2003 AFC Women's Championship

2003 AFC Women's Championship
แชมป์เอเอฟซี 2546 ของผู้หญิง
Tournament details
Host country  Thailand
Dates June 8 – June 21
Teams 14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up  China PR
Third place  South Korea
Fourth place  Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played 30
Goals scored 184 (6.13 per match)

The 2003 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament held in Thailand from June 8 to June 21, 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 also 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.

Contents

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

 North Korea
 South Korea
 Hong Kong
 Singapore
 Thailand

 Japan
 Philippines
 Guam
 Chinese Taipei
 Myanmar

 China PR
 Vietnam
 India
 Uzbekistan

Stadium

Results

First Round

Group A

Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
 North Korea 4 3 1 0 45 2 10
 South Korea 4 3 1 0 20 2 10
 Thailand 4 2 0 2 6 21 6
 Hong Kong 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
 South Korea  8–0  Hong Kong Rajamangala Stadium
June 10, 2003
 South Korea  6–0  Thailand Rajamangala Stadium
June 10, 2003
 North Korea  13–0  Hong Kong Rajamangala Stadium
June 12, 2003
 South Korea  4–0  Singapore Rajamangala Stadium
June 12, 2003
 North Korea  14–0  Thailand Rajamangala Stadium
June 14, 2003
 Hong Kong  1–3  Thailand Rajamangala Stadium
June 14, 2003
 North Korea  16–0  Singapore Rajamangala Stadium
June 16, 2003
 North Korea  2–2  South Korea Rajamangala Stadium
June 16, 2003
 Hong Kong  1–0  Singapore Rajamangala Stadium

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

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

Knockout stage

The following teams qualified from the group stages:

Semi-finals

June 19, 2003
 North Korea  3–0  Japan Rajamangala Stadium
June 19, 2003
 China PR  3–1  South Korea Rajamangala Stadium

Third place playoff

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

Final

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

Awards

 2003 AFC Women's Championship Winners 

North Korea
Second title

External links

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