MSIG SERENITY CUP

The ASEAN MSIG Serenity Cup™ is Southeast Asia's premier international women's football tournament with a heritage dating back to 2004 when it was introduced as the AFF Women's Championship.

The previous 12 editions have been a showcase for the region's best female players and emerging talent, and produced plenty of quality, competitive football. The Philippines became the sixth different team to be crowned champions when they lifted the trophy on home soil after a 3-0 victory over Thailand in the last tournament in 2022.

That was Thailand's second consecutive final defeat following a dramatic 1-0 extra-time loss to Vietnam in the 2019 tournament, but they remain the most successful team in the competition's history with victories in 2011, 2015, 2016 and 2018. Vietnam are just behind with three titles following successes in 2006, 2012 and 2019, while Myanmar have two championships, and Australia and an invited Japan U-23 side have one each.

The MSIG Serenity Cup™ is one of the AFF’s four leading national team and club events which include the ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup™, the ASEAN Club Championship Shopee Cup™, and the ASEAN U-23 Championship™ collectively branded as ASEAN United FC.   

MSIG Serenity Cup™ Competition Format

The 2025 edition of the MSIG Serenity Cup™ is the first to feature a qualifying event with the three highest-placed teams in the 2024 AFF Women's Cup joining five seeded nations in the group stage. The AFF Women's Cup was held in Laos from 23 November to 5 December last year with Indonesia, Cambodia and Singapore advancing at the expense of Laos, Malaysia and Timor-Leste.

The eight qualified teams will be drawn into two groups for the round-robin group stage matches. The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals and subsequently, the two winners will battle in the final to be crowned ASEAN women’s champions.