2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying 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) 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]

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
Teams entering final round	Teams entering second round	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Australia China PR 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 Timor-Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Yemen

Notes: ¹ Non-IOC member, ineligible for Olympics.

Schedule

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

First round

Group A

All matches were held in Myanmar.
Times listed were UTC+6:30.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Myanmar (H)	2	2	0	23	0	+23	6	Second round
2	India	2	1	1	4	7	−3	3
3	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0	20	−20	0
4	Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: AFC
(H) Host.

Sri Lanka v Myanmar

11 March 2015
17:00

Sri Lanka	0–16	Myanmar
	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'

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
Attendance: 5,456
Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)

India v Sri Lanka

13 March 2015
17:00

India	4–0	Sri Lanka
K. Devi 12' A. Devi 16' Withanage 48' (o.g.) R. Devi 58'	Report

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
Attendance: 839
Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)

Myanmar v India

15 March 2015
17:00

Myanmar	7–0	India
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

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
Attendance: 5,003
Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

Group B

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) Host.

Uzbekistan v Palestine

11 March 2015
12:00

Uzbekistan	6–0	Palestine
Sarikova 7' Nazarova 9' Riskieva 12' Turdiboeva 14' Abdurasulova 22' Kudratova 63'	Report

Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)

Jordan v Hong Kong

11 March 2015
16:00

Jordan	1–0	Hong Kong
Jbarah 8'	Report

Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 400
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

Hong Kong v Uzbekistan

13 March 2015
12:00

Hong Kong	0–1	Uzbekistan
	Report	Riskieva 75'

Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 100
Referee: Park Ji-yeong (South Korea)

Palestine v Jordan

13 March 2015
15:00

Palestine	0–6	Jordan
	Report	Jebreen 20' Jbarah 27', 38', 60' Al-Naber 33', 53'

Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 500
Referee: Maria Rebello (India)

Hong Kong v Palestine

15 March 2015
12:00

Hong Kong	2–2	Palestine
Chan Wing Sze 16', 33'	Report	Shahine 39' Salama 52'

Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fusako Kajiyama (Japan)

Uzbekistan v Jordan

15 March 2015
16:00

Uzbekistan	0–2	Jordan
	Report	Al-Naber 76' (pen.) Al-Masri 82'

Petra Stadium, Amman
Attendance: 800
Referee: Kate Jacewicz (Australia)

Group C

All matches were held in Taiwan.
Times listed were UTC+8.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei (H)	2	2	0	5	0	+5	6	Second round
2	Iran	2	1	1	5	2	+3	3
3	Laos	2	0	2	1	9	−8	0

Source: AFC
(H) Host.

Laos v Chinese Taipei

20 March 2015
19:00

Laos	0–4	Chinese Taipei
	Report	Yu Hsiu-chin 11' Lai Li-chin 43' Lin Ya-han 81' Lee Hsiu-chin 90+3'

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)

Iran v Laos

22 March 2015
19:00

Iran	5–1	Laos
Behesht 30', 62' Karimi 35' Norouzi 77' Arjangi 88' (pen.)	Report	Phayvanh 33'

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 150
Referee: Wang Jia (China)

Chinese Taipei v Iran

24 March 2015
19:00

Chinese Taipei	1–0	Iran
Lee Hsiu-chin 44'	Report

Taipei Municipal Stadium, Taipei
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)

Second round

All matches were held in Myanmar.
Times listed were UTC+6:30.

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) Host.

Chinese Taipei v Vietnam

14 September 2015
15:30

Chinese Taipei	1–0	Vietnam
Lin Chiung-ying 85'	Report

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
Attendance: 475
Referee: Kim Sook-hee (South Korea)

Jordan v Myanmar

14 September 2015
18:30

Jordan	0–2	Myanmar
	Report	Khin Moe Wai 17' Wai Wai Aung 72'

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
Attendance: 3,894
Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)

Jordan v Chinese Taipei

16 September 2015
15:30

Jordan	0–3	Chinese Taipei
	Report	Chan Pi-han 8' Michelle Pao 45' Yasmeen Khair 58' (o.g.)

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
Attendance: 736
Referee: Saltanat Noroozi (Iran)

Myanmar v Thailand

16 September 2015
18:30

Myanmar	1–2	Thailand
San San Maw 73'	Report	Anootsara 34', 69'

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
Attendance: 22,050
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Thailand v Jordan

18 September 2015
15:30

Thailand	1–0	Jordan
Anootsara 30'	Report

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
Attendance: 340
Referee: Wang Jia (China)

Vietnam v Myanmar

18 September 2015
18:30

Vietnam	4–2	Myanmar
Huỳnh Như 16', 74' Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt 22', 45+1' (pen.)	Report	Wai Wai Aung 85' Khin Moe Wai 88'

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
Attendance: 7,485
Referee: Kim Sook-hee (South Korea)

Vietnam v Jordan

20 September 2015
15:30

Vietnam	2–1	Jordan
Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt 18' (pen.), 45+1'	Report	Jbarah 76'

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
Attendance: 115
Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)

Chinese Taipei v Thailand

20 September 2015
18:30

Chinese Taipei	0–0	Thailand
	Report

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
Attendance: 216
Referee: Casey Reibelt (Australia)

Thailand v Vietnam

22 September 2015
15:30

Thailand	0–2	Vietnam
	Report	Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt 39', 83'

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
Attendance: 276
Referee: Wang Jia (China)

Myanmar v Chinese Taipei

22 September 2015
18:30

Myanmar	3–1	Chinese Taipei
Khin Moe Wai 67' Than Than Htwe 79' Lin Kai-ling 83' (o.g.)	Report	Lee Hsiu-chin 90+1'

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay
Attendance: 1,427
Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)

Final round

All matches were held in Japan.^[6]^[7]
Times listed were UTC+9.

