The third edition of the EAFF Women's Football Championship was held in 2010, with a preliminary qualification tournament held in 2009.

[1] The semi-final competition was held in Tainan County (now part of Tainan City), Taiwan from 22–30 August 2009.

The winner of the group advanced to the Final Competition.

The final competition was held in Tokyo, Japan in February 2010.

The North Korean women's team withdrew from the tournament in January 2010, and were replaced by the Chinese Taipei side, the runners-up from the semi-final tournament.