Since 2004, the
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia. The AFC was formed in 1954. It has 47 members. The Asian Ladies Football Confederation ( ...
(AFC) has held
Asian qualifying tournaments for the
Summer Olympics women's football tournaments. The two top teams from the tournament qualify for the Olympics, excluding the berth for the hosts if the Olympic is held in an Asian country.
History
Women's football was introduced to Olympics in
1996
1996 was designated as:
* International Year for the Eradication of Poverty
Events January
* January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
, but until
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
the participating teams were determined by the results of preceding
FIFA Women's World Cup
The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior list of women's national association football teams, women's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internationale de Footb ...
. Continental confederations, including the AFC, have held qualifying tournaments since 2004.
Format
Until 2024, the format differ by the tournaments (See the pages of each qualifying tournaments for details).
Since 2028, the top eight finishers (i.e. all quarter-finalists) of the latest
AFC Women's Asian Cup
The AFC Women's Asian Cup (formerly known as the AFC Women's Championship) is a quadrennial competition in women's football for national teams which belong to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It is the oldest women's international football ...
will battle for the right to reach the Olympic Games. The teams will be divided into two groups of four teams and play a double round-robin home-and-away format, with the winner of each group taking their place at the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.
Results
''Flags for the qualifying tournaments indicate the hosts of the final rounds; indicates the final round was held in various places.''
See also
*
Summer Olympics women's football tournaments
References
External links
Women's Olympic Games the-AFC.com
{{AFC competitions
Olympic
Football qualification for the Summer Olympics