2003 AFC Women's Championship

The 2003 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament held in Thailand from 8 to 21 June 2003. It was the 14th holding of the AFC Women's Championship, a tournament for women's national teams from countries affiliated to the Asian Football Confederation.

2003 AFC Women's Championship
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Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates8–21 June
Teams14 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions North Korea (2nd title)
Runners-up China PR
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played30
Goals scored184 (6.13 per match)

The competition was held in Bangkok in the Rajamangala Stadium and in Nakhon Sawan in the Nakhon Sawan Stadium. The tournament was won by the defending champions North Korea women's national football team (Korea DPR). As the championship was also used for qualifying for the FIFA Women's World Cup, North Korea qualified as champions, China qualifying as runners-up, and South Korea qualifying as the third-placed team. Japan as the fourth-placed team faced another match for qualification.

Participating teams and structure

Fourteen teams took part in the competition. This included the hosts Thailand and the defending champions North Korea. The teams were split into 3 groups, with the each team playing all the others in the group in a round robin format. At the end of the group stage the four teams with the best results from all the groups who qualified in the 1st 2 spaces in each group qualify to the knockout stage. This is played in the format of a semi-final, a 3rd/4th place match, as well as a final.

The winners and runners-up of the competition automatically qualify for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003. The 3rd place team has to compete against a CONCACAF team over home and away matches for a final place in the FIFA Women's World Cup. The runners-up and the 3rd place team were re-berthed to 3rd and 4th place respectively as China, as original host of the World Cup and would automatically qualified to final rounds, got 2nd place.

Stadium

Group stage

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 North Korea 4 3 1 0 45 2 +43 10
 South Korea 4 3 1 0 20 2 +18 10
 Thailand 4 2 0 2 6 21 −15 6
 Hong Kong 4 1 0 3 2 24 −22 3
 Singapore 4 0 0 4 0 24 −24 0
Source: RSSSF
Singapore 0–3 Thailand
  • Kitiya 17'
  • Saranya 20'
  • Anootsara 63'
Rajamangala Stadium
(Opening ceremony and match)
South Korea 8–0 Hong Kong
South Korea 6–0 Thailand
North Korea 13–0 Hong Kong
South Korea 4–0 Singapore
North Korea 14–0 Thailand
Hong Kong 1–3 Thailand
  • Yau Ka Wai 54'
  • Phanlet 80'
  • Saipin 90'
  • Thongsri 90+1'
North Korea 16–0 Singapore
North Korea 2–2 South Korea
Hong Kong 1–0 Singapore

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 4 4 0 0 34 0 +34 12
 Myanmar 4 2 1 1 11 8 +3 7
 Chinese Taipei 4 2 1 1 7 7 0 7
 Philippines 4 1 0 3 2 26 −24 3
 Guam 4 0 0 4 2 15 −13 0
Source: RSSSF
Japan 15–0 Philippines
Guam 1–2 Chinese Taipei
  • Hannah 7'
  • Shu Chiung-chen 43'
  • Mung Ting-ho 69'
Philippines 0–6 Myanmar
  • San San Kyu 8', 46'
  • Aye Nandarhlaing 34', 47'
  • Moe Moe War 78'
  • Callejas 86' (o.g.)
Japan 7–0 Guam
Philippines 0–4 Chinese Taipei
  • Wu Shin-tung 4'
  • Lin Yu-hui 23', 36'
  • Huang Chun-lan 41'
Japan 7–0 Myanmar
Guam 0–4 Myanmar
  • Aye Nandar Hlaing 39'
  • Zin Mar Wann 46'
  • Thu Zar Htwe 77'
  • Hla Hla Than 79'
Japan 5–0 Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei 1–1 Myanmar
  • Cheng Yu-hsing 17'
  • Huang Feng-chiu 31' (o.g.)
Philippines 2–1 Guam
  • Loren 32'
  • Penales 70'
  • Santos 24'

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 China PR 3 3 0 0 29 0 +29 9
 Vietnam 3 2 0 1 6 9 −3 6
 India 3 1 0 2 7 14 −7 3
 Uzbekistan 3 0 0 3 2 21 −19 0
Source: RSSSF
China PR 6–0 Vietnam
India 6–0 Uzbekistan
  • Rani Chanu 15'
  • Khundrakpam Maichon Devi 20'
  • Robita Wangkhem 40'
  • Sujata Kar 47'
  • Thongam Tababi Devi 72', 76'
 Report
Vietnam 4–2 Uzbekistan
  • Lưu Ngọc Mai 19', 24', 37', 77'
China PR 12–0 India
 Report
Vietnam 2–1 India
 Report Sujata Kar 60'
China PR 11–0 Uzbekistan

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

North Korea 3–0 Japan
China PR 3–1 South Korea
  • Kim Ji-eun 26'

Third place match

Winner qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. Loser entered CONCACAF–AFC play-off.

Japan 0–1 South Korea
Hwang In-sun 18'

Final
North Korea 2–1 (a.e.t.) China PR
Ri Kum-suk 41', 112' (pen.) Gao Hongxia 61'

Awards
 2003 AFC Women's Championship Winners 

North Korea
Second title
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