2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament


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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]

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 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 is 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]

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.   East Timor (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

The first round was played between 1–11 April 2023.

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations article 13.2):[7]

  1. Goal difference in all group matches;
  2. Goals scored in all group matches;
  3. Points in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  4. Goal difference in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  5. Goals scored in head-to-head matches among tied teams;
  6. Disciplinary points (yellow card = −1 point, red card as a result of two yellow cards = −3 points, direct red card = −4 points, yellow card followed by direct red card = −5 points);
  7. Drawing of lots.
  • All matches were held in Uzbekistan.
  • Times listed are UTC+5.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Uzbekistan (H) 3 3 0 0 19 0 +19 9 Second round
2   Bhutan 3 2 0 1 5 11 −6 6
3   Jordan 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3
4   East Timor 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

  • All matches were held in Myanmar.
  • Times listed are UTC+6:30.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Iran 2 1 1 0 2 1 +1 4 Second round
2   Myanmar (H) 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
3   Bangladesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
4   Maldives 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

  • All matches were held in Nepal.
  • Times listed are UTC+5:45.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Vietnam 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 6 Second round
2   Nepal (H) 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0
3   Afghanistan[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
4   Palestine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

  1. ^ Afghanistan was withdrawn by the AFC. The Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) released a statement that it would not permit players outside the country to represent them or intend to organize a women's national team contradicting a February 2023 social media post. The Afghanistan team was originally disbanded following the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.[8]
  • All matches were held in Thailand.
  • Times listed are UTC+7:00.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Thailand (H) 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12 6 Second round
2   Singapore 2 0 1 1 2 8 −6 1
3   Mongolia 2 0 1 1 2 8 −6 1
4   Sri Lanka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Suspended[a]

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

  1. ^ On 22 January 2023, FIFA announced the suspension of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) from 21 January 2023 until further notice.[9]
  • All matches were held in Tajikistan.
  • Times listed are UTC+5:00.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Philippines 3 3 0 0 16 0 +16 9 Second round
2   Hong Kong 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3   Pakistan 3 1 0 2 1 6 −5 3
4   Tajikistan (H) 3 0 0 3 0 12 −12 0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

  • All matches were held in Lebanon.
  • Times listed are UTC+3:00.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 0 9 1 +8 6 Second round
2   Lebanon (H) 2 1 0 1 6 5 +1 3
3   Indonesia 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

  • All matches were held in Kyrgyzstan.
  • Times listed are UTC+6:00.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   India 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 6 Second round
2   Kyrgyzstan (H) 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
3   Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew

Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

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.   South Korea (17)
  2.   Vietnam (33)
  3.   Chinese Taipei (37)
  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
  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Ranking of group runners-up

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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]

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
A 1C 2A 1A
B 1B 1A 2B
C 2C 1C 1B
Teams qualified for the third round
Group Winners Best runners-up
A   Australia —
B   North Korea —
C   Japan   Uzbekistan
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

Australia won 13–0 on aggregate.

Japan won 2–1 on aggregate.

Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

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The following two teams from AFC qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in France.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics
  Australia 28 February 2024 4 (2000[a], 2004[a], 2016, 2020)
  Japan 28 February 2024 5 (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2020)
Notes

Italic indicates hosts for that year.

  1. ^ a b Australia qualified as a member of the OFC in 2000 and 2004.

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

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