1986 women's soccer Asian Cup

1986 women's soccer Asian Cup
AFC Women's Championship 1986
Number of nations	7  (from 7 applicants)
Asian champion	China (1st title)
venue	Hong Kong
Opening game	December 14, 1986
Endgame	December 23, 1986
Games	13
Gates	61  (⌀: 4.69 per game)
Top scorer	Niu Lijie (11 goals)

The 6th Asian women's soccer championship was held in Hong Kong from December 14 to 23, 1986 . China won for the first time after beating Japan 2-0 .

mode

There were no qualifiers. All seven registered teams took part directly in the tournament and were divided into a group of four and one group of three. Within the preliminary round groups, each team plays each other once. The group winners and runners-up reached the semi-finals. The semi-final winners reached the final, the semi-final losers played for third place.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	China	2	2	0	0	012: 000	+12	04-00
2.	Japan	2	1	0	1	010: 200	+8	02: 20
3.	Malaysia	2	0	0	2	000:200	−20	00: 40

China	-	Japan	2-0
China	-	Malaysia	10-0
Japan	-	Malaysia	10-0

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Thailand	3	3	0	0	011: 000	+11	06-00
2.	Indonesia	3	2	0	1	007: 400	+3	04: 20
3.	Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	001: 300	−2	02: 40
4th	Nepal	3	0	0	3	000:120	−12	00: 60

Thailand	-	Indonesia	4-0
Hong Kong	-	Nepal	1-0
Thailand	-	Hong Kong	2-0
Indonesia	-	Nepal	6-0
Thailand	-	Nepal	5-0
Indonesia	-	Hong Kong	1-0

Final round

Semifinals

China	-	Indonesia	9-0
Thailand	-	Japan	0: 4

3rd place match

December 23, 1986
Thailand	-	Indonesia	4: 1

final

December 23, 1986
China	-	Japan	2-0

Web links

• Statistics on rsssf.com