# 2022 Chinese Women's Football League

The 2022 Chinese Women's Football League, officially known as the 2022 China Taiping Chinese Football Association Women's Football League (Chinese: 2022中国太平中国足球协会女子甲级联赛) for sponsorship reasons, was the 8th season in its current incarnation. It was held from 11 April to 17 September 2022.

## Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic

On 9 April, the Chinese Football Association announced dates and the format of the season. The season will be held from 11 April to 9 September 2022 and it was divided into regular season and promotion stage. The regular season was divided into 3 stages (5, 3, 3 rounds respectively). In the first stage, 12 teams were divided into 2 groups of six teams. In the second and the third stage, the teams in 2 groups will be switched to ensure that each team would play against each other once. Six highest-ranked teams after the third stage will qualify for the promotion stage. In the promotion stage, each team will play against each other once.
Shanghai Shenhua withdrew from the first stage due to travel restrictions as a result of the lockdown measures enforced in Shanghai due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

### Groups

| Team | 2021 season | Group | Group | Group |
| Team | 2021 season | First stage | Second stage | Third stage |
| Zhejiang | Super League, 10th | A | C | E |
| Guangzhou | 2nd | B | D | E |
| Yongchuan Chashan Zhuhai | 3rd | B | D | E |
| Dalian Pro | 4th | A | C | E |
| Tianjin Shengde | 5th | A | C | E |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 6th | B | D | E |
| China U-17 | 7th | A | D | F |
| Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | 8th | B | C | F |
| Hebei | 9th | A | D | F |
| Yunnan Jiashijing | 11th | A | D | F |
| Guangxi Pingguo Beinong | League Two, 1st | B | C | F |
| Hainan Qiongzhong | League Two, 2nd | B | C | F |

#### Centralised venues

* Kunming (Groups A, B)
** Yunnan Haigeng Football Training Base
* Dalian (Groups C, D, E and F)
** Dalian Youth Football Training Base
* Chengdu (Promotion stage)
** Wenjiang Football Training Base

#### Dates

* First stage (Round 1-5): 11–25 April
* Second stage (Round 6-8): 22–31 May
* Third stage (Round 9-11): 2–9 June
* Promotion stage: 5–17 September

## Clubs
### Name changes

* Chongqing Lander W.F.C. changed their name to Yongchuan Chashan Zhuhai.

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Head Coach | 2021 season |
| Zhejiang | Gao Rongming | Super League, 10th |
| Guangzhou | Li Kun | 2nd |
| Yongchuan Chashan Zhuhai | Jia Jing | 3rd |
| Dalian Pro | Fan Yiying | 4th |
| Tianjin Shengde | Liu Bing | 5th |
| Shanghai Shenhua | Ye Zhijing | 6th |
| China U-17 | Wang Anzhi | 7th |
| Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | Qiu Jingwei | 8th |
| Hebei | Jiao Yuying | 9th |
| Yunnan Jiashijing | Gao Fulin | 11th |
| Guangxi Pingguo Beinong | Li Huayun | League Two, 1st |
| Hainan Qiongzhong | Zi Jingjing | League Two, 2nd |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Zhejiang | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 8 | +19 | 26 | Qualification for Promotion stage |
| 2 | Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 22 | Qualification for Promotion stage |
| 3 | China U-17 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 20 | |
| 4 | Yongchuan Chashan Zhuhai | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 20 | Qualification for Promotion stage |
| 5 | Dalian Pro | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 20 | Qualification for Promotion stage |
| 6 | Guangzhou | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 18 | Qualification for Promotion stage |
| 7 | Hebei | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 17 | Qualification for Promotion stage |
| 8 | Hainan Qiongzhong | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 15 | |
| 9 | Tianjin Shengde | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 11 | |
| 10 | Yunnan Jiashijing | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 8 | |
| 11 | Guangxi Pingguo Beinong | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | −14 | 6 | |
| 12 | Shanghai Shenhua | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 33 | −33 | 0 | Withdrew |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CHN | DLP | GPB | GZH | HNQ | HEB | SQD | SHS | TJS | YCZ | YNJ | ZHJ |
| China U-17 | | | | | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | | 3–0 | |
| Dalian Pro | 0–3 | | | | | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | |
| Guangxi Pingguo Beinong | 0–2 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | | | | 3–0 | 0–2 | | | |
| Guangzhou | 0–0 | 2–1 | | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | | | 1–1 | | |
| Hainan Qiongzhong | | 1–1 | 3–0 | | | | 0–3 | | | | 5–0 | 0–1 |
| Hebei | | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | | | | | 0–1 | 3–0 | |
| Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | | | 2–1 | | | 0–2 | | | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 4–2 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | | | | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | | 0–3 | |
| Tianjin Shengde | 0–1 | | | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | | | | 0–0 | | 1–1 |
| Yongchuan Chashan Zhuhai | 1–1 | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | | | 3–0 | | | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Yunnan Jiashijing | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | | 0–3 | | 0–1 | | | 1–5 |
| Zhejiang | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | | 3–0 | | | | |

### Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Zhejiang | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| China U-17 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| Yongchuan Chashan Zhuhai | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Dalian Pro | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 |
| Guangzhou | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Hebei | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Hainan Qiongzhong | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Tianjin Shengde | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Yunnan Jiashijing | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| Guangxi Pingguo Beinong | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Shanghai Shenhua | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
* Qualification for Promotion stage

### Results by match played

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| China U-17 | L | L | W | W | W | D | W | D | L | W | W |
| Dalian Pro | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | D | L | W |
| Guangxi Pingguo Beinong | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | D | L |
| Guangzhou | D | D | D | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | D |
| Hainan Qiongzhong | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | D | L | L | W |
| Hebei | W | W | L | L | W | D | L | L | W | D | W |
| Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | W | L |
| Shanghai Shenhua | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
| Tianjin Shengde | L | L | W | D | L | L | L | W | L | W | D |
| Yongchuan Chashan Zhuhai | W | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | L | D |
| Yunnan Jiashijing | L | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | D | L | L |
| Zhejiang | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | W | W | D |

## Promotion stage
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Zhejiang (C, P) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 13 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | Yongchuan Chashan Zhuhai (P) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 13 | Promotion to Super League |
| 3 | Dalian Pro | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | Qualification for Promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | |
| 5 | Guangzhou | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | |
| 6 | Hebei | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | DLP | GZH | HEB | SQD | YCZ | ZHJ |
| Dalian Pro | | 3–1 | | 3–2 | | |
| Guangzhou | | | | | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Hebei | 0–3 | 0–3 | | | | |
| Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | | 3–2 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | |
| Yongchuan Chashan Zhuhai | 1–0 | | 3–0 | | | 2–2 |
| Zhejiang | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | | |

### Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 2, but then played between rounds 3 and 4, it will be added to the standings for round 3.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Zhejiang | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Yongchuan Chashan Zhuhai | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dalian Pro | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Guangzhou | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hebei | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
* Leader and promotion to Super League
* Runner-up and promotion to Super League
* Qualification for Promotion play-offs

### Results by match played

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Dalian Pro | L | W | L | W | W |
| Guangzhou | L | L | L | W | L |
| Hebei | L | L | L | L | L |
| Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua | W | L | W | L | L |
| Yongchuan Chashan Zhuhai | W | W | W | D | W |
| Zhejiang | W | W | W | D | W |