China Women's League History


1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 

1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 |

2001 | 2002 


China (women) 1982

This was the first national women's tournament played in China.

Invitation Tournament (Beijing, August 1-9)

Group A
   Shaanxi
   Beijing
   Yunnan
   Shanghai
   Hebei

Group B
   Guangdong
   Shanxi
   Liaoning
   Jilin
   Tianjin

Final
Shaanxi               2-0 Guangdong

Final Positions
 1.Shaanxi
 2.Guangdong
 3.Shanxi
 4.Beijing
 5.Liaoning
 6.Yunnan
 7.Jilin
 8.Shanghai
 9.Hebei
10.Tianjin

China 1983

The first championship was more prestigious than the invitation tournament played later in the year.

Championship (February)

 1.Shaanxi
 2.Liaoning
 3.Jilin
 4.Shanxi
 5.Guangxi
 6.Yunnan

Invitation Tournament (Wuhan, October 15-24)

NB: all draws decided on penalties

Group A
 1.Liaoning		3  3  0	 0  11- 0   6
 2.Shaanxi		3  2  0	 1   7- 5   4
 3.Beijing		3  1  0	 2   4-10   2
 4.Yunnan		3  0  0	 3   0- 7   0

Group B
 1.Guangxi		3  2  0	 1   6- 4   4
 2.Jilin		3  2  0	 1   5- 3   4
 3.Changchun		3  2  0	 1   4- 2   4
 4.Hunan		3  0  0	 3   0- 6   0

Semifinals
Liaoning              0-1 Jilin
Guangxi               0-1 Shaanxi

Seventh Place Match
Yunnan                2-0 Hunan

Fifth Place Match
Changchun             2-1 Beijing

Third Place Match
Liaoning              1-0 Guangxi               

Final
Jilin                 3-2 Shaanxi     

China 1984

Championship (July 22-September 16)

 1.Liaoning
 2.Tianjin
 3.Guangxi
 4.Guangzhou
 5.Sichuan
 6.Jilin

China 1985

Championship (April 10-October 25)

 1.Tianjin
 2.Shaanxi
 3.Guangdong
 4.Liaoning
 5.Hunan
 6.Dalian

China 1986

Championship

First Round (June 10-20)

Fuzhou Group
 1.Liaoning
 2.Hunan
------------
 3.Guangzhou
 4.Shanghai
 5.Hubei
 6.Fujian
 7.Jiangxi

Guiyang Group
 1.Shaanxi
 2.Yunnan
-----------------
 3.Petrochemicals
 4.Guangxi
 5.Hebei
 6.Henan
 7.Guizhou
 8.Sichuan

Hohehot Group
 1.Tianjin
 2.Chongqing
------------
 3.Shenyang
 4.Qinghai
 5.Beijing
 6.Yanbian
 7.Inner Mongolia
 8.Jilin Paper Factory

Fengtai Group
 1.Shandong
 2.Changchun
------------
 3.Guangdong
 4.Shanxi
 5.Dalian
 6.Jiangsu
 7.Xinjiang
 8.Xi'an
 9.Anhui

Final Tournament (Nanchang, October 10-21)

Group A
 1.Shandong		3  1  2	 0   4- 2   4
   Tianjin		3  1  2	 0   4- 2   4
 3.Hunan		3  1  1	 1   3- 2   3
 4.Yunnan		3  0  1	 2   0- 5   1

Group B
 1.Changchun		3  1  2	 0   4- 2   4
 2.Chongqing		3  0  3	 0   3- 3   3
 3.Liaoning		3  0  3	 0   1- 1   3
 4.Shaanxi		3  0  2	 1   2- 4   2

Final Round

Positions 1-4
 1.Changchun		3  2  1	 0   4- 2   5
 2.Shandong		3  1  1	 1   3- 3   3
 3.Chongqing		3  1  1	 1   2- 2   3
 4.Tianjin		3  0  1	 2   3- 5   1

Positions 5-8
 5.Liaoning		3  2  1	 0   4- 0   5
 6.Shaanxi		3  1  2	 0   3- 1   4
 7.Hunan		3  1  0	 2   4- 5   2
 8.Yunnan		3  0  1	 2   0- 5   1

China 1987

National Games

No championship due to National Games.

