2019 AFC Women's Club Championship

The 2019 AFC Women's Club Championship was the first edition of the Asia's women's club football competition organised by AFC, held in South Korea between 26 and 30 November 2019.[1] Four clubs from four associations competed in this edition,[2] which was also known as 2019 FIFA–AFC Pilot Women's Club Championship.

2019 AFC Women's Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySouth Korea
CityYongin
Dates26–30 November
Teams4 (from 4 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsJapan Nippon TV Beleza (1st title)
Runners-upChina Jiangsu Suning
Third placeSouth Korea Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
Fourth placeAustralia Melbourne Victory
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored17 (2.83 per match)
Attendance1,296 (216 per match)
Top scorer(s)Japan Mina Tanaka (4 goals)
2021

Teams

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The following teams qualified for the tournament.[1]

Team Qualifying method App. (last)
  Melbourne Victory 2018–19 W-League premiers 1st
  Jiangsu Suning 2019 Chinese Women's Super League champions 1st
  Nippon TV Beleza 2018 Nadeshiko League Division 1 champions[3] 1st
  Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 2018 WK League champions 1st

Venue

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All matches were played at Yongin Citizen Sports Park, Yongin.

Format

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Teams played in a single round-robin.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Nippon TV Beleza (C) 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7
2   Jiangsu Suning 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
3   Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels (H) 3 1 0 2 4 4 0 3
4   Melbourne Victory 3 0 1 2 1 10 −9 1
Source: AFC
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts

Matches

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All times are local KST (UTC+9).

Nippon TV Beleza  1–1  Jiangsu Suning
  • Tanaka   9'
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Melbourne Victory  0–4  Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
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Jiangsu Suning  1–1  Melbourne Victory
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Attendance: 80
Referee: Abirami Naidu (Singapore)
Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels  0–2  Nippon TV Beleza
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Melbourne Victory  0–5  Nippon TV Beleza
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Attendance: 85
Referee: Bùi Thị Thu Trang (Vietnam)
Jiangsu Suning  2–0  Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
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Attendance: 501
Referee: Abirami Naidu (Singapore)

Goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1   Mina Tanaka   Nippon TV Beleza 4
2   Tabitha Chawinga   Jiangsu Suning 3
3   Lee Sea-eun   Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels 2
4   Sara Ito   Nippon TV Beleza 1
  Kokona Iwasaki   Nippon TV Beleza
  Kim Dam-bi   Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
  Rikako Kobayashi   Nippon TV Beleza
  Grace Maher   Melbourne Victory
  Tang Jiali   Jiangsu Suning
  Thaís Guedes   Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels
  Riko Ueki   Nippon TV Beleza

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Stage set for Women's Club Championship in Korea Republic". AFC. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. ^ "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC Women's Club Championship". AFC. 27 September 2019.
  3. ^ "2019年度第9回理事会を開催" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association. 11 October 2019.
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