1997 AFC Women's Championship
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = AFC Women's Championship
| year = 1997
| other_titles = 1997年亞足聯女子亞洲杯
| dates = 5–14 December
| country = China
| num_teams = 11
| confederations = 1
| venues =
| cities =
| champion_other = {{fbw|CHN}}
| second_other = {{fbw|PRK}}
| third_other = {{fbw|JPN}}
| fourth_other = {{fbw|TPE}}
| count = 6
| matches = 19
| goals = 132
| player = {{fbwicon|CHN}} Liu Ailing
| prevseason = 1995
| nextseason = 1999
}}
The 1997 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament held in the province Guangdong, China between 5 and 14 December 1997. It was the 11th staging of the AFC Women's Championship.
The 1997 AFC Women's Championship, consisting of eleven teams, served as the AFC's qualifying tournament for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. Asia's three berths were given to the two finalists - China and Korea DPR - and the winner of the third place play-off, Japan.
Group stage
=Group A=
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|show_positions=n
|team1=JPN|name_JPN={{fbw|JPN}}
|team2=IND|name_IND={{fbw|IND}}
|team3=HKG|name_HKG={{fbw|HKG}}
|team4=GUM|name_GUM={{fbw|GUM}}
|win_JPN=3|draw_JPN=0|loss_JPN=0|gf_JPN=31|ga_JPN=0
|win_IND=2|draw_IND=0|loss_IND=1|gf_IND=13|ga_IND=1
|win_HKG=1|draw_HKG=0|loss_HKG=2|gf_HKG=1|ga_HKG=12
|win_GUM=0|draw_GUM=0|loss_GUM=3|gf_GUM=0|ga_GUM=32
|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asia-women97.html RSSSF]
}}
{{football box
| date = 5 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|IND}}
| score = 3–0
| team2 = {{fbw|HKG}}
| goals1 =
- Tababi Devi {{goal|23}}
- Lokeshwari Devi {{goal|58||80}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| date = 5 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|JPN}}
| score = 21–0
| team2 = {{fbw|GUM}}
| goals1 = Kae Nishina {{goal|}}
Homare Sawa {{goal|7X}}
Yuko Morimoto {{goal|}}
Miyuki Yanagita {{goal|}}
Mayumi Omatsu {{goal|}}
Nami Otake {{goal|6X}}
Tamaki Uchiyama {{goal|3X}}
Rie Yamaki {{goal|}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 7 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|HKG}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fbw|GUM}}
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
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{{football box
| date = 7 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|JPN}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fbw|IND}}
| goals1 = Homare Sawa {{goal|}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 9 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|JPN}}
| score = 9–0
| team2 = {{fbw|HKG}}
| goals1 = Rie Yamaki {{goal|}}
Yumi Toumei {{goal|}}
Homare Sawa {{goal|3X}}
Yuko Morimoto {{goal|}}
Miyuki Yanagita {{goal|}}
Tomomi Mitsui {{goal|}}
Tamaki Uchiyama {{goal|}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| date = 9 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|IND}}
| score = 10–0
| team2 = {{fbw|GUM}}
| goals1 =
- Langam Chaoba Devi {{goal|3X}}
- Lokeshwari Devi {{goal|5X}}
- Tababi Devi {{goal|2X}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
=Group B=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|team1=CHN|name_CHN={{fbw|CHN}}
|team2=PRK|name_PRK={{fbw|PRK}}
|team3=UZB|name_UZB={{fbw|UZB}}
|team4=PHI|name_PHI={{fbw|PHI|1986}}
|win_CHN=3|draw_CHN=0|loss_CHN=0|gf_CHN=27|ga_CHN=1
|win_PRK=2|draw_PRK=0|loss_PRK=1|gf_PRK=23|ga_PRK=4
|win_UZB=1|draw_UZB=0|loss_UZB=2|gf_UZB=2|ga_UZB=17
|win_PHI=0|draw_PHI=0|loss_PHI=3|gf_PHI=2|ga_PHI=32
|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A|result2=A
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asia-women97.html RSSSF]
}}
{{football box
| date = 5 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|CHN}}
| score = 3–1
| team2 = {{fbw|PRK}}
| goals1 = Liu Ailing {{goal|3||88}}
Fan Yunjie {{goal|17}}
| goals2 = Kim Kum-sil {{goal|83}}
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| date = 5 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|UZB}}
| score = 2–1
| team2 = {{fbw|PHI|1986}}
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
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}}
----
{{football box
| date = 7 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|CHN}}
| score = 8–0
| team2 = {{fbw|UZB}}
| goals1 = Jin Yan {{goal|15||46||62||74}}