6th National Games (Changsha, October 10-20)

First Round

Group A
 1.Beijing		3  3  0	 0  10- 1   6
 2.Liaoning		3  2  0	 1   4- 1   4
 3.Sichuan		3  0  1	 2   1- 6   1
 4.Fujian		3  0  1	 2   2- 9   1

Group B
 1.Guangdong		3  2  1	 0   4- 2   5
 2.Shaanxi		3  1  2	 0   3- 2   4
 3.Jilin		3  1  0	 2   2- 3   2
 4.Tianjin		3  0  1	 2   3- 5   1

Final Round

Positions 1-4
 1.Beijing		3  2  1	 0   4- 2   5
 2.Liaoning		3  2  0	 1   5- 1   4
 3.Guangdong		3  0  2	 1   2- 6   2
 4.Shaanxi		3  0  1	 2   2- 4   1

Positions 5-8
 5.Sichuan		3  1  2	 0   6- 3   4
 6.Jilin		3  1  2	 0   5- 4   4
 7.Fujian		3  1  2	 0   4- 3   4
 8.Tianjin		3  0  0	 3   2- 7   0

China 1988

Championship

First Round

Hangzhou Group
 1.Beijing Hongshi
 2.Shanghai Weimin
 3.Silver Hawks
---------------
 4.Zhejiang
 5.Taiyuan Heavy Industry
 6.Tianjin Changcheng
 7.Shijiazhuang

Dalian Group
 1.Liaoning
 2.Dalian Boliang
 3.Hunan China Products
-----------------------
 4.Xinjiang
 5.Guangxi
 6.Fujian
 7.Yanbian
 8.Mining
NB: Liaoning changed name to Shenyang Liming before final tournament

Daqing Group
 1.Henan Zhongzhou
 2.Changchun Junzilan
 3.Guangdong Wanbao
-------------------
 4.Datong
 5.Jiangxi
 6.Petrochemicals

Penglai Group
 1.Shandong Qingdao Hongxing
 2.Chongqing Tegang
 3.Shaanxi Biaozhun
-------------------
 4.Shenyang Liming
 5.Hebei
 6.Hubei
 7.Shanghai Youyi

Final Round (Yinchuan, September 18-27, and Beijing, October 21-31)

 1.Beijing Hongshi	       11  9  2	 0  25- 5  29
 2.Liaoning Shenyang Liming    11  6  4	 1  21- 4  22
 3.Dalian Boliang	       11  6  3	 2  16- 7  21
 4.Henan Zhongzhou	       11  4  6	 1  17- 8  18
 5.Shandong Qingdao Hongxing   11  4  5	 2  13- 5  17
 6.Changchun Junlizan	       11  3  6	 2  11- 9  15
 7.Hunan China Products	       11  3  4	 4  11-15  13
 8.Guangdong Wanbao	       11  3  3	 5   6- 7  12
 9.Shanghai Weimin	       11  3  3	 5   8-11  12
10.Shaanxi Biaozhun	       11  2  2	 7   4-12   8
11.Silver Hawks		       11  1  4	 6   5-25   7
12.Chongqing Tegang	       11  0  2	 9   3-32   2

China 1989

Championship

First Round (June 11-July 2)

Tumen Group
 1.Changchun
 2.Hebei Changhua
 3.Yanbian

Beihai Group
 1.Henan Zhongzhou
 2.Guangdong Wanbao
 3.Guangxi Beihai Guinan

Jiaxing Group
 1.Shanghai Weimin
 2.Qingdao Hongxing
 3.Shaanxi Biaozhun

Penglai Group
 1.Beijing Siji
 2.Dalian Boliang
 3.Tianjin Sansu

Second Round (August 1-5)

