2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup#Group B

{{main|2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification}}

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 21 January 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/womens-asian-cup-2018/teams-learn-afc-women’s-asian-cup-jordan-2018-qualifying-opponents|title=Teams learn AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 qualifying opponents |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |access-date=21 January 2017}} The top three finishers of the last AFC Women's Cup qualified automatically and did not have to enter qualifying, while Jordan also qualified automatically as hosts but decided to also participate in the qualifying competition.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/womens-asian-cup-2018/teams-set-to-find-out-path-to-afc-womens-asian-cup-jordan-2018|title=Teams set to find out path to AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018|publisher=AFC|date=20 January 2017}} The matches were played from 3 to 12 April 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2017.pdf|title=AFC Calendar of Competitions 2017 (UPDATED)|date=12 April 2016|website=the-AFC.com|access-date=15 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410021447/http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/afc/files/afc_competitions_calendar_2017.pdf|archive-date=10 April 2017|url-status=dead}}

The following eight teams qualified for the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/womens-asian-cup-2018/line-up-complete-for-afc-womens-asian-cup-jordan-2018|title=Line-up complete for AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018|publisher=AFC|date=13 April 2017}}

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The competition was played in two venues in the city of Amman.

The final draw was held on 9 December 2017, 13:00 EET (UTC+2), at the King Hussein bin Talal Convention Center on the eastern shores of the Dead Sea.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/news/afcsection/contenders-to-learn-afc-women-s-asian-cup-fate-in-official-draw|title=Contenders to learn AFC Women’s Asian Cup fate at official draw|publisher=AFC|date=8 December 2017}} The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams.{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/news/afcsection/afc-women-s-asian-cup-draw-pairs-heavyweights-japan-and-australia|title=AFC Women’s Asian Cup draw pairs heavyweights Japan and Australia|publisher=AFC|date=9 December 2017}} The teams were seeded according to their performance in the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup final tournament and qualification, with the hosts Jordan automatically seeded and assigned to Position A1 in the draw.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhF74Eucezs|title=AFC Women's Asian Cup 2018 Official Draw|publisher=YouTube|date=9 December 2017}}

{{main|2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup squads}}

Each team must register a squad of minimum 18 players and maximum 23 players, minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers (Regulations Articles 31.4 and 31.5).{{cite web|url=http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-women-s-asian-cup-jordan-2018-competition-regulations|title=AFC Women's Asian Cup 2018 Competition Regulations|publisher=AFC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215143812/http://www.the-afc.com/afc/documents/PdfFiles/afc-women-s-asian-cup-jordan-2018-competition-regulations|archive-date=15 February 2018|url-status=dead}}

A total of 10 referees and 12 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.

;Referees

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• {{flagicon|AUS}} Kate Jacewicz
• {{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Reibelt
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Qin Liang
• {{flagicon|IRN}} Mahsa Ghorbani
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshimi Yamashita
• {{flagicon|PRK}} Ri Hyang-ok
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Oh Hyeon-jeong
• {{flagicon|MYA}} Thein Thein Aye
• {{flagicon|UZB}} Edita Mirabidova
• {{flagicon|VIE}} Công Thị Dung

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;Assistant referees

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• {{flagicon|CHN}} Cui Yongmei
• {{flagicon|CHN}} Fang Yan
• {{flagicon|IND}} Uvena Fernandes
• {{flagicon|IRN}} Ensieh Khabaz
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Maiko Hagio
• {{flagicon|JPN}} Naomi Teshirogi
• {{flagicon|PRK}} Hong Kum-nyo
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Kyoung-min
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Lee Seul-gi
• {{flagicon|PLE}} Heba Saadieh
• {{flagicon|SIN}} Rohaidah Bte Mohd Nasir
• {{flagicon|VIE}} Trương Thị Lệ Trinh

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The top two teams of each group qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup as well as the semi-finals. The third-placed team of each group entered the fifth-placed match.

