Asian Women's Championship


Note: the tournaments held between 1975 and 1983 (inclusive) were organized by the ALFC
      (Asian Ladies' Football Confederation), a body which operated separately from the
      (men's) governing bodies AFC and FIFA.  On several occasions during this period the
      ALFC attempted to become affiliated to FIFA and the AFC, but was effectively refused.
      Indeed, FIFA and the AFC refused to sanction or recognise these tournaments, causing
      great difficulty for the organisers, particularly in 1983.

Palmares

Year Winners          Runner-up              Third            Fourth                 Venue
1975 New Zealand  3-1 Thailand               Australia    5-0 Malaysia               Hong Kong
1977 Taiwan       1-0 Thailand               Singapore    2-0 Indonesia              Taipei, Taiwan
1980 Taiwan       2-0 India S                W.Australia      Hong Kong              Kozhikode (Calicut), India
1981 Taiwan       5-0 Thailand               India        2-0 Hong Kong              Hong Kong
1983 Thailand     3-0 India                  Malaysia     0-0 Singapore   [5-4 pen]  Bangkok, Thailand
1986 China        2-0 Japan                  Thailand     4-1 Indonesia              Hong Kong
1989 China        1-0 Taiwan                 Japan        9-0 Hong Kong              Hong Kong
1991 China        5-0 Japan                  Taiwan       0-0 North Korea [5-4 pen]  Fukuoka, Japan
1993 China        3-0 North Korea            Japan        3-0 Taiwan                 Kuching, Malaysia
1995 China        2-0 Japan                  Taiwan       0-0 South Korea [3-0 pen]  Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
1997 China        2-0 North Korea            Japan        2-0 Taiwan                 Guangdong, China
1999 China        3-0 Taiwan                 North Korea  3-2 Japan                  Philippines
2001 North Korea  2-0 Japan                  China        8-0 South Korea            Taipei, Taiwan
2003 North Korea  2-1 China       [asdet]    South Korea  1-0 Japan                  Thailand
2006 China        2-2 Australia   [4-2 pen]  North Korea  3-2 Japan                  Adelaide, Australia
2008 North Korea  2-1 China                  Japan        3-0 Australia              Vietnam
2010 Australia    1-1 North Korea [5-4 pen]  Japan        2-0 China                  China
2014 Japan        1-0 Australia              China        2-1 South Korea            Vietnam
2018 Japan        1-0 Australia              China        3-1 Thailand               Jordan
2022 China        3-2 South Korea                   Japan and Philippines            India

Number of Titles (20)

 9 China

 3 North Korea
   Taiwan

 2 Japan

 1 Australia
   New Zealand 
   Thailand


1975

Played in Hong Kong (at Hong Kong Stadium).
Matches were 60 minutes in duration.

Group A
25- 8 Thailand     3-2 Australia       [HT 2-0] [att: 4119]
        [Lumjeag Boabutr 20', Yupadee Chaisawat 29', Wanvilai Thongsa 52' / Pat O'Connor 58', Crystal Abenthum 60' pen]
        [Ref: Chen Tam-Sun (Hong Kong)]
27- 8 Thailand     3-0 Singapore       [HT 2-0] [att: 4500]
        [Wanvilai Thongsa 19', Suwannee Monchanuan 22' 46']
29- 8 Australia    3-0 Singapore       [HT 1-0] [att: 2226]
        [Trixie Barry 19', Julie Dolan 52', Pat O'Connor 60+']

 1.THAILAND     2  2  0  0  6- 2  4
 2.AUSTRALIA    2  1  0  1  5- 3  2
 3.Singapore    2  0  0  2  0- 6  0

Group B
25- 8 Hong Kong    0-2 New Zealand     [HT 0-1] [att: 4119]
        [Marilyn Marshall 8', Elaine Lee ~60']
27- 8 New Zealand  3-0 Malaysia        [HT 1-0] [att: 4500]
        [Kathy Simeonoff 14', Marilyn Marshall 33' 43']
29- 8 Hong Kong    0-2 Malaysia        [HT 0-0] [att: 2226]
        [Raja Nor Ashikin 45', Fadzilla Noor 58']

