2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 20th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup a competition where national teams from Asia, which are part of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), play against each other.[3] India was chosen to be the host country in June 2020, and it was the first time they hosted it since 1979.[4] Originally, the tournament was supposed to happen in late October and early November, but they changed the dates to 20 January to 6 February 2022.[5]
| 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 |
This time, there were twelve teams in the tournament instead of the usual eight. The reason for this was that it also decided which Asian teams would get to play in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Australia was already in the World Cup because they were hosting it. Five teams got to go to the World Cup straight from this tournament, and two more had a chance to play in a special playoff.
Japan had won the tournament the last two times, but this time they got knocked out in the semi-finals by China on penalties. China then won the tournament by beating South Korea 3-2 in the final.
How the Host was picked change
Three football associations showed that they wanted to host the tournament before the deadline on 31st May 2019.[6]
India had already hosted the 1980 AFC Women's Championship, which was initially planned for 1979. Chinese Taipei had hosted the tournament in 1977 and 2001.[7]
The AFC Women's Football Committee suggested that India should host the tournament on 19th February 2020. Then, on 5th June 2020, India was officially given the rights to host the tournament.[8][9]
Group stage change
- Tiebreakers
Teams were ranked based on the number of points they earned in matches. They got 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss. If two or more teams had the same number of points, the following rules were used to decide who is ranked higher:
- First, they looked at the points earned in matches between the tied teams.
- If that didn't settle it, they checked the goal difference in matches between the tied teams.
- If it was still tied, they counted the total number of goals scored in matches between the tied teams.
- If there were more than two tied teams, they repeated these three steps only for those teams.
- If it was still tied, they considered the goal difference in all the matches played in the group.
- After that, they looked at the total number of goals scored in all the matches in the group.
- If only two teams were tied and they played against each other in the last round of the group, they might have a penalty shootout.
- If everything else failed to break the tie, they looked at the number of disciplinary points each team had. A yellow card counted as 1 point, a red card resulting from two yellow cards counted as 3 points, and a direct red card counted as 3 points. If a player got a yellow card and then a direct red card, it counted as 4 points.
- Finally, if none of the above resolved the tie, they resorted to drawing lots to decide the rankings.
All the times mentioned are in the local time zone, which is IST (UTC+5:30).[10]
Group A change
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | China
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  Chinese Taipei
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2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Iran
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |
| 4 |  India (H)
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew[a] |
- ↑ 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.[11]
China PR vs Chinese Taipei change
China  | 4–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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India vs Iran change
India  | Voided (0–0) | Iran |
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Iran vs China PR change
Iran  | 0–7 | China |
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Chinese Taipei vs India change
Chinese Taipei  | Cancelled | India |
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India vs China PR change
Chinese Taipei vs Iran change
| Chinese Taipei | 5–0 | Iran |
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Group B change
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | +23 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 |  Philippines
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Thailand
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Indonesia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | −28 | 0 |
Australia vs Indonesia change
Thailand vs Philippines change
Philippines vs Australia change
Philippines  | 0–4 | Australia |
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Indonesia vs Thailand change
Australia vs Thailand change
Australia  | 2–1 | Thailand |
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Philippines vs Indonesia change
Group C change
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Japan
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | South Korea
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Vietnam
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Myanmar
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
Japan vs Myanmar change
South Korea vs Vietnam change
South Korea  | 3–0 | Vietnam |
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Myanmar vs South Korea change
Vietnam vs Japan change
Japan vs South Korea change
Vietnam vs Myanmar change
Vietnam  | 2–2 | Myanmar |
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Ranking of third-placed teams change
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
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | C | Vietnam
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
| 3 | A | Iran
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2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.
Knockout stage change
Bracket change
| 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 change
China PR vs Vietnam change
Australia vs South Korea change
Japan vs Thailand change
Chinese Taipei vs Philippines change
Semi-finals change
China PR vs Japan change
| China | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Japan |
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| Penalties | ||
| 4–3 | ||
South Korea vs Philippines change
Final change
| China | 3–2 | South Korea |
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References change
- ↑ "China PR's Wang Shanshan named AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 MVP". AFC. 6 February 2022.
- ↑ "China PR's Zhu Yu picked as Best Goalkeeper of AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022". AFC. 6 February 2022.
- ↑ "AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 Competition Regulations". AFC. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021.
- ↑ "India to host 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup for the first time since 1979". Business Standard. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ↑ "India recommended as host for AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022". AFC. 19 February 2020.
- ↑ "Chinese Taipei, India and Uzbekistan express interest in hosting 2022 edition". AFC.com. 1 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ↑ "India among three countries interested in hosting the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup". FOX Sports Asia. 1 June 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2019.
- ↑ "India to host AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 finals". All India Football Federation. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ↑ "India to host 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup". ESPN. 5 June 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ↑ "Match Schedule – AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022" (PDF). afc.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 January 2022.
- ↑ "Latest update on the AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022". Asian Football Confederation. 23 January 2022.