Tournament details | |
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Host country | India |
Dates | 20 January – 6 February |
Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | China (9th title) |
Runners-up | South Korea |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 26 |
Goals scored | 104 (4 per match) |
Attendance | 0 (0 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Sam Kerr (7 goals) |
Best player(s) | Wang Shanshan [1] |
Best goalkeeper | Zhu Yu [2] |
Fair play award | South Korea |
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The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 20th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international women's football tournament in Asia competed by the national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). [3]
India was selected as the host nation by the AFC Women's Football Committee in June 2020. [4] [5] It was the first time that the country hosted the competition since 1979. [6] On 28 January 2021, the AFC confirmed that the tournament would take place between 20 January and 6 February 2022, instead of the original scheduled dates of late October and early November. [7] [8]
For the first time in the competition, the final tournament was expanded from eight teams to twelve. [9] It served as the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand (Regulations Article 4.6), [3] with Australia qualifying automatically as co-hosts. [10] Five teams qualified directly for the World Cup via the knockout stage and two more advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.
Japan were the two-time defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by China PR on penalties. The Chinese went on to win their record-extending ninth title by defeating South Korea 3–2 in the final.
The top three teams qualified for the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup. [11]
The following three football associations submitted their interest to host the tournament by the 31 May 2019 deadline. [12]
India had previously hosted the 1980 AFC Women's Championship, originally scheduled for 1979, while Chinese Taipei hosted the 1977 and 2001 editions of the tournament. [13]
India was recommended for hosting the tournament by the AFC Women's Football Committee on 19 February 2020. [4] On 5 June 2020, the country was awarded the hosting rights. [5] [14]
The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup was held amid the COVID-19 pandemic which affected the organization of the tournament. As a response, the tournament was held under a bio-secure bubble setup. [15] All participating teams were granted exemption from institutional quarantine when foreigners were normally required to undergo home quarantine for seven days from 11 January 2022. Members of the participating teams underwent initial tests for COVID-19 upon arrival. They were required to stay in their hotels while they awaited their test results. Following negative test results, the movement of players and officials were restricted to the hotel, and the training and match venues. [16]
Several teams reported positive COVID-19 cases during the tournament, namely China, [17] India, [18] Japan, [19] South Korea, [18] Myanmar, [18] the Philippines, [17] and Vietnam. [18] Host India were the most affected, with as many as 12 players testing positive for COVID-19, rendering them unable to name 13 players for their match against Chinese Taipei, as required. India was forced to withdraw due to tournament regulations. [20] [21]
The host country India and the top three teams of the previous tournament in 2018 qualified automatically, while the other eight teams were decided by qualification matches played in September and October 2021. [22]
The following twelve teams qualified for the tournament:
Team | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | FIFA Ranking [a] | Previous best performance |
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India | Hosts | 5 June 2020 | 9th | 2003 | 55th | Runners-up (1979, 1983) |
Japan | 2018 champions | 28 January 2021 | 17th | 2018 | 13th | Champions (2014, 2018) |
Australia | 2018 runners-up | 28 January 2021 | 6th | 2018 | 11th | Champions (2010) |
China | 2018 third place | 28 January 2021 | 15th | 2018 | 19th | Champions (1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006) |
Chinese Taipei | Group A winners | 24 October 2021 | 14th | 2008 | 39th | Champions (1977, 1979, 1981) |
Vietnam | Group B winners | 29 September 2021 | 9th | 2018 | 32nd | Sixth place (2014) |
Indonesia [b] | Group C winners | 27 September 2021 | 5th | 1989 | 94th | Fourth place (1977, 1986) |
Myanmar | Group D winners | 24 October 2021 | 5th | 2014 | 47th | Group stage (2003, 2006, 2010, 2014) |
South Korea | Group E winners | 23 September 2021 | 13th | 2018 | 18th | Third place (2003) |
Philippines | Group F winners | 24 September 2021 | 10th | 2018 | 64th | Sixth place (2018) |
Iran | Group G winners | 25 September 2021 | 1st | N/A | 70th | Debut |
Thailand [b] | Group H winners | 25 September 2021 | 17th | 2018 | 38th | Champions (1983) |
On 6 January 2022, the AFC announced the list of 16 referees, 16 assistant referees, two stand-by referees, two stand-by assistant referees and six video match officials for the tournament. [28] [29] Video assistant referees (VAR) would be used from the quarter-finals onwards.
Originally, Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong) was selected for the tournament. However, she was unable to travel to India due to travel restriction. [30] She was replaced by Wang Chieh (Chinese Taipei).
