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

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, the quadrennial international

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competition organised by the

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(AFC) to determine which women's national teams from

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qualify for the

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. The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in

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as the AFC representatives. On 7 March 2016, with one round of matches remaining to be played,

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and

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were confirmed qualification to the Olympics.

Teams

A total of 18 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage. The format is as follows: *First round: The highest-ranked seven teams based on the

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at the time of the draw received byes. Teams ranked in the top five –

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, and

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– received byes to the final round, while teams ranked sixth and seventh –

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and

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– 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

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. ;Notes :

¹ Non-IOC member, ineligible for Olympics.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying stage was as follows.

First round

Group A

*All matches were held in

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Group B

*All matches were held in

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. *Times listed were

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Group C

*All matches were held in

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. *Times listed were

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Second round

*All matches were held in

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Final round

*All matches were held in

. *Times listed were

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Qualified teams for Olympics

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

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 *

Kyah Simon Kyah Pam Simon (born 25 June 1991) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Tottenham Hotspur of the FA Women's Super League. In 2011, Simon became the first Indigenous Australian player to score a goal in a FIFA ...

Maysa Jbarah Maysa Zaid Mahmoud Jbarah (; born 20 September 1989) is a Jordanian footballer who plays as a forward for Turkish club Ankara BB Fomget and the Jordan national team. She is her country's top goalscorer. Club career Jbarah began her career w ...

* Naw Ar Lo Wer Phaw * Yee Yee Oo ;3 goals *

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Emily van Egmond Emily Louise van Egmond (born 12 July 1993) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for San Diego Wave FC and the Australia women's national team. She previously played for German side 1. FFC Frankfurt and VfL Wo ...

* Lee Hsiu-chin *

Mana Iwabuchi is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a forward or attacking midfielder for Women's Super League (WSL) club Tottenham Hotspur on loan from Arsenal and the Japan national team. She previously played for Aston Villa, Bayern Mun ...

* Stephanie Al-Naber *

Anootsara Maijarern Anootsara Maijarern ( th, อนุชศรา หมายเจริญ, born 14 February 1986) is a Thai international footballer who plays as a defender. International goals Honours International * AFF Women's Championship Winner (2): 2 ...

Huỳnh Như Huỳnh Như (born 28 November 1991) is a Vietnamese footballer who plays as a forward for Portuguese Campeonato Nacional Feminino club Länk FC Vilaverdense and the Vietnam national team. She won five Vietnamese Golden Balls. Club career Ho ...

;2 goals *

Katrina Gorry Katrina-Lee Gorry (born 13 August 1992) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for Brisbane Roar in the A-League and for the Australia national team. She was the 2014 Asia's Footballer of the Year. Club career G ...

* Gu Yasha *

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* Shabnam Behesht *

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Kumi Yokoyama is a Japanese footballer who plays as a forward for NJ/NY Gotham FC and the Japan women's national team. Yokoyama goes by '' he/him'' and ''singular they'' pronouns. Club career Yokoyama was born in Tama, Tokyo, on 13 August 1993. After gra ...

* Khin Marlar Tun * Wai Wai Aung *

Jung Seol-bin Jung Seol-bin (), formerly Jung Hae-in (born 6 January 1990), is a South Korean Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels WFC, Hyundai Steel Red Angels and the ...

* Lim Seon-joo * Kamola Riskieva ;1 goal *

Lisa De Vanna Lisa Marie De Vanna (born 14 November 1984) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Perth Glory. She has previously played for Adelaide Sensation, Western Waves, Doncaster Rovers Belles, AIK, Perth Glory, Washingt ...

Emily Gielnik Emily Gielnik (born 13 May 1992) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Aston Villa of the FA WSL. and the Australia women's national team. She previously played for Brisbane Roar and Melbourne Victory in her ...

Alanna Kennedy Alanna Stephanie Kennedy (born 21 January 1995) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Manchester City in the English FA Women's Super League, as well as the Australia national team. Kennedy is recognized as ...

Clare Polkinghorne Clare Elizabeth Polkinghorne (born 1 February 1989) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Swedish Damallsvenskan club Vittsjö GIK and the Australia women's national team. Career For the 2014 season, Polki ...

Ashleigh Sykes Ashleigh Sykes (born 15 December 1991) is an Australian international football player, who plays for Canberra United FC in the W-League (Australia) and has previously played for Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League. Early li ...

