2014 Asian Women's Football Championship

2014 Asian Women's Football Championship
AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014
Number of nations	8  (of 21 applicants)
Asian champion	Japan (1st title)
venue	Vietnam
Opening game	May 14, 2014
Endgame	May 25, 2014
Games	17th
Gates	67  (⌀: 3.94 per game)
spectator	45,250  (⌀: 2,662 per game)
Top scorer	Park Eun-sun Yang Li (6 goals each)
Best player	Aya Miyama
yellow cards	30  (⌀: 1.76 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.06 per game)
Red cards	0

The final round of the 18th Women's Asian Football Championship was held from May 14th to 25th, 2014 in two cities in Vietnam . The host of the tournament was not determined until May 2013 after the qualifying games had ended. Eight teams competed against each other first in a group stage in two groups and then in the knockout system . In addition to the Asian champion, the five Asian participants in the 2015 World Cup in Canada were determined.

qualification

→ Main article : 2014 Asian Women's Football Championship / Qualification

Attendees

Jordan qualified for the finals for the first time.

4 seeded teams	Australia	China	Japan	South Korea
4 qualifiers	Myanmar	Thailand	Vietnam	Jordan

Preliminary round

The preliminary round groups were drawn on November 29, 2013.

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Japan	3	2	1	0	013: 200	+11	07th
2.	Australia	3	2	1	0	007: 300	+4	07th
3.	Vietnam	3	1	0	2	003: 700	−4	03
4th	Jordan	3	0	0	3	002:130	−11	00

May 14, 2014, Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City
Australia	-	Japan	2: 2 (1: 0)
Vietnam	-	Jordan	3: 1 (2: 1)
May 16, 2014, Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City
Australia	-	Jordan	3: 1 (1: 0)
Vietnam	-	Japan	0: 4 (0: 1)
May 18, 2014, Thong Nhat Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam	-	Australia	0: 2 (0: 1)
May 18, 2014, Binh Duong Stadium in Binh Duong
Japan	-	Jordan	7: 0 (2: 0)

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	South Korea	3	2	1	0	016: 000	+16	07th
2.	China	3	2	1	0	010-000	+10	07th
3.	Thailand	3	1	0	2	002:120	−10	03
4th	Myanmar	3	0	0	3	001:170	−16	00

May 15, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City
China	-	Thailand	7: 0 (4: 0)
Myanmar	-	South Korea	0:12 (0: 7)
May 17, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City
China	-	Myanmar	3: 0 (1: 0)
South Korea	-	Thailand	4: 0 (2: 0)
May 19, 2014 in Ho Chi Minh City
China	-	South Korea	0-0
May 19, 2014, Binh Duong Stadium in Binh Duong
Myanmar	-	Thailand	1: 2 (1: 1)

Final round

Semifinals

May 22, 2014
Japan	-	China	2: 1 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 0)
May 22, 2014
South Korea	-	Australia	1: 2 (0: 0)

Play for 5th place

The winner of the game for 5th place qualifies alongside the four semi-finalists for the 2015 World Cup in Canada.

May 21, 2014
Vietnam	-	Thailand	1: 2 (0: 0)

3rd place match

May 25, 2014
China	-	South Korea	2: 1 (1: 0)

final

May 25, 2014
Japan	-	Australia	1: 0 (1: 0)

Best goalscorers

rank	Player	Gates
1	Park Eun-sun	6th
	Yang Li	6th
3	Jeon Ga-eul	3
	Cho So-hyun	3
	Kanjana Sung-Ngoen	3
	Katrina Gorry	3
7th	Ji So-yun	2
	Le Thu Thanh Huong	2
	Chinatsu Kira	2
	Mizuho Sakaguchi	2
	Nahomi Kawasumi	2
	Yūki Ōgimi	2
	Azusa Iwashimizu	2
	Emi Nakajima	2
	Kathryn Gill	2
	Li Dongna	2

There were also 19 players with one goal and 4 own goals.

The best goalscorers of the overall competition were the Uzbek Zebo Jo'raeva and the Jordanian Maysa Jbarah, who scored 9 goals. Zebo Jo'raeva scored all 9 goals in qualifying, 8 of them in the 18-0 win over Kuwait. Your team could not qualify for the finals. Maysa Jbarah scored 8 goals in qualifying, all in a 21-0 win over Kuwait, and one goal in the finals.

Web links

• Statistics on rsssf.com