2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup

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2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
Official logo of 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup.jpg
Tournament details
Host country India
Dates20 January – 6 February
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
← 2018
2026 →

The 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup will be the 20th edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament in Asia competed by the women's national teams in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1]

India was recommended as the host of the tournament by AFC Women's Football Committee and selected as the host in June 2020.[2][3] It will be the second time that the country hosts the competition, the first being in 1979.[4] On 28 January 2021, the AFC confirmed that the tournament would take place between 20 January and 6 February 2022, instead of the original scheduled dates of late October and early November.[5][6]

For the first time in the competition, the final tournament was expanded from eight teams to twelve.[7] It will serve as the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, in which Australia already qualified automatically as a co-host.[8] Five teams will qualify directly for the World Cup via the knockout stage (including play-offs for fifth place or possibly sixth place), and two more teams will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs.

Japan are the defending champions.

Host selection[]

The following three football associations submitted their interest to host the tournament by the 31 May 2019 deadline.[9]

India had previously hosted the 1980 AFC Women's Championship, originally scheduled for 1979, and Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) had hosted the 1977 and 2001 editions of the tournament.[10]

India was recommended as the host for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup by the AFC Women's Football Committee on 19 February 2020.[2] On 5 June 2020, India was awarded the hosting rights.[3][11]

Qualification[]

Main article: 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

The host country India and the top three teams of the previous tournament in 2018 will qualify automatically, while the other eight teams will be decided by qualification. Qualification matches are scheduled to be played in September and October 2021.[12]

Qualified teams[]

The following twelve teams qualified for the tournament:

Team Method of
qualification 		Date of
qualification 		Finals
appearance 		Last
appearance 		Previous best
performance 		December 2020
FIFA ranking[13]
 India Hosts 5 June 2020 9th 2003 Runners-up (1979, 1983) 53
 Japan 2018 champions 28 January 2021 17th 2018 Champions (2014, 2018) 10
 Australia 2018 runners-up 28 January 2021 6th 2018 Champions (2010) 7
 China PR 2018 third place 28 January 2021 15th 2018 Champions (1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006) 15
TBD Group A winners October 2021
TBD Group B winners September 2021
TBD Group C winners 27 September 2021
TBD Group D winners October 2021
TBD Group E winners September 2021
TBD Group F winners September 2021
TBD Group G winners September 2021
TBD Group H winners September 2021

Venues[]

The venues for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup are located across three cities in India, and matches will be played in three stadiums.[14] Originally, the host cities were Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar and Navi Mumbai, and the AFC confirmed the three host cities of the event in June 2021.[15][16] However, on 6 July 2021, AFC announced Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Pune will host the tournament.[17]

Mumbai Navi Mumbai Pune
Mumbai Football Arena DY Patil Stadium Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 37,900 Capacity: 11,900
Mumbai Football Arena.jpg D Y Patil Sports Stadium.jpg Balewadi Athletics Stadiums Interior.jpg

Squads[]

Main article:

Each team have to register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must have been goalkeepers (Regulations Article 26.3).[1]

Group stage[]

The top two teams of each group and two of the three best third-placed teams qualify for the quarter-finals.[18]

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):[1]

  1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
  5. Goal difference in all group matches;
  6. Goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
  8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
  9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, IST (UTC+05:30).

Schedule
Matchday Dates Matches
Matchday 1 20–22 January 2022 1 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 2 23–25 January 2022 4 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 3 26–28 January 2022 1 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
A2vA3
India vA4
A4vA2
A3v India
India vA2
A3vA4

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
B2vB3
B1vB4
B4vB2
B3vB1
B1vB2
B3vB4

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 C2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout stage based on ranking
4 C4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
C2vC3
C1vC4
C4vC2
C3vC1
C1vC2
C3vC4

Ranking of third-placed teams[]

Top two teams will qualify for the quarterfinals.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 B B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.

Knockout stage[]

Bracket[]

World cup play-offs[]

To be played to determine the fifth direct group stage slot and two play-off slots for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Quarterfinals[]

Semifinals[]

Final[]

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup[]

Five teams from the AFC will qualify for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, apart from co-hosts Australia which qualified automatically, while two teams will advance to the inter-confederation play-offs. The slot for Australia was taken directly from the quota allocated to the AFC.[19]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
 Australia 25 June 2020[8] 7 (19951, 19991, 20031, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019)
TBD February 2022
TBD February 2022
TBD February 2022
TBD February 2022
TBD February 2022
1 Australia qualified as a member of the OFC in 1995, 1999 and 2003.

Qualified for Inter-confederation play-offs[]

Two play-off slots were allocated to the Asian Football Confederation.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
TBD February 2022
TBD February 2022


References[]

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  14. ^ "Three top venues for AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 confirmed". AFC. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Navi Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar chosen as venues for 2022 Women's Asian Cup". The Hindu. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  16. ^ "Host cities confirmed for AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022". Westfield Matildas. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  17. ^ "New venues for AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022™ confirmed". AFC. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  18. ^ "AFC Women's Asian Cup to be held from January 20 to February 6, 2022". Sportstar. 28 January 2021.
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