1980 AFC Women's Championship

The 1980 AFC Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the AFC Women's Championship (now the AFC Women's Asian Cup). The tournament was hosted by India (with two teams India N and India S) and was the first time the competition was held in South Asia.[1] It was originally scheduled to be held in 1979, but was eventually held between 11 and 20 January 1980. All matches were played at the EMS Stadium in Calicut (now Kozhikode), Kerala.

1980 AFC Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
CityCalicut
Dates11–20 January
Teams6
Venue(s)EMS Stadium
Final positions
Champions Republic of China (2nd title)
Runners-up India S
Tournament statistics
Matches played19

The tournament was won by the Republic of China (Taiwan) for the second time.

Venue

All matches were held at the EMS Stadium in Calicut (now Kozhikode), Kerala.

Kerala Calicut
EMS Stadium
Capacity: 53,000

Entrants
ALFC members Invitees

Notes
  1. India was represented by two sides India S and India N. The two Indian teams were labelled "India A" and "India B". Subsequently, they were relabelled as India Seniors (India S) and India Novices (India N). An alternative label was India South and India North.
  2. Australian regional representative side

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Republic of China 5 4 1 0 12 0 +12 9
 India S 5 3 2 0 5 0 +5 8
 Western Australia 5 2 0 3 4 5 −1 4
 Hong Kong 5 2 0 3 3 7 −4 4
 Malaysia 5 1 1 3 4 5 −1 3
 India N 5 1 0 4 1 12 −11 2
Source: RSSSF
India S 2–0 Western Australia
  • Mullick 17'
  • Shukla Dutta 27'
EMS Stadium, Calicut
Republic of China 5–0 India N
EMS Stadium, Calicut
India S 2–0 Hong Kong
  • Yolanda D'Souza 7'
  •  ?? 12' (o.g.)
EMS Stadium, Calicut
Republic of China 2–0 Malaysia
  • Chou
EMS Stadium, Calicut
India N 0–3 Western Australia
  • Judy Pettitt
EMS Stadium, Calicut
Western Australia 1–0 Malaysia
  • Judy Pettitt 10'
EMS Stadium, Calicut
India N 1–0 Hong Kong
  • Ayona 44'
EMS Stadium, Calicut
Republic of China 0–0 India S
EMS Stadium, Calicut
Hong Kong 2–1 Malaysia
  • Poon Shui-Chun
  • Yung Fung-Ling
  •  ??
EMS Stadium, Calicut
India N 0–1 India S
  • Shukla Dutta 59'
EMS Stadium, Calicut
Republic of China 2–0 Western Australia
  • Chou 7'
  • Sandra o.g.'
EMS Stadium, Calicut
Republic of China 3–0 Hong Kong
EMS Stadium, Calicut
India N 0–3 Malaysia
EMS Stadium, Calicut
Hong Kong 1–0 Western Australia
  • Linda Daniel 4'
EMS Stadium, Calicut
Malaysia 0–0 India S
EMS Stadium, Calicut

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 19 January
 
 
  Republic of China 5
 
 20 January
 
  Western Australia 0
 
  Republic of China 2
 
 19 January
 
  India S 0
 
  India S 3
 
 
  Hong Kong 1
 
Third place
 
 
 20 January
 
 
  Hong Kong
 
 
  Western Australia

Semi-final
Republic of China 5–0 Western Australia
  • Ho Su-Ching
  • Chao
  • Chuang Shu-Yuen
  • Chou
  •  ??
India S 3–1 Hong Kong
  • Shukla Dutta
  • Sushma Das
  • Yolanda D'Souza
  • Poon Shui-Chun

Third place match
Hong Kong cancelled[lower-alpha 1] Western Australia
  1. The match was cancelled as Hong Kong had already booked their flights home before kickoff, failing which they would have had to stay in India for a further four days for the next available flight to Hong Kong, which would have been impossible due to scheduling and logistical issues.

Final
Republic of China 2–0 India S

Winner
 AFC Women's Championship
1979 winners 

Republic of China
Second title

References
  1. Media Team, AIFF (15 August 2022). "Indian Football Down the Years: Looking back at the glorious moments". www.the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 21 September 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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