AFC Women's Asian Cup

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AFC Women's Asian Cup
AFC Women's Asian Cup.png
Organising body AFC
Founded1975;49 years ago (1975)
Region Asia
Number of teams12 (finals)
35 (qualifiers)
Qualifier for FIFA Women's World Cup
Current championsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
(9th title)
Most successful team(s)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
(9 titles)
Soccerball current event.svg 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.

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History

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]

Qualification

Format

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]

Results

Tournament names
EditionYearHostsFinalThird place playoff or losing semi-finalistsTeams
ChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place
1 1975 Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
3–1Flag of Thailand.svg
Thailand
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia [lower-alpha 1]
5–0Flag of Malaysia.svg
Malaysia
6
2 1977 Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Republic of China
[lower-alpha 2]
3–1Flag of Thailand.svg
Thailand
Flag of Singapore.svg
Singapore
2–0Flag of Indonesia.svg
Indonesia
6
3 1980 Flag of India.svg  India Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Republic of China
2–0Flag of India.svg
India S [lower-alpha 3]
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong and Flag of Western Australia.svg Western Australia [lower-alpha 4] 6
4 1981 Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Flag of the Republic of China.svg
Mulan Taipei
[lower-alpha 5]
5–0Flag of Thailand.svg
Thailand
Flag of India.svg
India
2–0Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg
Hong Kong
8
5 1983 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg
Thailand
3–0Flag of India.svg
India
Flag of Malaysia.svg
Malaysia
0–0
(5–4 p)
Flag of Singapore.svg
Singapore
6
6 1986 Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
2–0Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
Japan
Flag of Thailand.svg
Thailand
3–0Flag of Indonesia.svg
Indonesia
7
7 1989 Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
1–0Former Chinese Taipei Football Flag.svg
Chinese Taipei
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
Japan
3–1Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg
Hong Kong
8
8 1991 Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
5–0Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
Japan
Former Chinese Taipei Football Flag.svg
Chinese Taipei
0–0( a.e.t. )
(5–4 p)
Flag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg
North Korea
9
9 1993 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
3–0Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
Japan
3–0Former Chinese Taipei Football Flag.svg
Chinese Taipei
9
10 1995 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
2–0Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
Japan
Former Chinese Taipei Football Flag.svg
Chinese Taipei
0–0( a.e.t. )
(3–0 p)
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg
South Korea
11
11 1997 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
2–0Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
Japan
2–0Former Chinese Taipei Football Flag.svg
Chinese Taipei
11
12 1999 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
3–0Former Chinese Taipei Football Flag.svg
Chinese Taipei
Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
3–2Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
15
13 2001 Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
2–0Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
8–0Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg
South Korea
14
14 2003 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
2–1( a.e.t. )Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg
South Korea
1–0Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
14
15 2006 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
2–2( a.e.t. )
(4–2 p)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
3–2Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
9
16 2008 Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
2–1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
3–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
8
17 2010 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
1–1( a.e.t. )
(5–4 p)
Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
2–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
8
18 2014 Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
1–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
2–1Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
8
19 2018 Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Flag of Japan.svg
Japan
1–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
3–1Flag of Thailand.svg
Thailand
8
20 2022 Flag of India.svg  India Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
3–2Flag of South Korea.svg
South Korea
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan and Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 12
21 2026 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 12
22 2029 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan

Performance by nation

RankNationChampionsRunners-upThird PlaceFourth PlaceSemi-finalistsTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9231015
2Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 332109
3Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 322209
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2453115
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 132107
6Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 131106
7Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 100001
8Flag of India.svg  India 021003
9Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 011305
10Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 001203
11Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 001102
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 001102
13Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 000202
14Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 000011
Total20202117280

