1975 AFC Women's Championship

The 1975 AFC Women's Championship, officially known as the Asian Cup Ladies Football Tournament is the first edition of the AFC Women's Championship.^[1] It was held from 25 August to 3 September 1975 in Hong Kong. Participating members were New Zealand, Thailand, Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia. The tournament was won by New Zealand in the final against Thailand.^[2]

1975 AFC Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Hong Kong
Dates	25 August – 3 September
Teams	6 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	35 (3.5 per match)
1977 →

Venue

All matches were held at the Government Stadium in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong	Hong Kong
Hong Kong
	Government Stadium
	Capacity: 40,000

Entrants

ALFC members	Invitees	Did not enter (ALFC members)
Hong Kong (H)*  Malaysia  Singapore  Thailand	Australia[lower-alpha 1]  New Zealand	Republic of China  Indonesia

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Thailand	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	4
Australia	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	2
Singapore	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: RSSSF

Thailand	3–2	Australia
Boabutr 20' Chaisawat 29' Thongsa 52'		O'Connor 58' Abenthum 60' (pen.)

25 August 1975

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 4,119

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Thailand	3–0	Singapore
Thongsa 19' Monchanuan 22', 46'

27 August 1975

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 4,500

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Australia	3–0	Singapore
Tagg 19' Dolan 52' O'Connor 60'

29 August 1975

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 2,226

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5	4
Malaysia	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	2
Hong Kong	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

Source: RSSSF

Hong Kong	0–2	New Zealand
		Marshall 8' Lee 60'

25 August 1975

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 4,119

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New Zealand	3–0	Malaysia
Simeonoff 14' Marshall 33', 43'

27 August 1975

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 4,500

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Hong Kong	0–2	Malaysia
		Ashikin 45' Noor 58'

29 August 1975

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 2,226

Knock-out stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 August – Hong Kong
	New Zealand	3
					2 September – Hong Kong
	Australia	2
					New Zealand	3
	31 August – Hong Kong
					Thailand	1
	Thailand	3
	Malaysia	0
					Third place
					2 September – Hong Kong
					Australia	5
					Malaysia	0

Semi-finals

New Zealand	3–2	Australia
Marshall 17' Richardson 26', 50'		Tagg 48' Dolan 59'

31 August 1975

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 6,655

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Thailand	3–0	Malaysia
Monchanuan 4', 35' Chaudet 36'

31 August 1975

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 6,655

Third place play-off

Australia	5–0	Malaysia

2 September 1975

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 11,573

Final

New Zealand	3–1	Thailand
Marshall 4', 29' Hetherington 50' (pen.)		Thongsa 41'

2 September 1975

Government Stadium, Hong Kong

Attendance: 11,573

Referee: S. Kathiravale (Malaysia)

Winner

AFC Women's Championship 1975 winners
New Zealand First title

Notes

1. An Australian representative side (largely from the St. George club and the New South Wales state team) participated and had been labelled as "Australia" by the organisers.^[3] These games have not been recognised as official Australian A-internationals, but the players achievements were recognised as such in 2023.^[4]

References

1. History of the AFC Women's Asian Cup (PDF) (Print ed.). Asian Football Confederation, International Centre for Sport Studies (CIES). FIFA Museum. January 2022. p. 27. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 January 2022.
2. Rujawongsanti, Wanchai (6 June 2019). "Women's World Cup 2019 team guide No 21: Thailand" – via www.theguardian.com.
3. Howe, Andrew; Werner, Greg. Encyclopedia of Matildas. Fair Play Publishing. ISBN 978-1-925914-74-0.
4. "Football Australia recognises achievements of former Australian Women's Representative Players". matildas.com.au. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.

External links

• RSSSF.com
• History of New Zealand Women’s Soccer
• NZ Soccer 1975 Asian Cup