2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup

The 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup was held from 19–30 May at the Chengdu Sports Centre in China PR. The winners, Australia, runners-up, Korea DPR, and third-place team, Japan qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

With this victory, Australia women's had become the first ever national team to win in two different confederations, having won the OFC Women's Nations Cup three times before. Their success was later followed by their fellow men's team at the men's tournament less than 5 years later.

Qualification

 * Direct entry


 * Via qualification


 * (Winner Group A)
 * (Winner Group B)
 * (Winner Group C)

Match officials
A total of 9 referees and 9 assistant referees were appointed for the final tournament.


 * Referees


 * 🇦🇺 Jacqui Melksham
 * 🇨🇳 Li Hong
 * 🇨🇳 Wang Jia
 * 🇮🇳 Bentla D'Coth
 * 🇯🇵 Yamagishi Sachiko
 * 🇰🇵 Ri Hyang-ok
 * 🇰🇷 Hong Eun-ah
 * 🇹🇭 Pannipar Kamnueng
 * 🇹🇭 Semaksuk Praew


 * Assistant referees


 * 🇦🇺 Sarah Ho
 * 🇦🇺 Clare Flynn
 * 🇨🇳 Zhang Lingling
 * Liu Hsiu-mei
 * 🇯🇵 Saori Takahashi
 * 🇯🇵 Shiho Ayukai
 * Widiya Habibah binti Shamsuri
 * 🇰🇵 Hong Kum-nyo
 * 🇰🇷 Kim Kyoung-min

Group stages
The two groups were drawn on 21 November 2009 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Semi-finals
Winners qualified for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Third place match
Winner qualified for 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Tournament teams ranking
This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.