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2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup

Field	Value
tourney_name	AFC Women's Asian Cup
year	2008
dates	28 May – 8 June
country	Vietnam
num_teams	8
confederations	1
venues	2
cities	1
champion_other
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
count	3
matches	16
goals	57
top_scorer	PRK Ri Kum-suk (7 goals)
attendance
prevseason	[2006](2006-afc-women-s-asian-cup)
nextseason	[2010](2010-afc-women-s-asian-cup)

The 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup was played in Vietnam from 28 May to 8 June 2008. It was won by North Korea.

Qualification

Main article: 2008 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification

Seedings

The draw was held on 18 April 2008 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

1. (host nation)

Venues

The tournament was held entirely in the following two venues. Both are in Ho Chi Minh City.

Thống Nhất Stadium
Army Stadium

Group stage

All times UTC+7

Group A

Report Ri Kum-suk Ri Un-suk Kim Yong-ae

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Report Ri Kum-suk

Report Qu Feifei Xu Yuan Pu Wei

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Group B

Report Tristram De Vanna

Report Park Hee-young

Report Utsugi Ando Arakawa Maruyama Goto Kato Lee Hsiu-chin Nagasato

Report De Vanna

Report Nagasato Miyama

Report Kim Soo-yun

Knockout stage

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| 5 June | **** | 3 | | 0 | 5 June | | 1 | **** | 3 | 8 June | **** | 2 | | 1 | 8 June | | 0 | **** | 3

Semi-final

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Report Han Duan

Third place match

Report Miyama
Sawa

Final

Report Ri Yong-ae

Awards

Goalscorers

Ri Kum-suk
Yuki Nagasato
Heather Garriock
Lisa De Vanna
Qu Feifei
Wang Dandan
Xu Yuan
Park Hee-young
Aya Miyama
Homare Sawa
Karina Maruyama
Kozue Ando
Rumi Utsugi
Kim Kyong-hwa
Ri Un-gyong
Clare Polkinghorne
Ellyse Perry
Jenna Tristram
Bi Yan
Han Duan
Liu Sa
Pu Wei
Aya Sameshima
Eriko Arakawa
Michi Goto
Tomoe Kato
Cha Yun-hee
Kim Soo-yun
Kim Yu-mi
Kim Yong-ae
Ri Un-suk
Ri Yong-ae
Nisa Romyen
Đoàn Thị Kim Chi
Lee Hsiu-chin (against Japan)

References

(8 June 2008). "North Korea beats China 2-1 to win the title". The New York Times.
(28 May 2008). "North Korea wins Asian Cup opener". Usatoday.Com.
(8 June 2008). "Korea DPR win AFC Women's Asian Cup". FIFA.com.
Ormond, Aidan. (15 April 2008). "Asian Cup Venue Revealed...At Last - Australia News - Australian FourFourTwo - The Ultimate Football Website". Au.fourfourtwo.com.

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