In the Women's Asian Cup Football final in Vietnam, a strong second half fightback was not enough for Australia, eventually going down 1-0 to world champions Japan. The defending champion Australia created most of the chances in the second 45 minutes, but could not find the touch that brought them nine goals in their four previous games. Japan's victory in the decider was their first after losing each of their four previous Asian Cup finals. Azusa Iwashimizu broke the drought by scoring the only goal in the 28th minute from a well executed corner.