2003 AFC Women's Championship

2003 AFC Women's Championship
ฟุตบอลหญิงชิงแชมป์เอเชีย 2546
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates8–21 June
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up China
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored184 (6.13 per match)
Top scorer(s)North Korea Ri Kum-suk
(15 goals)
2001
2006

The 2003 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament held in Thailand from 8 to 21 June 2003. It was the 14th edition of the AFC Women's Championship, a tournament for women's national teams from countries affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation.

The competition was held in Bangkok in the Rajamangala Stadium and in Nakhon Sawan in the Nakhon Sawan Stadium. The tournament was won by the defending champions North Korea women's national football team (Korea DPR). As the championship was also used for qualifying for the FIFA Women's World Cup, North Korea qualified as champions, China qualifying as runners-up, and South Korea qualifying as the third-placed team. Japan as the fourth-placed team faced another match for qualification.