Beijing Group
 1.Beijing Siji
 2.Tianjin Sansu
 3.Hebei Changhua

Dalian Group
 1.Dalian Boliang
 2.Changchun
 3.Taiyuan Heavy Industry

Shanghai Group
 1.Shanghai Weimin
 2.Shaanxi Biaozhun
 3.Guangdong Wanbao

Ji'nan Group
 1.Henan Zhongzhou
 2.Qingdao Hongxing
 3.Guangxi Beihai

Final Round (Xi'an October 22-November 4)

Semifinals	
Shandong Qingdao Hongxing 2-0 Shanghai Weimin	
Beijing Siji              1-0 Shaanxi Biaozhun	

Third Place Match
Shaanxi Biaozhun          1-0 Shanghai Weimin	

Final
Beijing Siji              1-0 Shandong Qingdao Hongxing		

Final Positions:
 1.Beijing Siji
 2.Shandong Qingdao Hongxing
 3.Shaanxi Biaozhun
 4.Shanghai Weimin
 5.Dalian Boliang
 6.Henan Zhongzhou
 7.Hebei Changhua
 8.Changchun
 9.Guangdong Wanbao
10.Tianjin Sansu
11.Beijing Sports Institute

China 1990

Championship

First Round

Group 1 (Shashi, March 15-25)
 1.Beijing
 2.Tianjin
 3.Hebei
 4.Shandong
 5.Henan
 6.Shashi Textiles (Wuhan Sports Institute)
 7.Datong
 8.Inner Mongolia

Group 2 (Wuhu, March 15-25)
 1.Shanghai
 2.Changchun
 3.Dalian
 4.Guangdong
 5.Shaanxi
 6.Beijing Sports Institute
 7.Xiamen

Final Group (in Dalian, January 18-30 (??)) 
 1.Beijing 
 2.Dalian 
 3.Shanghai 
 4.Henan 
 5.Hebei 
 6.Guangdong 

China 1991

Championship

Championship (in Shaoguan, January 21-February 4) 
 1.Beijing 
 2.Shanghai 
 3.Hebei 
 4.Dalian 
 5.Henan 
 6.Guangdong 
 7.Shandong 
 8.Changchun 
 9.Guangzhou 
10.Shaanxi 
11.Beijing Sports Institute 
12.Xiamen 
13.Datong 

Cup

First Round

Dalian Group (June 2-14)
 1.Guangdong
 2.Dalian
 3.Guangzhou
 4.Henan
 5.Shaanxi
 6.Datong

Jining Group (June 2-14)
 1.Shanghai
 2.Changchun
 3.Beijing
 4.Hebei
 5.Shandong

Final Round (Meizhou November 2-10)
 1.Guangdong
 2.Beijing
 3.Guangzhou
 4.Shanghai
 5.Dalian
 6.Changchun
 7.Henan
 8.Hebei
 9.Shandong
10.Shaanxi
11.Datong

China 1992

Championship

 1.Beijing
 2.Dalian
 3.Shanghai
 4.Guangdong
 5.Shaanxi
 6.Shandong
 7.Hebei 
 8.Henan 
 9.Guangzhou 
10.Changchun 
11.Datong 

China 1993

National Games

No championship due to National Games.

 1.Henan
 2.Guangdong
 3.Liaoning
 4.Hebei
 5.Shanghai
 6.Beijing

China 1994

The league is the most prestigious tournament.

