2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament


The 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament is the 5th edition of the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation to determine which women's national teams from Asia qualify for the Olympic football tournament.
The top two teams of the tournament qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan as the AFC representatives, together with Japan.

Format

Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 25 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage. The format is as follows:
Teams are ranked according to the following criteria :
  1. Points
  2. Overall goal difference
  3. Overall goals scored
  4. Drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee
Play-off ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, extra time is played. The away goals rule is again applied after extra time, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner.

Teams

The draw for the first round of the qualifiers was held on [|2] August 2018 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. All first round hosts were appointed after the draw.
Pot [|1]Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5

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;Did not enter
The first round was played between 4–13 November 2018.

Group A



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Group B

  • All matches were held in Thailand.
  • Times listed are.


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Group C

  • All matches were held in Myanmar.
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Group D

  • All matches were held in Palestine.
  • Times listed are.


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Ranking of third-placed teams

Due to groups having different number of teams after withdrawals, the results against the fourth-placed and fifth-placed teams in four-team and five-team groups were not considered for this ranking.

Second round

The draw for the second round of the qualifiers was held on 13 February 2019, 16:00 MYT, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. For the second round, the twelve teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their latest FIFA Rankings. The three teams which originally indicated their intention to serve as qualification group hosts prior to the draw were drawn into separate groups.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

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  • Numbers in parentheses indicate the December 2018 FIFA Women's World Rankings.
  • : Qualification second round group hosts
The second round was played between 3–9 April 2019.
MatchdayDatesMatches
Matchday 13 April 20191 v 4, 2 v 3
Matchday 26 April 20194 v 2, 3 v 1
Matchday 39 April 20191 v 2, 3 v 4

Group A

  • All matches were held in Myanmar.
  • Times listed are.


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Group B

  • All matches were held in Uzbekistan.
  • Times listed are.


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Group C

  • All matches were held in Qatar ; matches were originally to be held in Palestine, but were moved as Iranian citizens were banned from entering Palestine territories by Iranian law.
  • Times listed are.


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Third round

The draw for the third round of the qualifiers was held on 18 October 2019, 16:00 MYT, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. For the third round, the eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their latest FIFA Rankings. The two teams which originally indicated their intention to serve as qualification group hosts prior to the draw were drawn into separate groups.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4

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  • Numbers in parentheses indicate the September 2019 FIFA Women's World Rankings.
  • ': Qualification third round group hosts
  • ': Withdrew after draw
The third round was originally scheduled to be played between 3–9 February 2020. However, the schedule of Group B was extended to 3–13 February 2020 due to a shift for the Group B hosts to Australia and the quarantine requirements of members of the China national team as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Group A

  • All matches were held in South Korea.
  • Times listed are.
  • North Korea were reported to have withdrawn from the competition for unknown reasons.


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Group B

  • All matches were originally scheduled to be held in China, but were moved to Australia.
  • On 22 January 2020, the AFC moved the third round qualifiers Group B from Wuhan to Nanjing, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China which originated from Wuhan.
  • On 26 January 2020, as the pandemic worsened in China, the Chinese Football Association withdrew their hosting rights, and all group matches were moved to Sydney in Australia.
  • On 29 January 2020, after the announcement of the venues and kick-off times, and upon their arrival in Australia, the Chinese team and staff were subject to quarantine at a hotel in Brisbane for a term set to end on 5 February, after the first games were scheduled to be played on 3 February, as a result of the requirements of the Australian government in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. On 31 January 2020, Football Federation Australia published the amended match schedule which allowed China to play their first match after the quarantine had ended. Further changes to the schedule were announced on 2 and 5 February 2020.
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Play-off round

The play-off round is scheduled for 6 March 2020 and 11 March 2020. The two play-off round winners will qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in China, the home leg of China was moved to Campbelltown Stadium in Sydney, Australia instead of in China. The home leg of South Korea was originally scheduled to be played at Yongin Citizen Sports Park in Yongin, but had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea. The Korea Football Association had urged that it must be played in South Korean territory even if the match is played behind closed doors, while the Chinese Football Association had urged that it must be switched to a neutral venue such as Australia due to the re-entry ban to Chinese nationals by the Australian Federal government. On 28 February 2020, the AFC announced both legs were rescheduled to 9 and 14 April 2020. On 9 March 2020, FIFA and AFC announced that play-off matches between South Korea and China were further postponed to 4 and 9 June 2020. On 27 May 2020, FIFA and AFC confirmed that play-off matches between South Korea and China will be postponed to 19 and 24 February 2021, as the Olympics had subsequently been postponed to July 2021.

Qualified teams

The following three teams from AFC qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament, including Japan which qualified as hosts.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics1
7 9 20134
11 3 20203
TBD24 2 2021

Goalscorers

  • First round:
  • Second round:
  • Third round:
  • Play-off round:
In total,