2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup

2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Chengdu
Dates	19–30 May
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Chengdu Sports Centre Stadium; Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runners-up	North Korea
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	45 (2.81 per match)
Attendance	59,910 (3,744 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kozue Ando; Homare Sawa; Jo Yun-mi; Yoo Young-a; (3 goals)
	← 2008 2014 →

The 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup was held from 19–30 May^[1] at the Chengdu Sports Centre in China PR. The winners, Australia, runners-up, Korea DPR, and third-place team, Japan qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[2]

With this victory, Australia women's had become the first ever national team to win in two different confederations, having won the OFC Women's Nations Cup three times before. Their success was later followed by their fellow men's team at the men's tournament less than 5 years later.

Qualification[edit]

Direct entry

Via qualification

Myanmar (Winner Group A)
Thailand (Winner Group B)
Vietnam (Winner Group C)

Squads[edit]

Match officials[edit]

A total of 9 referees and 9 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.^[3]

Referees

Jacqui Melksham
Li Hong
Wang Jia
Bentla D'Coth
Yamagishi Sachiko
Ri Hyang-ok
Hong Eun-ah
Pannipar Kamnueng
Semaksuk Praew

Assistant referees

Sarah Ho
Clare Flynn
Zhang Lingling
Liu Hsiu-mei
Saori Takahashi
Shiho Ayukai
Widiya Habibah binti Shamsuri
Hong Kum-nyo
Kim Kyoung-min

Group stages[edit]

The two groups were drawn on 21 November 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[4]

Group A[edit]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	14	1	+13	9
North Korea	3	2	1	6	2	+4	6
Thailand	3	1	2	2	7	−5	3
Myanmar	3	0	3	0	12	−12	0

Source: RSSSF

20 May 2010

16:00 UTC+08:00

North Korea	3–0	Thailand
Jon Myong-hwa 1' Kim Yong-ae 2' Jo Yun-mi 73'	Report (AFC) Report

Chengdu Sports Centre

Attendance: 260

Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)

20 May 2010

19:30 UTC+08:00

Japan	8–0	Myanmar
Iwashimizu 4' Sawa 10', 71' Yamaguchi 28' (pen.), 60' Sameshima 50' Miyama 54' Kamionobe 85'	Report (AFC) Report

Chengdu Sports Centre

Attendance: 360

Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea)

22 May 2010

16:00 UTC+08:00

Thailand	0–4	Japan
	Report (AFC) Report	Takase 28' Nakano 42' Utsugi 45+3' Ando 55'

Chengdu Sports Centre

Attendance: 550

Referee: Bentla D'Coth (India)

22 May 2010

19:30 UTC+08:00

Myanmar	0–2	North Korea
	Report (AFC) Report	Yun Song-mi 17' Jo Yun-mi 84'

Chengdu Sports Centre

Attendance: 360

Referee: Wang Jia (China PR)

24 May 2010

16:00 UTC+08:00

North Korea	1–2	Japan
Ra Un-sim 70'	Report (AFC) Report	Ando 4' (pen.) Nagasato 14'

Chengdu Sports Centre

Attendance: 400

Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea)

24 May 2010

16:00 UTC+08:00

Myanmar	0–2	Thailand
	Report (AFC) Report	Junpen 15' Waranya 89'

Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium

Attendance: 180

Referee: Wang Jia (China PR)

Group B[edit]

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7
Australia	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
South Korea	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
Vietnam	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

Source: RSSSF

19 May 2010

15:00 UTC+08:00

Australia	2–0	Vietnam
Khamis 29' Ledbrook 51' (pen.)	Report (AFC) Report

Chengdu Sports Centre

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

19 May 2010

19:30 UTC+08:00

China	0–0	South Korea
	Report (AFC) Report

Chengdu Sports Centre

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

21 May 2010

15:00 UTC+08:00

South Korea	1–3	Australia
Kang Sun-mi 71'	Report (AFC) Report	Carroll 52' De Vanna 59' Kerr 66'

Chengdu Sports Centre

Attendance: 600

Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

21 May 2010

19:30 UTC+08:00

Vietnam	0–5	China
	Report (AFC) Report	Li Danyang 8' Yuan Fan 12' Zhang Rui 37' Bi Yan 45+1' (pen.) Han Duan 51'

Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium

Attendance: 8,500

Referee: Semaksuk Praew (Thailand)

