2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup explained

Tourney Name:AFC Women's Asian Cup
Year:2018
Other Titles:كأس آسيا لكرة القدم للسيدات 2018
Dates:6–20 April
Country:Jordan
City:Amman
Num Teams:8
Confederations:1
Venues:2
Cities:1
Count:2
Matches:17
Goals:66
Player: Mana Iwabuchi
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2022

The 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup was the 19th 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). It was originally scheduled to be held in Jordan between 7 and 22 April 2018, but later was changed to 6 to 20 April 2018.[1] [2] [3]

The tournament served as the final stage of Asian qualification for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the top five teams qualifying for the World Cup in France.[4]

Japan defeated Australia 1–0 in the final to win their second consecutive title. In the third-place match the same day, China PR defeated Thailand 3–1.[5]

Qualification

See main article: 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification.

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 21 January 2017.[6] The top three finishers of the last AFC Women's Cup qualified automatically and did not have to enter qualifying, while Jordan also qualified automatically as hosts but decided to also participate in the qualifying competition.[7] The matches were played from 3 to 12 April 2017.[8]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.[9]

TeamQualified asdata-sort-type="number"AppearancePrevious best performanceFIFA ranking
at start of event[10]
2nd (2014) 51
16th (2014) 11
6th (2010) 6
14th (1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006) 17
9th (1981, 1983, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003) 72
12th (2003) 16
16th (1983) 30
8th (1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2014) 35

Venues

The competition was played in two venues in the city of Amman.

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King Abdullah II Stadium
Capacity: 17,619 Capacity: 13,000

Draw

The final draw was held on 9 December 2017, 13:00 EET (UTC+2), at the King Hussein bin Talal Convention Center on the eastern shores of the Dead Sea.[11] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams.[12] The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Jordan automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.[13]

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Squads

See main article: 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup squads.

Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 31.4 and 31.5).[14]

Match officials

A total of 10 referees and 12 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.

Referees
Assistant referees

Group stage

The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup as well as the semi-finals. The third-placed team of each group entered the fifth-placed match.

TiebreakersTeams 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):[14]
  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, EEST (UTC+3).[15]

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MatchdayDatesMatches
Matchday 16–7 April 20181 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 29–10 April 20184 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 312–13 April 20181 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.[14]

Bracket

Fifth place match

Winner qualified for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Semi-finals

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Final

See main article: 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

Goalscorers

Tournament teams ranking

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup

The following five teams from AFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

TeamQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup1
[19] 6 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015)
[20] 1 (2015)
[21] 6 (19952, 19992, 20032, 2007, 2011, 2015)
7 (1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)
[22] 2 (2003, 2015)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

2 Australia qualified as a member of the OFC in 1995, 1999 and 2003.

Broadcasting rights and sponsorships

Le Sports acquired the all-media broadcasting and signal production rights in China in 2015,[23] but they collapsed due to financial problems thus giving in all the rights they've acquired and transferred them to China Central Television and PP Sports in 2017. Tire manufacturer Continental announced they would be official sponsor.[24]

External links

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jordan to host AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2018 finals. AFC. 4 September 2016.
  2. Web site: AFC Competitions Calendar 2018. AFC. 11 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180214060050/http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-competition-calendar-2018. 14 February 2018. dead.
  3. Web site: AFC WOMEN'S COMMITTEE MAKES KEY DECISIONS. AFC. 22 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Circular #1565 - FIFA women's tournaments 2018-2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20161112085224/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/84/92/41/circularno.1565-fifawomenstournaments2018-2019_neutral.pdf. dead. 12 November 2016. FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
  5. Web site: Yokoyama the hero as Japan emerge champions. the-afc.com. 20 April 2018.
  6. Web site: Teams learn AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 qualifying opponents . Asian Football Confederation . 21 January 2017.
  7. Web site: Teams set to find out path to AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018. AFC. 20 January 2017.
  8. Web site: AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017 (UPDATED). 12 April 2016. the-AFC.com. 15 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170410021447/http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2017.pdf. 10 April 2017. dead.
  9. Web site: Line-up complete for AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018. AFC. 13 April 2017.
  10. Web site: Women's Ranking – 23 March 2018 (AFC). https://web.archive.org/web/20180519042407/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/women/rank=561/afc.html. dead. 19 May 2018. FIFA.com.
  11. Web site: Contenders to learn AFC Women’s Asian Cup fate at official draw. AFC. 8 December 2017.
  12. Web site: AFC Women’s Asian Cup draw pairs heavyweights Japan and Australia. AFC. 9 December 2017.
  13. Web site: AFC Women's Asian Cup 2018 Official Draw. YouTube. 9 December 2017.
  14. Web site: AFC Women's Asian Cup 2018 Competition Regulations. AFC. https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143812/http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-women-s-asian-cup-jordan-2018-competition-regulations. 15 February 2018. dead.
  15. Web site: Match Schedule. AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018. 6 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418111941/http://www.wacjordan2018.com/index.php/user/math_stadiums. 18 April 2018. dead.
  16. Web site: Iwabuchi credits Japan team unity for MVP accolade. AFC. 20 April 2018.
  17. Web site: Li Ying lands Top Scorer award. AFC. 20 April 2018.
  18. Web site: Yokoyama the hero as Japan emerge champions. AFC. 20 April 2018.
  19. Web site: China PR book ticket to France 2019. FIFA.com. 9 April 2018.
  20. Web site: Thailand qualify for second successive Women's World Cup. FIFA.com. 12 April 2018.
  21. Web site: Australia and Japan qualify for France 2019. FIFA.com. 13 April 2018.
  22. Web site: Korea Republic secure France 2019 qualification. FIFA.com. 16 April 2018.
  23. Web site: Le Sports Acquires China Rights For AFC. 28 October 2015. 17 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205529/http://www.mediabusinessasia.com/news_article.php?id=1569. 26 September 2018. dead.
  24. Web site: Continental becomes Official Sponsor of 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates . 17 April 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160403201253/http://www.continental-tires.com/car/media-services/newsroom/20151112-afc-sponsoring . 3 April 2016 . dead . dmy-all .

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