2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup

2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host countryVietnam Vietnam
Dates14–25 May
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)
Top scorer(s)China Yang Li
South Korea Park Eun-sun
(6 goals)
Best player(s)Japan Aya Miyama[1]
← 2010
2018 →

The 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, the 18th edition of the competition, was a women's association football tournament competed by national teams in Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It served as the qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2] It was played from 14 to 25 May 2014 in Vietnam.[3]

Reigning world champions Japan defeated the reigning Asian champions Australia 1–0 in the final to secure their first continental title.[4]

Qualification

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Main article: 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

The final tournament was competed by eight teams, four of which were automatically qualified though their 2010 placement, while the others were determined via a qualification tournament.[5]

North Korea was banned from the tournament due to the sanction on their doping cases in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.[2] Hosts Vietnam had to play the qualifying round; in case of a non-qualification, another host would have been chosen.

Qualified teams

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Country Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[n 1]
 Australia 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup top four 21 May 2010 4 (1975, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Japan 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup top four 22 May 2010 14 (1977, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 China 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup top four 23 May 2010 12 (1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 South Korea 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup top four 26 September 2012 10 (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Myanmar Group D winner 25 May 2013 3 (2003, 2006, 2010)
 Thailand Group B winner 25 May 2013 14 (1975, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Vietnam Group C winner 26 May 2013 6 (1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010)
 Jordan Group A winner 9 June 2013 0 (debut)
  1. ^ Bold: winner, Italics: host.

Venues

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The competition was played in two venues in Thủ Dầu Một and Ho Chi Minh City.

Thủ Dầu Một Ho Chi Minh City
Gò Đậu Stadium Thống Nhất Stadium
Capacity: 18,250 Capacity: 15,000


Squads

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Main article: 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup squads

Group stage

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The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Each team then played the others in their group once. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals, and the two third-placed teams played a play-off match for fifth place and the final World Cup qualifying spot. The draw was held on 29 November 2013.[6][7] In the group stage, teams tied in the points were ranked by the following criteria:[8]

  1. Greater number of points between the teams concerned,
  2. Goal differences between the teams concerned,
  3. Number of goals between the teams concerned,
  4. Goal differences between in all round-robin matches,
  5. Number of goals between in all round-robin matches,
  6. Penalty shoot-out (in case just two teams playing the final match tied in the all conditions above),
  7. Fewer yellow and red card points in all group matches (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card), and
  8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local (UTC+7).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 2 1 0 13 2 +11 7 Knockout stage and
Women's World Cup
2  Australia 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
3  Vietnam (H) 3 1 0 2 3 7 −4 3 Repechage play-off
4  Jordan 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: AFC Schedule & Results
(H) Hosts
Vietnam 3–1 Jordan
Nguyễn Thị Muôn 18'
Lê Thu Thanh Hương 36', 84'		 Report (AFC)
Report		 Jbarah 34'
Attendance: 5,000
Australia 2–2 Japan
Foord 21'
De Vanna 64'		 Report (AFC)
Report		 Polkinghorne 71' (o.g.)
Ōgimi 84'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Qin Liang (China)
Jordan 1–3 Australia
Al-Naber 70' Report (AFC)
Report		 Gill 35', 50'
Gorry 66'
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)
Japan 4–0 Vietnam
Kawasumi 44', 87'
Kiryu 65'
Ōgimi 69'		 Report (AFC)
Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Abirami Apbai Naidu (Singapore)
Vietnam 0–2 Australia
Report (AFC)
Report		 Lê Thị Thương 42' (o.g.)
Gorry 90'
Attendance: 3,000
Japan 7–0 Jordan
Kira 25', 90+3'
Nakajima 45+1', 75'
Sakaguchi 49', 81'
Alhyasat 69' (o.g.)		 Report (AFC)
Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Abirami Apbai Naidu (Singapore)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 2 1 0 16 0 +16 7 Knockout stage and
Women's World Cup
2  China 3 2 1 0 10 0 +10 7
3  Thailand 3 1 0 2 2 12 −10 3 Repechage play-off
4  Myanmar 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source: AFC Schedule & Results
South Korea 12–0 Myanmar
Ji So-yun 4'
Park Eun-sun 17' (pen.), 43'
Park Hee-young 33'
Jeon Ga-eul 36', 40' (pen.), 63'
Cho So-hyun 45+3', 61', 82'
Kwon Hah-nul 58'
Yeo Min-ji 76'		 Report (AFC)
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
China 7–0 Thailand
Li Dongna 6'
Li Ying 8'
Yang Li 16', 45+1', 64', 90+1'
Xu Yanlu 75'		 Report (AFC)
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)
Myanmar 0–3 China
Report (AFC)
Report		 Ren Guixin 10'
Ma Xiaoxu 60'
Yang Li 87'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)
Thailand 0–4 South Korea
Report (AFC)
Report		 Ji So-yun 11'
Park Eun-sun 12', 47', 84'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Công Thị Dung (Vietnam)
South Korea 0–0 China
Report (AFC)
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
Thailand 2–1 Myanmar
Kanjana 27' (pen.)
Duangnapa 59'		 Report (AFC)
Report		 Yee Yee Oo 45+1'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

Fifth place play-off

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Thailand won the play-off and thus qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Vietnam 1–2 Thailand
Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung 86' Report (AFC)
Report		 Kanjana 48', 65'
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage (including the fifth place match), extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.[8]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 22 May
 
 
  Japan (a.e.t.) 2
 
 25 May
 
  China 1
 
  Japan 1
 
 22 May
 
  Australia 0
 
  South Korea 1
 
 
  Australia 2
 
Third place
 
 
 25 May
 
 
  China 2
 
 
  South Korea 1

All times are local (UTC+7).

Semi-finals

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Japan 2–1 (a.e.t.) China
Sawa 51'
Iwashimizu 120+2'		 Report (AFC)
Report		 Li Dongna 80' (pen.)
Attendance: 700
South Korea 1–2 Australia
Park Eun-sun 53' (pen.) Report (AFC)
Report		 Gorry 47'
Kellond-Knight 77'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

Third place match

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China 2–1 South Korea
Park Eun-sun 3' (o.g.)
Yang Li 90+3'		 Report (AFC)
Report		 Yoo Young-a 80'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

Final

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Japan 1–0 Australia
Iwashimizu 28' Report (AFC)
Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Qin Liang (China)

Awards

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 AFC Women's Asian Cup
2014 champions 

Japan
First title

Goalscorers

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There were 67 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.

6 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Tournament teams ranking

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This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Japan 5 4 1 0 16 3 +13 13 Champions
2  Australia 5 3 1 1 9 5 +4 10 Runners-up
3  China 5 3 1 1 13 3 +10 10 Third place
4  South Korea 5 2 1 2 18 4 +14 7 Fourth place
5  Thailand 4 2 0 2 4 13 −9 6 Eliminated in
group stage
6  Vietnam (H) 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 3
7  Jordan 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
8  Myanmar 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

References

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  1. ^ "Marvelous Miyama bags 'MVP' award". the-afc.com. 25 May 2014.
  2. ^ a b "VN eyes Women's World Cup on 'golden chance'". Tuổi Trẻ. 26 September 2012. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Vietnam to host AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 finals". Asian Football Confederation. 30 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Japan lift maiden AFC Women's Asian Cup title". the-afc.com. 25 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Women's giants to know opponents". Asian Football Confederation. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  6. ^ "Women's Asian Cup draw on November 29". the-afc.com. 4 November 2013.
  7. ^ "Hosts Vietnam in tough Group A". the-afc.com. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Competition Regulations AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 Final" (PDF). Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2013. (In Section 18)
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