2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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Host countriesFirst round:
Uzbekistan (Group A)
Myanmar (Group B)
Nepal (Group C)
Thailand (Group D)
Tajikistan (Group E)
Lebanon (Group F)
Kyrgyzstan (Group G)
Second round:
Australia (Group A)
China (Group B)
Uzbekistan (Group C)
DatesFirst round: 1–11 April 2023
Second round: 26 October – 1 November 2023
Third round: 24 & 28 February 2024[1]
Teams31 (from 1 confederation)
Matchesplayed46
2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countriesFirst round:
Uzbekistan (Group A)
Myanmar (Group B)
Nepal (Group C)
Thailand (Group D)
Tajikistan (Group E)
Lebanon (Group F)
Kyrgyzstan (Group G)
Second round:
Australia (Group A)
China (Group B)
Uzbekistan (Group C)
DatesFirst round: 1–11 April 2023
Second round: 26 October – 1 November 2023
Third round: 24 & 28 February 2024[1]
Teams31 (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played46
Goals scored183 (3.98 per match)
Attendance290,760 (6,321 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uzbekistan Diyorakhon Khabibullaeva
(9 goals)
← 2020
2028 →
All statistics correct as of 28 February 2024.

The 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the sixth edition of the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine which women's national teams from Asia qualify for the Olympic football tournament.[2]

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in France as AFC representatives.

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 31 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage. The format was as follows:[3]

  • First round: The five highest-ranked teams in the FIFA Women's World Rankings as of 9 December 2022, which were North Korea, Japan, Australia, China PR and South Korea, received byes to the second round. The remaining 26 teams were divided into five groups of four and two groups of three and compete in a one-round league format in a centralised venue. The winners of each group in this round then advanced to the second round.[3]
  • Second round: The twelve teams (five teams who entered this round and seven teams from the first round) will be drawn into three groups of four teams and compete in a one-round league format in a centralised venue. The three group winners and the best-ranked runners-up in this round will then advance to the third round.[3]
  • Third round: The four teams will play two pairs of home and away matches with the two eventual winners qualifying for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.[3]

Teams

The draw for the first round was held on 12 January 2023, 15:00 MYT, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[4] Five teams received a bye to the second round.

Teams entering second round
  1.  North Korea (10)
  2.  Japan (11)
  3.  Australia (12)
  4.  China (14)
  5.  South Korea (15)
Teams entering first round
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Vietnam (34)
  2.  Chinese Taipei (39)
  3.  Thailand (41) (H)*
  4.  Myanmar (48) (H)*
  5.  Uzbekistan (49) (H)*
  6.  Philippines (53)
  7.  India (61)
  1.  Iran (68)
  2.  Jordan (69)
  3.  Hong Kong (77)
  4.  Indonesia (97)
  5.  Nepal (103) (H)*
  6.  Kyrgyzstan (124) (H)*
  7.  Mongolia (129)
  1.  Palestine (130) (W)[5]
  2.  Singapore (134)
  3.  Turkmenistan (137) (W)
  4.  Bangladesh (140) (W)
  5.  Lebanon (142) (H)*
  6.  Tajikistan (144) (H)*
  7.  Timor-Leste (153)
  1.  Sri Lanka (155) (W)
  2.  Maldives (159) (W)
  3.  Pakistan (160)
  4.  Bhutan (177)
  5.  Afghanistan (NR) (W)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the Olympics.
  • Numbers in parentheses indicate the December 2022 FIFA Women's World Rankings (otherwise unranked).[6]
  • (H): Qualification first round group hosts (* all chosen as group hosts after the draw, the remaining group hosted at a neutral venue)
  • (N): Not a member of the International Olympic Committee, ineligible for Olympics
  • (W): Withdrew after draw
Did not enter

First round

Second round

The draw for the second round of the qualifiers was held at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 18 May 2023.[10][11] For the second round, the twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four. The teams were seeded according to the March 2023 FIFA World Rankings, with North Korea unranked due to inactivity.