Participating nations

Team Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg
1975
(6)
Flag of the Republic of China.svg
1977
(6)
Flag of India.svg
1980
(6)
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg
1981
(8)
Flag of Thailand.svg
1983
(6)
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg
1986
(7)
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg
1989
(8)
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg
1991
(9)
Flag of Malaysia.svg
1993
(8)
Flag of Malaysia.svg
1995
(11)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
1997
(11)
Flag of the Philippines.svg
1999
(15)
Flag of the Republic of China.svg
2001
(14)
Flag of Thailand.svg
2003
(14)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
2006
(9)
Flag of Vietnam.svg
2008
(8)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
2010
(8)
Flag of Vietnam.svg
2014
(8)
Flag of Jordan.svg
2018
(8)
Flag of India.svg
2022
(12)
Years
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3rd3rdNot AFC member2nd4th1st2nd2ndQF8
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1st1st1st1st1st1st1st3rd2nd1st2nd4th3rd3rd1st15
Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 1st1st1st2nd3rd4th3rd4th2ndGSGSGSGSQF14
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam GSGSGSGS4
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong GSGS3rd4thGSGS4thGSGSGSGSGSGSGS14
Flag of India.svg  India 2nd3rd2ndGSGSGSGSGSWD [lower-alpha 6] 9
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 4thGS4thGSGS5
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran GS1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan GSGS2nd3rd2nd3rd2nd3rd4th2nd4th4th3rd3rd1st1stSF17
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan GSGS2
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Part of Soviet UnionGSGSGSNo longer AFC member3
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea GS4th2nd2nd3rd1st1st3rd1st2nd10
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea GSGS4thGSGS4th3rdGSGSGS4th5th2nd13
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 4thGS3rdGSGSGSGSGSGS9
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar GSGSGSGSGS5
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal GSGSGS3
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1stNot AFC member1
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines GSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS6thSF10
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore GS3rdGS4thGSGSGS7
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2nd2nd2nd1st3rdGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGSGS5th4thQF17
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Part of Soviet UnionGSGSGSGSGS5
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam GSGSGSGSGSGS6thGSQF9

Summary (1975–2022)

RankTeamPartMWDLGFGAGDPoints
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1575615936738+329188
2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 17815562036560+305171
3Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 14643862017584+91120
4Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 10533661124238+204114
5Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 176934233115171−56104
6Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 13542871915777+8091
7Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 840216138843+4569
8Flag of India.svg  India 936164166361+252
9Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 14571144226191−16537
10Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 933111213992−5334
11Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 727711921115−9422
12Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 5167091564−4921
13Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 934532620161−14118
14Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1036522922187−16517
15Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 51741121777−6013
16Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 14400113+812
17Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 392251639−238
18Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 51722131656−408
19Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 41510145112−1073
20Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 13012012−121
21Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 26006529−240
22Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 3100010167−660

Awards

YearMost Valuable PlayerTop ScorerGoalsBest goalkeeperFairplay Award
2006 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Xiaoxu Flag of Japan.svg Yūki Nagasato
Flag of South Korea.svg Jung Jung-suk
7Not awardedFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2008 Flag of Japan.svg Homare Sawa Flag of North Korea.svg Ri Kum-suk 7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2010 Flag of North Korea.svg Jo Yun-mi Flag of Japan.svg Kozue Ando
Flag of Japan.svg Homare Sawa
Flag of North Korea.svg Jo Yun-mi
Flag of South Korea.svg Yoo Young-a
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
2014 Flag of Japan.svg Aya Miyama Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yang Li
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Eun-sun
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2018 Flag of Japan.svg Mana Iwabuchi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Ying 7Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2022 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Shanshan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sam Kerr 7 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yu Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

Winning coaches

YearTeamCoach
1975 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of New Zealand.svg Dave Farrington
1977 Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Flag of the Republic of China.svg Liu Jun-tse
1980 Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China Flag of the Republic of China.svg Chang Teng-yun
1981 Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Mulan Taipei Flag of the Republic of China.svg Kao Yong
1983 Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg Fuengwit Thongpramul
1986 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cong Zheyu
1989 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shang Ruihua
1991 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shang Ruihua
1993 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Yuanan
1995 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Yuanan
1997 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Yuanan
1999 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Yuanan
2001 Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg Ri Song-gun
2003 Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg Ri Song-gun
2006 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Ma Liangxing
2008 Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea Flag of North Korea.svg Kim Kwang-min
2010 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Scotland.svg Tom Sermanni
2014 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Norio Sasaki
2018 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Japan.svg Asako Takakura
2022 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shui Qingxia

See also

Notes

  1. Australia was represented by a team largely from the St. George club and the New South Wales state team. [6] These games were recognised as official Australian international fixtures in 2023.
  2. Competes as Chinese Taipei since 1981, in compliance with the International Olympic Committee's Nagoya Resolution in 1979. Previously referred to as the Republic of China. [7]
  3. Host country India had two teams that played in this competition: India N and India S
  4. The match was cancelled as the Hong Kong team had already booked their flights home before kickoff, failing which they would have had to stay in India for a further four days for the next available flight to Hong Kong, which was impossible due to scheduling and logistical issues. Both teams were awarded joint third place.
  5. The team competed under the club name "Mulan Taipei". Chinese Taipei requested two other national teams to compete under the club name as well. [8]
  6. India failed to name the required 13 players and were unable to play their match of the group stage against Chinese Taipei due to them having only fewer than 13 players left with the remaining team members testing positive for COVID-19. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them were considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings. [9]

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