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;Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Article 11.5):

1. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
2. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
3. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
4. If more than two teams are tied, and after applying all head-to-head criteria above, a subset of teams are still tied, all head-to-head criteria above are reapplied exclusively to this subset of teams;
5. Goal difference in all group matches;
6. Goals scored in all group matches;
7. Penalty shoot-out if only two teams are tied and they met in the last round of the group;
8. Disciplinary points (yellow card = 1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points, direct red card = 3 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points);
9. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, EEST (UTC+3).{{cite web|url=http://www.wacjordan2018.com/index.php/user/math_stadiums|title=Match Schedule|publisher=AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018|access-date=6 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418111941/http://www.wacjordan2018.com/index.php/user/math_stadiums|archive-date=18 April 2018|url-status=dead}}

{{2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Group A}}

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• Song Duan {{goal|56||77}}
• Wang Shuang {{goal|63}}
• Li Ying {{goal|67}}

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• Jbarah {{goal|15}}

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• Bolden {{goal|76}}

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|referee = Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

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• Ma Jun {{goal|31}}

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• Taneekarn {{goal|6}}
• Silawan {{goal|39}}
• Kanjana {{goal|41}}
• Pitsamai {{goal|90}}

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• Jebreen {{goal|43}}

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• Abu-Sabbah {{goal|17}}

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• Wang Shuang {{goal|14||53||84}}
• Khair {{goal|41|o.g.}}
• Song Duan {{goal|51}}
• Li Ying {{goal|60||72|pen.}}
• Tang Jiali {{goal|86}}

|stadium = Amman International Stadium, Amman

|attendance = 4,428

|referee = Công Thị Dung (Vietnam)

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• Kanjana {{goal|28|pen.|53}}
• Silawan {{goal|62}}

|goals2 =

• Shugg {{goal|90+3}}

|stadium = King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

|attendance = 512

|referee = Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12937

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{{2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Group B}}

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|team2 = {{fbw|VIE}}

|goals1 =

• Yokoyama {{goal|3}}
• Nakajima {{goal|17}}
• Iwabuchi {{goal|57}}
• Tanaka {{goal|66}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

|attendance = 142

|referee = Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

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|stadium = King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

|attendance = 230

|referee = Qin Liang (China)

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|score = 0–0

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|attendance = 356

|referee = Qin Liang (China)

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|goals2 =

• Simon {{goal|8}}
• Kennedy {{goal|18}}
• Logarzo {{goal|21}}
• Van Egmond {{goal|28}}
• Kerr {{goal|44||51}}
• Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung {{goal|71|o.g.}}
• Raso {{goal|75}}

|stadium = Amman International Stadium, Amman

|attendance = 401

|referee = Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

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|time = 16:45

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• Sakaguchi {{goal|63}}

|goals2 =

• Kerr {{goal|86}}

|stadium = Amman International Stadium, Amman

|attendance = 446

|referee = Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12942

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|time = 16:45

|team1 = {{fbw-rt|KOR}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbw|VIE}}

|goals1 =

• Cho So-hyun {{goal|14}}
• Lee Geum-min {{goal|38}}
• Lee Min-a {{goal|49||73}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

|attendance = 86

|referee = Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12943

}}

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.

Winner qualified for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

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• Jang Sel-gi {{goal|34}}
• Lee Min-a {{goal|45+3}}
• Lim Seon-joo {{goal|56}}
• Cho So-hyun {{goal|66||84|pen.}}

|stadium = Amman International Stadium, Amman

|attendance = 418

|referee = Casey Reibelt (Australia)

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|goals1 =

• Kanjanaporn {{goal|17|o.g.}}
• Kennedy {{goal|90+1}}

|goals2 =

• Kanjana {{goal|20}}
• Rattikan {{goal|63}}

|penaltyscore = 3–1

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• Van Egmond {{penmiss}}
• Kellond-Knight {{pengoal}}
• De Vanna {{penmiss}}
• Catley {{pengoal}}
• Kerr {{pengoal}}

|penalties2 =

• {{pengoal}} Ainon
• {{penmiss}} Sunisa
• {{penmiss}} Silawan
• {{penmiss}} Pitsamai

|stadium = King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

|attendance = 166

|referee = Edita Mirabidova (Uzbekistan)

