The 2022 AFF Women's Championship was the 12th edition of the
AFF Women's Championship, an international
women's football tournament organised by the
ASEAN Football Federation
The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) is an organisation within the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and is an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer in Southeast Asia. It consists of the federations of Fo ...
(AFF). The final tournament was originally scheduled to run from 3 to 17 July 2020. However, the tournament was postponed indefinitely due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. The tournament was later rescheduled and was held from 4 to 17 July 2022 in the
Philippines
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.
Vietnam
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were the defending champions, but failed to defend the title after losing 0–4 to the
Philippines
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in the semi-finals. The hosts went on to win their first title in history by defeating
Thailand
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3–0 in the final.
Participating nations
Eleven teams entered the AFF Women's Championship final tournament.
Australia sent its under-23 squad to compete in the tournament.
Draw
The draw for the 2022 AFF Women's Championship was held on May 28, 2022, at the
Marco Polo Ortigas Manila in
Pasig
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It is located along the eastern border of Metro Mani ...
. The teams were allocated into five pots based on their performances in the last edition of the tournament. Ten teams were first drawn into two groups of five teams. Malaysia, the eleventh team was drawn separately, making one of the two groups have six teams after the whole draw was finalized.
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Venues
Matches were held in three venues.
Squads
Group stage
;Tiebreakers
Ranking in each group shall be determined as follows:
# Greater number of points obtained in all the group matches;
# Goal difference in all the group matches;
# Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
# Greater disciplinary points.
If two or more teams are equal on the basis on the above four criteria, the place shall be determined as follows:
# Result of the direct match between the teams concerned;
# Penalty shoot-out
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if only the teams are tied, and they met in the last round of the group;
# Drawing lots by the Organising Committee.
''All times listed are Philippine Standard Time
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( UTC+08:00)''
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final
Goalscorers
Awards
Final ranking
See also
* 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup
* 2022 CAFA Women's Championship
* 2022 EAFF E-1 Football Championship (women)
* 2022 SAFF Women's Championship
* 2022 WAFF Women's Championship
References
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