Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Asian Qualifiers
The Asian Football Confederation's Pre-Olympic Tournament. Eighteen teams entered the qualification for the two allocated spots for the 2012 Summer Olympics Football tournament in London, however, QAT withdrew before playing any match.[1] The competition was originally scheduled for February 2010 but it eventually started in March 2011.
Format
The format is as follows:[1]
- First round
- The highest-ranked 5 teams in the previous tournament (AUS, CHN, JPN, PRK and KOR) received byes to the final round. Other 12 teams were divided into 3 groups by their geographical positions,[2] where each group consisted of a one-round league (round-robin) tournament at a centralized venue. Five teams (the winners and the runners-up of Group A and C, respectively, and the winners of Group B) advanced to the second round.
- Second round
- 5 teams that advanced from the first round played a one-round league (round-robin) tournament at a centralized venue. The winner advanced to the final round.
- Final round
- 6 teams (5 teams with the byes and 1 team from the second round) played a one-round league (round-robin) tournament at a centralized venue. The winners and runners-up qualified for the Football tournament in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
First round
Key to colours in group tables |
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Group winners and runners-up (other than Group B) advance to the Second round |
Group A
All matches were held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei).
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Vietnam | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 |
Thailand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 |
Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 |
Myanmar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 |
Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
Myanmar | 1 – 1 | Chinese Taipei |
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Marlar Tun 55' | Report | Yu Hsiu-Chin 47' |
Chinese Taipei | 0 – 3 | Thailand |
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Report | Maijarern 24' Srangthaisong 54' Chawong 84' |
Hong Kong | 0 – 5 | Chinese Taipei |
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Report | Lee Hsiu-Chin 7' Chen Ying-Hui 65' Wang Hsiang-Huei 80' (pen.), 84' Yu Hsiu-Chin 89' |
Chinese Taipei | 1 – 1 | Vietnam |
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Tsai Li-Chen 77' | Report | Thị Hòa 19' |
Group B
All matches were held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Uzbekistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Bangladesh | 0 – 3 | India |
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Report | B. Devi 52', 70', 90+2' |
Uzbekistan | 3 – 0 | Bangladesh |
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Ermatova 64' Sarikova 74' Karachik 89' |
Report |
India | 1 – 1 | Uzbekistan |
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T. Devi 71' | Report | Riskieva 79' |
Play off Match
- Since both India and Uzbekistan were tied on points and goal difference, a play-off match was played to decide the winner of group:
India | 1 – 5 | Uzbekistan |
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Devi 41' | Report | Lagutkina 57', 60' Karachik 72' Turdiboeva 75' Sarikova 77' |
Group C
All matches were held in Zarqa, Jordan.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 |
Jordan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 |
Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 |
Palestine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 |
Jordan | 1 – 1 | Bahrain |
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S. Khraisat 34' | Report | Alhashimi 2' |
Iran | 1 – 1 | Jordan |
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Hatamnejad 55' | Report | Jbarah 24' |
Second round
All matches were held in Amman, Jordan.
Key to colours in group tables |
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Group winner advances to the Final round |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Thailand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 10 |
Uzbekistan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 |
Vietnam | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 |
Jordan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 |
Iran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
Uzbekistan | 1 – 5 | Thailand |
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Sarikova 5' | Report | Sornsai 14', 45' Sung-Ngoen 26' Romyen 34', 71' |
Jordan | 0 – 3 | Uzbekistan |
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Report | Turdiboeva 76' Sarikova 78', 81' |
Uzbekistan | 2 – 1 | Vietnam |
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Sarikova 36', 69' | Report | Thị Muôn 90+4' |
Thailand | 7 – 0 | Jordan |
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Boothduang 19' Phaikhet 33' Seesraum 36' Sornsai 40' Dangda 49' Romyen 64', 75' |
Report |
Vietnam | 3 – 3 | Thailand |
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Thị Thương 8' Thị Muôn 12' Thanh Hương 37' |
Report | Hải Hòa 18' (o.g.) Sung-Ngoen 25' Boothduang 84' |
- Notes
Note 1: The Iranian government refused to allow its female players to remove the hijab when playing, in violation of FIFA policy; Jordan, Vietnam, Thailand and Uzbekistan were awarded the respective matches 3–0.[3][4]
Final round
All matches were held in Jinan, Shandong, China.[5]
Key to colours in group tables |
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Top two teams qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics |
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 13 |
North Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 11 |
Australia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 |
China | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
South Korea | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
Thailand | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18 | –17 | 0 |
North Korea | 1 – 0 | Australia |
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Kim Su-Gyong 10' | Report |
China | 0 – 0 | South Korea |
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Report |
China | 0 – 0 | North Korea |
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Report |
South Korea | 2 – 3 | North Korea |
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Lee Hyun-young 5' Jo Yun-Mi 62' (o.g.) |
Report | Ra Un-Sim 9' Choe Mi-Gyong 28' Hwang Song-Mi 57' |
Thailand | 0 – 3 | South Korea |
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Report | Jung Seol-Bin 10' Yoo Young-A 56' Lee Hyun-Young 82' |
North Korea | 1 – 1 | Japan |
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Kim Jo-Ran 90+2' | Report | Kim Nam-Hui 83' (o.g.) |
Australia | 1 – 0 | China |
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van Egmond 61' | Report |
Thailand | 0 – 5 | North Korea |
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Report | Choe Mi-Gyong 30' Yun Song-Mi 35' Ra Un-Sim 50', 70' Kim Un-Hwa 56' |
South Korea | 1 – 2 | Australia |
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Kwon Hah-Nul 27' | Report | de Vanna 62' Butt 76' |
See also
- Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
- Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers
References
- ^ a b "Road for Asian women's teams to London Olympics". Asian Football Confederation. 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
- ^ "Qualifying round of Olympic Games Women's Football in Bangladesh next march". United News of Bangladesh. 22 August 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ^ "Iran protests Fifa ban on women's football team". The New Age (South Africa). 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
- ^ "Đội tuyển nữ Iran bỏ cuộc tại Vòng loại thứ 2 Giải bóng đá nữ Olympic London 2012". Vietnam Football Federation. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ "China to host women's Olympic qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. 2011-03-03. Retrieved 2011-03-10.