League

 1.Dalian	       11  9  2/0  0   	   31
 2.Hebei	       11  8  1/0  2	   26
 3.Shanghai	       11  8  0/1  2   	   25
 4.Beijing	       11  7  1/1  2	   24
 5.Guangdong	       11  6  0/3  2	   21
 6.Henan	       11  6  1/1  3	   21
 7.Shandong	       11  6  0/0  5	   18
 8.Shaanxi	       11  3  1/0  7	   11
 9.Sichuan	       11  2  1/0  8	    8
10.Guangxi	       11  2  0/1  8	    7
11.Qingdao	       11  2  0/0  9	    6
12.Meizhou	       11  0  0/0 11	    0

NB: draws decided on penalties (winners 2, losers 1 point)

Championship

First Round

Pingdingshan Group
 1.Hebei
 2.Shanghai
 3.Henan
 4.August 1st
------------
 5.Guangzhou
 6.Beijing Normal University

Ji'nan Group
 1.Beijing
 2.Dalian
 3.Shandong
 4.Guangdong
------------
 5.Sichuan
 6.Huanan Engineering College
 7.Meizhou Medicines

Final Tournament

Group 1
 1.Shanghai
 2.Beijing
 3.Shandong
 4.August 1st

Group 2
 1.Dalian
 2.Hebei
 3.Guangdong
 4.Henan

Semifinals
Shanghai              bt  Hebei
Beijing               bt  Dalian

Fifth Place Match
Shandong              bt  Guangdong

Third Place Match
Hebei                 bt  Dalian

Final
Shanghai              bt  Beijing

Emperor's Cup

Played in Chengdu, March 4-16.

First Round

NB: draws decided on penalties (winners 2, losers 1 point)

Group A
 1.China		5  5  0/0  0	   15
 2.Beijing		5  2  1/0  2	    8
 3.Henan		5  0  3/0  2	    6
 4.Hebei		5  1  1/1  2	    6
 5.Guangzhou		5  1  0/2  2	    5
 6.Shaanxi		5  0  1/3  1	    5

Group B
 1.Shanghai		5  5  0/0  0	   15
 2.Guangdong		5  3  1/0  1	   11
 3.Dalian		5  2  1/0  2	    8
 4.Shandong		5  2  0/2  1	    8
 5.Guangxi		5  0  1/0  4	    2
 6.Qingdao		5  0  0/1  4	    1

Semifinals 9-12
Guangzhou             2-0 Qingdao		
Shaanxi               2-1 Guangxi		

Semifinals 5-8
Dalian                3-1 Hebei			
Henan                 4-3 Shandong		(after pens)

Semifinals
Guangdong             1-0 China		
Shanghai              1-0 Beijing		

Eleventh Place Match
Guangxi               bt  Qingdao

Ninth Place Match
Shaanxi               bt  Guangzhou

Seventh Place Match
Shandong              bt  Hebei

Fifth Place Match
Dalian                bt  Henan

Third Place Match
China                 4-1 Beijing	

Final
Guangdong             1-0 Shanghai	

China 1995

League

In Tianjin and Taiyuan, July 5-20, and Jiaxing October 29-November 14

 1.Shanghai       	58
 2.Dalian		44
 3.Shandong        	40
 4.Beijing		38
 5.Guangdong        	30
 6.Hebei		29
 7.August 1st   	28
 8.Henan		23
 9.Metallurgy   	16
10.Sichuan		 8
11.Shanxi		 1
12.Inner Mongolia	withdrew

Championship

First Round (March 15-25)

Changsha Group
 1.Hebei
 2.Henan
 3.Guangdong
 4.Beijing

Nanjing Group
 1.Shanghai
 2.Dalian
 3.Shandong
 4.August 1st
 5.Sichuan

Final Round (Nanchang, October 4-12)

 1.Shanghai      	23
 2.Dalian		20
 3.Hebei		16
 4.Guangdong       	13
 5.Henan		10
 6.August 1st    	 9
 7.Beijing		 8
 8.Shandong       	 8
 9.Sichuan		 1

Super Cup

In Shanghai, December 8
Dalian                3-1 Shanghai			

China 1996

League

First Round (August 10-18)

Zhengzhou Group
 1.Shanghai Yuandong
 2.Guangdong Haiyin
 3.Beijing Weikerui
 4.Henan Shuanghui
 5.Metallurgy

