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2023 AFC Women's Club Championship

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2023 AFC Women's Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesThailand
Uzbekistan
DatesGroup stage: 6–12 November 2023
Final: 10 May 2024
Teams8 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsUrawa Red Diamonds (1st title)
Runners-upIncheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored53 (4.08 per match)
Top scorer(s)Kiko Seike (7 goals)
2022

The 2023 AFC Women's Club Championship (also known as the AFC Women's Club Championship 2023 – Invitational Tournament) was the fourth and final edition of the AFC Women's Club Championship, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Eight clubs from AFC member associations competed.[1][2]

A final between the two group winners was planned,[3] but was initially cancelled by the AFC in March 2024.[4] However, in April 2024, the AFC reintroduced the final, which was held on 10 May 2024.[5][6]

Seeding

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Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Australia Sydney FC

South Korea Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Chinese Taipei Hualien

Thailand Bangkok (H)
Uzbekistan FC Nasaf (H)

India Gokulam Kerala
Iran Bam Khatoon

Format

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The tournament was held in two centralized venues, with 4 teams in 2 groups, in a round-robin format. The first-placed team in each group advanced to the finals.[7]

Teams

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Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 3 3 0 0 20 1 +19 9 Advance to final
2 India Gokulam Kerala 3 1 1 1 5 12 −7 4
3 Thailand Bangkok (H) 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3
4 Chinese Taipei Hualien 3 0 1 2 1 9 −8 1
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan8–0India Gokulam Kerala
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yu Hong (China)
Hualien Chinese Taipei0–2Thailand Bangkok
Report
Attendance: 209
Referee: Lê Thị Lý (Vietnam)

Gokulam Kerala India1–1Chinese Taipei Hualien
Kumari 19' Report Lin Jing-xuan 42'
Attendance: 147
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
Bangkok Thailand1–6Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Kanyanat 87' Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Mahnaz Zokaee (Iran)

Urawa Red Diamonds Japan6–0Chinese Taipei Hualien
Report
Bangkok Thailand3–4India Gokulam Kerala
Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 South Korea Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 9 Advance to final
2 Australia Sydney FC 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3 Uzbekistan FC Nasaf (H) 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
4 Iran Bam Khatoon 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Sydney FC Australia3–0Iran Bam Khatoon
Report
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels South Korea2–0Uzbekistan FC Nasaf
Report
Attendance: 115
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaya (Kyrgyzstan)

Bam Khatoon Iran1–2South Korea Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Report
Attendance: 48
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)
FC Nasaf Uzbekistan1–2Australia Sydney FC
Kudratova 90' Report Worts 33', 57'
Attendance: 85
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

Sydney FC Australia0–3South Korea Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Report
Referee: Rahmonova Dilshoda (Tajikistan)
FC Nasaf Uzbekistan2–2Iran Bam Khatoon
Report
Referee: Nuannid Donjangreed (Thailand)

Final

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Urawa Red Diamonds Japan2–1South Korea Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Report
Attendance: 5,271
Referee: Dong Fangyu (China)

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1 Japan Kiko Seike Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 7
2 Thailand Kanyanat Chetthabutr Thailand Bangkok 4
Japan Miki Ito Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Japan Mei Shimada Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
England Fiona Worts Australia Sydney FC
6 Ghana Veronica Appiah India Gokulam Kerala 3
7 Japan Kozue Ando Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 2
Uzbekistan Lyudmila Karachik Uzbekistan FC Nasaf
South Korea Namgung Ye-ji South Korea Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
10 Multiple players 1

See also

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Continental Club Championship
Regional Club Championship

References

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  1. ^ "Gokulam Kerala to play AFC Women's Club Championship 2023". ESPN. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  2. ^ "AFC women's Champions League set to launch in 2023". smartseries.sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Draw sets stage for thrilling action". The AFC. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  4. ^ "AFC Women's Club Championship 2023 – Invitational Tournament 決勝について" (in Japanese). WE League. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  5. ^ "AFC Women's Club Championship 2023 – Invitational Tournament 決勝開催について" (in Japanese). WE League. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  6. ^ "AFCがまた二転三転…女子ACLプレ大会決勝が急きょ中止から開催の方向へ WEリーグ高田チェアが言及". news.goo.ne (in Japanese). 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Draw sets stage for thrilling action". The AFC. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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