[5] North Korea was banned from the tournament due to the sanction on their doping cases in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

The competition was played in two venues in Thủ Dầu Một and Ho Chi Minh City.

In the group stage, teams tied in the points were ranked by the following criteria:[8] All times are local (UTC+7).

Thailand won the play-off and thus qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

In the knockout stage (including the fifth place match), extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.