1997 AFC Women's Championship

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.

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 (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)
Best player(s)	Liu Ailing
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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

Source: RSSSF

5 December 1997

India	3–0	Hong Kong
Tababi Devi 23' Lokeshwari Devi 58', 80'

Guangdong

5 December 1997

Japan	21–0	Guam
Kae Nishina Homare Sawa 7X' Yuko Morimoto Miyuki Yanagita Mayumi Omatsu Nami Otake 6X' Tamaki Uchiyama 3X' Rie Yamaki

Guangdong

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7 December 1997

Hong Kong	1–0	Guam

Guangdong

7 December 1997

Japan	1–0	India
Homare Sawa

Guangdong

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9 December 1997

Japan	9–0	Hong Kong
Rie Yamaki Yumi Toumei Homare Sawa 3X' Yuko Morimoto Miyuki Yanagita Tomomi Mitsui Tamaki Uchiyama

Guangdong

9 December 1997

India	10–0	Guam
Chaoba Devi 3X' Lokeshwari Devi 5X' Tababi Devi 2X'

Guangdong

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	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

Source: RSSSF

5 December 1997

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

Guangdong

5 December 1997

Uzbekistan	2–1	Philippines
Karima Gulnara

Guangdong

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7 December 1997

China	8–0	Uzbekistan
Jin Yan 15', 46', 62', 74' Zhao Lihong 30' Wei Haiying 33', 41' Liu Ying 67'

Guangdong

7 December 1997

North Korea	14–1	Philippines

Guangdong

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9 December 1997

China	16–0	Philippines

Guangdong

9 December 1997

North Korea	8–0	Uzbekistan

Guangdong

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

Source: RSSSF

5 December 1997

Chinese Taipei	1–0	South Korea
Hsu Ching-Hsin

Guangdong

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7 December 1997

South Korea	11–0	Kazakhstan

Guangdong

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9 December 1997

Chinese Taipei	6–0	Kazakhstan

Guangdong

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

12 December 1997

North Korea	1–0	Japan
Kim Kum-sil 3'

Guangdong

12 December 1997

China	10–0	Chinese Taipei
Sun Wen 2', 5' Liu Ailing 36', 43', 45', 85' Sun Qingmei 42', 55' Shui Qingxia 46' Jin Yan 70'

Guangdong

Third place match

Winner qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

14 December 1997

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

Guangdong

Final

14 December 1997

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

Guangdong

Awards

1997 AFC Women's Championship winners
China Sixth title

Goalscorers

There were 132 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 6.95 goals per match.

13 goals

• Homare Sawa

6 goals

• Nami Otake

4 goals

• Tamaki Uchiyama

2 goals

• Miyuki Yanagita
• Rie Yamaki
• Yuko Morimoto

1 goal

• Kae Nishina
• Mayumi Omatsu
• Yumi Toumei
• Yuldasheva Karima
• Azamova Gulnara

External links

• Tables & results at RSSSF.com