 1.NEW ZEALAND  2  2  0  0  5- 0  4
 2.MALAYSIA     2  1  0  1  2- 3  2
 3.Hong Kong    2  0  0  2  0- 4  0

Semi-finals
31- 8 New Zealand  3-2 Australia       [HT 2-0] [att: 6655]
        [Marilyn Marshall 17', Isobel Richardson 26' 52' / Trixie Barry 51', Julie Dolan 59']
31- 8 Thailand     3-0 Malaysia        [HT 1-0] [att: 6655]
        [Suwannee Monchanuan 4' 35', Wanvilai Chaudet 36']

Third Place Match
 2- 9 Australia    5-0 Malaysia        [HT 3-0] [att: 11573]

Final
 2- 9 New Zealand  3-1 Thailand        [HT 2-0] [att: 11573]
        [Marilyn Marshall 4' 29', Nora Hetherington 50' pen / Wanvilai Thongsa 41']
        [Ref: S.Kathiravale (Malaysia)]

Note: some spectators threw stones and litter at the New Zealand players, apparently in protest at the award of their penalty kick.

Official Asian All-Stars team:
 Australia: Julie Dolan (age 14), Trixie Barry (striker), Christel Abenthum  (striker), Connie Byrnes (midfielder), Pat O'Connor (striker)
 Hong Kong: Angie Kwok (GK), Yuen Hei-Nor (centre-half), Yuen Fung-Ling (inside-right), Poon Shui-Chun (inside-left)
 Malaysia: Fadzillah M. Noor (right-half), Ooi Swee Geok (centre-half), Celina Charles (left-half), Lim Kim Tuan (forward)
 New Zealand: Debbie Chapman/Leonidas (full-back), Raewyn Hall, Carol Knox, Kathy Simeonoff/Hall (midfield), Nell Jongeneel (centre-half)
 Singapore: M.Kamala (GK), Rosa Quah (left-half), Eash Mydeen (forward)
 Thailand: Anchan Chaipon (GK), Yupadee Chaisawat, Surarat Supinanon (midfielder), Wanvilai Thongsa (forward)

The All-Stars would reportedly go on a tour to Europe but apparently this did not materialize.

New Zealand squad:
 Manager: Mrs Pene Mack
 Coach: Dave Farrington
 Players: Barbara Cox [capt.], Marilyn Marshall, Carol Walker, Raewyn Hall, Debbie Chapman,
          Carol Knox, Nadene Elrick, Isobel Richardson, Sandra Twiname, Sue Jacobs,
          Nell Jongeneel, Elaine Lee, Kathy Simeonoff, Mary Ann Poole, Nora Hetherington.

Hong Kong coach: Ng Wai-Man
Thailand coach: Nathee Keowtippayanetr
Singapore coach: Tan Teck Choon


1977

Played in Taipei.
Matches were 60 minutes in duration.

India withdrew.

Group 1
 2- 8 Taiwan       5-0 Indonesia     [HT 1-0]
        [Ho Su-Ching 29' 37' 50', Liu Su-Yueh 32', Chou Tai-Mei 60']
 5- 8 Indonesia    1-0 Japan         [HT 1-0]
        ["Lantang" 20']
 7- 8 Taiwan       7-0 Japan         [HT 3-0]
        [Liu Su-Yueh 7' 10', Lin Shu-Chen 17' 59', Chen Shu-Mei 40', Hsia Chih-Feng 42', Chuang Hsiu-Lih 56']

 1.TAIWAN       2  2  0  0 12- 0  4
 2.INDONESIA    2  1  0  1  1- 5  2
 3.Japan        2  0  0  2  0- 8  0

Group 2
 3- 8 Thailand     2-0 Singapore     [HT 0-0]
        [Wanvilai Thongsa 52' 55']
 5- 8 Thailand     5-0 Hong Kong     [HT 3-0]
        [Wanvilai Thongsa 4' 42', "Wulabi" 17', Yupadee Chaisawad 23', "Chenjiana" 46']
 7- 8 Singapore    1-0 Hong Kong     [HT 0-0]
        ["Aisha" 33']

 1.THAILAND     2  2  0  0  7- 0  4
 2.SINGAPORE    2  1  0  1  1- 2  2
 3.Hong Kong    2  0  0  2  0- 6  0

