2003 AFC Women's Championship

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2003 AFC Women's Championship
ฟุตบอลหญิงชิงแชมป์เอเชีย 2546
Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Dates8–21 June
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of North Korea.svg  North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Third placeFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Fourth placeFlag of Japan.svg  Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored184 (6.13 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of North Korea.svg Ri Kum-suk
(15 goals)
2001
2006

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.

Contents

The competition was held in Bangkok in the Rajamangala Stadium and in Nakhon Sawan in 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, China qualifying as runners-up, and South Korea qualifying as the third-placed team. Japan as the fourth-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. The runners-up and the 3rd place team were re-berthed to 3rd and 4th place respectively as China, as original host of the World Cup and would automatically qualified to final rounds, got 2nd place.

This was the last tournament to still issue invitation. From 2006, a separate qualification round was introduced to find out teams to qualify for the Women's Asian Cup.

Stadium

Group stage

Group A

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 4310452+4310
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4310202+1810
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 4202621156
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 4103224223
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4004024240
Source: RSSSF
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg0–3Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Report
Rajamangala Stadium
(Opening ceremony and match)
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg8–0Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Report

North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg13–0Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Report

North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg14–0Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Report

North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg16–0Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Report

Group B

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 4400340+3412
Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar 4211118+37
Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 42117707
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 4103226243
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 4004215130
Source: RSSSF
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg15–0Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Report
Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 2000
Referee: Deng Junxia (China)
Guam  Flag of Guam.svg1–2Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei
Report
Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sin Hwa Youen (South Korea)

Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg0–6Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar
Report
Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg7–0Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
Report
Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Zhang Dongqing (China)

Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg0–4Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei
Report
Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Zhang Dongqing (China)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg7–0Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar
Report
Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ri Hong Sil (North Korea)

Guam  Flag of Guam.svg0–4Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar
Report
Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Deng Junxia (China)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg5–0Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei
Report
Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: Im Eun Ju (South Korea)

Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg1–1Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar
Report
Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ri Hong Sil (North Korea)
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg2–1Flag of Guam.svg  Guam
Report
Rajamangala Stadium
Attendance: 200
Referee: Deng Junxia (China)

Group C

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3300290+299
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 32016936
Flag of India.svg  India 310271473
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 3003221190
Source: RSSSF
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg6–0Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Report
Nakhon Sawan Province Stadium
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Im Eun Ju (South Korea)
India  Flag of India.svg6–0Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report
Nakhon Sawan Province Stadium
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Ri Hong Sil (North Korea)

Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg4–2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report
Nakhon Sawan Province Stadium
Attendance: 1500
Referee: Sin Hwa Youen (South Korea)
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg12–0Flag of India.svg  India
Report

Vietnam  Flag of Vietnam.svg2–1Flag of India.svg  India
Report Sujata Kar Soccerball shade.svg60'
Nakhon Sawan Province Stadium
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Im Eun Ju (South Korea)
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg11–0Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Report
Nakhon Sawan Province Stadium
Attendance: 1000
Referee: Sin Hwa Youen (South Korea)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg3–0Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg3–1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea

Third place match

Winner qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. Loser entered CONCACAF–AFC play-off.

Final

North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg2–1 (a.e.t.)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Ri Kum-suk Soccerball shade.svg41', 112' (pen.) Gao Hongxia Soccerball shade.svg61'

Awards

 2003 AFC Women's Championship winners 
Flag of North Korea.svg
North Korea
Second title

Goalscorers

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Tournament teams ranking

This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 531173+410Champions
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (H)6420152+1314Runners-up
3Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 6411163+1313Third place
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5302196+139Fourth place
5Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4202146+86Eliminated in
group stage
6Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 31021763
7Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 4103226243
8Flag of Myanmar (1974-2010).svg  Myanmar 400421080
9Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 3003114130
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Hosts

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