# 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup

The 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup was held from 19–30 May at the Chengdu Sports Centre in China PR. The winners, Australia, runners-up, Korea DPR, and third-place team, Japan qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
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

Chengdu :
| Chengdu Sports Center Stadium | Shuangliu Sports Centre Stadium |
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 26,000 |
| Chengdu ||

## Qualification
### Direct entry

* North Korea
* China
* Australia
* Japan
* South Korea

### Via qualification

* Myanmar (Winner Group A)
* Thailand (Winner Group B)
* Vietnam (Winner Group C)

## 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
* Ri Hyang-ok
* 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 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 9 |
| North Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |
| Myanmar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 7 |
| Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |

## Knockout stages

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 27 May – Chengdu | 27 May – Chengdu |
| Japan | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | 30 May – Chengdu | 30 May – Chengdu |
| Australia | 1 | 30 May – Chengdu | 30 May – Chengdu |
| Australia | 1 | Australia (p) | 1 (5) |
| 27 May – Chengdu | 27 May – Chengdu | | Australia (p) | 1 (5) |
| 27 May – Chengdu | 27 May – Chengdu | North Korea | 1 (4) |
| China | 0 | North Korea | 1 (4) |
| North Korea (a.e.t.) | 1 | | |
| North Korea (a.e.t.) | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 30 May – Chengdu | 30 May – Chengdu |
| | | Japan | 2 |
| | | China | 0 |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

### Third place match

Winner qualified for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

### Final
## Awards

* AFC Women's Asian Cup 2010 winners
* Australia First title
| Most Valuable Player | Top Scorer | Fairplay Award |
| Jo Yun-mi | Kozue Ando (3 goals) | China |

## Goalscorers

There were 45 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.81 goals per match.
3 goals
* Homare Sawa
* Kozue Ando
* Yoo Young-a
* Jo Yun-mi
2 goals
* Sam Kerr
* Zhang Rui
* Mami Yamaguchi
1 goal
* Kate Gill
* Kim Carroll
* Kylie Ledbrook
* Leena Khamis
* Lisa De Vanna
* Bi Yan
* Han Duan
* Li Danyang
* Yuan Fan
* Aya Miyama
* Aya Sameshima
* Azusa Iwashimizu
* Manami Nakano
* Megumi Kamionobe
* Megumi Takase
* Rumi Utsugi
* Yuki Nagasato
* Cha Yun-hee
* Jung Hae-in
* Kang Sun-mi
* Jon Myong-hwa
* Kim Kyong-hwa
* Kim Yong-ae
* Ra Un-sim
* Yun Song-mi
* Junpen Seesraum
* Waranya Chaikantree

## 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 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | Champions |
| 2 | North Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 10 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 12 | Third place |
| 4 | China (H) | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Fourth place |
| 5 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Thailand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Myanmar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | Eliminated in group stage |