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, with China qualifying as runners-up. South Korea as the third-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 4310452+4310
 South Korea 4310202+1810
 Thailand 4202621−156
 Hong Kong 4103224−223
 Singapore 4004024−240
Singapore 0–3 Thailand
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
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 4400340+3412
 Myanmar 4211118+37
 Chinese Taipei 42117707
 Philippines 4103226−243
 Guam 4004215−130
Japan 15–0 Philippines
Guam 1–2 Chinese Taipei
Philippines 0–6 Myanmar
Japan 7–0 Guam
Philippines 0–4 Chinese Taipei
Japan 7–0 Myanmar
Guam 0–4 Myanmar
Japan 5–0 Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei 1–1 Myanmar
Philippines 2–1 Guam

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 China PR 3300290+299
 Vietnam 320169−36
 India 3102714−73
 Uzbekistan 3003221−190
China PR 6–0 Vietnam
India 6–0 Uzbekistan
Vietnam 4–2 Uzbekistan
China PR 12–0 India
Vietnam 2–1 India
China PR 11–0 Uzbekistan

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
North Korea 3–0 Japan
China PR 3–1 South Korea

Third place match
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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