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2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
Tournament details
Host country Vietnam
Dates 10 June – 12 July
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Japan (1st title)
Runners-up  Australia
Third place  China
Fourth place  South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 17
Goals scored 67 (3.94 per match)
Attendance 45,250 (2,662 per match)
← 2010

The 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 18th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup. It was won by Japan, who got their first title.

Teams

These teams automatically qualified for the tournament because they were in the top 4 of the previous tournament. The North Korea team wasn't allowed to be in the tournament because of a doping scandal in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

These teams were in the tournament because they won their qualification group.

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Move on to
Japan Japan 3 2 1 0 13 2 +11 7 Semi-finals and Women's World Cup
Australia Australia 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
Vietnam Vietnam 3 1 0 2 3 7 -4 3 Fifth place play off
Jordan Jordan 3 0 1 3 2 13 -11 0

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Move on to
South Korea South Korea 3 2 1 0 16 0 +16 7 Semi-finals and Women's World Cup
China China 3 2 1 0 10 0 +10 7
Thailand Thailand 3 1 0 2 2 12 -10 3 Fifth place play off
Myanmar Myanmar 3 0 1 3 1 17 -16 0

Fifth place play off

21 May 2014
17:15
Vietnam Vietnam 1–2 Thailand Thailand Thống Nhất Stadium, Hồ Chí Minh City
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Sachiko Yamagishi (Japan)
Dung Goal 86' Report Sung-Ngoen Goal 48'65'

Knockout stage

Bracket

  Semifinals Final
 Japan Japan (aet)  2  
 China China  1  
 
     Japan Japan  1
   Australia Australia  0


Third place
 South Korea South Korea  1  China China  2
 Australia Australia  2


   South Korea South Korea  1

Semi-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Japan Japan 2–1 (aet) China China
South Korea South Korea 1–2 Australia Australia

Final

Team 1 Score Team 2
Japan Japan 1–0 Australia Australia

Third place match

Team 1 Score Team 2
China China 2–1 South Korea South Korea

Statistics

Top scorers

6 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Copa Asiática Femenina de la AFC de 2014 para niños

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