2001 AFC Women's Championship

2001 AFC Women's Championship
2001年亞足聯女子亞洲杯
Tournament details
Host country Taiwan
Dates December 4 – December 16
Teams 14 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  North Korea (1st title)
Runners-up  Japan
Third place  China PR
Fourth place  South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played 30
Goals scored 197 (6.57 per match)

The 2001 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament held in Taipei County, Taiwan between December 4 & 16 2001. It was the 13th staging of the AFC Women's Championship, consisting of fourteen teams.

Teams

First round

A total of 14 teams were divided into two groups consisting five teams and a group consist four teams.

Group A

Country GP W D L GF GA Pts
 South Korea 4 4 0 0 15 0 12
 Chinese Taipei 4 3 0 1 24 1 9
 Thailand 4 2 0 2 5 9 6
 India 4 1 0 3 3 13 3
 Malaysia 4 0 0 4 0 24 0

4 December 2001
Chinese Taipei  14–0  Malaysia

4 December 2001
India  0–7  South Korea

6 December 2001
Malaysia  0–4  Thailand

6 December 2001
Chinese Taipei  5–0  India

8 December 2001
Malaysia  0–3  South Korea


10 December 2001
India  0–1  Thailand


12 December 2001
South Korea  4–0  Thailand

12 December 2001
India  3–0  Malaysia

Group B

Country GP W D L GF GA Pts
 North Korea 4 4 0 0 48 0 12
 Japan 4 3 0 1 28 2 9
 Vietnam 4 2 0 2 11 7 6
 Singapore 4 1 0 3 2 47 3
 Guam 4 0 0 4 1 34 0

4 December 2001
Japan  14–0  Singapore

4 December 2001
North Korea  19–0  Guam

6 December 2001
Vietnam  2–0  Guam

6 December 2001
North Korea  24–0  Singapore

8 December 2001
Japan  11–0  Guam

8 December 2001
North Korea  4–0  Vietnam

10 December 2001
Vietnam  8–0  Singapore

10 December 2001
Japan  0–1  North Korea

12 December 2001
Japan  3–1  Vietnam

12 December 2001
Guam  1–2  Singapore

Group C

Country GP W D L GF GA Pts
 China PR 3 3 0 0 31 0 9
 Uzbekistan 3 2 0 1 9 11 6
 Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 2 15 3
 Philippines 3 0 0 3 1 17 0

5 December 2001
China PR  10–0  Hong Kong

5 December 2001
Uzbekistan  5–0  Philippines

7 December 2001
Hong Kong  2–1  Philippines

7 December 2001
China PR  11–0  Uzbekistan

9 December 2001
Uzbekistan  4–0  Hong Kong

9 December 2001
China PR  10–0  Philippines

Semi finals

14 December 2001
16:30
South Korea  1–2  Japan
(Report)

14 December 2001
19:30
North Korea  3–1  China PR
(Report)
Taipei County Stadium, PanChiao
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Anna De Toni (Italy)

Third place playoff

14 December 2001
19:30
South Korea  0–8  China PR
(Report) Pu Wei  5'  87'
Bai Lili  14'  20'  60'  63'
Han Duan  89'  90'

Final

16 December 2001
16:30
North Korea  2–0  Japan
Kum Suk  68'
Un Gyong  75'
(Report)

Awards

 2001 AFC Women's Championship Winners 

North Korea
First title