AFC Women's Asian Cup

FT Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Bangladesh D 0
–
China LLLWW 2
1st2ndT
BAN000
CHN202
CommBank Stadium · 6,006 att.

Match Report

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Title holders China too strong for brave Bangladesh

Reigning champions China have opened their Women's Asian Cup title defence with victory over debutants Bangladesh.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
6
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
9
8
Saves
2
40.8
Possession
59.2
8
SHOTS
24
2
ON GOAL
11
0.3
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

CHN leads series 1-0

Lineups

CHN · 4-4-2

  1. 22ChenG
  2. 4Wang LinlinCD-L
  3. 5Wu HaiyanCD-R
  4. 25Lu YatongLB
  5. 20Zhang ChengxueRB
  6. 16Liu JingCM-L
  7. 26Zhang RuiCM-R
  8. 15Wang AifangLM
  9. 7Wang ShuangRM
  10. 9WurigumulaCF-L
  11. 13Jin KunCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Wang YingSUB
  2. 6Zhang XinSUB
  3. 17Xie ZongmeiSUB
  4. 23Shao ZiqinSUB
  5. 1Yuri ZhuravlevSUB
  6. 19Zhang LinyanSUB
  7. 3Chen QiaozhuSUB
  8. 12Peng ShimengSUB
  9. 21Li MengwenSUB
  10. 24Yuan CongSUB
  11. 10Wang YanwenSUB
  12. 11Wu ChengshuSUB
  13. 8Yao WeiSUB
  14. 14Li QingtongSUB
  15. 18Tang JialiSUB

BAN · 3-4-3

  1. 23Mile AkterG
  2. 4Afida KhandakarCD
  3. 5Kohati KiskuCD-L
  4. 21Nabiran KhatunCD-R
  5. 6Monika ChakmaCM-L
  6. 8Maria MandaCM-R
  7. 3Shamsunnahar ILM
  8. 2Sheuli AzimRM
  9. 25Umehla MarmaF
  10. 17Ritu ChakmaCF-L
  11. 20Shamsunnahar ShamsunnaharCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 15Munki AkhterSUB
  2. 9Anika SiddiquiSUB
  3. 22Swarna RaniSUB
  4. 11Most SultanaSUB
  5. 16Unnoti KhatunSUB
  6. 1Rupna ChakmaSUB
  7. 12Sauravi PritySUB
  8. 18Shaheda RipaSUB
  9. 24Airin KhatunSUB
  10. 19Mosamamt SagorikaSUB
  11. 26Surovi ArfinSUB
  12. 14Halima AktherSUB
  13. 7Sapna RaniSUB
  14. 10Tohura KhatunSUB
  15. 13Alpi AkterSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Lu Yatong (China) Yellow Card at 10'
  2. 44' Wang Shuang (China) Goal at 44'
  3. 45'+1' Zhang Rui (China) Goal at 46'
  4. 45' Xie Zongmei (China) Substitution at 45'
  5. 45' Halima Akther (Bangladesh) Substitution at 45'
  6. 45' Tohura Khatun (Bangladesh) Substitution at 45'
  7. 52' Sapna Rani (Bangladesh) Substitution at 52'
  8. 63' Zhang Xin (China) Substitution at 63'
  9. 63' Tang Jiali (China) Substitution at 63'
  10. 77' Chen Qiaozhu (China) Substitution at 77'
  11. 77' Shao Ziqin (China) Substitution at 77'
  12. 86' Anika Siddiqui (Bangladesh) Substitution at 86'

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