Organising body | AFC |
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Founded | 1975 |
Region | Asia |
Number of teams | 12 (finals) 35 (qualifiers) |
Qualifier for | FIFA Women's World Cup |
Current champions | China (9th title) |
Most successful team(s) | China (9 titles) |
2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup |
The AFC Women's Asian Cup (formerly known as the AFC Women's Championship) is a quadrennial competition in women's football for national teams which belong to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is the oldest women's international football competition and premier women's football competition in the AFC region for national teams. The competition is also known as the Asian Women's Football Championship and the Asian Women's Championship. 20 tournaments have been held, with the current champions being China PR. The competition also serves as Asian qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup.
The competition was set up by the Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC), a part of the AFC responsible for women's football. The first competition was held in 1975 and was held every two years after this, except for a period in the 1980s where the competition was held every three years. The ALFC was initially a separate organisation but was absorbed into the AFC in 1986.
From 1975 to 1981, matches were 60 minutes in duration. [1]
The competition has been dominated by countries from the Pacific Rim or Eastern Asia (including East and Southeast Asia), with the China women's national football team having won 9 times, including a series of 7 consecutive victories as of 2022 edition. Countries from Central and West Asia have been rather less successful, with only Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Jordan and Iran having qualified so far. Eastern Asia has also been far more frequent in participating in the FIFA Women's World Cup, with five strongest women's teams of Asia (China, North Korea, Japan, Australia and South Korea) hail from this part.
The tournament frequency changed to every 4 years effective from 2010, [2] after AFC had announced that the Asian Cup will additionally serve as the qualification rounds of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. [3]
Until 2003, teams were invited by the AFC to compete. From 2006, a separate qualification was established and the number of teams will be decided by the merit by qualification process. The name of the tournament was also changed to as the "AFC Women's Asian Cup", to reflect the change and reforms of the competition.
The tournament was expanded from eight teams to twelve starting from the 2022 edition. [4]
On 20 August 2023, AFC has decided to shift the AFC Women’s Asian Cup to non-FIFA Women’s World Cup odd years, which will see the edition after the upcoming 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup takes place in 2029 instead of 2030. [5]
All of the 47 members of the AFC who have a women's national team are eligible to participate in the qualification tournament.
Starting from 2022 edition, a total of twelve teams participate in the final tournament including the hosts, top three finishers of the previous edition and eight teams from the qualification tournament. [4]
Rank | Nation | Champions | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place | Semi-finalists | Total |
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1 | China | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
2 | North Korea | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
4 | Japan | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
5 | Australia | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
6 | Thailand | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
7 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | India | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
9 | South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
10 | Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Singapore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
13 | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
14 | Philippines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 20 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 80 |
Team | 1975 (6) | 1977 (6) | 1980 (6) | 1981 (8) | 1983 (6) | 1986 (7) | 1989 (8) | 1991 (9) | 1993 (8) | 1995 (11) | 1997 (11) | 1999 (15) | 2001 (14) | 2003 (14) | 2006 (9) | 2008 (8) | 2010 (8) | 2014 (8) | 2018 (8) | 2022 (12) | Years |
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Australia | 3rd | 3rd | Not AFC member | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | QF | 8 | |||||||||||
China | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 15 | |||||
Chinese Taipei | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | 14 | ||||||
Guam | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
Hong Kong | GS | GS | 3rd | 4th | GS | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 14 | ||||||
India | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | WD [lower-alpha 6] | 9 | |||||||||||
Indonesia | 4th | GS | 4th | GS | GS | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Iran | GS | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Japan | GS | GS | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | SF | 17 | |||
Jordan | GS | GS | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kazakhstan | Part of Soviet Union | GS | GS | GS | No longer AFC member | 3 | |||||||||||||||
North Korea | GS | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 10 | ||||||||||
South Korea | GS | GS | 4th | GS | GS | 4th | 3rd | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 13 | |||||||
Malaysia | 4th | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 9 | |||||||||||
Myanmar | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | |||||||||||||||
Nepal | GS | GS | GS | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
New Zealand | 1st | Not AFC member | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Philippines | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 6th | SF | 10 | ||||||||||
Singapore | GS | 3rd | GS | 4th | GS | GS | GS | 7 | |||||||||||||
Thailand | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5th | 4th | QF | 17 | |||
Uzbekistan | Part of Soviet Union | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | ||||||||||||||
Vietnam | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 6th | GS | QF | 9 |
Rank | Team | Part | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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1 | China | 15 | 75 | 61 | 5 | 9 | 367 | 38 | +329 | 188 |
2 | Japan | 17 | 81 | 55 | 6 | 20 | 365 | 60 | +305 | 171 |
3 | Chinese Taipei | 14 | 64 | 38 | 6 | 20 | 175 | 84 | +91 | 120 |
4 | North Korea | 10 | 53 | 36 | 6 | 11 | 242 | 38 | +204 | 114 |
5 | Thailand | 17 | 69 | 34 | 2 | 33 | 115 | 171 | −56 | 104 |
6 | South Korea | 13 | 54 | 28 | 7 | 19 | 157 | 77 | +80 | 91 |
7 | Australia | 8 | 40 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 88 | 43 | +45 | 69 |
8 | India | 9 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 16 | 63 | 61 | +2 | 52 |
9 | Hong Kong | 14 | 57 | 11 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 191 | −165 | 37 |
10 | Vietnam | 9 | 33 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 39 | 92 | −53 | 34 |
11 | Singapore | 7 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 21 | 115 | −94 | 22 |
12 | Uzbekistan | 5 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 64 | −49 | 21 |
13 | Malaysia | 9 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 161 | −141 | 18 |
14 | Philippines | 10 | 36 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 187 | −165 | 17 |
15 | Indonesia | 5 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 17 | 77 | −60 | 13 |
16 | New Zealand | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 12 |
17 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 39 | −23 | 8 |
18 | Myanmar | 5 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 16 | 56 | −40 | 8 |
19 | Guam | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 112 | −107 | 3 |
20 | Iran | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 1 |
21 | Jordan | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 29 | −24 | 0 |
22 | Nepal | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 67 | −66 | 0 |
Year | Most Valuable Player | Top Scorer | Goals | Best goalkeeper | Fairplay Award |
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2006 | Ma Xiaoxu | Yūki Nagasato Jung Jung-suk | 7 | Not awarded | China |
2008 | Homare Sawa | Ri Kum-suk | 7 | Japan | |
2010 | Jo Yun-mi | Kozue Ando Homare Sawa Jo Yun-mi Yoo Young-a | 3 | China | |
2014 | Aya Miyama | Yang Li Park Eun-sun | 6 | Japan | |
2018 | Mana Iwabuchi | Li Ying | 7 | Japan | |
2022 | Wang Shanshan | Sam Kerr | 7 | Zhu Yu | South Korea |
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