2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup

2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup

Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	20 January – 6 February
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	China (9th title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	26
Goals scored	104 (4 per match)
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sam Kerr (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Wang Shanshan [1]
Best goalkeeper	Zhu Yu [2]
Fair play award	South Korea
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The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 20th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international women's football tournament in Asia competed by the national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). ^[3]

India was selected as the host nation by the AFC Women's Football Committee in June 2020. ^{[4] [5]} It was the first time that the country hosted the competition since 1979. ^[6] On 28 January 2021, the AFC confirmed that the tournament would take place between 20 January and 6 February 2022, instead of the original scheduled dates of late October and early November. ^{[7] [8]}

For the first time in the competition, the final tournament was expanded from eight teams to twelve. ^[9] It served as the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand (Regulations Article 4.6), ^[3] with Australia qualifying automatically as co-hosts. ^[10] Five teams qualified directly for the World Cup via the knockout stage and two more advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Japan were the two-time defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by China PR on penalties. The Chinese went on to win their ninth title by defeating South Korea 3–2 in the final.

Host selection

The following three football associations submitted their interest to host the tournament by the 31 May 2019 deadline. ^[11]

•   India
•   Chinese Taipei
•   Uzbekistan

India had previously hosted the 1980 AFC Women's Championship, originally scheduled for 1979, while Chinese Taipei hosted the 1977 and 2001 editions of the tournament. ^[12]

India was recommended for hosting the tournament by the AFC Women's Football Committee on 19 February 2020. ^[4] On 5 June 2020, the country was awarded the hosting rights. ^{[5] [13]}

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup was held amid the COVID-19 pandemic which affected the organization of the tournament. As a response, the tournament was held under a bio-secure bubble setup. ^[14] All participating teams were granted exemption from institutional quarantine when foreigners were normally required to undergo home quarantine for seven days from 11 January 2022. Members of the participating teams underwent initial tests for COVID-19 upon arrival. They were required to stay in their hotels while they awaited their test results. Following negative test results, the movement of players and officials were restricted to the hotel, and the training and match venues. ^[15]

Several teams reported positive COVID-19 cases during the tournament, namely China, ^[16] India, ^[17] Japan, ^[18] South Korea, ^[17] Myanmar, ^[17] the Philippines, ^[16] and Vietnam. ^[17] Host India were the most affected, with as many as 12 players testing positive for COVID-19, rendering them unable to name 13 players for their match against Chinese Taipei, as required. India was forced to withdraw due to tournament regulations. ^{[19] [20]}

Qualification

Main article: 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

The host country India and the top three teams of the previous tournament in 2018 qualified automatically, while the other eight teams were decided by qualification matches played in September and October 2021. ^[21]

Qualified teams

The following twelve teams qualified for the tournament:

Team	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	FIFA Ranking [lower-alpha 1]	Previous best performance
India	Hosts	5 June 2020	9th	2003	55th	Runners-up (1979, 1983)
Japan	2018 champions	28 January 2021	17th	2018	13th	Champions (2014, 2018)
Australia	2018 runners-up	28 January 2021	6th	2018	11th	Champions (2010)
China	2018 third place	28 January 2021	15th	2018	19th	Champions (1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006)
Chinese Taipei	Group A winners	24 October 2021	14th	2008	39th	Champions (1977, 1979, 1981)
Vietnam	Group B winners	29 September 2021	9th	2018	32nd	Sixth place (2014)
Indonesia [lower-alpha 2]	Group C winners	27 September 2021	5th	1989	94th	Fourth place (1977, 1986)
Myanmar	Group D winners	24 October 2021	5th	2014	47th	Group stage (2003, 2006, 2010, 2014)
South Korea	Group E winners	23 September 2021	13th	2018	18th	Third place (2003)
Philippines	Group F winners	24 September 2021	10th	2018	64th	Sixth place (2018)
Iran	Group G winners	25 September 2021	1st	N/A	70th	Debut
Thailand [lower-alpha 2]	Group H winners	25 September 2021	17th	2018	38th	Champions (1983)

1. As published on 10 December 2021
2. Due to non-compliance with conditions set by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Thailand and Indonesia were not allowed to be represented by their national flags. ^{[22] [23]} The sanctions took effect in October 2021. ^[24] Thailand was represented by its national team logo and Indonesia by its coat of arms. ^[25] The sanctions for Thailand were lifted on 4 February 2022. ^[26]

Match officials

On 6 January 2022, the AFC announced the list of 16 referees, 16 assistant referees, two stand-by referees, two stand-by assistant referees and six video match officials for the tournament. ^{[27] [28]} Video assistant referees (VAR) would be used from the quarter-finals onwards.

