2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup

2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host countryVietnam
Dates10 June – 12 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place China
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored67 (3.94 per match)
Attendance45,250 (2,662 per match)

The 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 18th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup. It was won by Japan, who got their first title.[1]

Teams

These teams automatically qualified for the tournament because they were in the top 4 of the previous tournament. The North Korea team wasn't allowed to be in the tournament because of a doping scandal in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2]

These teams were in the tournament because they won their qualification group.

  •  Jordan
  •  Myanmar
  •  Thailand
  •  Vietnam

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Move on to
 Japan 3 2 1 0 13 2 +11 7 Semi-finals and Women's World Cup
 Australia 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
 Vietnam 3 1 0 2 3 7 -4 3 Fifth place play off
 Jordan Jordan 3 0 1 3 2 13 -11 0

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Move on to
 South Korea 3 2 1 0 16 0 +16 7 Semi-finals and Women's World Cup
 China 3 2 1 0 10 0 +10 7
 Thailand 3 1 0 2 2 12 -10 3 Fifth place play off
 Myanmar 3 0 1 3 1 17 -16 0

Fifth place play off

Vietnam 1–2 Thailand
Dung  86' Report Sung-Ngoen  48', 65'
Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
 Japan (aet)2
 
 
 
 China1
 
 Japan1
 
 
 
 Australia0
 
 South Korea1
 
 
 Australia2
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
 China2
 
 
 South Korea1

Semi-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Japan  2–1 (aet)  China
South Korea  1–2  Australia

Third place match

Team 1 Score Team 2
China  2–1  South Korea

Final

Team 1 Score Team 2
Japan  1–0  Australia

Statistics

Top scorers

6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "The AFC". www.the-afc.com.
  2. ↑ "The AFC". www.the-afc.com.
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