Jiaozuo Group
 1.Dalian Zhonghao
 2.Shandong Taimai
 3.Hebei Bohai
 4.Sichuan Weibo
 5.August 1st

Final Round (Shanghai, October 28-November 6)

Group A
 1.Henan Shuanghui	4  2  1	 1   3- 2   7
 2.Guangdong Haiyin	4  2  1	 1   6- 4   7
 3.August 1st		4  2  0	 2   3- 4   6
 4.Hebei Bohai		4  1  2	 1   5- 4   5
 5.Dalian Zhonghao	4  0  2	 2   0- 3   2

Group B
 1.Shanghai Yuandong	3  3  0	 0  11- 1   9
 2.Beijing Weikerui	3  2  0	 1   7- 3   6
 3.Shandong Taimai	3  0  1	 2   0- 6   1
 4.Sichuan Weibo	3  0  1	 2   0- 8   1

Semifinals 5-8
August 1st            4-3 Sichuan Weibo		(after pens)
Shandong Taimai       1-0 Hebei Bohai		

Semifinals
Shanghai Yuandong     3-1 Guangdong Haiyin	
Beijing Weikerui      1-0 Henan Shuanghui		

Seventh Place Match
Sichuan Weibo         2-1 Hebei Bohai	

Fifth Place Match
August 1st            1-0 Shandong Taimai	

Third Place Match
Henan Shuanghui       1-0 Guangdong Haiyin	

Final
Shanghai Yuandong     1-0 Beijing Weikerui	

Championship (January 21-November 6)

 1.Shanghai
 2.Guangdong
 3.Dalian
 4.Beijing
 5.Shandong
 6.Henan
 7.Hebei
 8.Guangzhou Army Unit
 9.Sichuan
10.Shaanxi

All Star Match (Shanghai, November 10)
South                 2-0 North			

China 1997

League

First Round (Chengdu, March 29-April 8)

Group A
 1.Shanghai Yuandong
 2.Guangdong Haiyin
 3.August 1st
 4.Dalian Keda
 5.Hebei Bohai

Group B
 1.Beijing Weikerui
 2.Shandong Taimai
 3.Henan Shuanghui
 4.Sichuan Weibo
 5.Power Workers
 6.Shaanxi

Final Round (Wuxi & Jiangyang June 27-July 7)
 1.Shanghai Yuandong
 2.Guangdong Haiyin
 3.Beijing Weikerui
 4.Dalian Keda
 5.August 1st
 6.Shandong Taimai
 7.Henan Shuanghui
 8.Sichuan Weibo
 9.Hebei Bohai
10.Power Workers
11.Shaanxi

NB: apparently top-3 plus Henan qualified for Premier League

Premier League

Round 1 (Jul 18)
Beijing               1-0 Henan
Guangdong             2-1 Shanghai

Round 2 (Jul 25)
Guangdong             2-2 Beijing
Henan                 1-3 Shanghai

Round 3 (Aug 1)
Beijing               1-4 Shanghai
Guangdong             1-0 Henan

Round 4 (Aug 8)
Henan                 0-1 Beijing
Shanghai              0-0 Guangdong

Round 5 (Aug 15)
Beijing               0-1 Guangdong
Shanghai              2-1 Henan

Round 6 (Aug 22)
Shanghai              4-0 Beijing
Henan                 0-1 Guangdong

Final Table:

 1.Guangdong Haiyin	6  4  2	 0   7- 3  14
 2.Shanghai Yuandong	6  4  1	 1  14- 5  13
 3.Beijing Weikerui	6  2  1	 3   5-11   7
 4.Henan Shuanghui	6  0  0	 6   2- 9   0

National Games

Qualifying (May 17-27)