Semi-finals
 9- 8 Taiwan       3-0 Singapore     [HT 3-0]
        [Liu Su-Yueh 4', Lin Shu-Chen 20', Chen Shu-Ying 22']
 9- 8 Thailand     2-1 Indonesia     [AET, FT 1-1]

Third Place Match
11- 8 Singapore    2-0 Indonesia

Final
11- 8 Taiwan       1-0 Thailand      [HT 0-0]
        [Hsia Chih-Feng 54']

Official Asian All-Stars team:
 M.Kamala (Singapore), Liu Su-Yueh (Taiwan), Huang Ying-Hsueh (Taiwan), Huang Pi-Yueh (Taiwan),
 Wanvilai Thongsa (Thailand), Yupadee Chaisawad (Thailand), "Aisha" (Singapore), Yang Hsiu-Chih (Taiwan),
 Chen Shu-Ying (Taiwan), Tung Mei-Chiao (Taiwan), Lin Shu-Chen (Taiwan)

[some names transliterated from Chinese characters]


1980

Played January 15-21, 1980 at the Corporation Stadium in Kozhikode (Calicut).
Matches were 60 minutes in duration.

Note: in the original fixture list, the two Indian teams were labelled "India A" and
      "India B". Subsequently, they were relabelled "India S" and "India N" respectively.
      It is unconfirmed precisely what "S" and "N" stood for, but a likely possibility is
      "Seniors" and "Novices".  An alternative possibility is "South" and "North".

Group Stage
11- 1 India S      2-0 Western Australia   [HT 2-0]
        [Shanti Mullick 17', Shukla Dutta 27']
12- 1 India S      2-0 Hong Kong           [HT 2-0]
        [Yolanda D'Souza 7', ? 12' OG]
12- 1 India N      0-5 Taiwan              [HT 0-2]
13- 1 India N      0-3 Western Australia   [HT 0-1]
        [Judy Pettitt x3]
13- 1 Taiwan       2-0 Malaysia            [HT 0-0]
        [Chou x2]
14- 1 W. Australia 1-0 Malaysia            [HT 1-0]
        [Judy Pettitt 10']
14- 1 India N      1-0 Hong Kong           [HT 0-0]
        [Ayona 44']
15- 1 India S      0-0 Taiwan
15- 1 Hong Kong    2-1 Malaysia            [HT 1-0]
        [Poon Shui-Chun, Yung Fung-Ling / (centre-forward)]
16- 1 India S      1-0 India N             [HT 0-0]
        [Shukla Dutta 59']
16- 1 Taiwan       2-0 Western Australia   [HT 1-0]
        [Chou 7', Sandra OG]
17- 1 Taiwan       3-0 Hong Kong
        []
17- 1 India N      0-3 Malaysia
        []
18- 1 Hong Kong    1-0 Western Australia   [HT 1-0]
        [Linda Daniel 4']
18- 1 India S      0-0 Malaysia

 1.Taiwan             5  4  1  0 12- 0  9
 2.India S            5  3  2  0  5- 0  8
 3.Western Australia  5  2  0  3  4- 5  4  [g.a. 0.80]
 4.Hong Kong          5  2  0  3  3- 7  4  [g.a. 0.43]
 5.Malaysia           5  1  1  3  4- 5  3
 6.India N            5  1  0  4  1-12  2

Semi-finals
19- 1 Taiwan       5-0 Western Australia   [HT 3-0]
        [Ho Su-Ching, Chao, Chuang Shu-Yuen, Chou, ?]
19- 1 India S      3-1 Hong Kong
        [Shukla Dutta, Sushma Das, Yolanda D'Souza / Poon Shui-Chun]

Third place match
20- 1 W. Australia  -  Hong Kong

Final
20- 1 India S      0-2 Taiwan              [HT 0-1]


1981

Played June 7-17, 1981 in Hong Kong.
Matches were 60 minutes in duration.

