AFC Women's Club Championship

The AFC Women's Club Championship is the top-tier women's football club competition in Asia. It involves the top clubs from countries affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[1] Designed as pilot tournaments, the format will change in 2023 to an invitational tournament, and in 2024–25 replaced with the launch of the AFC Women's Champions League.[2]

AFC Women's Club Championship
Organising bodyAFC
Founded2019 (2019)
RegionAsia
Number of teams7
Current championsThailand College of Asian Scholars
Uzbekistan Sogdiana Jizzakh
(1st title each)
Most successful club(s)Jordan Amman SC
Japan Tokyo Verdy Beleza
Thailand College of Asian Scholars
Uzbekistan Sogdiana Jizzakh
(1 title each)
Television broadcastersYouTube
Websitethe-afc.com
2023 AFC Women's Club Championship

The current champions are Thailand's College of Asian Scholars for the East zone title and Uzbekistan's Sogdiana Jizzakh for the West zone title.[3]

History

The concept of an Asian women's club competition was first recommended in 2018.[4] The inaugural championship in 2019 was held as a round-robin tournament among four teams from the east region.[5] This was followed by the 2021 championship among four teams from the west region.[6] For 2022, seven teams would be split between the east and west regions, with winners from the two regions facing off in the final on 22 October 2022.[7]

Transition to an AFC Women's Champions League

From 2024–25, the AFC Women's Champions League will feature 12 teams in a group stage followed by a knock-out stage. Each association gets one team to enter.[8]

Key principles for the new competition were released by the AFC on 20 August 2023.[9] The 2024–25 competition will comprise a Preliminary stage, a Main tournament with 12 teams featuring in the Group Stage, followed by a Knockout stage. From the first four seasons there will be one entry per participating member association, with allocation based on the FIFA ranking of participating member associations up to 2027–28. Thereafter, an AFC Women's Club Competition Ranking will be used.

Results
AFC Women's Club Championship finals
Edition Year Zone Winners[lower-alpha 1] Runners-up Venue Number of teams
1 2019 — Japan Tokyo Verdy Beleza China Jiangsu LFC Yongin Citizen Sports Park, Yongin 4
— 2020 — Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2 2021 — Jordan Amman SC Iran Shahrdari Sirjan Aqaba Development Corporate Stadium, Amman 4
3 2022 East Thailand College of Asian Scholars Chinese Taipei Taichung Blue Whale Multiple 5
West Uzbekistan Sogdiana Jizzakh Iran Bam Khatoon F.C

Records and statistics

Performances by club
Performances in the AFC Women's Club Championship by club
Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
Japan Tokyo Verdy Beleza 1 0 2019 —
Jordan Amman SC 1 0 2021 —
Thailand College of Asian Scholars 1 0 2022[lower-alpha 2] —
Uzbekistan Sogdiana Jizzakh 1 0 2022[lower-alpha 3] —
China Jiangsu 0 1 — 2019
Iran Shahrdari Sirjan 0 1 — 2021
Chinese Taipei Taichung Blue Whale 0 1 — 2022[lower-alpha 2]
Iran Bam Khatoon F.C 0 1 — 2022[lower-alpha 3]

Performances by nation
Performances in the AFC Women's Club Championship by club
Nation Winners Runners-up
 Japan 1 0
 Jordan 1 0
 Thailand 1 0
 Uzbekistan 1 0
 Iran 0 2
 China 0 1
 Chinese Taipei 0 1

Performances by regional federations
Federation (Region) Titles
EAFF (East Asia) 1
WAFF (West Asia) 1
CAFA (Central Asia) 1
SAFF (South Asia) 0
AFF (Southeast Asia) 1

Top scorers by year
YearTop scorer(s)Club(s)Goals
2019
Japan Mina TanakaJapan Tokyo Verdy Beleza
4
2021
Multiple players
2
2022
Chinese Taipei Su Yu-hsuanChinese Taipei Taichung Blue Whale
2

See also
AFC Men's

Notes
  1. A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
  2. East zone
  3. West zone

References
  1. "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC Women's Club Championship". AFC. 27 September 2019. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC's world-class competitions' roster". the-AFC. 5 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  3. "Year in Review – College of Asian Scholars, Sogdiana-W take the honours". AFC. 26 December 2022. Archived from the original on 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. "AFC Women's Football Committee recommends women's club competition". AFC. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  5. McCullagh, Kevin (30 September 2019). "AFC to pilot women's club championship in November". Sport Business. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. "India recommended as host for AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022". AFC. 19 February 2020. Archived from the original on 19 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  7. "Uzbekistan to host AFC Women's Club Championship 2022™ – Pilot Tournament in the West". the-AFC. Archived from the original on 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
  8. "AFC unveils format for new Women's Champions League and revamps national team dates". Inside World Football. 2023-08-21. Archived from the original on 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  9. "Key principles of landmark AFC Women's Champions League approved by AFC Women's Football Committee". AFC. 20 August 2023.
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