Asian Women's Championship 1997

In China, Guangdong province.

Group A [Panyu]
 5 Dec India        3-0 Hong Kong
       Japan       21-0 Guam
         [Gakei Nishina, Homare Sawa x7, Yuko Morimoto, Miyuki Yanagida, Mayumi Daimatsu, Nami Otake x6, Tamaki Uchiyama x3, Rie Yamaki]
 7 Dec Hong Kong    1-0 Guam
       Japan        1-0 India
         [Homare Sawa]
 9 Dec Japan        9-0 Hong Kong
         [Rie Yamaki, Yumi Toumei, Homare Sawa x3, Yuko Morimoto, Miyuki Yanagida, Tomomi Mitsui, Tamaki Uchiyama]
       India       10-0 Guam

 1.JAPAN       3  3  0  0 31- 0  9
 2.India       3  2  0  1 13- 1  6
 3.Hong Kong   3  1  0  2  1-12  3
 4.Guam        3  0  0  3  0-32  0

Group B [Guangzhou]
 5 Dec China        3-1 North Korea
         [Liu Ailing 3' 88', Fan Yunjie 17' / Kim Kun-Sil 83']
       Uzbekistan   2-1 Philippines
 7 Dec China        8-0 Uzbekistan      [HT 5-0]
         [Jin Yan 15' 45' 62' 74', others unknown]
       North Korea 14-1 Philippines
 9 Dec China       16-0 Philippines     [HT 5-0]
       North Korea  8-0 Uzbekistan

 1.CHINA       3  3  0  0 27- 1  9
 2.NORTH KOREA 3  2  0  1 23- 4  6
 3.Uzbekistan  3  1  0  2  2-17  3
 4.Philippines 3  0  0  3  2-32  0

Group C [Zhaoqing]
 5 Dec Taiwan       1-0 South Korea
         [Hsu Ching-Hsin]
 7 Dec South Korea 11-0 Kazakhstan
 9 Dec Taiwan       6-0 Kazakhstan

 1.TAIWAN      2  2  0  0  7- 0  6
 2.South Korea 2  1  0  1 11- 1  3
 3.Kazakhstan  2  0  0  2  0-17  0
[Indonesia withdrew]

Semifinals
12 Dec North Korea  1-0 Japan
         [Kim Kum-Sil 3']
12 Dec China       10-0 Taiwan          [HT 6-0]
         [Sun Wen 2' 5', Liu Ailing 36' 43' 45+' 85', Sun Qingmei 42' ??', Shui Qingxia 46', Jin Yan ??']

Third Place Match
14 Dec Japan        2-0 Taiwan
         [Homare Sawa 20' 39']

Final
14 Dec China        2-0 North Korea
         [Liu Ailing 49' 65']

Most valuable player: Liu Ailing

[First three qualify for World Cup 1999.]


Note: after this edition, with many one-sided matches, the AFC said it would introduce qualifying rounds for 1999 onwards.
      However, it seems this decision was later overturned.

Overview

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Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans and "Tanaka" for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Karel Stokkermans and "Tanaka"
Last updated: 28 May 2015