Both the championship trophy and the $1 million (about 1.5 billion won) winner's purse went to the North Korean Naegohyang Women's Football Club. In a final held in Korea amid controversy, Naegohyang beat Japan's Tokyo Verdy Beleza to reach the top of Asia. The stadium atmosphere also left a bitter aftertaste to the very end.
Naegohyang beat Tokyo Verdy 1-0 in the final of the 2025-2026 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Champions League (AWCL) held at Suwon Sports Complex on the afternoon of the 23rd to win the title. The official attendance that day was 2,670.
After the match ended, Tokyo Verdy players lament their defeat. May 23, 2026
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