1983 AFC Women's Championship explained

Tourney Name:AFC Women's Championship
Year:1983
Country:Thailand
Dates:10–17 April
Num Teams:6
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:1
Prevseason:1981
Nextseason:1986

The Asian Football Confederation's 1983 AFC Women's Championship was the fifth AFC Women's Championship. It was held from April 1983 in Thailand. Participating members were Thailand, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines. The tournament was won by Thailand in the final against India.

Japan and Taiwan were expected to play but withdrew on short notice.[1]

Format

Eight nations were willing to take part; there was a draw with two groups. One group consisted of Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and Taiwan, the other of Hong Kong, India, Thailand and Philippines.

After Taiwan and Japan withdrew from the tournament, the six remaining teams were put in a single group and played a single round-robin tournament.

Group stage

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Knockout stage

Final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bangkok bound, despite ban risk . The Straits Times . 23 February 2012 . 21 March 1983 . https://www.webcitation.org/65ikFkvDN?url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19830321.2.106.aspx . 25 February 2012 . live.