2026 AFF Women's Cup

2026 AFF Women's Cup
Piala Wanita AFF 2026
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
Dates10 July – 22 July
Teams6 (from 1 sub-confederation)
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Indonesia (2nd title)
Runners-up Laos
Third place Singapore
Fourth place Cambodia
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored26 (2.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)Singapore Danelle Tan
(4 goals)
Best playerIndonesia Sheva Imut
Best goalkeeperIndonesia Laita Roati
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The 2026 AFF Women's Cup is the second edition of the AFF Women's Cup, a lower tier international women's football tournament organised by the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF). The tournament was held in Malaysia.[1]

The top three teams qualified for the upcoming ASEAN Women's Championship.[2] Indonesia, the inaugural champions, successfully defended their title defeating Laos in the final.[3]

Participating nations

The six lowest ranked AFF teams entered the AFF Women's Cup final tournament.[4] These were the same teams that took part in the inaugural 2024 AFF Women's Cup.[5]

Team Previous Women's Cup best performance
 Cambodia Runners-up
 Indonesia Champions
 Laos Group stage
 Malaysia Group stage
 Singapore Third place
 Timor-Leste Fourth place

Draw

The draw for the 2026 AFF Women's Cup was held on 22 June 2026 in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.[6] The teams were allocated into three pots based on their performances in the previous edition. Host Malaysia were automatically placed in position A1.[7]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Venues

Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur Stadium UM Arena Stadium
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 1,500

Group stage

Tiebreakers

Ranking in each group shall be determined as follows:

  1. Greater number of points obtained in all the group matches;
  2. Goal difference in all the group matches;
  3. Greater number of goals scored in all the group matches;
  4. Greater disciplinary points.

If two or more teams are equal on the basis on the above four criteria, the place shall be determined as follows:

  1. Result of the direct match between the teams concerned;
  2. Penalty shoot-out if only the teams are tied, and they met in the last round of the group;
  3. Drawing lots by the Organising Committee.

All times are local time: (MST) UTC+8.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Singapore 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Knockout stage
2  Laos 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
3  Malaysia (H) 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Laos 1–1 Malaysia
  • Kemmy 37'
 Report
  • Nurhadfina 50'
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)
Singapore 1–1 Laos
 Report
  • Anna 41'
Referee: Bùi Thị Thu Trang (Vietnam)
Malaysia 1–3 Singapore
  • Henrietta 58'
 Report
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cambodia 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Knockout stage
2  Indonesia 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
3  Timor-Leste 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Timor-Leste 0–2 Indonesia
Report
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
Cambodia 3–1 Timor-Leste
  • Sovanmony 29'
  • Sapheourn 36'
  • Serysitha 90+6'
 Report
  • Juleica 2'
Referee: Zin Mar Oo (Myanmar)
Indonesia 1–1 Cambodia
 Report
  • Serysitha 47'
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 July – Kuala Lumpur
 
 
 Cambodia0
 
22 July – Kuala Lumpur
 
 Laos1
 
 Laos0
 
19 July – Kuala Lumpur
 
 Indonesia5
 
 Singapore0
 
 
 Indonesia2
 
Third place
 
 
22 July – Kuala Lumpur
 
 
 Cambodia1 (3)
 
 
 Singapore (p)1 (4)

Semi-finals

The winners qualified for the 2027 ASEAN Women's Championship.

Cambodia 0–1 Laos
Report
  • Anna 1'
Referee: Nawal Zubir (Malaysia)
Singapore 0–2 Indonesia
Report
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

Third place

Winner qualified for the 2027 ASEAN Women's Championship.[2]

Cambodia 1–1 Singapore
Vipha 70' (pen.) Report Tan 24'
Penalties
  • Maysam football with check mark
  • Vipha football with check mark
  • Serysitha football with red X
  • Samnang football with check mark
  • Sovannomy football with red X
 3–4
  • football with check mark Mulan
  • football with red X Li Xian
  • football with check mark Ruzi
  • football with check mark Farah
  • football with check mark Sarah
Referee: Jon Mick Pineda (Philippines)

Final

Laos 0–5 Indonesia
Report
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)

Goalscorers

There were 26 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.6 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Final ranking

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Indonesia 4 3 1 0 10 1 +9 10 2027 ASEAN Women's Championship
2  Laos 4 1 2 1 3 7 −4 5
3  Singapore 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
4  Cambodia 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 5  
5  Malaysia 2 0 1 1 2 4 −2 1  
6  Timor-Leste 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4 0

References

  1. ↑ "Match Calendar". aseanfootball.org. ASEAN Football Federation. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
  2. 1 2 Kwek, Kimberly (22 July 2026). "Lionesses secure Asean Championship spot with penalty heroics". The Straits Times. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "PSSI applauds women's team progress after defending AFF Cup title". Antara News. 23 July 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "THE ROAD TO THE AFF WOMEN'S CUP 2026 BEGINS!". Facebook. Football Association of Malaysia. 2026-06-22. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
  5. ↑ "Host Laos in Group A of ASEAN Women's Cup 2024". ASEAN Football Federation. 19 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Host Malaysia in Group A of AFF Women's Cup 2026". Asean Football Federation. 22 June 2026. Retrieved 24 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "THE ROAD TO THE AFF WOMEN'S CUP 2026 BEGINS!". Facebook. Football Association of Malaysia. 2026-06-22. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
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