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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)
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The 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup was held from 19–30 May 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.

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

Direct entry

•  North Korea
•  China
•  Australia
•  Japan
•  South Korea

Via qualification

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

Squads

Match officials

A total of 9 referees and 9 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.

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

The two groups were drawn on 21 November 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Group A

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group B

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

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

China	0–0	South Korea
	Report (AFC) Report

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

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

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

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

Knockout stages

	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

Winners qualified for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

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

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

Third place match

Winner qualified for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

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

Final

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

Awards

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

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

3 goals

• Homare Sawa
• Kozue Ando
• Yoo Young-a
• Jo Yun-mi

2 goals

• Sam Kerr
• Zhang Rui
• Mami Yamaguchi

1 goal

• Kate Gill
• Kim Carroll
• Kylie Ledbrook
• Leena Khamis
• Lisa De Vanna
• Bi Yan
• Han Duan
• Li Danyang
• Yuan Fan
• Aya Miyama
• Aya Sameshima
• Azusa Iwashimizu
• Manami Nakano
• Megumi Kamionobe
• Megumi Takase
• Rumi Utsugi
• Yuki Nagasato
• Cha Yun-hee
• Jung Hae-in
• Kang Sun-mi
• Jon Myong-hwa
• Kim Kyong-hwa
• Kim Yong-ae
• Ra Un-sim
• Yun Song-mi
• Junpen Seesraum
• Waranya Chaikantree

Tournament teams ranking

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

See also

• Women's association football
• Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
• AFC Women's Asian Cup

References

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.

External links

• Tournament website
• RSSSF.com

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