2003 AFC Women's Championship

2003 AFC Women's Championship

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Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	8–21 June
Teams	14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	184 (6.13 per match)

The 2003 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament held in Thailand from 8 to 21 June 2003. It was the 14th holding of the AFC Women's Championship, a tournament for women's national teams from countries affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation.

The competition was held in Bangkok in the Rajamangala Stadium and the Nakhon Sawan Stadium. The tournament was won by the defending champions North Korea women's national football team (Korea DPR). As the championship was also used for qualifying for the FIFA Women's World Cup, North Korea qualified as champions, with China qualifying as runners-up. South Korea as the third-placed team faced another match for qualification.

Participating teams and structure

Fourteen teams took part in the competition. This included the hosts Thailand and the defending champions North Korea. The teams were split into 3 groups, with the each team playing all the others in the group in a round robin format. At the end of the group stage the four teams with the best results from all the groups who qualified in the 1st 2 spaces in each group qualify to the knockout stage. This is played in the format of a semi-final, a 3rd/4th place match, as well as a final.

The winners and runners-up of the competition automatically qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003. The 3rd place team has to compete against a CONCACAF team over home and away matches for a final place in the FIFA Women's World Cup.

• China
• Chinese Taipei
• Guam
• Hong Kong
• India

• Japan
• North Korea
• South Korea
• Myanmar
• Philippines

• Singapore
• Thailand
• Uzbekistan
• Vietnam

Stadium

• Rajamangala Stadium
• Nakhon Sawan Stadium

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
North Korea	4	3	1	0	45	2	+43	10
South Korea	4	3	1	0	20	2	+18	10
Thailand	4	2	0	2	6	21	−15	6
Hong Kong	4	1	0	3	2	24	−22	3
Singapore	4	0	0	4	0	24	−24	0

8 June 2003

Singapore	0–3	Thailand

Rajamangala Stadium
(Opening ceremony and match)

8 June 2003

South Korea	8–0	Hong Kong

Rajamangala Stadium

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10 June 2003

South Korea	6–0	Thailand

Rajamangala Stadium

10 June 2003

North Korea	13–0	Hong Kong

Rajamangala Stadium

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12 June 2003

South Korea	4–0	Singapore

Rajamangala Stadium

12 June 2003

North Korea	14–0	Thailand

Rajamangala Stadium

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14 June 2003

Hong Kong	1–3	Thailand

Rajamangala Stadium

14 June 2003

North Korea	16–0	Singapore

Rajamangala Stadium

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16 June 2003

North Korea	2–2	South Korea

Rajamangala Stadium

16 June 2003

Hong Kong	1–0	Singapore

Rajamangala Stadium

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	4	4	0	0	34	0	+34	12
Myanmar	4	2	1	1	11	8	+3	7
Chinese Taipei	4	2	1	1	7	7	0	7
Philippines	4	1	0	3	2	26	−24	3
Guam	4	0	0	4	2	15	−13	0

9 June 2003

Japan	15–0	Philippines

Rajamangala Stadium

9 June 2003

Guam	1–2	Chinese Taipei

Rajamangala Stadium

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11 June 2003

Philippines	0–6	Myanmar

Rajamangala Stadium

11 June 2003

Japan	7–0	Guam

Rajamangala Stadium

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13 June 2003

Philippines	0–4	Chinese Taipei

Rajamangala Stadium

13 June 2003

Japan	7–0	Myanmar

Rajamangala Stadium

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15 June 2003

Guam	0–4	Myanmar

Rajamangala Stadium

15 June 2003

Japan	5–0	Chinese Taipei

Rajamangala Stadium

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17 June 2003

Chinese Taipei	1–1	Myanmar

Rajamangala Stadium

17 June 2003

Philippines	2–1	Guam

Rajamangala Stadium

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	3	3	0	0	29	0	+29	9
Vietnam	3	2	0	1	6	9	−3	6
India	3	1	0	2	7	14	−7	3
Uzbekistan	3	0	0	3	2	21	−19	0

9 June 2003

China	6–0	Vietnam

Nakhon Sawan Stadium

9 June 2003

India	6–0	Uzbekistan

Nakhon Sawan Stadium

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11 June 2003

Vietnam	4–2	Uzbekistan

Nakhon Sawan Stadium

11 June 2003

China	12–0	India

Nakhon Sawan Stadium

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13 June 2003

Vietnam	2–1	India

Nakhon Sawan Stadium

13 June 2003

China	11–0	Uzbekistan

Nakhon Sawan Stadium

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

19 June 2003

North Korea	3–0	Japan

Rajamangala Stadium

19 June 2003

China	3–1	South Korea

Rajamangala Stadium

Third place match

21 June 2003

Japan	0–1	South Korea
		Hwang In-sun 18'

Rajamangala Stadium

Final

21 June 2003

North Korea	2–1 (a.e.t.)	China
Ri Kum-suk 41', 112' (pen.)		Gao Hongxia 61'

Rajamangala Stadium

Awards

2003 AFC Women's Championship Winners
North Korea Second title

External links

• Match results at the official AFC web site
• Results at RSSSF