- 2003 AFC Women's Championship
The 2003 AFC Women's Championship was a women's football tournament held in
Thailand fromJune 8 toJune 12 2003 . It was the 14th holding of theAFC Women's Championship , a tournament for women's national teams from countries affiliated to theAsian Football Confederation .The competition was held in
Bangkok in theRajamangala Stadium and theNakhon Sawan Stadium . The tournament was won by the defending champions Korea DPR women's national football team (Korea DRP). As the championship was alo used for qualifying for theFIFA Women's World Cup , North Korea qualified as champions, with China qualifying as runners-up. South Korea as the third-placed team faced another match for qualification.Participating teams and structure
Fourteen teams took part in the competition. This included the hosts
Thailand and the defending championsNorth Korea . The teams were split into 3 groups, with the each team playing all the others in the group in around robin format. At the end of the group stage the four teams with the best results from all the groups who qualified in the 1st 2 spaces in each group qualify to the knockout stage. This is played in the format of a semi-final, a 3rd/4th place match, as well as a final.The winners and runners-up of the competition automatically qualify for the
FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 . The 3rd place team has to compete against aCONCACAF team over home and away matches for a final place in theFIFA Women's World Cup .footballbox
date =June 9 ,2003
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score = 15–0
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date =June 9 ,2003
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score = 1–2
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date =June 11 ,2003
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score = 0–6
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date =June 11 ,2003
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score = 7–0
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date =June 13 ,2003
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score = 0–4
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date =June 13 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|JPN
score = 7–0
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date =June 15 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|GUM
score = 0–4
team2 = fbw|MYA
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date =June 15 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|JPN
score = 5–0
team2 = fbw|TPE
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date =June 17 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|TPE
score = 1–1
team2 = fbw|MYA
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date =June 17 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|PHI
score = 2–1
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stadium = Rajamangala StadiumGroup C
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date =June 9 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|CHN
score = 6–0
team2 = fbw|VIE
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date =June 9 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|IND
score = 6–0
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date =June 11 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|VIE
score = 4–2
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date =June 11 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|CHN
score = 12–0
team2 = fbw|IND
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date =June 13 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|VIE
score = 2–1
team2 = fbw|IND
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date =June 13 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|CHN
score = 11–0
team2 = fbw|UZB
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stadium = Nakhon Sawan StadiumKnockout stage
The following teams qualified from the group stages:
*fbw|CHN
*fbw|JPN
*fbw|PRK
*fbw|KORemi-finals
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date =June 19 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|PRK
score = 3–0
team2 = fbw|JPN
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date =June 19 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|CHN
score = 3–1
team2 = fbw|KOR
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stadium = Rajamangala StadiumThird place playoff
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date =June 21 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|JPN
score = 0–1
team2 = fbw|KOR
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stadium = Rajamangala StadiumFinal
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date =June 21 ,2003
team1 = fbw-rt|PRK
score = 2–1 (AET)
team2 = fbw|CHN
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stadium = Rajamangala StadiumAwards
External links
* [http://www.the-afc.com/english/competitions/WomenAsianCup2006/preTournament/default.asp?type=2003 Match results at the official AFC web site]
* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/asia-women03.html Results at RSSSF]
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