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. Venues. The competition was played in two venues in Thủ Dầu Một and Ho Chi Minh City. 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: "All times are local ()." Group A. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> Group B. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> 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 . "All times are local ()."