The 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup was held from 19–30 May at the Chengdu Sports Centre in China PR. The winners, Australia, runners-up, Korea DPR, and third-place team, Japan qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
With this victory, Australia women's had become the first ever national team to win in two different confederations, having won the OFC Women's Nations Cup three times before. Their success was later followed by their fellow men's team at the men's tournament less than 5 years later.
Venues Chengdu Chengdu Sports Center Stadium Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 26,000
Qualification Direct entry
Via qualification
(Winner Group A) (Winner Group B) (Winner Group C)
Squads
Match officials A total of 9 referees and 9 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.
Referees
Jacqui Melksham Li Hong Wang Jia Bentla D'Coth Yamagishi Sachiko Ri Hyang-ok Hong Eun-ah Pannipar Kamnueng Semaksuk Praew
Assistant referees
Sarah Ho Clare Flynn Zhang Lingling Liu Hsiu-mei Saori Takahashi Shiho Ayukai Widiya Habibah binti Shamsuri Hong Kum-nyo Kim Kyoung-min
Group stages The two groups were drawn on 21 November 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Group A
Group B
Knockout stages
Semi-finals Winners qualified for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Third place match Winner qualified for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Final
Awards
Most Valuable Player Top Scorer Fairplay Award Jo Yun-mi Kozue Ando (3 goals)
Goalscorers
See also Women's association football Asian Football Confederation (AFC) AFC Women's Asian Cup
References
External links Tournament website RSSSF.com