Ma Xiaoxu Ma Xiaoxu (; born 5 June 1988) is a Chinese footballer who has played for Dalian Quanjian and Beijing BG Phoenix of the Chinese Women's Super League. She also spent a short time with Umeå IK of the Swedish Damallsvenskan in 2007. Club career ...

Wang Shanshan Wang Shanshan (; born 27 January 1990) is a Chinese association football player who plays for Chinese Women's Super League club Tianjin Tengde. International career Wang played at the 2011 Summer Universiade. She made her senior team debut i ...

* Wang Shuang * Chan Pi-han * Lai Li-chin *

Lin Chiung-ying Lin Chiung-ying (; born 2 November 1987) is a Taiwanese football and futsal player. She comes from Amis tribe and usually plays as a defender. Her sister Lin Man-ting is also footballer. In July 2009, Lin and national teammates Tseng Shu-o an ...

* Lin Ya-han *

Michelle Pao Pao Hsin-hsuan (; born 1 September 1992), known as Michelle Pao, is a Taiwanese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Taiwan Mulan Football League club Taichung Blue Whale and the Chinese Taipei women's national team. Pao played collegiate ...

* Yu Hsiu-chin *

Loitongbam Ashalata Devi Loitongbam Ashalata Devi (born 3 July 1993), known as Ashalata Devi, is an Indian professional football player who plays as a defender, who currently captains both the Indian national team and Indian Women's League side Gokulam Kerala. Devi ...

* Gurumayum Radharani Devi *

Yumnam Kamala Devi Yumnam Kamala Devi (born 4 March 1992) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder and an occasional striker for the Indian team. She currently plays for Eastern Sporting Union in the Indian Women's League. Career Internat ...

* Fatemeh Arjangi *

Fereshteh Karimi Fereshteh Karimi is an Iranian women's futsal player currently playing for Azad University in Iran. She was chosen as one of the top 10 nominees for the best woman player in the world in 2013 by the futsalplanet website. In September 2015 she ...

* Parya Norouzi *

Nahomi Kawasumi is a Japanese footballer who plays for NJ/NY Gotham FC. A full international since 2008, she won gold at the 2011 World Cup as well as silver at the 2012 London Olympics and 2015 World Cup. During the 2011 World Cup, she scored two goals—in ...

Emi Nakajima is a Japanese football player. She plays for INAC Kobe Leonessa and Japan national team. Club career Nakajima was born in Yasu on September 27, 1990. After graduating from high school, she joined INAC Kobe Leonessa in 2009. The club won L.Leag ...

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Luna Al-Masri Luna Rami Amin Al-Masri ( ar, لونا رامي أمين المصري; born 9 March 1994) is a Jordanian association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder. Club career Al-Masri joined Safa WFC, Safa in 2020; she scored one goa ...

Shahnaz Jebreen Shahnaz Yaseen Mahmoud Jebreen (; born 28 July 1992) is a Jordanian footballer who plays as a midfielder for the Jordan national team. Club career At the club level, Jebreen played for Amman and Orthodox in Jordan. She was nominated Best Playe ...

* Souphavanh Phayvanh * San San Maw * Than Than Htwe * Ju Hyo-sim * Kim Su-gyong * Kim Un-ju *

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* Kiloudi Salama * Natali Shaheen * Jeon Ga-eul *

Lee Geum-min Lee Geum-min (, or ; born 7 April 1994) is a South Korean footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the South Korea national team. She has previously played for Seoul WFC, Gyeongju KHNP a ...

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* Nilufar Kudratova * Zumratjon Nazarova *

Makhliyo Sarikova Makhliyo Sarikova is an Uzbekistani women's football striker currently playing for SSVSM-Kairat Almaty in the Kazakhstani Championship. She made her UEFA Champions League in October 2013, scoring one goal against Arsenal LFC.Feruza Turdiboeva ;Own goal *

Yasmeen Khair Yasmeen Khair (born 27 June 1987) is a Jordanian footballer who plays as a defender for local Women's League club Shabab Al-Ordon and the Jordan women's national team. She is as well a former Arab gold medalist of the Jordanian National Gymna ...

(playing against

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) * Nisansala Sewwandi (playing against

) * Imesha Madushani (playing against

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) * Lin Kai-ling (playing against

) :

References

External links

*, the-AFC.com
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