Participation in qualification second round
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1.  Australia (10) (H)
  2.  Japan (11)
  3.  China (13) (H)
  1.  Thailand (44)
  2.  Philippines (49)
  3.  Uzbekistan (50) (H)
  1.  India (61)
  2.  Iran (67)
  3.  North Korea (NR)
Notes
  • Teams in bold qualified for the third round.
  • (H): Qualification second round group hosts

Group A

  • All matches were held in Perth, Australia. Due to strong demand, the second match day venue was moved to the larger Perth Stadium.[12]
  • Times listed are UTC+8.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia (H) 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9 Third round
2  Philippines 3 2 0 1 5 9 −4 6
3  Iran 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
4  Chinese Taipei 3 0 1 2 1 7 −6 1
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Chinese Taipei 1–4 Philippines
Hsu Yi-yun 47' Report
Attendance: 2,725
Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan)
Australia 2–0 Iran
 Report
Attendance: 18,798
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
Philippines 0–8 Australia
Report
Attendance: 59,155
Referee: Ranjita Devi Tekcham (India)
Iran 0–0 Chinese Taipei
Report
Attendance: 2,117
Referee: Choki Om (Bhutan)
Philippines 1–0 Iran
 Report
Attendance: 3,111
Referee: Yu Hong (China)
Australia 3–0 Chinese Taipei
 Report
Attendance: 19,084
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

Group B

  • All matches were held in Xiamen, China.
  • Times listed are UTC+8.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  North Korea 3 2 1 0 9 1 +8 7 Third round
2  South Korea 3 1 2 0 11 2 +9 5
3  China (H) 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
4  Thailand 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
South Korea 10–1 Thailand
 Report
Attendance: 2,269
Referee: Lê Thị Ly (Vietnam)
China 1–2 North Korea
 Report
Attendance: 12,789
North Korea 0–0 South Korea
Report
Attendance: 7,582
Referee: Lê Thị Ly (Vietnam)
Thailand 0–3 China
Report Yan Jinjin 15'
Chen Qiaozhu 68'
Wurigumula 80'
Attendance: 20,706
Thailand 0–7 North Korea
Report Kim Kyong-yong 22', 27', 59'
Sung Hyang-sim 24'
Kim Jong-sim 80'
Ri Hak 86'
Ju Hyo-sim 89'
Attendance: 869
China 1–1 South Korea
Wang Shanshan 78' Report Shim Seo-yeon 62'
Attendance: 21,958

Group C

  • All matches were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
  • Times listed are UTC+5.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Third round
2  Uzbekistan (H) 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3  Vietnam 3 1 0 2 3 4 −1 3
4  India 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Japan 7–0 India
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yang Shu-ting (Chinese Taipei)
Vietnam 0–1 Uzbekistan
Report
Attendance: 2,570
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)
India 1–3 Vietnam
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
Uzbekistan 0–2 Japan
Report
Attendance: 1,935
Referee: Cha Min-ji (South Korea)
Japan 2–0 Vietnam
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Yang Shu-Ting (Chinese Taipei)
Uzbekistan 3–0 India
 Report
Attendance: 1,850
Referee: Veronika Bernatskaya (Kyrgyzstan)

Ranking of group runners-up

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C  Uzbekistan 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Third round
2 A  Philippines 3 2 0 1 5 9 −4 6
3 B  South Korea 3 1 2 0 11 2 +9 5
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Lower disciplinary points total; 5) Drawing of lots.[13]

Third round

The third round featured the three group winners (Australia, North Korea, Japan) and best group runners-up (Uzbekistan) from the second round. The third round winners, Australia and Japan, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics as the two AFC representatives.

Combinations of matches

The specific match-ups depended on the group from which the best runners-up qualified.[14]

  Combination according to the qualified team
Best runner-up
qualifies from group		 1A
vs		 1B
vs		 1C
vs
A1C2A1A
B1B1A2B
C2C1C1B
Teams qualified for the third round
Group Winners Best runners-up
A  Australia —
B  North Korea —
C  Japan  Uzbekistan

Summary

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uzbekistan  0–13  Australia 0–3 0–10
North Korea  1–2  Japan 0–0 1–2

Matches

Uzbekistan 0–3 Australia
Report
Attendance: 2,347
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
Australia 10–0 Uzbekistan
 Report
Attendance: 54,120

Australia won 13–0 on aggregate.

North Korea 0–0 Japan
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Lê Thị Ly (Vietnam)
Japan 2–1 North Korea
 Report
Attendance: 20,777

Japan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

Goalscorers

There were 183 goals scored in 46 matches, for an average of 3.98 goals per match.

9 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

See also

References

External links

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