2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup

2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates20 January – 6 February
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions China (9th title)
Runners-up South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored104 (4 per match)
Attendance0 (0 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Sam Kerr
(7 goals)
Best player(s)China Wang Shanshan[1]
Best goalkeeperChina Zhu Yu[2]
Fair play award South Korea
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2026 →

The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 20th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international women's football tournament in Asia competed by the national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[3]

India was selected as the host nation by the AFC Women's Football Committee in June 2020.[4][5] It was the first time that the country hosted the competition since 1979.[6] On 28 January 2021, the AFC confirmed that the tournament would take place between 20 January and 6 February 2022, instead of the original scheduled dates of late October and early November.[7][8]

For the first time in the competition, the final tournament was expanded from eight teams to twelve.[9] It served as the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand (Regulations Article 4.6),[3] with Australia qualifying automatically as co-hosts.[10] Five teams qualified directly for the World Cup via the knockout stage and two more advanced to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Japan were the two-time defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by China PR on penalties. The Chinese went on to win their ninth title by defeating South Korea 3–2 in the final.

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  2. ^ "China PR's Zhu Yu picked as Best Goalkeeper of AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022". AFC. 6 February 2022. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. ^ a b "AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2022.
  4. ^ "India recommended as host for AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022". AFC. 19 February 2020. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference AIFF1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  7. ^ "Dates for expanded AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 confirmed". AFC. 28 January 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  8. ^ "AFC Competitions Calendar 2022". AFC. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020.
  9. ^ "AFC to invest in new era of national team and club competitions". AFC. 26 October 2019. Archived from the original on 5 February 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Australia and New Zealand selected as hosts of FIFA Women's World Cup 2023". FIFA. 25 June 2020. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.