Group A
 7- 6 Hong Kong    2-0 Philippines       [HT 2-0] [Hong Kong Stadium, 8123]
        [Wong Mei-Yee 3', Tao Kwai-Mui 19']
        [Second scorer also reported as Cheung Suet-Ping]
 8- 6 India        5-0 Singapore         [HT 1-0] [Mongkok Stadium, 3427]
        [Shanti Mullick x4, Shukla Dutta]
10- 6 Hong Kong    1-0 Singapore         [HT 0-0] [Mongkok Stadium]
        [Cheung Suet-Ping 13']
10- 6 India        8-0 Philippines       [HT 5-0] [Mongkok Stadium]
        [Shukia Nag x4, Shanti Mullick x2, Socorina Pereira, Kuntala Ghosh]
12- 6 Hong Kong    0-0 India             [HT 0-0] [Mongkok Stadium, 1200]
12- 6 Singapore    4-1 Philippines       [HT 3-1] [Mongkok Stadium, 1200]

 1.INDIA        3  2  1  0 13- 0  5
 2.HONG KONG    3  2  1  0  3- 0  5
 3.Singapore    3  1  0  2  4- 7  2
 4.Philippines  3  0  0  3  1-14  0

Group B
 7- 6 Taiwan       1-0 Japan             [HT 0-0] [Hong Kong Stadium, 8123]
        [Liu Yu-Chu 39']
 8- 6 Thailand     3-0 Indonesia         [HT 0-0] [Mongkok Stadium, 3427]
        [Busara Rungsawai, Chanchana Photongnak, Wanvila Tongsa]
11- 6 Taiwan      10-0 Indonesia         [HT 8-0] [Mongkok Stadium, 6822]
        [Chou Tai-Ying x5, Ho Su-Ching x2, Huang Bee-Yueh, Chao Feng-Ying, Dorce Upuya 15' OG]
11- 6 Thailand     2-0 Japan             [HT 1-0] [Mongkok Stadium, 6822]
        [Panadda Chipeankha, Wannipha Yeepracha]
13- 6 Taiwan       3-0 Thailand          [HT 2-0] [Mongkok Stadium, 7300]
13- 6 Japan        1-0 Indonesia         [HT 1-0] [Mongkok Stadium, 7300]
        [Etsuko Handa]

 1.TAIWAN       3  3  0  0 14- 0  6
 2.THAILAND     3  2  0  1  5- 3  4
 3.Japan        3  1  0  2  1- 3  2
 4.Indonesia    3  0  0  3  0-14  0

Semi-finals
15- 6 Thailand     1-0 India             [HT 0-0] [Hong Kong Stadium, 9956]
        [Budsara Rungsawai 50']
15- 6 Hong Kong    0-1 Taiwan            [HT 0-0] [Hong Kong Stadium, 9956]
        [Chou Tai-Ying 37']

Third Place Match
17- 6 Hong Kong    0-2 India             [HT 0-1] [Hong Kong Stadium, 16969]
        [Shukla Dutta 25', Socorina Pereira 51']

Final
17- 6 Taiwan       5-0 Thailand          [HT 4-0] [Hong Kong Stadium, 16969]
        [Chao Feng-Ying 1' 20', Chen Hsiu-Jung 5', Chou Tai-Ying 11' 50')


Taiwan coach: Kao Yung
Hong Kong coach: Lam Sing
Japan coach: Seiki Ichihara

Philippines squad:
 Coach: Edward Magallona
 Assistant: Berti Guanzon
 Players: Cristina Ramos [captain], Cristina Tinsay, Vilma Jabat, Margarita Marona,
          Rowena Cardenas, Josefina Malate, Maria Consolacion Santos, Maria Asuncion Sentio,
          Maylene Cloud, Elsie Dumago, Yolanda Mendoza, Susana Cunanan, Maria Rowena Pizarro,
          Vivian de la Cruz, Aileen Onate, Fe Occiones, Athena Baguisa, Cecilia Medina,
          Rosary Cantada, Melinda Felizardo.

Note: Cristina Ramos was also the first President of the Philippine Ladies Football
      Association, which was founded in October 1980 in Baguio City.

1983

Played in Bangkok (National Stadium).

NB: Indonesia, Japan and Taiwan did not participate, due to pressure from FIFA and the AFC in relation to the
    fact that the ALFC (Asian Ladies' Football Confederation) was not affiliated to FIFA, and similarly
    the women's associations of the other competing countries were not affiliated to the national (men's)
    football associations of those countries.  FIFA and the AFC had decided not to sanction or recognise the
    tournament in Bangkok for this reason, and asked their affiliates not to take part.

