AFC Women's Asian Cup


The AFC Women's Asian Cup is a quadrennial competition in women's football for national teams which belong to the Asian Football Confederation. It is the premier women's football competition in the AFC region for national teams. The competition is also known as the Asian Women's Football Championship and the Asian Women's Championship. 19 tournaments have been held, with the current champions being Japan. The competition also serves as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Overview

The competition was set up by the Asian Ladies Football Confederation, a part of the AFC responsible for women's football. The first competition was held in 1975 and was held every two years after this, except for a period in the 1980s where the competition was held every three years. The ALFC was initially a separate organisation but was absorbed into the AFC in 1986.
The competition has been dominated by countries from the Pacific Rim, with the China women's national football team having won 8 times, including a series of 7 consecutive victories.
The tournament frequency changed to every 4 years effective from 2014, after AFC had announced that the Asian Cup will additionally serve as the qualification rounds of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.
From 1975 to 1981, matches were 60 minutes in duration.

Results

Note: aet: after extra time

Performance by nation

Participating nations

General statistics

As of 2018
RankTeamPartPldWDLGFGADifPts
11470574934833+315175
216765242034757+290160
310533661124238+204114
413593651816577+88113
5166333228110156−46101
612482461814673+7378
7736186126441+2360
8835163166361+251
914571144226191−16537
1082790183280−4827
11727711921115−9422
125167091564−4921
13934532620161−14118
144144191749−3213
1514400113+812
16931312714180−16610
17392251639−238
1841421111447−337
1941510145112−1073
2026006529−240
213100010167−660