1979_AFC_Women's_Championship

1980 AFC Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	India
City	Calicut
Dates	11–20 January
Teams	6
Venue(s)	EMS Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Republic of China (2nd title)
Runners-up	India S
Tournament statistics
Matches played	19
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1980 AFC Women's Championship

International football competition

The 1980 AFC Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the AFC Women's Championship (now the AFC Women's Asian Cup). The tournament was hosted by India (with two teams India N and India S) and was the first time the competition was held in South Asia.^[1] It was originally scheduled to be held in 1979, but was eventually held between 11 and 20 January 1980. All matches were played at the EMS Stadium in Calicut (now Kozhikode), Kerala.

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The tournament was won by the Republic of China (Taiwan) for the second time.

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[2] India was represented by two sides India S and India N. The two Indian teams were labelled "India A" and "India B". Subsequently, they were relabelled as India Seniors (India S) and India Novices (India N). An alternative label was India South and India North.

[3] Australian regional representative side

[4] The match was cancelled as Hong Kong had already booked their flights home before kickoff, failing which they would have had to stay in India for a further four days for the next available flight to Hong Kong, which would have been impossible due to scheduling and logistical issues.

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Media Team, AIFF (15 August 2022). "Indian Football Down the Years: Looking back at the glorious moments". www.the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Republic of China	5	4	1	0	12	0	+12	9
India S	5	3	2	0	5	0	+5	8
Western Australia	5	2	0	3	4	5	−1	4
Hong Kong	5	2	0	3	3	7	−4	4
Malaysia	5	1	1	3	4	5	−1	3
India N	5	1	0	4	1	12	−11	2

Semi-finals		Final

19 January

Republic of China	5
		20 January
Western Australia	0
		Republic of China	2
19 January
		India S	0
India S	3

Hong Kong	1
		Third place

		20 January

		Hong Kong

		Western Australia

1979_AFC_Women's_Championship

1980 AFC Women's Championship

Venue

Entrants

Group stage

Knockout stage

Semi-final

Third place match

Final

Winner

Notes

References

External links

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