1997 Asian Women's Football Championship

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1997 Asian Women's Football Championship
AFC Women's Championship 1997
Number of nations 11  (from 11 applicants)
Asian champion China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China (6th title)
venue China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China
Opening game 5th December 1997
Endgame December 14, 1997
Games 19th
Gates 132  (⌀: 6.95 per game)

The 11th Asian women's soccer championship was held in the PRC from December 5th to 14th, 1997 . The venues were Guangzhou , Panyu and Zhaoqing (all in Guangdong Province ). China won for the sixth time in a row after beating North Korea 2-0 .

mode

There were no qualifiers for this tournament. The eleven teams were divided into two groups of four and one group of three. Within the preliminary round groups, each team plays each other once. The group winners and the group runner-up with the best points reach the semi-finals. The semi-final winners reach the final, the semi-final losers play for third place.

Preliminary round

Group A

All games took place in Panyu .

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. JapanJapan Japan  3  3  0  0 031: 000 +31 09
 2. IndiaIndia India  3  2  0  1 013: 100 +12 06th
 3. Hong KongHong Kong Hong Kong  3  1  0  2 001:120 −11 03
 4th GuamGuam Guam  3  0  0  3 000:320 −32 00
5th December 1997
India - Hong Kong 3-0
Japan - Guam 21: 0
December 7, 1997
Hong Kong - Guam 1-0
Japan - India 1-0
December 9, 1997
Japan - Hong Kong 9-0
India - Guam 10-0

Group B

All games took place in Guangzhou .

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China  3  3  0  0 027: 100 +26 09
 2. Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea  3  2  0  1 023: 400 +19 06th
 3. UzbekistanUzbekistan Uzbekistan  3  1  0  2 002:170 −15 03
 4th Philippines 1986Philippines Philippines  3  0  0  3 002:320 −30 00
5th December 1997
China - North Korea 3: 1
Uzbekistan - Philippines 2: 1
December 7, 1997
China - Uzbekistan 8-0
North Korea - Philippines 14: 1
December 9, 1997
China - Philippines 16: 0
North Korea - Uzbekistan 8-0

Group C

All games took place in Zhaoqing .

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei  2  2  0  0 007-000  +7 06th
 2. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea  2  1  0  1 011: 100 +10 03
 3. KazakhstanKazakhstan Kazakhstan  2  0  0  2 000:170 −17 00
5th December 1997
Chinese Taipei - South Korea 1-0
December 7, 1997
South Korea - Kazakhstan 11: 0
December 9, 1997
Chinese Taipei - Kazakhstan 6-0

Final round

Semifinals

December 12, 1997
JapanJapan Japan - Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea 0: 1
December 12, 1997
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China - Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 10-0

3rd place match

December 14, 1997
JapanJapan Japan - Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 2-0

final

December 14, 1997
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China - Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea 2-0

In addition to China, North Korea and Japan qualify for the 1999 Women's World Cup .

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