AFC_Women's_Club_Championship

AFC Women's Club Championship

AFC Women's Club Championship

Asian association football tournament for women's clubs

The AFC Women's Club Championship is the top-tier women's football club competition in Asia. It involves the top clubs from countries affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1] Designed as pilot or invitational tournaments, the format will change in 2024–25 with the launch of the AFC Women's Champions League.[2]

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The 2023 edition was cancelled by the AFC after the group stage, and the scheduled final match between South Korea's Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels and Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds did not took place.[3]

History

The concept of an Asian women's club competition was first recommended in 2018.[4] The inaugural championship in 2019 was held as a round-robin tournament among four teams from the east region.[5] This was followed by the 2021 championship among four teams from the west region.[6] For 2022, seven teams would be split between the east and west regions, with winners from the two regions facing off in the final on 22 October 2022.[7]

Transition to an AFC Women's Champions League

From 2024–25, the AFC Women's Champions League will feature 12 teams in a group stage followed by a knock-out stage. Each association gets one team to enter.[8]

Key principles for the new competition were released by the AFC on 20 August 2023.[9] The 2024–25 competition will comprise a Preliminary stage, a Main tournament with 12 teams featuring in the Group Stage, followed by a Knockout stage. From the first four seasons there will be one entry per participating member association, with allocation based on the FIFA ranking of participating member associations up to 2027–28. Thereafter, an AFC Women's Club Competition Ranking will be used.

Results

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Records and statistics

Performances by club

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Performances by nation

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Top scorers by year

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See also

AFC Men's

Notes

  1. The final match scheduled between Urawa Red Diamonds and Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels did not take place and the winners were never officially announced.
  2. East zone
  3. West zone

References

  1. [1]
    "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC Women's Club Championship". AFC. 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. [2]
    "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC's world-class competitions' roster". the-AFC. 5 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  3. [3]
    "AFC Women's Club Championship 2023 – Invitational Tournament 決勝について" (in Japanese). WE League. 22 March 2024.
  4. [4]
    "AFC Women's Football Committee recommends women's club competition". AFC. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  5. [5]
    McCullagh, Kevin (30 September 2019). "AFC to pilot women's club championship in November". Sport Business. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. [6]
    "India recommended as host for AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022". AFC. 19 February 2020. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Uzbekistan to host AFC Women's Club Championship 2022 – Pilot Tournament in the West". the-AFC. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  8. [8]
    "AFC unveils format for new Women's Champions League and revamps national team dates". Inside World Football. 2023-08-21. Archived from the original on 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  9. [9]
    "Key principles of landmark AFC Women's Champions League approved by AFC Women's Football Committee". AFC. 20 August 2023.


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