2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament


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The 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th 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.

2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countries Myanmar (First round Group A and Second round)
 Jordan (First round Group B)
 Republic of China (Taiwan) (First round Group C)
 Japan (Final round)
Dates11 March 2015 – 9 March 2016
Teams18 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runners-up China
Third place Japan
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played37
Goals scored128 (3.46 per match)
Attendance86,204 (2,330 per match)
Top scorer(s)Myanmar Khin Moe Wai (9 goals)

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The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil as the AFC representatives.[1]

On 7 March 2016, with one round of matches remaining to be played, Australia and China were confirmed qualification to the Olympics.[2]

A total of 18 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage. The format is as follows:[3]

  • First round: The highest-ranked seven teams based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings at the time of the draw received byes. Teams ranked in the top five – Japan, Australia, North Korea, China PR, and South Korea – received byes to the final round, while teams ranked sixth and seventh – Thailand and Vietnam – received byes to the second round. The remaining 11 teams were drawn into two groups of four teams and one group of three teams, with the teams seeded according to their FIFA Rankings. In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The three group winners advanced to the second round.
  • Second round: The five teams (two teams who entered this round and the three winners from the first round) played each other once at a centralised venue. The winner advanced to the final round.
  • Final round: The six teams (five teams who entered this round and the winner from the second round) played each other once at a centralised venue. The top two teams qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 4 December 2014 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3]

Teams entering
final round 		Teams entering
second round 		Teams entering first round
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

  Australia
  China
  Japan
  North Korea
  South Korea

  Thailand
  Vietnam

  Chinese Taipei
  Myanmar
  Uzbekistan

  India
  Iran
  Jordan

  Bahrain
  Hong Kong
  Laos

  Palestine
  Sri Lanka

Did not enter

  Afghanistan
  Bangladesh
  Bhutan
  Brunei
  Cambodia
  Guam
  Indonesia
  Iraq
  Kyrgyzstan
  Kuwait
  Lebanon
  Macau1
  Malaysia
  Maldives
  Mongolia
  Nepal
  Northern Mariana Islands1
  Oman
  Pakistan
  Philippines
  Qatar
  Saudi Arabia
  Singapore
  Syria
  Tajikistan
  East Timor
  Turkmenistan
  United Arab Emirates
  Yemen

Notes
1 Non-IOC member, ineligible for Olympics.

The schedule of the qualifying stage was as follows.[4][5]

Round Date
First round 11–15 March 2015 (Groups A and B)
20–24 March 2015 (Group C)
Second round 14–22 September 2015
Final round 29 February – 9 March 2016
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Myanmar (H) 2 2 0 0 23 0 +23 6 Second round
2   India 2 1 0 1 4 7 −3 3
3   Sri Lanka 2 0 0 2 0 20 −20 0
4   Bahrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

  • All matches were held in Jordan.
  • Times listed were UTC+2.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Jordan (H) 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Second round
2   Uzbekistan 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3   Hong Kong 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
4   Palestine 3 0 1 2 2 14 −12 1

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

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

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Vietnam 4 3 0 1 8 4 +4 9 Final round
2   Chinese Taipei 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7
3   Thailand 4 2 1 1 3 3 0 7
4   Myanmar (H) 4 2 0 2 8 7 +1 6
5   Jordan 4 0 0 4 1 8 −7 0

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Australia 5 4 1 0 17 3 +14 13 2016 Summer Olympics
2   China 5 3 2 0 7 3 +4 11
3   Japan (H) 5 2 1 2 10 7 +3 7
4   South Korea 5 1 2 2 6 5 +1 5
5   North Korea 5 1 2 2 4 5 −1 5
6   Vietnam 5 0 0 5 1 22 −21 0

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Qualified teams for Olympics

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The following two teams from AFC qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
  Australia 7 March 2016 2 (20002, 20042)
  China 7 March 2016 4 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

2 Australia qualified as a member of the OFC in 2000 and 2004.
9 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
Source: the-afc.com
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  3. ^ a b "Groups drawn for First Round of Rio 2016 Women's Qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
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  5. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC.
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  7. ^ "女子サッカー アジア最終予選（リオデジャネイロ オリンピック2016" (in Japanese). Japan Football Association.