Originally, Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong) was selected for the tournament. However, she was unable to travel to India due to travel restriction. ^[29] She was replaced by Wang Chieh (Chinese Taipei).

Referees

• Casey Reibelt
• Lara Lee
• Kate Jacewicz
• Qin Liang
• Wang Chieh
• Ranjita Devi Tekcham
• Mahsa Ghorbani
• Mahnaz Zokaee
• Yoshimi Yamashita
• Asaka Koizumi
• Thein Thein Aye
• Abirami Naidu
• Oh Hyeon-jeong
• Kim Yu-jeong
• Pansa Chaisanit
• Edita Mirabidova

Assistant referees

• Joanna Charaktis
• Fang Yan
• Xie Lijun
• Uvena Fernandes
• Ensieh Khabaz
• Makoto Bozono
• Naomi Teshirogi
• Ramina Tsoi
• Merlo Albano
• Heba Saadieh
• Kim Kyoung-min
• Lee Seul-gi
• Park Mi-suk
• Supawan Hinthong
• Kristina Sereda
• Trương Thị Lệ Trinh

Video assistant referees

• Ali Sabah
• Abdulla Al-Marri
• Kim Hee-gon
• Hanna Hattab
• Sivakorn Pu-Udom
• Omar Al-Ali

Stand-by referees

• Veronika Bernatskaia
• Công Thị Dung

Stand-by assistant referees

• Nuannid Dornjangreed
• Zilola Rahmatova

Venues

The venues for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup were located across three cities in India. ^[30] Originally, the host cities were Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar and Navi Mumbai, and the AFC confirmed the three host cities of the event in June 2021. ^{[31] [32]} However, on 6 July 2021, AFC announced Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra would host the tournament. ^[33] All matches are played behind closed doors as a precaution due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[34]

Maharashtra	Mumbai	Navi Mumbai	Pune
Mumbai Navi Mumbai Pune	Mumbai Football Arena	DY Patil Stadium	Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
	Capacity: 18,000	Capacity: 55,000	Capacity: 11,900

Draw

The final draw was held on 28 October 2021, 15:00 MYT (UTC+8), at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ^[35] The twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. ^[36] The seedings were based on their performance in 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup final tournament and qualification, with the hosts India automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw. ^[37]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
India (H)   Japan   Australia	China   Thailand   South Korea	Philippines   Vietnam   Chinese Taipei	Myanmar   Iran   Indonesia

Squads

Main article: 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup squads

Each team has to register a squad of a minimum of 18 players and maximum of 23 players, at least three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3). ^[3]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams qualified for the quarter finals. ^[3]

Tiebreakers

Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 7.3): ^[3]

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, IST (UTC+5:30). ^[38]

Group A

Main article: 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	0	11	0	+11	6	Knockout stage
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	0	1	5	4	+1	3
3	Iran	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12	0
4	India (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew [lower-alpha 1]

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. 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 shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings. ^[39]

20 January 2022 (2022-01-20)

15:30

China	4–0	Chinese Taipei
Wang Shuang 3' (pen.), 69' Wang Shanshan 9' Zhang Xin 53'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Abirami Naidu (Singapore)

20 January 2022 (2022-01-20)

19:30

India	Voided (0–0)	Iran
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

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23 January 2022 (2022-01-23)

15:30

Iran	0–7	China
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Wang Shuang 28', 49' (pen.) Xiao Yuyi 43' Wang Shanshan 55', 59' Tang Jiali 77', 82'

Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

23 January 2022 (2022-01-23)

19:30

Chinese Taipei	Cancelled	India
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

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26 January 2022 (2022-01-26)

