# 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup

The 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, the 18th edition of the competition, was a women's association football tournament competed by national teams in Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It served as the qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. It was played from 14 to 25 May 2014 in Vietnam.
Reigning world champions Japan defeated the reigning Asian champions Australia 1–0 in the final to secure their first continental title.

## Qualification

The final tournament was competed by eight teams, four of which were automatically qualified though their 2010 placement, while the others were determined via a qualification tournament.
North Korea was banned from the tournament due to the sanction on their doping cases in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Hosts Vietnam had to play the qualifying round; in case of a non-qualification, another host would have been chosen.

### Qualified teams

| Country | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament |
| Australia | 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup top four | 21 May 2010 | 4 (1975, 2006, 2008, 2010) |
| Japan | 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup top four | 22 May 2010 | 14 (1977, 1981, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010) |
| China | 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup top four | 23 May 2010 | 12 (1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010) |
| South Korea | 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup top four | 26 September 2012 | 10 (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010) |
| Myanmar | Group D winner | 25 May 2013 | 3 (2003, 2006, 2010) |
| Thailand | Group B winner | 25 May 2013 | 14 (1975, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010) |
| Vietnam | Group C winner | 26 May 2013 | 6 (1999, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010) |
| Jordan | Group A winner | 9 June 2013 | 0 (debut) |
* ↑ Bold: winner, Italics: host.

## Venues

The competition was played in two venues in Thủ Dầu Một and Ho Chi Minh City.
| Thủ Dầu MộtHo Chi Minh City | Thủ Dầu Một | Ho Chi Minh City |
| Thủ Dầu MộtHo Chi Minh City | Gò Đậu Stadium | Thống Nhất Stadium |
| Thủ Dầu MộtHo Chi Minh City | Capacity: 18,250 | Capacity: 15,000 |

## Group stage

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Each team then played the others in their group once. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals, and the two third-placed teams played a play-off match for fifth place and the final World Cup qualifying spot. The draw was held on 29 November 2013.
In the group stage, teams tied in the points were ranked by the following criteria:
* Greater number of points between the teams concerned,
* Goal differences between the teams concerned,
* Number of goals between the teams concerned,
* Goal differences between in all round-robin matches,
* Number of goals between in all round-robin matches,
* Penalty shoot-out (in case just two teams playing the final match tied in the all conditions above),
* Fewer yellow and red card points in all group matches (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card), and
* Drawing of lots.
All times are local (UTC+7).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 7 | Knockout stage and Women's World Cup |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage and Women's World Cup |
| 3 | Vietnam (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 | Repechage play-off |
| 4 | Jordan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 7 | Knockout stage and Women's World Cup |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 7 | Knockout stage and Women's World Cup |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 3 | Repechage play-off |
| 4 | Myanmar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | |

## Fifth place play-off

Thailand won the play-off and thus qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage (including the fifth place match), extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 22 May | 22 May |
| Japan (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| Japan (a.e.t.) | 2 | 25 May | 25 May |
| China | 1 | 25 May | 25 May |
| China | 1 | Japan | 1 |
| 22 May | 22 May | | Japan | 1 |
| 22 May | 22 May | Australia | 0 |
| South Korea | 1 | Australia | 0 |
| Australia | 2 | | |
| Australia | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 25 May | 25 May |
| | | China | 2 |
| | | South Korea | 1 |
All times are local (UTC+7).

### Final
## Awards

* AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 champions
* Japan First title

## Goalscorers

There were 67 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.
6 goals
* Yang Li
* Park Eun-sun
3 goals
* Katrina Gorry
* Cho So-hyun
* Jeon Ga-eul
* Kanjana Sungngoen
2 goals
* Kate Gill
* Li Dongna
* Azusa Iwashimizu
* Nahomi Kawasumi
* Chinatsu Kira
* Emi Nakajima
* Mizuho Sakaguchi
* Yūki Ōgimi
* Ji So-yun
* Lê Thu Thanh Hương
1 goal
* Lisa De Vanna
* Caitlin Foord
* Elise Kellond-Knight
* Li Ying
* Ma Xiaoxu
* Ren Guixin
* Xu Yanlu
* Nanase Kiryu
* Homare Sawa
* Stephanie Al-Naber
* Maysa Jbarah
* Kwon Hah-nul
* Park Hee-young
* Yeo Min-ji
* Yoo Young-a
* Yee Yee Oo
* Sritala Duangnapa
* Nguyễn Thị Muôn
* Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung
1 own goal
* Clare Polkinghorne (against Japan)
* Enshirah Alhyasat (against Japan)
* Park Eun-sun (against China PR)
* Lê Thị Thương (against Australia)

## Tournament teams ranking

This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 13 | Champions |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | Runners-up |
| 3 | China | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 10 | Third place |
| 4 | South Korea | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 7 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Thailand | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 6 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Vietnam (H) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Jordan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Myanmar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 17 | −16 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |