2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Myanmar (First round Group A and Second round) Jordan (First round Group B) Chinese Taipei (First round Group C) Japan (Final round) |
Dates | 11 March 2015 – 9 March 2016 |
Teams | 18 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Australia (1st title) |
Runners-up | China PR |
Third place | Japan |
Fourth place | South Korea |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 37 |
Goals scored | 128 (3.46 per match) |
Attendance | 86,204 (2,330 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Khin Moe Wai (9 goals) |
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.
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]
Contents
Teams
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 | |||
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Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 | ||
- Notes
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1 Non-IOC member, ineligible for Olympics.
Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying stage was as follows.[4][5]
Round | Date |
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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 |
First round
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
11 March 2015
17:00 |
Sri Lanka | 0–16 | Myanmar |
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Report | Naw Ar Lo Wer Phaw 2', 4', 40' Khin Moe Wai 6', 16', 20', 21', 26' Nisansala 18' (o.g.) Win Theingi Tun 23', 28', 49', 77', 90+1' Yee Yee Oo 48', 51' |
13 March 2015
17:00 |
India | 4–0 | Sri Lanka |
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K. Devi 12' A. Devi 16' Withanage 48' (o.g.) R. Devi 58' |
Report |
15 March 2015
17:00 |
Myanmar | 7–0 | India |
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Khin Moe Wai 8' Khin Marlar Tun 15', 61' Naw Ar Lo Wer Phaw 21' Yee Yee Oo 28', 77' Win Theingi Tun 90+2' |
Report |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
11 March 2015
12:00 |
Uzbekistan | 6–0 | Palestine |
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Sarikova 7' Nazarova 9' Riskieva 12' Turdiboeva 14' Abdurasulova 22' Kudratova 63' |
Report |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
20 March 2015
19:00 |
Laos | 0–4 | Chinese Taipei |
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Report | Yu Hsiu-chin 11' Lai Li-chin 43' Lin Ya-han 81' Lee Hsiu-chin 90+3' |
22 March 2015
19:00 |
Iran | 5–1 | Laos |
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Behesht 30', 62' Karimi 35' Norouzi 77' Arjangi 88' (pen.) |
Report | Phayvanh 33' |
Second round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
16 September 2015
15:30 |
Jordan | 0–3 | Chinese Taipei |
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Report | Chan Pi-han 8' Michelle Pao 45' Yasmeen Khair 58' (o.g.) |
18 September 2015
18:30 |
Vietnam | 4–2 | Myanmar |
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Huỳnh Như 16', 74' Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt 22', 45+1' (pen.) |
Report | Wai Wai Aung 85' Khin Moe Wai 88' |
20 September 2015
15:30 |
Vietnam | 2–1 | Jordan |
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Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt 18' (pen.), 45+1' | Report | Jbarah 76' |
22 September 2015
18:30 |
Myanmar | 3–1 | Chinese Taipei |
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Khin Moe Wai 67' Than Than Htwe 79' Lin Kai-ling 83' (o.g.) |
Report | Lee Hsiu-chin 90+1' |
Final round
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 13 | 2016 Summer Olympics |
2 | China PR | 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 |
2 March 2016
16:35 |
Australia | 9–0 | Vietnam |
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Gielnik 10' Simon 17', 38', 43' Kennedy 19' Sykes 64' Van Egmond 68' Heyman 77' Polkinghorne 85' |
Report |
7 March 2016
19:39 |
Vietnam | 1–6 | Japan |
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Huỳnh Như 42' (pen.) | Report | Iwabuchi 39' Ohno 45' Kawasumi 80' Nakajima 83' Yokoyama 90' Ōgimi 90+3' |
9 March 2016
16:35 |
South Korea | 4–0 | Vietnam |
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Lim Seon-joo 8', 18' Lee Geum-min 69' Jeon Ga-eul 85' |
Report |
Qualified teams for Olympics
The following two teams from AFC qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
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Australia | 7 March 2016 | 2 (20002, 20042) |
China PR | 7 March 2016 | 4 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008) |
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1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
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2 Australia qualified as a member of the OFC in 2000 and 2004.
Goalscorers
- 9 goals
- 6 goals
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- 3 goals
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- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Lisa De Vanna
- Emily Gielnik
- Alanna Kennedy
- Clare Polkinghorne
- Ashleigh Sykes
- Ma Xiaoxu
- Wang Shanshan
- Wang Shuang
- Chan Pi-han
- Lai Li-chin
- Lin Chiung-ying
- Lin Ya-han
- Michelle Pao
- Yu Hsiu-chin
- Loitongbam Ashalata Devi
- Gurumayum Radharani Devi
- Yumnam Kamala Devi
- Fatemeh Arjangi
- Fereshteh Karimi
- Parya Norouzi
- Nahomi Kawasumi
- Emi Nakajima
- Shinobu Ohno
- Luna Al-Masri
- Shahnaz Jebreen
- Souphavanh Phayvanh
- San San Maw
- Than Than Htwe
- Ju Hyo-sim
- Kim Su-gyong
- Kim Un-ju
- Ra Un-Sim
- Kiloudi Salama
- Natali Shaheen
- Jeon Ga-eul
- Lee Geum-min
- Nargiza Abdurasulova
- Nilufar Kudratova
- Zumratjon Nazarova
- Makhliyo Sarikova
- Feruza Turdiboeva
- Own goal
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- Yasmeen Khair (playing against Chinese Taipei)
- Nisansala Sewwandi Manawadu (playing against Myanmar)
- Imesha Madushani Withanage (playing against India)
- Lin Kai-ling (playing against Myanmar)
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External links
- Women's Olympic Games, the-AFC.com