19:30

India	Cancelled	China
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai

26 January 2022 (2022-01-26)

19:30

Chinese Taipei	5–0	Iran
Lai Li-chin 4', 31', 65' (pen.) Chen Yen-ping 40' Wang Hsiang-huei 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

Group B

Main article: 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	24	1	+23	9	Knockout stage
2	Philippines	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Thailand	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	3
4	Indonesia	3	0	0	3	0	28	−28	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 January 2022 (2022-01-21)

15:30

Australia	18–0	Indonesia
Kerr 9', 11', 26' (pen.), 36', 54' Foord 14' Fowler 17' Raso 24', 88' Carpenter 34', 49' Van Egmond 39' (pen.), 57', 69' Yallop 59' Simon 67', 71' Luik 78'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

21 January 2022 (2022-01-21)

17:30

Thailand	0–1	Philippines
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	C. McDaniel 81'

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Công Thị Dung (Vietnam)

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24 January 2022 (2022-01-24)

15:30

Philippines	0–4	Australia
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kerr 51' Randle 53' (o.g.) Van Egmond 67' Fowler 87'

Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Wang Chieh (Chinese Taipei)

24 January 2022 (2022-01-24)

17:30

Indonesia	0–4	Thailand
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Kanyanat 27', 36', 71' Irravadee 76'

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

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27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

19:30

Australia	2–1	Thailand
Van Egmond 39' Kerr 80'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nipawan 90+3'

Mumbai Football Arena, Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

19:30

Philippines	6–0	Indonesia
Guillou 6' Bolden 27' Annis 56', 82' Miclat 74' (pen.) Cesar 90+4'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

Group C

Main article: 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	2	1	0	9	1	+8	7	Knockout stage
2	South Korea	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7
3	Vietnam	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1
4	Myanmar	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

21 January 2022 (2022-01-21)

13:30

Japan	5–0	Myanmar
Ueki 22' Hasegawa 47', 90+2' Naomoto 52' Narumiya 70'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Attendance: 0

Referee: Veronika Bernatskaia (Kyrgyzstan)

21 January 2022 (2022-01-21)

19:30

South Korea	3–0	Vietnam
Ji So-yun 4', 81' (pen.) Trần Thị Phương Thảo 7' (o.g.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Attendance: 0

Referee: Qin Liang (China PR)

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24 January 2022 (2022-01-24)

13:30

Myanmar	0–2	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Lee Geum-min 50' Ji So-yun 84'

Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Attendance: 0

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

24 January 2022 (2022-01-24)

19:30

Vietnam	0–3	Japan
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Narumiya 38', 58' Kumagai 50'

Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Attendance: 0

Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

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27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

13:30

Japan	1–1	South Korea
Ueki 1'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Seo Ji-youn 85'

Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Attendance: 0

Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

27 January 2022 (2022-01-27)

13:30

Vietnam	2–2	Myanmar
Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung 45+2' Huỳnh Như 64' (pen.)	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Win Theingi Tun 28' (pen.) Khin Marlar Tun 49'

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)

Ranking of third-placed teams

The top two teams qualified for the quarter finals. Due to the withdrawal of India in group A, results against the fourth-placed teams of each group B and C were not counted in determining the ranking of the third-placed teams.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Thailand	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	3	Knockout stage
2	C	Vietnam	3	0	1	2	0	6	−6	1
3	A	Iran	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

Main article: 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup knockout stage

Bracket

The losers of the quarter-final matches entered play-offs, the format of which depended on Australia's results in the tournament. ^[40]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	30 January – Navi Mumbai
	China	3
					3 February – Pune
	Vietnam	1
					China (p)	2 (4)
	30 January – Navi Mumbai
					Japan	2 (3)
	Japan	7
									6 February – Navi Mumbai
	Thailand	0
									China	3
	30 January – Pune
									South Korea	2
	Australia	0
					3 February – Pune
	South Korea	1
					South Korea	2
	30 January – Pune
					Philippines	0
	Chinese Taipei	1 (3)
	Philippines (p)	1 (4)

Quarter-finals

The winners qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The losers, except for Australia, entered the play-offs.

