1997 AFC Women's Championship

August 2023 AFC Women's Championship 1997 1997年亞足聯女子亞洲杯 5–14 December China 11 1 CHN PRK JPN TPE 6 19 132 CHN Liu Ailing 1995 1999 The 1997 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament held in the province Guangdong, China between 5 and 14 December 1997. It was the 11th staging of the AFC Women's Championship. The 1997 AFC Women's Championship, consisting of eleven teams, served as the AFC's qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Asia's three berths were given to the two finalists - China and Korea DPR - and the winner of the third place play-off, Japan. Group stage Group A main WDL Q n JPN JPN IND IND HKG HKG GUM GUM 3 0 0 31 0 2 0 1 13 1 1 0 2 1 12 0 0 3 0 32 #ccffcc A complete RSSSF 5 December 1997 IND 3–0 HKG Tababi Devi 23 Lokeshwari Devi 58 80 Guangdong 5 December 1997 JPN 21–0 GUM Kae Nishina Homare Sawa 7XYuko Morimoto Miyuki Yanagita Mayumi Omatsu Nami Otake 6X Tamaki Uchiyama 3X Rie Yamaki Guangdong 7 December 1997 HKG 1–0 GUM Guangdong 7 December 1997 JPN 1–0 IND Homare Sawa Guangdong 9 December 1997 JPN 9–0 HKG Rie Yamaki Yumi Toumei Homare Sawa 3XYuko Morimoto Miyuki Yanagita Tomomi Mitsui Tamaki Uchiyama Guangdong 9 December 1997 IND 10–0 GUM Chaoba Devi 3X Lokeshwari Devi 5X Tababi Devi 2X Guangdong Group B main WDL Q n CHN CHN PRK PRK UZB UZB PHI PHI 1986 3 0 0 27 1 2 0 1 23 4 1 0 2 2 17 0 0 3 2 32 #ccffcc A A complete RSSSF 5 December 1997 CHN 3–1 PRK Liu Ailing 3 88Fan Yunjie 17 Kim Kum-sil 83 Guangdong 5 December 1997 UZB 2–1 PHI 1986 Karima Gulnara Guangdong 7 December 1997 CHN 8–0 UZB Jin Yan 15 46 62 74Zhao Lihong 30Wei Haiying 33 41Liu Ying 67 Guangdong 7 December 1997 PRK 14–1 PHI 1986 Guangdong 9 December 1997 CHN 16–0 https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19971211-1.2.80.8.3 PHI 1986 Guangdong 9 December 1997 PRK 8–0 UZB Guangdong Group C main WDL Q n TPE TPE KOR KOR KAZ KAZ 2 0 0 7 0 1 0 1 11 1 0 0 2 0 17 #ccffcc A complete RSSSF 5 December 1997 TPE 1–0 KOR Hsu Ching-Hsin Guangdong 7 December 1997 KOR 11–0 KAZ Guangdong 9 December 1997 TPE 6–0 KAZ Guangdong Knockout stage Semi-finals Winners qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 12 December 1997 PRK 1–0 JPN Kim Kum-sil 3 Guangdong 12 December 1997 CHN 10–0 TPE Sun Wen 2 5 Liu Ailing 36 43 45 85 Sun Qingmei 42 55 Shui Qingxia 46 Jin Yan 70 Guangdong Third place match Winner qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 14 December 1997 JPN 2–0 TPE Homare Sawa 20 39 Guangdong Final 14 December 1997 CHN 2–0 PRK Liu Ailing 49 65 Guangdong Awards fbw 1997 AFC Women's Championship winners China Sixth Goalscorers 132 19 JPN Homare Sawa JPN Nami Otake JPN Tamaki Uchiyama JPN Miyuki Yanagita JPN Rie Yamaki JPN Yuko Morimoto JPN Kae Nishina JPN Mayumi Omatsu JPN Yumi Toumei UZB Yuldasheva Karima UZB Azamova Gulnara External links Tables & results at RSSSF.com 1997 Championship Championship Category:1997 in Chinese football Category:1997 in Chinese women's sport 1997 Category:1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Category:December 1997 sports events in Asia