The venues for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup were located across three cities in India. [31] Originally, the host cities were Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar and Navi Mumbai, and the AFC confirmed the three host cities of the event in June 2021. [32] [33] However, on 6 July 2021, AFC announced Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra would host the tournament. [34] All matches are played behind closed doors as a precaution due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [35]
Maharashtra | Mumbai | Navi Mumbai | Pune |
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Mumbai Football Arena | DY Patil Stadium | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex | |
Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 55,000 | Capacity: 11,900 | |
The final draw was held on 28 October 2021, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [36] The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. [37] The seedings were based on their performance in 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup final tournament and qualification, with the hosts India automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw. [38]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Each team has to register a squad of a minimum of 18 players and maximum of 23 players, at least three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3). [3]
The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams qualified for the quarter finals. [3]
Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3): [3]
All times are local, IST (UTC+5:30). [39]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |
4 | India (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew [a] |
China | 4–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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India | Voided (0–0) | Iran |
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Iran | 0–7 | China |
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Chinese Taipei | Cancelled | India |
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Chinese Taipei | 5–0 | Iran |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | +23 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Philippines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
4 | Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | −28 | 0 |
Philippines | 0–4 | Australia |
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Australia | 2–1 | Thailand |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 | Knockout stage |
2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | |
3 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |
4 | Myanmar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
South Korea | 3–0 | Vietnam |
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Vietnam | 2–2 | Myanmar |
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The top two teams qualified for the quarter finals. Due to the withdrawal of India in group A, results against the fourth-placed teams of each group B and C were not counted in determining the ranking of the third-placed teams.
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | B | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | Knockout stage |
2 | C | Vietnam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
3 | A | Iran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
The losers of the quarter-final matches entered play-offs, the format of which depended on Australia's results in the tournament. [41]
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Japan | 2 (3) | |||||||||
Japan | 7 | |||||||||
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Thailand | 0 | |||||||||
China | 3 | |||||||||
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South Korea | 2 | |||||||||
Australia | 0 | |||||||||
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South Korea | 2 | |||||||||
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Philippines | 0 | |||||||||
Chinese Taipei | 1 (3) | |||||||||
Philippines (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
The winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The losers, except for Australia, entered the play-offs.
China | 3–1 | Vietnam |
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Chinese Taipei | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Philippines |
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China | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Japan |
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4–3 |
China | 3–2 | South Korea |
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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:
Most Valuable Player | Top Scorer | Best goalkeeper | Fairplay Award |
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Wang Shanshan | Sam Kerr (7 goals) | Zhu Yu | South Korea |
For the first time in the tournament's history, prize money was awarded to the top four teams of the tournament. The champions would receive US$1 million, the runners-up receive US$500,000 while the losing semi-finalists each receive US$150,000. [42] In addition, five percent of the prize money earned by the champions and runners-up would be kept and issued to the AFC Dream Asia Foundation to fund social responsibility activities. [3]
The format of the play-offs round depended on the performance of Australia, who qualified automatically for the World Cup as hosts. [43] Since Australia was eliminated in the quarter finals, the play-offs format was for the remaining three quarter-final losers to play a single round-robin play-off. The best team after three matches advanced to the World Cup, and the remaining two teams entered the inter-confederation play-offs.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Vietnam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Qualify for 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
2 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | Advance to inter-confederation play-offs |
3 | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Thailand |
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There were 104 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | China | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 13 | Champions, and qualification to the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
2 | South Korea | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 13 | Runners-up, and qualification to the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
3 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 11 | Third place, and qualification to the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
4 | Philippines | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | Fourth place |
5 | Australia | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 9 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
6 | Vietnam | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 7 | |
7 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 | |
8 | Thailand | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 3 | |
9 | Myanmar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
10 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |
11 | Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | −28 | 0 | |
12 | India (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
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Five teams from the AFC qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, apart from co-hosts Australia which qualified automatically, while two teams advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. [44]
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup 1 |
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Australia | 25 June 2020 [10] | 7 (1995 1 , 1999 1 , 2003 1 , 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019) |
Japan | 30 January 2022 | 8 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 , 2015, 2019) |
South Korea | 30 January 2022 | 3 (2003, 2015, 2019) |
China | 30 January 2022 | 7 ( 1991 , 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 , 2015, 2019) |
Philippines | 30 January 2022 | 0 (debut) |
Vietnam | 6 February 2022 | 0 (debut) |
The official logo for the tournament was unveiled by the AFC and the local organizing committee on 20 July 2021. The logo features the AFC Women's Asian Cup trophy at the center, with a "swirl" surrounding the trophy "inspired by the national flags and colors of playing kits in Asia, and the iconic stadiums in which the AFC Women’s Asian Cup is played in and celebrates cultural diversity and the unwavering support and enthusiasm of fans for their national teams". The logo also contains elements inspired by the tournament host country. The maroon colour of the logo is inspired by the art of the Warli people, a tribe native to the northern Western Ghats in the tournament's host state of Maharashtra. Red and maroon colours are often used as the base of Warli paintings. The use of silver in the logo is inspired by the "importance of silver jewelry in Indian households and the beauty and elegance of the precious metal". [45]
Source: [46]
Territory | Rights holder(s) | Ref. |
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Australia | [49] [50] | |
Mainland China |
| [51] |
India | [52] | |
Guam | [53] | |
Japan | [54] | |
Indonesia | [55] | |
Myanmar | [55] | |
Northern Mariana Islands | [53] | |
Philippines | [55] | |
South Korea | [55] | |
Taiwan |
| [55] |
Thailand | [55] | |
Vietnam | [55] | |
Territory | Rights holder(s) | Ref. |
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Bermuda | [53] | |
Canada | [53] | |
Ireland | [51] | |
New Zealand | [51] | |
Oceania | [51] | |
Sweden | C More | [56] |
Turkey |
| [51] |
United Kingdom | [51] [57] | |
United States | [58] [59] | |
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