30 January 2022 (2022-01-30)

13:30

Australia	0–1	South Korea
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ji So-yun 87'

Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Attendance: 0

Referee: Qin Liang (China PR)

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30 January 2022 (2022-01-30)

13:30

Japan	7–0	Thailand
Sugasawa 27', 65' (pen.), 80', 83' Miyazawa 45+2' Sumida 48' Ueki 75'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

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30 January 2022 (2022-01-30)

17:30

China	3–1	Vietnam
Wang Shuang 25' Wang Shanshan 52' Tang Jiali 53'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung 11'

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

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30 January 2022 (2022-01-30)

19:30

Chinese Taipei	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Philippines
Zhuo Li-ping 82'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Quezada 49'
Penalties
Ting Chi Wang Hsiang-huei Chen Ying-hui Hsu Yi-yun Su Hsin-yun Zhuo Li-ping	3–4	S. Castañeda Annis Miclat Long O. McDaniel Bolden

Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Attendance: 0

Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

Semi-finals

3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)

13:30

South Korea	2–0	Philippines
Cho So-hyun 4' Son Hwa-yeon 34'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Attendance: 0

Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

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3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)

19:30

China	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Japan
Wu Chengshu 46' Wang Shanshan 119'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Ueki 26', 103'
Penalties
Zhang Xin Zhang Rui Yang Lina Gao Chen Wang Shanshan	4–3	Kumagai Hasegawa Shimizu Nagano Minami

Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune

Attendance: 0

Referee: Lara Lee (Australia)

Final

Main article: 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final

6 February 2022 (2022-02-06)

16:30

China	3–2	South Korea
Tang Jiali 68' (pen.) Zhang Linyan 72' Xiao Yuyi 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Choe Yu-ri 27' Ji So-yun 45+3' (pen.)

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer	Best goalkeeper	Fairplay Award
Wang Shanshan	Sam Kerr (7 goals)	Zhu Yu	South Korea

Prize money

For the first time in the tournament's history, prize money was awarded to the top four teams of the tournament. The champions would receive US$1 million, the runners-up receive US$500,000 while the losing semi-finalists each receive US$150,000. ^[41] In addition, five percent of the prize money earned by the champions and runners-up would be kept and issued to the AFC Dream Asia Foundation to fund social responsibility activities. ^[3]

Play-offs

The format of the play-offs round depended on the performance of Australia, who qualified automatically for the World Cup as hosts. ^[42] Since Australia was eliminated in the quarter finals, the play-offs format was for the remaining three quarter-final losers to play a single round-robin play-off. The best team after three matches advanced to the World Cup, and the remaining two teams entered the inter-confederation play-offs.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Qualify for 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	3	Advance to inter-confederation play-offs
3	Thailand	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5	0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)

13:30

Thailand	0–2	Vietnam
	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Huỳnh Như 19' Thái Thị Thảo 24'

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

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4 February 2022 (2022-02-04)

13:30

Chinese Taipei	3–0	Thailand
Su Yu-hsuan 44', 84' Chen Ying-hui 90+3'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

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6 February 2022 (2022-02-06)

13:00

Vietnam	2–1	Chinese Taipei
Chương Thị Kiều 7' Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy 56'	Report (FIFA) Report (AFC)	Su Yu-hsuan 50'

DY Patil Stadium, Navi Mumbai

Attendance: 0

Referee: Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 104 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 4 goals per match.

7 goals

• Sam Kerr

5 goals

• Emily van Egmond
• Wang Shanshan
• Wang Shuang
• Riko Ueki
• Ji So-yun

4 goals

• Tang Jiali
• Yuika Sugasawa

3 goals

• Lai Li-chin
• Su Yu-hsuan
• Yui Narumiya
• Kanyanat Chetthabutr

2 goals

• Ellie Carpenter
• Mary Fowler
• Hayley Raso
• Kyah Simon
• Xiao Yuyi
• Yui Hasegawa
• Tahnai Annis
• Huỳnh Như
• Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung

