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, Qatar 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 (Australia, China PR, Japan, North Korea and South Korea) 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 |
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' |
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 |
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:
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 |
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 |
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 PR | 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 |
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' |
See also
- Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
- Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers
References
- 1 2 "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.