AFC Women’s Football Committee chair Moya Dodd, who is running for Asia's women's seat on FIFA's ruling Council, said the decision marked a “geographical landmark” for the event.

The country was given the hosting rights for the event during a meeting in Chonburi in Thailand, held alongside the qualifying round for the 2017 AFC Under-16 Women’s Championship.

It marks the latest piece of footballing history for Jordan, which will also stage the 2016 FIFA Under-17 Women's World Cup, due to take place from September 30 to October 21.

The event will be the first time an official FIFA Women's World Cup event at any level will have been staged in the Middle East.

"Jordan have proved they are worthy hosts of the next edition of the AFC Women’s Asia Cup Finals and I would like to congratulate the Jordan Football Association on submitting such a professional and thorough bid," former Australia international Dodd said.

"This decision marks a geographical landmark, being the first time a Member Association from the West Zone will have hosted a senior AFC women’s tournament.

"We look forward to seeing them in the spotlight and wish them well later this month, too, as they host the FIFA Women’s Under-17 World Cup."

The country was selected for the 2018 Women’s Asian Cup following close scrutiny of the bid files, as well as an inspection visit to Amman, conducted in April of this year.

The AFC inspection team assessed the venues on a number of themes, including hosting of previous AFC competitions, current state of facilities, general infrastructure, transport, security and accommodation.

The last edition of the Women’s Asian Cup, held in Vietnam in 2014 was won by Japan, who beat Australia 1-0 in the final.

The inaugural event was staged in Hong Kong back in 1975.

The 2018 tournament in Jordan will be the 19th time the competition has taken place.

During the AFC Women’s Football Committee meeting in Thailand, a number of other issues were discussed, including possible development tournaments for emerging Member Associations.

"This is an exciting time for women’s football in Asia as the AFC has pledged recently, as part of its vision and mission statement, to further invest in the women’s game in the continent and build on recent progress and success," Dodd added.