1997 AFC Women's Championship

1997 AFC Women's Championship

1997年亞足聯女子亞洲杯
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	5–14 December
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	China PR (6th title)
Runners-up	North Korea
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
Goals scored	132 (6.95 per match)

The 1997 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament held in the province Guangdong, China between 5 and 14 December 1997. It was the 11th staging of the AFC Women's Championship. The 1997 AFC Women's Championship, consisting of eleven teams, served as the AFC's qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Asia's three berths were given to the two finalists - China and Korea DPR - and the winner of the third place play-off, Japan.

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	0	31	0	+31	9
India	3	2	0	1	13	1	+12	6
Hong Kong	3	1	0	2	1	12	−11	3
Guam	3	0	0	3	0	32	−32	0

India  v  Hong Kong

5 December 1997

India	3–0	Hong Kong

Japan  v  Guam

5 December 1997

Japan	21–0	Guam
Gakei Nishina Homare Sawa Yuko Morimoto Miyuki Yanagida Mayumi Daimatsu Nami Otake Tamaki Uchiyama

Hong Kong  v  Guam

7 December 1997

Hong Kong	1–0	Guam

Japan  v  India

7 December 1997

Japan	1–0	India
Homare Sawa

Japan  v  Hong Kong

9 December 1997

Japan	9–0	Hong Kong
Rie Yamaki Yumi Toumei Homare Sawa Yuko Morimoto Miyuki Yanagida Tomomi Mitsui Tamaki Uchiyama

India  v  Guam

9 December 1997

India	10–0	Guam

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	3	3	0	0	27	1	+26	9
North Korea	3	2	0	1	23	4	+19	6
Uzbekistan	3	1	0	2	2	17	−15	3
Philippines	3	0	0	3	2	32	−30	0

China PR  v  North Korea

5 December 1997

China PR	3–1	North Korea
Liu Ailing  3', 88' Fan Yunjie  17'		Kim Kun-sil  83'

Uzbekistan  v  Philippines

5 December 1997

Uzbekistan	2–1	Philippines

China PR  v  Uzbekistan

7 December 1997

China PR	8–0	Uzbekistan
Jin Yan  15', 46', 62', 74'

North Korea  v  Philippines

7 December 1997

North Korea	14–1	Philippines

China PR  v  Philippines

9 December 1997

China PR	16–0	Philippines

North Korea  v  Uzbekistan

9 December 1997

North Korea	8–0	Uzbekistan

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6
South Korea	2	1	0	1	11	1	+10	3
Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	0	17	−17	0

Chinese Taipei  v  South Korea

5 December 1997

Chinese Taipei	1–0	South Korea
Hsu Ching-Hsin

South Korea  v  Kazakhstan

7 December 1997

South Korea	11–0	Kazakhstan

Chinese Taipei  v  Kazakhstan

9 December 1997

Chinese Taipei	6–0	Kazakhstan

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

North Korea  v  Japan

12 December 1997

North Korea	1–0	Japan
Kim Kum-sil  3'

China PR  v  Chinese Taipei

12 December 1997

China PR	10–0	Chinese Taipei
Sun Wen  2', 5' Liu Ailing  36', 43', 45', 85' Sun Qingmei  42', ?' Shui Qingxia  46' Jin Yan

Third place match

Japan  v  Chinese Taipei

14 December 1997

Japan	2–0	Chinese Taipei
Homare Sawa  20', 39'

Final

China PR  v  North Korea

14 December 1997

China PR	2–0	North Korea
Liu Ailing  49', 65'

Awards

1997 AFC Women's Championship Winners
China PR Sixth title

External links

• Tables & results at RSSSF.com