2022 AFF Women's Championship

2022 AFF Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
City	Manila / Biñan / Imus
Dates	4–17 July
Teams	11 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Philippines (1st title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Third place	Myanmar
Fourth place	Vietnam
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	108 (3.72 per match)
Attendance	19,752 (681 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sarina Bolden ; Huỳnh Như (7 goals each)
	← 2019 2023 →

The 2022 AFF Women's Championship was the 12th edition of the AFF Women's Championship, an international women's football tournament organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The final tournament was originally scheduled to run from 3 to 17 July 2020. However the tournament was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]^[2] The tournament was later rescheduled and was held from 4 to 17 July 2022 in the Philippines.^[3]

Vietnam were the defending champions, but failed to defend the title after losing 0–4 to the Philippines in the semi-finals. The hosts went on to win their first title in history by defeating Thailand 3–0 in the final.

Participating nations[edit]

Eleven teams entered the AFF Women's Championship final tournament.^[4] Australia sent its under-23 squad to compete in the tournament.^[5]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Australia U23	1st	Debut
Cambodia	3rd	Group stage (2018, 2019)
Indonesia	9th	Fourth place (2004)
Laos	7th	Fourth place (2011, 2012)
Malaysia	10th	Fourth place (2007)
Myanmar	12th	Champions (2004, 2007)
Philippines (host)	11th	Fourth place (2019)
Singapore	9th	Group stage (2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2019)
Thailand	11th	Champions (2011, 2015, 2016, 2018)
East Timor	4th	Group stage (2016, 2018, 2019)
Vietnam	12th	Champions (2006, 2012, 2019)

Draw[edit]

The draw for the 2022 AFF Women's Championship was held on May 28, 2022, at the Marco Polo Ortigas Manila in Pasig.^[6] The teams were allocated into five pots based on their performances in the last edition of the tournament. Ten teams were first drawn into two groups of five teams. Malaysia, the eleventh team was drawn separately, making one of the two groups have six teams after the whole draw was finalized.^[4]^[7]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Eleventh team
Vietnam (2019 holders) Thailand	Myanmar Philippines (host)	Indonesia East Timor	Singapore Cambodia	Laos Australia U23	Malaysia

Venues[edit]

Matches will be held in three venues.^[8]^[9]

Manila	Biñan	Imus	Biñan Imus Manila 2022 AFF Women's Championship (Calabarzon)
Rizal Memorial Stadium	Biñan Football Stadium	City of Imus Grandstand
Capacity: 12,873	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 2,500

Squads[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Tiebreakers

Ranking in each group shall be determined as follows:

Greater number of points obtained in all the group matches;
Goal difference in all the group matches;
Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
Greater disciplinary points.

If two or more teams are equal on the basis on the above four criteria, the place shall be determined as follows:

Result of the direct match between the teams concerned;
Penalty shoot-out if only the teams are tied, and they met in the last round of the group;
Drawing lots by the Organising Committee.

All times listed are Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	5	4	1	0	14	2	+12	13	Knockout stage
2	Philippines (H)	5	4	0	1	16	2	+14	12	Knockout stage
3	Australia U23	5	3	1	1	16	4	+12	10
4	Singapore	5	1	1	3	3	14	−11	4
5	Malaysia	5	0	2	3	1	15	−14	2
6	Indonesia	5	0	1	4	2	15	−13	1

Source: PFF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

4 July 2022

16:00

Singapore	0–0	Malaysia
	Report

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Attendance: 235

Referee: Aung Seinn Cho (Myanmar)

4 July 2022

19:00

Philippines	1–0	Australia U23
Bolden 60'	Report

Rizal Memorial Stadium, Manila

Attendance: 1,408

Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

4 July 2022