The 2022 Chinese Women's Football League, officially known as the 2022 China Taiping Chinese Football Association Women's Football League () for sponsorship reasons, was the 8th season in its current incarnation. It was held from 11 April to 17 September 2022.
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic On 9 April, the Chinese Football Association announced dates and the format of the season. The season will be held from 11 April to 9 September 2022 and it was divided into regular season and promotion stage. The regular season was divided into 3 stages (5, 3, 3 rounds respectively). In the first stage, 12 teams were divided into 2 groups of six teams. In the second and the third stage, the teams in 2 groups will be switched to ensure that each team would play against each other once. Six highest-ranked teams after the third stage will qualify for the promotion stage. In the promotion stage, each team will play against each other once.
Shanghai Shenhua withdrew from the first stage due to travel restrictions as a result of the lockdown measures enforced in Shanghai due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Groups Team2021 seasonGroupFirst stageSecond stageThird stageZhejiangSuper League, 10thACEGuangzhou2ndBDEYongchuan Chashan Zhuhai3rdBDEDalian Pro4thACETianjin Shengde5thACEShanghai Shenhua6thBDEChina U-177thADFShanghai Qiusheng Donghua8thBCFHebei9thADFYunnan Jiashijing11thADFGuangxi Pingguo BeinongLeague Two, 1stBCFHainan QiongzhongLeague Two, 2ndBCF
Centralised venues Kunming (Groups A, B) Yunnan Haigeng Football Training Base Dalian (Groups C, D, E and F) Dalian Youth Football Training Base Chengdu (Promotion stage) Wenjiang Football Training Base
Dates First stage (Round 1-5): 11–25 April Second stage (Round 6-8): 22–31 May Third stage (Round 9-11): 2–9 June Promotion stage: 5–17 September
Clubs
Club changes
To Football League Teams relegated from 2021 Chinese Women's Super League Zhejiang
Club promoted from 2021 Chinese Women's League Two Guangxi Pingguo Beinong Hainan Qiongzhong
From Football League Club promoted to 2022 Chinese Women's Super League Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic
Dissolved entries Qingdao Huanghai
Name changes Chongqing Lander W.F.C. changed their name to Yongchuan Chashan Zhuhai.
Stadiums and locations Team Head coach City Stadium Capacity 2021 season Zhejiang Gao Rongming Super League, 10th Guangzhou Li Kun 2nd Yongchuan Chashan Zhuhai Jia Jing 3rd Dalian Pro Fan Yiying 4th Tianjin Shengde Liu Bing 5th Shanghai Shenhua Ye Zhijing 6th China U-17 Wang Anzhi 7th Shanghai Qiusheng Donghua Qiu Jingwei 8th Hebei Jiao Yuying 9th Yunnan Jiashijing Gao Fulin 11th Guangxi Pingguo Beinong Li Huayun League Two, 1st Hainan Qiongzhong Zi Jingjing League Two, 2nd
Regular season League table
Results
Positions by round
Results by match played
Promotion stage League table
Results
Positions by round
Results by match played
References
External links Official Website