The 2016 AFF Women's Championship was the ninth edition of the

AFF Women's Championship The ASEAN Women's Championship (formerly known as the AFF Women's Championship), currently known as the MSIG Serenity Cup for sponsorship reasons is the competition in women's football organized by the ASEAN Football Federation. Results A 2017 ...

, an international

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tournament organised by the

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(AFF). The tournament was held in

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between 26 July to 4 August 2016. The defending champions

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

successfully defended their title after beating

Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

in the final via

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Participating teams

8 teams were set to take part in the tournament in

. Indonesia was suspended by FIFA at the time the group was announced. Australia sent its under-20 team. Japan, Chinese Taipei and South Korea were invited to participate as the eighth team in the tournament. However, none of the three confirmed their participation and Timor Leste was named as the tournament's eighth team. * * (Hosts) * * * * (Holders) * *

Squads

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. ;Tiebreakers The teams are ranked according to

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(3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: #Goal difference in all the group matches; #Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches; #Result of the direct match between the teams concerned; #

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if the teams concerned are still on the field of play. #Lowest score using Fair Play Criteria; #Drawing of lots. ''All times listed are

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( UTC+06:30)''

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Awards

Controversy

In the 6th round of the

of the final between

and

, Thailand's Rattikan Thongsombut shot out while Vietnam's Nguyễn Thị Liễu effort hit goalkeeper Waraporn Boonsing and rolled its way past the goal line before being shot away by the goalkeeper. Myanmar referee Thein Thein Aye first recognised for a goal but reversed her decision after discussing with two lineswomen, Singapore's Mohd Nasir and Merlo Albano from the Philippines stated the ball had not entirely crossed the goal line. Vietnamese media calls the event as a "stolen championship".

Goalscorers

;9 goals * Win Theingi Tun ;6 goals * Nguyễn Thị Muôn ;5 goals * Shereilynn Elly Pius * Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung ;4 goals * Nur Haniza Sa'arani * May Thu Kyaw *

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* Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt ;3 goals * Eliza Ammendolia * Melina Ayres * Melinda Barbieri * Emily Condon * Ally Green * Yee Yee Oo ;2 goals * Olivia Ellis * Grace Maher *

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* Malini Nordin * Khin Marlar Tun * Khin Moe Wai * Wai Wai Aung * Kanjana Sungngoen *

Pitsamai Sornsai Pitsamai Sornsai ( Thai: พิสมัย สอนไสย์) is a Thai footballer who plays as a forward for Taichung Blue Whale. International goals Footballing honours International Thailand * AFC Women's Championship: fifth place ...

* Rattikan Thongsombut * Huỳnh Như * Nguyễn Thị Liễu ;1 goal * Alex Chidiac * Ashleigh Lefevre * Sophie Nenadovic * Georgia Plessas * Clare Wheeler * Dadree Rofinus * Hlayin Win * Khin Mo Mo Tun * Christina de los Reyes * Camille Wilson * Alisa Rukpinij *

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* Orathai Srimanee * Taneekarn Dangda * Thanatta Chawong * Nguyễn Thị Hòa *

Nguyễn Thị Nguyệt Nguyễn Thị Nguyệt (born 5 November 1992) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a forward. International goals Vietnam U20 External links * 1992 births Living people Women's association football forwards Vietnamese women ...

Nguyễn Thị Xuyến Nguyễn Thị Xuyến (born 6 September 1987) is a Vietnamese women's international footballer who plays as a defender (association football), defender. She is a member of the Vietnam women's national football team. She was part of the team at t ...

* Phạm Hải Yến ;1 own goal * Nur Izyani Noorghani (against Vietnam) * Luisa Marques (against Malaysia) * Natacha Sarmento (against Malaysia)

Final ranking

References

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