AFC Women's Asian Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup
Founded	1975; 49 years ago
Region	AFC (Asia)
Number of teams	12 (finals); 35 (qualifiers)
Current champions	Japan; (2nd title)
Most successful team(s)	China; (8 total 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 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. 19 tournaments have been held, with the current champions being Japan. The competition also serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup.

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, with the China women's national football team having won 8 times, including a series of 7 consecutive victories.

The tournament frequency changed to every 4 years effective from 2014,^[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]

The tournament was expanded from eight teams to twelve starting from the 2022 edition. ^[4]

Qualification

Format

All of the 46 members of 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 hosts, top three finishers of the previous edition and eight teams from the qualification tournament.^[4]

Results

Edition	Year	Hosts		Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place	Number of teams
Edition	Year	Hosts		Final			Third Place Match			Number of teams
1	1975	Hong Kong		New Zealand	3–1	Thailand	Australia	5–0	Malaysia	6
2	1977	Republic of China		Republic of China^[a]	3–1	Thailand	Singapore	2–0	Indonesia	6
3	1979	India		Chinese Taipei	2–0	India	Western Australia	cancelled^[b]	Hong Kong	6
4	1981	Hong Kong		Chinese Taipei	5–0	Thailand	India	2–0	Hong Kong	8
5	1983	Thailand		Thailand	3–0	India	Malaysia	0–0 (5–4 p)	Singapore	6
6	1986	Hong Kong		China	2–0	Japan	Thailand	3–0	Indonesia	7
7	1989	Hong Kong		China	1–0	Chinese Taipei	Japan	3–1	Hong Kong	8
8	1991	Japan		China	5–0	Japan	Chinese Taipei	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	North Korea	9
9	1993	Malaysia		China	3–0	North Korea	Japan	3–0	Chinese Taipei	9
10	1995	Malaysia		China	2–0	Japan	Chinese Taipei	0–0 (a.e.t.) (3–0 p)	South Korea	11
11	1997	China		China	2–0	North Korea	Japan	2–0	Chinese Taipei	11
12	1999	Philippines		China	3–0	Chinese Taipei	North Korea	3–2	Japan	15
13	2001	Chinese Taipei		North Korea	2–0	Japan	China	8–0	South Korea	14
14	2003	Thailand		North Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	China	South Korea	1–0	Japan	14
15	2006	Australia		China	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p)	Australia	North Korea	3–2	Japan	9
16	2008	Vietnam		North Korea	2–1	China	Japan	3–0	Australia	8
17	2010	China		Australia	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	North Korea	Japan	2–0	China	8
18	2014	Vietnam		Japan	1–0	Australia	China	2–1	South Korea	8
19	2018	Jordan		Japan	1–0	Australia	China	3–1	Thailand	8
20	2022	India		TBD		TBD	TBD		TBD	12
21	2024	TBD	TBD		TBD	TBD	TBD	12
22	2026	Japan	TBD		TBD	TBD	TBD	12

Note: aet: after extra time

^ Competes as Chinese Taipei since 1979
^ The match was cancelled as Hong Kong team members have already booked the flight to leave Kozhikode before kickoff, otherwise they had to stay behind for further four days for another earliest flight to Hong Kong, which would have upset the team's schedule. Both teams were declared third place.

Performance by nation

Rank	Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Total
1	China	8	2	3	1	14
2	North Korea	3	3	2	1	9
3	Chinese Taipei	3	2	2	2	9
4	Japan	2	4	5	3	14
5	Australia	1	3	2	1	7
6	Thailand	1	3	1	1	6
7	New Zealand	1	0	0	0	1
8	India	0	2	1	0	3
9	South Korea	0	0	1	3	4
10	Hong Kong	0	0	1	2	3
11	Malaysia	0	0	1	1	2
11	Singapore	0	0	1	1	2
13	Indonesia	0	0	0	2	2
Total		19	19	20	18	76

Participating nations

Team	1975 (6)	1977 (6)	1979 (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
Australia	3rd		3rd												2nd	4th	1st	2nd	2nd	Q	8
China						1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	4th	3rd	3rd	Q	15
Chinese Taipei		1st	1st	1st			2nd	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	2nd	GS	GS	GS	GS				Q	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						Q	9
Indonesia		4th		GS		4th	GS													Q	5
Iran																				Q	1
Japan		GS		GS		2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	4th	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	Q	17
Jordan																		GS	GS		2
Kazakhstan										GS	GS	GS									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	Q	13
Malaysia	4th		GS		3rd	GS		GS	GS	GS		GS	GS								9
Myanmar														GS	GS		GS	GS			4
Nepal						GS	GS					GS									3
New Zealand	1st																				1
Philippines				GS	GS				GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS					6th	Q	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	Q	17
Uzbekistan										GS	GS	GS	GS	GS							5
Vietnam												GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	6th	GS	Q	9