23 May 2010

16:00 UTC+08:00

China	1–0	Australia
Zhang Rui 9'	Report (AFC) Report

Chengdu Sports Centre

Attendance: 11,000

Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)

23 May 2010

16:00 UTC+08:00

Vietnam	0–5	South Korea
	Report (AFC) Report	Yoo Young-a 20', 21', 66' Cha Yun-hee 28' Jung Seol-bin 36'

Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

Knockout stages[edit]

Semi-finals		Final

27 May – Chengdu

Japan	0
		30 May – Chengdu
Australia	1
		Australia (p)	1 (5)
27 May – Chengdu
		North Korea	1 (4)
China	0

North Korea (a.e.t.)	1
		Third place

		30 May – Chengdu

		Japan	2

		China	0

Semi-finals[edit]

Winners qualified for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

27 May 2010

16:00 UTC+08:00

Japan	0–1	Australia
	Report (AFC) Report	Gill 45+1'

Chengdu Sports Centre

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

27 May 2010

19:30 UTC+08:00

China	0–1 (a.e.t.)	North Korea
	Report (AFC) Report	Kim Kyong-hwa 109'

Chengdu Sports Centre

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Semaksuk Praew (Thailand)

Third place match[edit]

Winner qualified for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

30 May 2010

16:00 UTC+08:00

Japan	2–0	China
Ando 18' Sawa 62'	Report (AFC) Report

Chengdu Sports Centre

Attendance: 5,800

Referee: Hong Eun-ah (South Korea)

Final[edit]

30 May 2010

19:30 UTC+08:00

Australia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	North Korea
Kerr 19'	Report (AFC) Report	Jo Yun-mi 73'
Penalties
Shipard Ledbrook Gill Garriock Simon	5–4	Jo Yun-mi Yun Song-mi Choe Yong-sim Yu Jong-hui Mun Chol-mi

Chengdu Sports Centre

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Sachiko Yamagichi (Japan)

Awards[edit]

AFC Women's Asian Cup 2010 winners
Australia First title

Most Valuable Player	Top Scorer	Fairplay Award
Jo Yun-mi	Kozue Ando (3 goals)	China

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 45 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.81 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Tournament teams ranking[edit]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	Australia	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4	10	Champions
2	North Korea	5	3	1	1	8	3	+5	10	Runners-up
3	Japan	5	4	0	1	16	2	+14	12	Third place
4	China (H)	5	2	1	2	6	3	+3	7	Fourth place

5	South Korea	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4	Eliminated in group stage
6	Thailand	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
7	Vietnam	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0
8	Myanmar	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

References[edit]

^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2010" (PDF). Images.the-afc.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ "Matildas win Asian Cup on penalties". Smh.com.au. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
^ "Technical Report and Statistics - AFC Women's Asian Cup China 2010". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "All set for AFC Women's Asian Cup 2010 Finals draw". The-afc.com. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

External links[edit]

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[1] "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2010" (PDF). Images.the-afc.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[2] "Matildas win Asian Cup on penalties". Smh.com.au. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

[3] "Technical Report and Statistics - AFC Women's Asian Cup China 2010". Asian Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.

[4] "All set for AFC Women's Asian Cup 2010 Finals draw". The-afc.com. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

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v t e AFC Women's Asian Cup
Tournaments	Hong Kong 1975 Republic of China 1977 India 1980 Hong Kong 1981 Thailand 1983 Hong Kong 1986 Hong Kong 1989 Japan 1991 Malaysia 1993 Malaysia 1995 China 1997 Philippines 1999 Taiwan 2001 Thailand 2003 Australia 2006 Vietnam 2008 China 2010 Vietnam 2014 Jordan 2018 India 2022 Australia 2026 Uzbekistan 2029
Qualification	2006 2008 2010 2014 2018 2022
Finals	2010 2014 2018 2022
Squads	1975 1977 1980 1981 1983 1986 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2006 2008 2010 2014 2018 2022
Bids	2026

v t e 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
AFC	2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup Qualification
CAF	2010 African Women's Championship Qualification
CONCACAF	2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying Qualification
CONMEBOL	2010 South American Women's Football Championship
OFC	2010 OFC Women's Nations Cup
UEFA	UEFA qualification Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Play-offs
Play-off	UEFA v CONCACAF

Qualification[edit]

Squads[edit]

Match officials[edit]

Group stages[edit]

Group A[edit]

Group B[edit]

Knockout stages[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Third place match[edit]

Final[edit]

Awards[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

Tournament teams ranking[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]