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The semifinals of the Asian Football Confederation Women's Champions League (AFC) and the final of the tournament will be held in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, where Suwon FC Women of the WK League and North Korea's home women's soccer team will face off.
The Korea Football Association said on the 30th, "AFC officially confirmed the venue for the AWCL final as Suwon through an official letter. The stadium is Suwon Sports Complex, the home of the semifinalist Suwon FC Women.
The Korea Football Association submitted a letter of intent to host the event to the AFC in January this year, but according to regulations, it could only be hosted if the club belonging to the country advanced to the semifinals.
On the 29th, Suwon FC Women advanced to the semifinals with a 4-0 victory in the quarterfinals of the tournament against "defending champion" Wuhan Zhang Da (China).
Suwon FC Women and Na Hometown, which will attract great attention as a "semi-final match between the two Koreas," will be held at 7 p.m. on May 20.
Melbourne City (Australia) and Tokyo Verdi Belleza (Japan) will face off at 2 p.m. on the same day, and the final match will be held on May 23.
In November last year, Suwon FC Women lost 0-3 in the second Group C match against my hometown. However, it is still unknown whether my hometown will visit Korea and play the semifinals according to the AFC decision.
An official from the Korea Football Association explained, "I'm not sure if my hometown will come or not under the current circumstances, but I'll prepare under the assumption that I participate."
AWCL was launched by AFC last year in line with the international trend of revitalizing women's soccer. The winning teams of Asian women's soccer leagues will clash, with the winning prize of $1 million (about 1.514 billion won) and the runner-up prize of $500,000 (about 757 million won).
Meanwhile, after holding the pilot tournament, the predecessor of AWCL, in Yongin in 2019, the Korea Football Association will set up a stage to determine the strongest Asian women's club again in seven years.
Hosting this tournament is expected to arouse fans' interest in women's soccer and raise the international status of the WK League to the next level.
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