1 goal

• Caitlin Foord
• Aivi Luik
• Tameka Yallop
• Wu Chengshu
• Zhang Linyan
• Zhang Xin
• Chen Yen-ping
• Chen Ying-hui
• Wang Hsiang-huei
• Zhuo Li-ping
• Saki Kumagai
• Hinata Miyazawa
• Hikaru Naomoto
• Rin Sumida
• Khin Marlar Tun
• Win Theingi Tun
• Sarina Bolden
• Malea Cesar
• Katrina Guillou
• Chandler McDaniel
• Jessica Miclat
• Quinley Quezada
• Cho So-hyun
• Choe Yu-ri
• Lee Geum-min
• Seo Ji-youn
• Son Hwa-yeon
• Irravadee Makris
• Nipawan Panyosuk
• Chương Thị Kiều
• Nguyễn Thị Bích Thùy
• Thái Thị Thảo

1 own goal

• Dominique Randle (against Australia)
• Trần Thị Phương Thảo (against South Korea)

Tournament teams ranking

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	China	5	4	1	0	19	5	+14	13	Champions
2	South Korea	6	4	1	1	11	4	+7	13	Runners-up
3	Japan	5	3	2	0	18	3	+15	11	Semi-finalists
4	Philippines	5	2	1	2	8	7	+1	7
5	Australia	4	3	0	1	24	2	+22	9	Eliminated in quarter-finals
6	Vietnam	6	2	1	3	7	12	−5	7
7	Chinese Taipei	5	2	1	2	10	7	+3	7
8	Thailand	6	1	0	5	5	15	−10	3
9	Myanmar	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1	Eliminated in group stage
10	Iran	2	0	0	2	0	12	−12	0
11	Indonesia	3	0	0	3	0	28	−28	0
12	India (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup

Five teams from the AFC qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, apart from co-hosts Australia which qualified automatically, while two teams advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs. ^[43]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup 1
Australia	25 June 2020 [10]	7 (1995 1 , 1999 1 , 2003 1 , 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
Japan	30 January 2022	8 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011 , 2015, 2019)
South Korea	30 January 2022	3 (2003, 2015, 2019)
China	30 January 2022	7 ( 1991 , 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007 , 2015, 2019)
Philippines	30 January 2022	0 (debut)
Vietnam	6 February 2022	0 (debut)

¹ Australia qualified as a member of the OFC in 1995, 1999 and 2003.

Marketing

Logo

The official logo for the tournament was unveiled by the AFC and the local organizing committee on 20 July 2021. The logo features the AFC Women's Asian Cup trophy at the center, with a "swirl" surrounding the trophy "inspired by the national flags and colors of playing kits in Asia, and the iconic stadiums in which the AFC Women’s Asian Cup is played in and celebrates cultural diversity and the unwavering support and enthusiasm of fans for their national teams". The logo also contains elements inspired by the tournament host country. The maroon colour of the logo is inspired by the art of the Warli people, a tribe native to the northern Western Ghats in the tournament's host state of Maharashtra. Red and maroon colours are often used as the base of Warli paintings. The use of silver in the logo is inspired by the "importance of silver jewelry in Indian households and the beauty and elegance of the precious metal". ^[44]

Sponsorships

Source: ^[45]

Official Global Partners

• Continental AG
• Credit Saison
• Neom ^[46]
• Yili Group ^[47]

Official Global Supporters

• Kelme
• Konami
• Molten Corporation

Broadcasting rights

AFC

Territory	Rights holder(s)	Ref.
Australia	Network 10	[48] [49]
Mainland China	PPTV (all), CCTV+5 (Final only)	[50]
India	Eurosport JioTV	[51]
Guam	CBS	[52]
Japan	DAZN	[53]
Indonesia	MNC	[54]
Myanmar	Canal+	[54]
Northern Mariana Islands	CBS	[52]
Philippines	Eleven Sports	[54]
South Korea	TVING	[54]
Taiwan	ELTA TV	[54]
Thailand	Eleven Sports	[54]
Vietnam	FPT Telecom Vietnam Television	[54]

Rest of the world

Territory	Rights holder(s)	Ref.
Bermuda	CBS	[52]
Canada	CBS	[52]
Ireland	FreeSports	[50]
New Zealand	Sky Sports 7 beIN Sports	[50]
Oceania	Sky Sports 7 beIN Sports	[50]
Sweden	C More	[55]
Turkey	Spor Smart D-Smart GO	[50]
United Kingdom	FreeSports	[50] [56]
United States	CBS	[57] [58]

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External links

• AFC Women's Asian Cup , the-AFC.com