The 2010

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was held from 19–30 May at the Chengdu Sports Centre in China PR. The winners,

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, runners-up, Korea DPR, and third-place team,

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qualified for the

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. 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

Qualification

;Direct entry * * * * * ;Via qualification * (Winner

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) * (Winner

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) * (Winner

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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 *

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* 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

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stages

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for

Third place match

Winner qualified for

Final

Awards

Goalscorers

References

External links

Tournament website

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