AFC Women's Club Championship

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]

AFC Women's Club Championship
Organising bodyAFC
Founded2019; 5 years ago (2019)
Abolished2024; 0 years ago (2024)
RegionAsia
Last championsJapan Urawa Red Diamonds (1st title)
Websitethe-afc.com

History

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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

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

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Performances by club

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

Performances by nation

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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

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Year Top scorer(s) Club(s) Goals
  Mina Tanaka   Tokyo Verdy Beleza
4
2
  Su Yu-hsuan   Taichung Blue Whale
2
  Kiko Seike   Urawa Red Diamonds
7

See also

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Notes

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

References

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  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.
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