The 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th edition of the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, 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 Olympic football tournament. 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 –

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

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, and

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

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

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

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

Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...

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Group B

*All matches were held in

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

. *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 * Maysa Jbarah * Naw Ar Lo Wer Phaw * Yee Yee Oo ;3 goals *

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* Emily van Egmond * Lee Hsiu-chin *

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* Stephanie Al-Naber *

Anootsara Maijarern Anootsara Maijarern (, born 14 February 1986) is a Thai international footballer who plays as a defender. International goals Honours International * AFF Women's Championship Winner (2): 2011, 2015 * Southeast Asian Games The Southeast ...

* Huỳnh Như ;2 goals * Katrina Gorry * Gu Yasha * Zhang Rui * Chan Wing Sze * Shabnam Behesht * Yūki Ōgimi * Kumi Yokoyama * Khin Marlar Tun * Wai Wai Aung * Jung Seol-bin * Lim Seon-joo * Kamola Riskieva ;1 goal *

Lisa De Vanna Lisa Marie De Vanna (born 14 November 1984) is an Australian former professional Association football, soccer player who played as a Forward (association football), forward. She played for Adelaide Sensation, Western Waves, Doncaster Rovers Bel ...

* 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 is a Japanese footballer who plays either as a midfielder or forward for Japanese club Albirex Niigata. 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. Dur ...

* Emi Nakajima *

Shinobu Ohno is a Japanese former footballer who played as a forward. She formerly played for the Japan national team. Club career Ohno was born in Zama on 23 January 1984. She played for Nippon TV Beleza from 1999 to 2010. In 12 seasons, she played 192 ...

* 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 * Yasmeen Khair (playing against

Chinese Taipei "Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan. Due to the One China principle stipulated by the ...

) * Nisansala Sewwandi (playing against

) * Imesha Madushani (playing against

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

) * Lin Kai-ling (playing against

) :

References

External links

*, the-AFC.com
Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2016
stats.the-AFC.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Afc Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2016

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