AFC Asian Cup - Kvinner

AFC Asian Cup - Kvinner

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The AFC Women's Asian Cup (formerly known as the AFC Women's Championship) is a quadrennial competition in women's football for national teams which belong to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is the oldest women's international football competition and premier women's football competition in the AFC region for national teams. The competition is also known as the Asian Women's Football Championship and the Asian Women's Championship. 20 tournaments have been held, with the current champions being China PR. The competition also serves as Asian qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup.

History

The competition was set up by the Asian Ladies Football Confederation (ALFC), a part of the AFC responsible for women's football. The first competition was held in 1975 and was held every two years after this, except for a period in the 1980s where the competition was held every three years. The ALFC was initially a separate organisation but was absorbed into the AFC in 1986.

From 1975 to 1981, matches were 60 minutes in duration.

The competition has been dominated by countries from the Pacific Rim or Eastern Asia (including East and Southeast Asia), with the China women's national football team having won 9 times, including a series of 7 consecutive victories as of 2022 edition. Countries from Central and West Asia have been rather less successful, with only Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Jordan and Iran having qualified so far. Eastern Asia has also been far more frequent in participating in the FIFA Women's World Cup, with five strongest women's teams of Asia (China, North Korea, Japan, Australia and South Korea) hail from this part.

The tournament frequency changed to every 4 years effective from 2010, after AFC had announced that the Asian Cup will additionally serve as the qualification rounds of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Until 2003, teams were invited by the AFC to compete. From 2006, a separate qualification was established and the number of teams will be decided by the merit by qualification process. The name of the tournament was also changed to as the "AFC Women's Asian Cup", to reflect the change and reforms of the competition.

The tournament was expanded from eight teams to twelve starting from the 2022 edition.

On 20 August 2023, AFC has decided to shift the AFC Women’s Asian Cup to non-FIFA Women’s World Cup odd years, which will see the edition after the upcoming 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup takes place in 2029 instead of 2030.

**AFC Asian Cup - Kvinner**

AFC Asian Cup - Kvinner er det offisielle mesterskapet for kvinnelandslag i fotball i Asia. Turneringen arrangeres hvert fjerde år av Det asiatiske fotballforbundet (AFC).

**Historie**

Den første AFC Asian Cup - Kvinner ble avholdt i 1975 i Hongkong. Japan har vunnet mesterskapet flest ganger, med åtte titler. Andre bemerkelsesverdige vinnere inkluderer Kina (8 titler), Australia (2 titler) og Nord-Korea (1 tittel).

**Format**

Turneringen består av to runder:

* **Gruppefase:** Lagene er delt inn i grupper, og de to beste lagene i hver gruppe går videre til kvartfinalen.
* **Sluttspill:** Kampene i sluttspillet spilles etter utslagsmetoden, med kvartfinaler, semifinaler og en finale.

**Deltakende nasjoner**

24 lag deltar i AFC Asian Cup - Kvinner. Lagene kvalifiserer seg gjennom regionale kvalifiseringsturneringer.

**Vinnerlag**

De siste fem vinnerne av AFC Asian Cup - Kvinner er:

* 2022: Kina
* 2018: Japan
* 2014: Japan
* 2010: Australia
* 2006: Kina

**AFC Asian Cup - Kvinner 2023**

Den kommende AFC Asian Cup - Kvinner vil bli avholdt i India i 2023. 12 lag vil delta i turneringen, inkludert vertsnasjonen.