The AFC Women's Club Championship was the women's football club competition in Asia. It involved the top clubs from countries affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1] It was designed as a pilot competition for the AFC Women's Champions League, which was launched in the 2024–25 season.[2]

History

The concept of an Asian women's club competition was first recommended in 2018.[3] The inaugural championship in 2019 was held as a round-robin tournament among four teams from the east region.[4] This was followed by the 2021 championship among four teams from the west region.[5] The last edition of the tournament was held in 2023; the Asian Football Confederation had initially decided to cancel the final match after the group stage since the tournament was only intended to be a pilot for the AFC Women's Champions League. However, following backlash, they decided to hold the final match, where Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds defeated South Korea's Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 2–1.[2]

Results

AFC Women's Club Championship results
Edition Year Zone Format Winners Runners-up Venue Number of teams
1 2019 — RR Japan Tokyo Verdy Beleza China Jiangsu Yongin, South Korea 4
— 2020 — Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2 2021 — RR Jordan Amman SC Iran Shahrdari Sirjan Amman, Jordan 4
3 2022 East RR Thailand College of Asian Scholars Chinese Taipei Taichung Blue Whale Chonburi, Thailand 5
West TL Uzbekistan Sogdiana Jizzakh Iran Bam Khatoon Qarshi, Uzbekistan
4 2023 — GSF Japan Urawa Red Diamonds South Korea Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels Saitama, Japan (final) 8
Key

Records and statistics

Performances by club

Performances in the AFC Women's Club Championship by club
Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
Japan Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1 0 2019 —
Jordan Amman SC 1 0 2021 —
Thailand College of Asian Scholars 1 0 2022[a] —
Uzbekistan Sogdiana Jizzakh 1 0 2022[b] —
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds 1 0 2023 —
China Jiangsu 0 1 — 2019
Iran Shahrdari Sirjan 0 1 — 2021
Chinese Taipei Taichung Blue Whale 0 1 — 2022[a]
Iran Bam Khatoon 0 1 — 2022[b]
South Korea Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 0 1 — 2023

Performances by nation

Performances in the AFC Women's Club Championship by nation
Nation Winners Runners-up
 Japan 2 0
 Jordan 1 0
 Thailand 1 0
 Uzbekistan 1 0
 Iran 0 2
 China 0 1
 Chinese Taipei 0 1
 South Korea 0 1

Top scorers by year

Year Top scorer(s) Club(s) Goals
2019
 Japan Mina Tanaka Japan Tokyo Verdy Beleza
4
2021
Multiple players
2
2022
 Chinese Taipei Su Yu-hsuan Chinese Taipei Taichung Blue Whale
2
2023
 Japan Kiko Seike Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
7

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b East zone
  2. ^ a b West zone

References

  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. ^ a b Shelat, Neel (10 May 2024). "AFC Women's Club Championship: Urawa Reds Complete Continental Dominance". Forbes. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "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.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Women%27s_Club_Championship
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