General statistics

As of 2018

Rank	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	China	14	70	57	4	9	348	33	+315	175
2	Japan	16	76	52	4	20	347	57	+290	160
3	North Korea	10	53	36	6	11	242	38	+204	114
4	Chinese Taipei	13	59	36	5	18	165	77	+88	113
5	Thailand	16	63	33	2	28	110	156	−46	101
6	South Korea	12	48	24	6	18	146	73	+73	78
7	Australia	7	36	18	6	12	64	41	+23	60
8	India	8	35	16	3	16	63	61	+2	51
9	Hong Kong	14	57	11	4	42	26	191	−165	37
10	Vietnam	8	27	9	0	18	32	80	−48	27
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	Indonesia	4	14	4	1	9	17	49	−32	13
15	New Zealand	1	4	4	0	0	11	3	+8	12
16	Philippines	9	31	3	1	27	14	180	−166	10
17	Kazakhstan	3	9	2	2	5	16	39	−23	8
18	Myanmar	4	14	2	1	11	14	47	−33	7
19	Guam	4	15	1	0	14	5	112	−107	3
20	Jordan	2	6	0	0	6	5	29	−24	0
21	Nepal	3	10	0	0	10	1	67	−66	0

Awards

Year	Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer	Goals	Fairplay Award
2006	Ma Xiaoxu	Yūki Nagasato	7	China
2008	Homare Sawa	Ri Kum-suk	7	Japan
2010	Jo Yun-mi	Kozue Ando	3	China
2014	Aya Miyama	Park Eun-sun Yang Li	6	Japan
2018	Mana Iwabuchi	Li Ying	7	Japan

References

^ "Asian Women's Championship". Archived from the original on 21 October 2011.
^ "Competition Regulations AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 Qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 July 2012. The AFC stages the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 (Qualifiers) (hereafter the "Competition") for the senior women's national teams once every four (4) years. (In Section 1)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "VFF Aim To Host 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup". Asean Football Federation. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b "AFC to invest in new era of national team and club competitions". AFC. 26 October 2019.

External links

[5] Competes as Chinese Taipei since 1979

[6] The match was cancelled as Hong Kong team members have already booked the flight to leave Kozhikode before kickoff, otherwise they had to stay behind for further four days for another earliest flight to Hong Kong, which would have upset the team's schedule. Both teams were declared third place.

[1] "Asian Women's Championship". Archived from the original on 21 October 2011.

[2] "Competition Regulations AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 Qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 July 2012. The AFC stages the AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 (Qualifiers) (hereafter the "Competition") for the senior women's national teams once every four (4) years. (In Section 1)^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "VFF Aim To Host 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup". Asean Football Federation. 5 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[expansion-4] "AFC to invest in new era of national team and club competitions". AFC. 26 October 2019.

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v t e AFC Women's Asian Cup
Tournaments	Hong Kong 1975 Republic of China 1977 India 1980 Hong Kong 1981 Thailand 1983 Hong Kong 1986 Hong Kong 1989 Japan 1991 Malaysia 1993 Malaysia 1995 China 1997 Philippines 1999 Taiwan 2001 Thailand 2003 Australia 2006 Vietnam 2008 China 2010 Vietnam 2014 Jordan 2018 India 2022 Australia 2026 Uzbekistan 2029
Qualification	2006 2008 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2029
Finals	2010 2014 2018 2022
Squads	1975 1977 1980 1981 1983 1986 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2014 2018 2022
Bids	2026

v t e International women's association football
FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Ranking Player of the Year The Best FIFA Women's Player
Worldwide	FIFA Women's World Cup U-20 U-17
Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional ASEAN EAFF SAFF WAFF, CAFA Intercontinental (Arab)
Africa	CAF Women's Cup of Nations U-20 U-17 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Regional CECAFA COSAFA UNAF WAFU A WAFU B UNIFFAC Intercontinental (Arab)
North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF W Championship U-20 U-17 W Gold Cup Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17
Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-19 U-16 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17 Women's Nations League
Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup CONIFA CONIFA Women's World Football Cup
Games	Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade African Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Goodwill Games Pan American Games Pacific Games Indian Ocean Island Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games Island Games
Invitationals	Aisha Buhari Cup Albena Cup Algarve Cup Aphrodite Women Cup Arnold Clark Cup Australia Cup Balaton Cup Baltic Cup Brazil Cup Chungua Cup Cyprus Women's Cup European Competition ('69,'79) Cup of Nations Finalissima Four Nations Tournament FIFA Invitation Tournament Gold Cup Istria Cup Women's Kirin Challenge Cup Malta International Matchworld Cup MS&AD Cup Mundialito Nordic Championship Our Game Tournament Peace Queen Cup Pinatar Cup Revelations Cup SAFF Women's Friendly Tournament SheBelieves Cup Sud Ladies Cup Tournament of Nations Tournoi de France Turkish Women's Cup Valais Cup Women's World Cup ('70,'71) Yongchuan International Tournament
Geography Codes Player of the Century Men's football

v t e National women's football teams of Asia (AFC)
AFC Women's Asian Cup
West Asia (WAFF)	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon ~~Oman~~ Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Central Asia (CAFA)	Afghanistan Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
South Asia (SAFF)	Bangladesh Bhutan India Maldives Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka
East Asia (EAFF)	China Chinese Taipei¹ Guam Hong Kong Japan Macau Mongolia North Korea Northern Mariana Islands² South Korea
Southeast Asia (AFF)	Australia ~~Brunei~~ Cambodia Indonesia Laos Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Timor-Leste Vietnam
Former	Kazakhstan (moved to UEFA in 2002) New Zealand (formed the OFC in 1966)
¹ Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, competes as "Chinese Taipei" ² Not a member of FIFA