Zhao Lihong {{goal|30}}
Wei Haiying {{goal|33||41}}
Liu Ying {{goal|67}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| date = 7 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|PRK}}
| score = 14–1
| team2 = {{fbw|PHI|1986}}
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
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}}
----
{{football box
| date = 9 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|CHN}}
| score = 16–0
| team2 = {{fbw|PHI|1986}}
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
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{{football box
| date = 9 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|PRK}}
| score = 8–0
| team2 = {{fbw|UZB}}
| goals1 =
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| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
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=Group C=
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=Q
|show_positions=n
|team1=TPE|name_TPE={{fbw|TPE}}
|team2=KOR|name_KOR={{fbw|KOR}}
|team3=KAZ|name_KAZ={{fbw|KAZ}}
|win_TPE=2|draw_TPE=0|loss_TPE=0|gf_TPE=7|ga_TPE=0
|win_KOR=1|draw_KOR=0|loss_KOR=1|gf_KOR=11|ga_KOR=1
|win_KAZ=0|draw_KAZ=0|loss_KAZ=2|gf_KAZ=0|ga_KAZ=17
|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=
|result1=A
|update=complete
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asia-women97.html RSSSF]
}}
{{football box
| date = 5 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|TPE}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fbw|KOR}}
| goals1 = Hsu Ching-Hsin {{goal|}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
----
{{football box
| date = 7 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|KOR}}
| score = 11–0
| team2 = {{fbw|KAZ}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
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{{football box
| date = 9 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|TPE}}
| score = 6–0
| team2 = {{fbw|KAZ}}
| goals1 =
| goals2 =
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
Knockout stage
=Semi-finals=
Winners qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup{{football box
| date = 12 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|PRK}}
| score = 1–0
| team2 = {{fbw|JPN}}
| goals1 = Kim Kum-sil {{goal|3}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
{{football box
| date = 12 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|CHN}}
| score = 10–0
| team2 = {{fbw|TPE}}
| goals1 = Sun Wen {{goal|2||5}}
Liu Ailing {{goal|36||43||45||85}}
Sun Qingmei {{goal|42||55}}
Shui Qingxia {{goal|46}}
Jin Yan {{goal|70}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
=Third place match=
Winner qualified for 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup{{football box
| date = 14 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|JPN}}
| score = 2–0
| team2 = {{fbw|TPE}}
| goals1 = Homare Sawa {{goal|20||39}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
=Final=
{{football box
| date = 14 December 1997
| time =
| team1 = {{fbw-rt|CHN}}
| score = 2–0
| team2 = {{fbw|PRK}}
| goals1 = Liu Ailing {{goal|49||65}}
| goals2 =
| stadium = Guangdong
| attendance =
| referee =
}}
Awards
{{winners|fbw|1997 AFC Women's Championship winners|China|Sixth}}
Goalscorers
{{Goalscorers
|goals=132 |matches=19
|13 goals=
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Homare Sawa
|6 goals=
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Nami Otake
|4 goals=
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Tamaki Uchiyama
|2 goals=
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Miyuki Yanagita
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Rie Yamaki
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuko Morimoto
|1 goal=
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Kae Nishina
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Mayumi Omatsu
- {{flagicon|JPN}} Yumi Toumei
- {{flagicon|UZB}} Yuldasheva Karima
- {{flagicon|UZB}} Azamova Gulnara
}}
External links
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asia-women97.html Tables & results] at RSSSF.com
{{AFC Women's Championship}}
{{1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1997 Afc Women's Championship}}
Category:AFC Women's Asian Cup tournaments
Category:International women's association football competitions hosted by China