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|goals1 =

• Li Ying {{goal|90|pen.}}

|goals2 =

• Iwabuchi {{goal|39}}
• Yokoyama {{goal|85||88|pen.}}

|stadium = King Abdullah II Stadium, Amman

|attendance = 502

|referee = Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

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• Li Ying {{goal|51}}
• Wang Shanshan {{goal|56}}
• Song Duan {{goal|61}}

|goals2 =

• Rattikan {{goal|81}}

|stadium = Amman International Stadium, Amman

|attendance = 1,026

|referee = Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

|report = http://stats.the-afc.com/match_report/12946

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{{Main|2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final}}

{{:2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Final}}

{{winners|fbw|AFC Women's Asian Cup 2018 winners|JPN|Second}}

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament:

{{Goalscorers

|goals=66 |matches=17

|7 goals=

• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Li Ying

|4 goals=

• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Song Duan
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Wang Shuang
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Kumi Yokoyama
• {{fbwicon|THA}} Kanjana Sung-Ngoen

|3 goals=

• {{fbwicon|AUS}} Sam Kerr
• {{fbwicon|KOR}} Cho So-hyun
• {{fbwicon|KOR}} Lee Min-a

|2 goals=

• {{fbwicon|AUS}} Alanna Kennedy
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Mana Iwabuchi
• {{fbwicon|THA}} Rattikan Thongsombut
• {{fbwicon|THA}} Silawan Intamee
• {{fbwicon|THA}} Suchawadee Nildhamrong

|1 goal=

• {{fbwicon|AUS}} Chloe Logarzo
• {{fbwicon|AUS}} Hayley Raso
• {{fbwicon|AUS}} Kyah Simon
• {{fbwicon|AUS}} Emily van Egmond
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Ma Jun
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Tang Jiali
• {{fbwicon|CHN}} Wang Shanshan
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Emi Nakajima
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Mizuho Sakaguchi
• {{fbwicon|JPN}} Mina Tanaka
• {{fbwicon|JOR}} Maysa Jbarah
• {{fbwicon|JOR}} Shahnaz Jebreen
• {{fbwicon|JOR}} Sarah Abu-Sabbah
• {{fbwicon|PHI}} Sarina Bolden
• {{fbwicon|PHI}} Jesse Shugg
• {{fbwicon|KOR}} Jang Sel-gi
• {{fbwicon|KOR}} Lee Geum-min
• {{fbwicon|KOR}} Lim Seon-joo
• {{fbwicon|THA}} Pitsamai Sornsai
• {{fbwicon|THA}} Taneekarn Dangda

|1 own goal=

• {{fbwicon|THA}} Kanjanaporn Saengkoon (against Australia)
• {{fbwicon|VIE}} Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung (against Australia)

|2 own goals=

• {{fbwicon|JOR}} Yasmeen Khair (against China PR and Philippines)

}}

The following five teams from AFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

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Le Sports acquired the all-media broadcasting and signal production rights in China in 2015,{{cite web|url=http://www.mediabusinessasia.com/news_article.php?id=1569|title=Le Sports Acquires China Rights For AFC|date=28 October 2015|access-date=17 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926205529/http://www.mediabusinessasia.com/news_article.php?id=1569|archive-date=26 September 2018|url-status=dead}} but they collapsed due to financial problems thus giving in all the rights they've acquired and transferred them to China Central Television and PP Sports in 2017. Tire manufacturer Continental announced they would be official sponsor.{{Cite web |url=http://www.continental-tires.com/car/media-services/newsroom/20151112-afc-sponsoring |title=Continental becomes Official Sponsor of 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the United Arab Emirates |access-date=17 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403201253/http://www.continental-tires.com/car/media-services/newsroom/20151112-afc-sponsoring |archive-date=3 April 2016 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website|http://www.wacjordan2018.com/|name=AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018}}
• {{Official website|https://www.the-afc.com/competitions/afc-womens-asian-cup/|name=AFC Women's Asian Cup}}, the-AFC.com
• [http://stats.the-afc.com/tournaments/199 AFC Women's Asian Cup 2018], stats.the-AFC.com

• {{cite book |title=AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Official Programme 6-20 April 2018 |url=https://assets.the-afc.com/migration/a/f/afc-women-s-asian-cup-jordan-2018-programme |date=2018 |publisher=Asian Football Confederation |edition=Print }}

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