On March 12, 2022, the National Women's Football Championship of the Chinese Football Association (CFA) had its grand opening at the Ridge Base in Kunming. The tournament gathered 19 participating teams, including 10 Women's Super League teams and 9 Women's First Division teams, and even the U17 team, which aims to cultivate the women's national team, participated.
With the results of the group draw, the previous champion Changchun Jiuyin Women's Football Team was assigned to Group D. Wuhan Chegu Jiangda Women's Football Team and Jiangsu Wuxi Women's Football Team, the top two teams in the Women's Super League, were assigned to Group B. Wuhan Chegu Jiangda Women's Football Team and Jiangsu Wuxi Women's Football Team, as the top two teams in the Women's Super League, are also in Group B. Sichuan Women's Football Team and Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic, which has just been promoted to the Women's Super League, are also in this group. Shanghai Nongshang Bank Women's Football Team and Beijing Women's Football Team, the two oldest strongest teams, occupy Group C together.
(Group stage map)
The 14-day tournament is divided into two phases. The first stage will be a single round-robin tournament from March 12-16, with 19 teams divided into five groups. A total of eight teams - the first and three best second-place finishers from each of the five groups - will advance to the 1-8 qualifying rounds in the second stage. The fourth place team with the worst result will be eliminated and the remaining eight teams will participate in the 9-16 qualifying round. The second stage of the tournament is a knockout system with cross-elimination matches to determine the 1-8 and 9-16 places. In the event of a 90-minute tie, the match will go straight to penalty kicks. In the end, all places will be decided according to the single elimination system of quarterfinals, semifinals and finals.
The battle reports for each of the first round contests are as follows:
The standings after the first round are as follows:
March 14 will usher in the second round of the group stage of the fierce confrontation, U17 women's national team will face Zhejiang Hangzhou Women's Football Team, Wuhan Chegu Jiangda Women's Football Team will challenge Jiangsu Wuxi Women's Football Team, Changchun Jiuyin Women's Football Team will face Tianjin Shengde Women's Football Team, and the first round of the first round of the round of the Shanghai Agricultural and Commercial Bank of China Women's Football Team will face the national football team Henan Jianye Women's Football Team. China women's football official microblogging, today's headlines, fast hand, wechat video number and other online platforms will start from the second round of the group stage live part of the game.
In order to thoroughly implement the deployment of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council and the State General Administration of Sports on the prevention and control of new coronavirus pneumonia, ensure that no positive cases occur in the 2022 Chinese Football Association National Women's Football Championship, strive for a healthy and orderly tournament, and strive to realize the overall policy of fair competition in running the tournament, the tournament will take the form of a fully closed tournament system. The organizers have signed epidemic prevention agreements with clubs and participants, and have formulated strict epidemic prevention guidelines and control measures, and participants will undergo full nucleic acid testing before and during the tournament.
Let's all look forward to the exciting performance of the women's soccer girls in the tournament!
