2008 Indonesian Women's Football Tournament
The 2008 Indonesian Women's Football Tournament was the second edition of the Indonesian Women's Football Tournament (IWFT), a fully professional football competition for women in the country. Format. The competition used a system of "home tournament" with a host Yogyakarta. Eight teams from six of the thirty-three provinces Indonesian football association board competed in the competition. The competition began with the group stage, the eight teams being divided into two groups. Each group contained four teams, the winners and runners-up from each group advancing to the semifinals. The knockout phase  began with the semi-finals with the winners advancing to the final. The teams that lost in the semifinals played in a final to decide third place. Each team was obliged to include a minimum of eight young players under the age of sixteen years. This rule was intended for the development of female football player for the women national team of Indonesian in the future. Teams. Aceh, West Sumatra, Riau, Riau Islands, Jambi, South Sumatra, Bengkulu, Lampung, North Sumatra, East Java, Bali, West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Gorontalo , Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi, South East Sulawesi, Maluku, North Maluku and Papua. The teams referred to above did not participate in this edition, because the women's football teams in the area were unprepared.