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 PR	5	3	2	0	7	3	+4	11	2016 Summer Olympics
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) Host.

China PR v Vietnam

29 February 2016
16:35

China PR	2–0	Vietnam
Gu Yasha 57' Zhang Rui 63' (pen.)	Report

Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 369
Referee: Lucila Montes (Mexico)

North Korea v South Korea

29 February 2016
19:35

North Korea	1–1	South Korea
Kim Un-ju 80'	Report	Jung Seol-bin 32'

Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Australia v Japan

29 February 2016
19:39

Australia	3–1	Japan
De Vanna 25' Heyman 41' Gorry 78'	Report	Ōgimi 45+2'

Kincho Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 4,988
Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

Australia v Vietnam

2 March 2016
16:35

Australia	9–0	Vietnam
Gielnik 10' Simon 17', 38', 43' Kennedy 19' Sykes 64' Van Egmond 68' Heyman 77' Polkinghorne 85'	Report

Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 129
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

North Korea v China PR

2 March 2016
19:35

North Korea	1–1	China PR
Ra Un-sim 38'	Report	Wang Shuang 90+3' (pen.)

Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 463
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

Japan v South Korea

2 March 2016
19:39

Japan	1–1	South Korea
Iwabuchi 84'	Report	Jung Seol-bin 87'

Kincho Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 5,605
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Vietnam v North Korea

4 March 2016
16:35

Vietnam	0–1	North Korea
	Report	Ju Hyo-sim 90'

Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 996
Referee: Abirami Apbai Naidu (Singapore)

South Korea v Australia

4 March 2016
19:35

South Korea	0–2	Australia
	Report	Simon 1' Van Egmond 14' (pen.)

Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 1,149
Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Japan v China PR

4 March 2016
19:39

Japan	1–2	China PR
Yokoyama 65'	Report	Zhang Rui 14' Gu Yasha 58'

Kincho Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 6,959
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

China PR v South Korea

7 March 2016
16:35

China PR	1–0	South Korea
Wang Shanshan 43'	Report

Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 451
Referee: Carina Vitulano (Italy)

North Korea v Australia

7 March 2016
19:35

North Korea	1–2	Australia
Kim Su-gyong 78'	Report	Heyman 18' Gorry 84'

Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 900
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Vietnam v Japan

7 March 2016
19:39

Vietnam	1–6	Japan
Huỳnh Như 42' (pen.)	Report	Iwabuchi 39' Ohno 45' Kawasumi 80' Nakajima 83' Yokoyama 90' Ōgimi 90+3'

Kincho Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 3,418
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

South Korea v Vietnam

9 March 2016
16:35

South Korea	4–0	Vietnam
Lim Seon-joo 8', 18' Lee Geum-min 69' Jeon Ga-eul 85'	Report

Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 99
Referee: Abirami Apbai Naidu (Singapore)

Australia v China PR

9 March 2016
19:39

Australia	1–1	China PR
Van Egmond 85'	Report	Ma Xiaoxu 16'

Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 250
Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

Japan v North Korea

9 March 2016
19:39

Japan	1–0	North Korea
Iwabuchi 80'	Report

Kincho Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 4,766
Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

Qualified teams for Olympics

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

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament¹
Australia	01 !7 March 2016	02 !2 (2000², 2004²)
China PR	02 !7 March 2016	04 !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.

Goalscorers

9 goals

Khin Moe Wai

6 goals

Win Theingi Tun
Nguyễn Thị Minh Nguyệt

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

Yasmeen Khair (playing against Chinese Taipei)
Nisansala Sewwandi Manawadu (playing against Myanmar)
Imesha Madushani Withanage (playing against India)
Lin Kai-ling (playing against Myanmar)

Source: the-AFC.com^[8]^[9]^[10]

References

↑ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXI OLYMPIAD – RIO 2016 – Football" (pdf). Rio 2016 Official Website. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
↑ "Australia and China book Olympic spots". FIFA.com. 7 March 2016.
1 2 "Groups drawn for First Round of Rio 2016 Women's Qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2015" (PDF). AFC.
↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2016" (PDF). AFC.
↑ "Football – Women's AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
↑ "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.
↑ "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – Women's Olympic Rio 2016 Qualification Round 1". AFC.com.
↑ "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – Women's Olympic Rio 2016 Qualification Round 2". AFC.com.
↑ "Top Goal Scorers (by Stage) – Women's Olympic Rio 2016 Final Qualification Round". AFC.com.

External links

Women's Olympic Games, the-AFC.com

Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men's qualification

AFC	Qualification rounds U-23 Championship

CAF	Qualification rounds U-23 Cup of Nations

CONCACAF	Qualification rounds Olympic Qualifying Championship

CONMEBOL	Youth Championship

OFC	Pacific Games

UEFA	Qualification rounds Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10 Play-offs U-21 Championship Finals

Play-offs	CONCACAF–CONMEBOL

Women's qualification

AFC	Qualification rounds

CAF	Qualification rounds

CONCACAF	Qualification rounds Olympic Qualifying Championship

CONMEBOL	Copa América

OFC	Pacific Games Play-off

UEFA	Qualification rounds Preliminary round Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Play-offs World Cup Tournament for final berth

AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Tournaments	2004 2008 2012 2016

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