Taiyuan Group
 1.Beijing              5  4  1  0   9- 0  13
 2.Guangdong            5  3  2  0   9- 0  11
 3.Shandong             5  3  1  1   7- 5  10
 4.Army                 5  2  0  3   6- 5   6
 5.Shanxi               5  1  0  4   1- 9   3
---------------------------------------------
 6.Zhejiang             5  0  0  5   1-14   0
NB: without goals of 1 match: Beijing bt Zhejiang 

Leshan Group
 1.Hebei                5  4  1  0         13
 2.Liaoning             5  3  1  1         10
 3.Henan
 4.Sichuan
 5.Power Workers
----------------
 6.Shaanxi

Playoff
Shaanxi               bt  Zhejiang

Shanghai qualified as hosts, Hong Kong invited to participate

Final Tournament (Shanghai)

First Round (October 13-17)

Group A
Army                  4-2 Sichuan	
Hebei                 1-0 Army		
Hebei                 3-0 Sichuan		

 1.Hebei		2  2  0	 0   4- 0   6
 2.Army		        2  1  0	 1   4- 3   3
 3.Sichuan	        2  0  0	 2   2- 7   0

Group B
Shanghai              7-0 Hong Kong		
Shanghai              2-0 Henan		
Henan                 6-0 Hong Kong	

 1.Shanghai		2  2  0	 0   9- 0   6
 2.Henan		2  1  0	 1   6- 2   3
 3.Hong Kong	        2  0  0	 2   0-13   0

Group C
Shandong             10-0 Shanxi	
Beijing               7-0 Shanxi	
Beijing               3-1 Shandong		

 1.Beijing		2  2  0	 0  10- 1   6
 2.Shandong		2  1  0	 1  11- 3   3
 3.Shanxi		2  0  0	 2   0-17   0

Group D
Guangdong             5-0 Power		
Liaoning              3-0 Shaanxi		
Liaoning              3-1 Power		
Guangdong             4-0 Shaanxi		
Guangdong             1-0 Liaoning		
Power                 1-0 Shaanxi		

 1.Guangdong	        3  3  0	 0  10- 0   9
 2.Liaoning		3  2  0	 1   6- 2   6
 3.Power		3  1  0	 2   2- 8   3
 4.Shaanxi		3  0  0	 3   0- 8   0

Match against 13th Place (Oct 19)
Shanxi                1-0 Shaanxi	

Quarterfinals (Oct 19)
Shanghai              6-0 Liaoning	
Hebei                 1-0 Shandong		
Guangdong             2-0 Henan		
Beijing               3-0 Army		

Semifinals (places 9-12) (Oct 21)
Shanxi                2-0 Hong Kong	
Sichuan               1-0 Power		

Semifinals (places 5-8) (Oct 21)
Shandong              3-0 Army		
Liaoning              3-1 Henan		

Semifinals (places 1-4) (Oct 21)
Beijing               4-0 Hebei		
Shanghai              3-0 Guangdong		

Eleventh Place Match (Oct 23)
Power                 4-0 Hong Kong	

Ninth Place Match (Oct 23)
Sichuan               3-0 Shanxi	

Seventh Place Match (Oct 23)
Army                  2-1 Henan		

Fifth Place Match (Oct 23)
Shandong              2-1 Liaoning

Third Place Match (Oct 23)
Guangdong             1-0 Hebei

Final (Oct 23)
Shanghai              2-0 Beijing	

China 1998

Premier League

 1.Shanghai Yuandong
 2.Beijing Weikerui
 3.Guangdong Haiyin
 4.Shandong Qilu Shihua
 5.Dalian Keda Yaoye
 6.Army Jianlibao
 7.Henan Shuanghui
 8.Sichuan Jiannanchun

About this document

Sources: [Kni 91], Zhongguo Zuqiu Yundongshi (Chinese Football History), Shanghai Ban Shiji Zuqiu Yundongshi (A Half Century of Shanghai Football)

Prepared and maintained by Tom Lewis for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Tom Lewis (Tom.Lewis@btinternet.com)
Last updated: 18 Apr 2008

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