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 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
(1st title)
Uzbekistan Sogdiana Jizzakh
(1st title)
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
2022 AFC Women's Club Championship

The concept of an Asian women's club competition was first recommended in 2018.[3] The inaugural championship in 2019 was held as a round-robin tournament among four teams from the east region.[4] This was followed by the 2021 championship among four teams from the west region.[5] For 2022, seven teams would be split between east and west regions, with winners from the two regions facing off in the final on 22 October 2022.[6]

The current (2022) champions are Thailand's College of Asian Scholars for the East zone title and Uzbekistan's Sogdiana Jizzakh for the West zone title.[7]

Results
AFC Women's Club Championship finals
Edition Year Winners Score Runners-up Venue Number of teams
1 2019 Japan Tokyo Verdy Beleza —[lower-alpha 1] China Jiangsu LFC Yongin Citizen Sports Park, Yongin 4
— 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2 2021 Jordan Amman SC —[lower-alpha 1] Iran Shahrdari Sirjan Aqaba Development Corporate Stadium, Amman 4
3 2022 Thailand College of Asian Scholars (East)
Uzbekistan Sogdiana Jizzakh (West)		 —[lower-alpha 2] — None 5
  1. A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.
  2. Final not played. A round-robin tournament for East and West zone determined the final standings.

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 1] —
Uzbekistan Sogdiana Jizzakh 1 0 2022[lower-alpha 2] —
China Jiangsu 0 1 — 2019
Iran Shahrdari Sirjan 0 1 — 2021
  1. East zone winner
  2. West zone winner

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
 China 0 1
 Iran 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

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. "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.
  4. 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.
  5. "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.
  6. "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.
  7. "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.
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