Group stage
10- 4 India        5-0 Philippines  [HT 3-0]
        [Shanti Mullick 3' 20' ??', Shukla Dutta x2]
10- 4 Singapore    2-0 Hong Kong
        [Jacqueline Chan 24', Maimun Wahab 40']
10- 4 Thailand     8-0 Malaysia     [HT 4-0]
        [Wanwilai Thongsa 2', Udon Rajasri 6', Anchalee Khaowlaung 21', Wannipa Yeepracha 31', Achara Aramsri (5-0), Nongyao Wongkasemsak x3]
11- 4 India        1-0 Hong Kong    [HT 1-0]
        [Shanti Mullick 13']
11- 4 Malaysia     1-0 Philippines  [HT 0-0]
        [Normala Rashid 51']
11- 4 Thailand     3-0 Singapore    [HT 2-0]
        [Wannipa Yeepracha 11', Achara Aramsri 16', Yupadee Chaisawad HT+8']
12- 4 Singapore    5-0 Philippines  [HT 1-0]
        [Mona Fricke 9', Maimun Wahab ??' 64', Jacqueline Chan ??', Azizah Ahmed ??']
12- 4 India        3-0 Malaysia
        [Shanti Mullick 23' 30', Shukla Dutta ??']
        [Note: scorers also given as M.N.Lalita, Shukla Dutta, Indrani Saha]
12- 4 Thailand     4-0 Hong Kong    [HT 1-0]
        [Wanvilai Thongsa 5', Udon Rajasri x2, Wannipa Yeepracha]
14- 4 Singapore    5-1 Malaysia     [HT 2-1]
        [Roshimah Maing 16', Maimun Wahab 29', Rogayah Mohammad 41' 65', Mona Fricke ??' / Normala Rashid 14']
14- 4 Philippines  2-0 Hong Kong    [HT 1-0]
        [Laudeth Gonzalez 11' HT+39']
14- 4 Thailand     2-1 India        [HT 0-1]
        [Yupadee Chaisawad, Wannipha Yeepracha / Shanti Mullick 10']
15- 4 India        1-0 Singapore    [HT 1-0]
        [Shanti Mullick 11' pen]
15- 4 Malaysia     5-0 Hong Kong    [HT 5-0]
        [Normala Rashid x2, Djamilah Buhari x2, Abu Hassan]
15- 4 Thailand     5-0 Philippines  [HT 4-0]
        [Wanvilai Thongsa, Achara Aramsri, Nongyao Wongkasemsak x2, Anchalee Khaowlaung]

 1.THAILAND     5  5  0  0 22- 1 10
 2.INDIA        5  4  0  1 11- 2  8
 3.Singapore    5  3  0  2 12- 5  6
 4.Malaysia     5  2  0  3  7-16  4
 5.Philippines  5  1  0  4  2-16  2
 6.Hong Kong    5  0  0  5  0-14  0

Third place match
17- 4 Malaysia     0-0 Singapore    [5-4 pen]

Final
17- 4 Thailand     3-0 India        [HT 0-0] [attendance: 5000]
        [Wannipha Yeepracha 65', Udorn Rajasri 69', Yupadee Chaisawad 78']
        [Thailand from: Pornthip Pumgumphol, Saowanee Jaidee, Siriporn Chuerarom, Supranee Chai-in,
                        Sudarat Supinanon, Panadda Jitpialkha, Nongyao Wongkasemsak, Benjawannee Sodwilai,
                        Anchalee Khaowlaung, Wanwilai Thongsa, Achara Aramsri, Udon Rajasri,
                        Wannipa Yeepracha [c], Yupadee Chaisawad]
        [India: Tara Ramchandran, Minoty Roy, Sushama Daos, Indrani Saha, Kuntala Ghosh, Umakitty,
                Irudaya Mary, Shukla Dutta, Victoria Mary, Iyona G., Shanti Mullick.]


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Thanks to Trixie Tagg for amending the omission of Christel Abenthum in the 1975 Asian All Stars Team

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