill 35', 50' Gorry 66'

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

16 May 2014

20:15

Japan	4–0	Vietnam
Kawasumi 44', 87' Kiryu 65' Ōgimi 69'	Report (AFC) Report

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Abirami Apbai Naidu (Singapore)

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18 May 2014

19:15

Vietnam	0–2	Australia
	Report (AFC) Report	Lê Thị Thương 42' (o.g.) Gorry 90'

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

18 May 2014

19:15

Japan	7–0	Jordan
Kira 25', 90+3' Nakajima 45+1', 75' Sakaguchi 49', 81' Alhyasat 69' (o.g.)	Report (AFC) Report

Gò Đậu Stadium, Thủ Dầu Một

Attendance: 800

Referee: Abirami Apbai Naidu (Singapore)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	2	1	0	16	0	+16	7	Knockout stage and Women's World Cup
2	China	3	2	1	0	10	0	+10	7
3	Thailand	3	1	0	2	2	12	−10	3	Repechage play-off
4	Myanmar	3	0	0	3	1	17	−16	0

Source: AFC Schedule & Results

15 May 2014

17:15

South Korea	12–0	Myanmar
Ji So-yun 4' Park Eun-sun 17' (pen.), 43' Park Hee-young 33' Jeon Ga-eul 36', 40' (pen.), 63' Cho So-hyun 45+3', 61', 82' Kwon Hah-nul 58' Yeo Min-ji 76'	Report (AFC) Report

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 300

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

15 May 2014

20:15

China	7–0	Thailand
Li Dongna 6' Li Ying 8' Yang Li 16', 45+1', 64', 90+1' Xu Yanlu 75'	Report (AFC) Report

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 300

Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

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17 May 2014

17:15

Myanmar	0–3	China
	Report (AFC) Report	Ren Guixin 10' Ma Xiaoxu 60' Yang Li 87'

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 200

Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

17 May 2014

20:15

Thailand	0–4	South Korea
	Report (AFC) Report	Ji So-yun 11' Park Eun-sun 12', 47', 84'

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 200

Referee: Công Thị Dung (Vietnam)

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19 May 2014

19:15

South Korea	0–0	China
	Report (AFC) Report

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 350

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

19 May 2014

19:15

Thailand	2–1	Myanmar
Kanjana 27' (pen.) Duangnapa 59'	Report (AFC) Report	Yee Yee Oo 45+1'

Gò Đậu Stadium, Thủ Dầu Một

Attendance: 800

Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

Fifth place play-off

Thailand won the play-off and thus qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

21 May 2014

17:15

Vietnam	1–2	Thailand
Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung 86'	Report (AFC) Report	Kanjana 48', 65'

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 18,000

Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage (including the fifth place match), extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary. ^[8]

	Semifinals				Final
	22 May
	Japan (a.e.t.)	2
					25 May
	China	1
					Japan	1
	22 May
					Australia	0
	South Korea	1
	Australia	2
					Third place
					25 May
					China	2
					South Korea	1

All times are local (UTC+7).

Semi-finals

22 May 2014

17:15

Japan	2–1 (a.e.t.)	China
Sawa 51' Iwashimizu 120+2'	Report (AFC) Report	Li Dongna 80' (pen.)

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 700

Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

22 May 2014

20:45

South Korea	1–2	Australia
Park Eun-sun 53' (pen.)	Report (AFC) Report	Gorry 47' Kellond-Knight 77'

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 700

Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

Third place match

25 May 2014

16:45

China	2–1	South Korea
Park Eun-sun 3' (o.g.) Yang Li 90+3'	Report (AFC) Report	Yoo Young-a 80'

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 500

Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

Final

25 May 2014

20:15

Japan	1–0	Australia
Iwashimizu 28'	Report (AFC) Report

Thống Nhất Stadium, Ho Chi Minh City

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Awards

AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 champions
Japan First title

Goalscorers

There were 67 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.

6 goals

• Yang Li
• Park Eun-sun

3 goals

• Katrina Gorry
• Cho So-hyun
• Jeon Ga-eul
• Kanjana Sungngoen

2 goals

• Kate Gill
• Li Dongna
• Azusa Iwashimizu
• Nahomi Kawasumi
• Chinatsu Kira
• Emi Nakajima
• Mizuho Sakaguchi
• Yūki Ōgimi
• Ji So-yun
• Lê Thu Thanh Hương

1 goal

• Lisa De Vanna
• Caitlin Foord
• Elise Kellond-Knight
• Li Ying
• Ma Xiaoxu
• Ren Guixin
• Xu Yanlu
• Nanase Kiryu
• Homare Sawa
• Stephanie Al-Naber
• Maysa Jbarah
• Kwon Hah-nul
• Park Hee-young
• Yeo Min-ji
• Yoo Young-a
• Yee Yee Oo
• Sritala Duangnapa
• Nguyễn Thị Muôn
• Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung

1 own goal

• Clare Polkinghorne (against Japan)
• Enshirah Alhyasat (against Japan)
• Park Eun-sun (against China PR)
• Lê Thị Thương (against Australia)

References

1. "Marvelous Miyama bags 'MVP' award". the-afc.com. 25 May 2014.
2. "VN eyes Women's World Cup on 'golden chance'". Tuổi Trẻ . 26 September 2012. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
3. "Vietnam to host AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 finals". Asian Football Confederation. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
4. "Japan lift maiden AFC Women's Asian Cup title". the-afc.com. 25 May 2014.
5. "Women's giants to know opponents". Asian Football Confederation. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
6. "Women's Asian Cup draw on November 29". the-afc.com. 4 November 2013.
7. "Hosts Vietnam in tough Group A". the-afc.com. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
8. "Competition Regulations AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 Final" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2013. (In Section 18)

External links

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