2003 AFC Women's Championship

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The 2003 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament held in Thailand from June 8 to June 12, 2003. It was the 14th holding of the AFC Women's Championship, a tournament for women's national teams from countries affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation.

The competition was held in Bangkok in the Rajamangala Stadium and the Nakhon Sawan Stadium. The tournament was won by the defending champions Korea DPR women's national football team (Korea DRP). As the championship was alo used for qualifying for the FIFA Women's World Cup, North Korea qualified as champions, with China qualifying as runners-up. South Korea as the third-placed team faced another match for qualification.

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[edit] Participating teams and structure

Fourteen teams took part in the competition. This included the hosts Thailand and the defending champions North Korea. The teams were split into 3 groups, with the each team playing all the others in the group in a round robin format. At the end of the group stage the four teams with the best results from all the groups who qualified in the 1st 2 spaces in each group qualify to the knockout stage. This is played in the format of a semi-final, a 3rd/4th place match, as well as a final.

The winners and runners-up of the competition automatically qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003. The 3rd place team has to compete against a CONCACAF team over home and away matches for a final place in the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Group A Group B Group C
Korea DPR Japan China PR
Korea Republic Philippines Vietnam
Hong Kong, China Guam India
Singapore Chinese Taipei Uzbekistan
Thailand Myanmar  

[edit] Results

[edit] Group Stage

[edit] Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
Korea DPR 4 3 1 0 45 2 10
Korea Republic 4 3 1 0 20 2 10
Thailand 4 2 0 2 6 21 6
Hong Kong, China 4 1 0 3 2 24 3
Singapore 4 0 0 4 0 24 0
June 8, 2003
Singapore 0–3 Thailand Rajamangala Stadium
(Opening ceremony and match)
June 8, 2003
Korea Republic 8–0 Hong Kong, China Rajamangala Stadium
June 10, 2003
Korea Republic 6–0 Thailand Rajamangala Stadium
June 10, 2003
Korea DPR 13–0 Hong Kong, China Rajamangala Stadium
June 12, 2003
Korea Republic 4–0 Singapore Rajamangala Stadium
June 12, 2003
Korea DPR 14–0 Thailand Rajamangala Stadium
June 14, 2003
Hong Kong, China 1–3 Thailand Rajamangala Stadium
June 14, 2003
Korea DPR 16–0 Singapore Rajamangala Stadium
June 16, 2003
Korea DPR 2–2 Korea Republic Rajamangala Stadium
June 16, 2003
Hong Kong, China 1–0 Singapore Rajamangala Stadium

[edit] Group B

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
Japan 4 4 0 0 34 0 12
Myanmar 4 2 1 1 11 8 7
Chinese Taipei 4 2 1 1 7 7 7
Philippines 4 1 0 3 2 26 3
Guam 4 0 0 4 2 15 0
June 9, 2003
Japan 15–0 Philippines Rajamangala Stadium
June 9, 2003
Guam 1–2 Chinese Taipei Rajamangala Stadium
June 11, 2003
Philippines 0–6 Myanmar Rajamangala Stadium
June 11, 2003
Japan 7–0 Guam Rajamangala Stadium
June 13, 2003
Philippines 0–4 Chinese Taipei Rajamangala Stadium
June 13, 2003
Japan 7–0 Myanmar Rajamangala Stadium
June 15, 2003
Guam 0–4 Myanmar Rajamangala Stadium
June 15, 2003
Japan 5–0 Chinese Taipei Rajamangala Stadium
June 17, 2003
Chinese Taipei 1–1 Myanmar Rajamangala Stadium
June 17, 2003
Philippines 2–1 Guam Rajamangala Stadium

[edit] Group C

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
China PR 3 3 0 0 29 0 9
Vietnam 3 2 0 1 6 9 6
India 3 1 0 2 7 14 3
Uzbekistan 3 0 0 3 2 21 0
June 9, 2003
China PR 6–0 Vietnam Nakhon Sawan Stadium
June 9, 2003
India 6–0 Uzbekistan Nakhon Sawan Stadium
June 11, 2003
Vietnam 4–2 Uzbekistan Nakhon Sawan Stadium
June 11, 2003
China PR 12–0 India Nakhon Sawan Stadium
June 13, 2003
Vietnam 2–1 India Nakhon Sawan Stadium
June 13, 2003
China PR 11–0 Uzbekistan Nakhon Sawan Stadium

[edit] Knockout stage

The following teams qualified from the group stages:

[edit] Semi-finals

June 19, 2003
Korea DPR 3–0 Japan Rajamangala Stadium
June 19, 2003
China PR 3–1 Korea Republic Rajamangala Stadium

[edit] Third place playoff

June 21, 2003
Japan 0–1 Korea Republic Rajamangala Stadium

[edit] Final

June 21, 2003
Korea DPR 2–1 (AET) China PR Rajamangala Stadium

[edit] Awards

2003 AFC Womens's Championship Winners
Korea DPR
Korea DPR
Second Title

[edit] External links

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