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AFC Women's Club Championship

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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

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

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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 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

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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
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

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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
Japan Mina Tanaka Japan Tokyo Verdy Beleza
4
2
Chinese Taipei Su Yu-hsuan Chinese Taipei Taichung Blue Whale
2
Japan Kiko Seike Japan 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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