1980 AFC Women's Championship
International football competition
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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.
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 | |
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Entrants
Group stage
Source: RSSSF
India S  | 2–0 |  Western Australia |
|---|---|---|
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| India N | 0–3 | Western Australia |
|---|---|---|
Judy Pettitt  |
| Western Australia | 1–0 |  Malaysia |
|---|---|---|
| Judy Pettitt 10' |
Taiwan  | 2–0 | Western Australia |
|---|---|---|
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Hong Kong  | 1–0 | Western Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Linda Daniel 4' |
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 19 January | ||||||
| Taiwan | 5 | |||||
| 20 January | ||||||
| Western Australia | 0 | |||||
| Taiwan | 2 | |||||
| 19 January | ||||||
| India S | 0 | |||||
| India S | 3 | |||||
| Hong Kong | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 20 January | ||||||
| Hong Kong | ||||||
| Western Australia | ||||||
Semi-final
| Taiwan | 5–0 | Western Australia |
|---|---|---|
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Third place match
| Hong Kong | cancelled[c] | Western Australia |
|---|---|---|
Final
Winner
| AFC Women's Championship 1979 winners |
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 Taiwan Second title |
Notes
- 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.
- Australian regional representative side
- 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.