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The 2023 AFC Women's Club Championship (also known as the AFC Women's Club Championship 2023 – Invitational Tournament) was the fourth and final edition of the AFC Women's Club Championship, organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Eight clubs from AFC member associations competed.

A final between the two group winners was planned, but was initially cancelled by the AFC in March 2024. However, in April 2024, the AFC reintroduced the final, which was held on 10 May 2024.

Seeding

Format

The tournament was held in two centralized venues, with 4 teams in 2 groups, in a round-robin format. The first-placed team in each group advanced to the finals.

Teams

East region Team Qualifying method App. (last) Sydney FC 2022–23 A-League Women champions 1st Urawa Red Diamonds 2022–23 WE League champions 1st Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 2022 WK League champions 2nd (2019) Hualien 2022 Taiwan Mulan Football League champions 1st Bangkok 2023 Thai Women's League champions 1st

West region Team Qualifying method App. (last) FC Nasaf 2022 Uzbekistan Women's League champions 1st Gokulam Kerala 2022–23 Indian Women's League champions 2nd (2021) Bam Khatoon 2022–23 Kowsar Women Football League champions 2nd (2022)

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Urawa Red Diamonds	3	3	0	0	20	1	+19	9	Advance to final
2	Gokulam Kerala	3	1	1	1	5	12	−7	4
3	Bangkok (H)	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3
4	Hualien	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1

Urawa Red Diamonds	8–0	Gokulam Kerala
Shibata 2' Kurishima 16' Shimada 38' Ito 48', 82' Nishio 83' Seike 87' Ando 90+2'	Report

Hualien	0–2	Bangkok
	Report	Kwandarin 15' Kanyanat 70'

Gokulam Kerala	1–1	Hualien
Kumari 19'	Report	Lin Jing-xuan 42'

Bangkok	1–6	Urawa Red Diamonds
Kanyanat 87'	Report	Seike 6', 84' Ito 9', 36' Ando 21' Shimada 51'

Urawa Red Diamonds	6–0	Hualien
Seike 5', 17', 67' Takatsuka 7' Shimada 45' Endo 75'	Report

Bangkok	3–4	Gokulam Kerala
Ploychompoo 26' Kanyanat 45+1', 49'	Report	Dabbaghi 45' Appiah 47', 77', 80'

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to final
2	Sydney FC	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
3	FC Nasaf (H)	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1
4	Bam Khatoon	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

Sydney FC	3–0	Bam Khatoon
Worts 3', 59' Keane 43'	Report

Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels	2–0	FC Nasaf
Namgung Ye-ji 39' (pen.) Adams 44' (o.g.)	Report

Bam Khatoon	1–2	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Zandi 61'	Report	Namgung Ye-ji 58' Jang Chang 78'

FC Nasaf	1–2	Sydney FC
Kudratova 90'	Report	Worts 33', 57'

Sydney FC	0–3	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
	Report	Nrehy 44' Hong Hye-ji 54' Kim Hye-ri 70'

FC Nasaf	2–2	Bam Khatoon
Karachik 26', 71'	Report	Khosravi 62' Didar 90+4'

Final

Urawa Red Diamonds	2–1	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Seike 22' Shimada 26'	Report	Lee So-hee 13'

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kiko Seike	Urawa Red Diamonds	7
2	Kanyanat Chetthabutr	Bangkok	4
	Miki Ito	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Mei Shimada	Urawa Red Diamonds
	Fiona Worts	Sydney FC
6	Veronica Appiah	Gokulam Kerala	3
7	Kozue Ando	Urawa Red Diamonds	2
	Lyudmila Karachik	FC Nasaf
	Namgung Ye-ji	Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
10	Multiple players		1

See also

Continental Club Championship

• 2023 CAF Women's Champions League
• 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina
• 2023 OFC Women's Champions League
• 2022–23 and 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League
• 2023–24 AFC Champions League

Regional Club Championship

• WAFF Women's Clubs Championship (Western Asia)

References

1. "Gokulam Kerala to play AFC Women's Club Championship 2023". ESPN. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
2. "AFC women's Champions League set to launch in 2023". smartseries.sportspromedia.com. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
3. "Draw sets stage for thrilling action". The AFC. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
4. "AFC Women's Club Championship 2023 – Invitational Tournament 決勝について" (in Japanese). WE League. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
5. "AFC Women's Club Championship 2023 – Invitational Tournament 決勝開催について" (in Japanese). WE League. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
6. "AFCがまた二転三転…女子ACLプレ大会決勝が急きょ中止から開催の方向へ　WEリーグ高田チェアが言及". news.goo.ne (in Japanese). 24 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
7. "Draw sets stage for thrilling action". The AFC. Retrieved 7 September 2023.

External links

• AFC Women's Club Championship

• AFC Women's Club Championship
• 2023 in women's association football
• 2023 in Asian football