Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Asian Qualifiers

The Asian Football Confederation's pre-Olympic tournament was contested by eighteen teams that competed for the two allocated spots for the 2012 Summer Olympics football tournament in London. However, Qatar withdrew before playing any match.^[1] The competition was originally scheduled for February 2010 but it eventually started in March 2011.

Format

The format was as follows:^[1]

First round

The highest-ranked 5 teams in the previous tournament (Australia, China, Japan, North Korea and South Korea) received byes to the final round. Other 12 teams were divided into 3 groups by their geographical positions,^[2] where each group consisted of a one-round league (round-robin) tournament at a centralized venue. Five teams (the winners and the runners-up of Group A and C, respectively, and the winners of Group B) advanced to the second round.

Second round

5 teams that advanced from the first round played a one-round league (round-robin) tournament at a centralized venue. The winner advanced to the final round.

Final round

6 teams (5 teams with the byes and 1 team from the second round) played a one-round league (round-robin) tournament at a centralized venue. The winners and runners-up qualified for the Football tournament in the 2012.

First round

Group A

All matches were held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vietnam	4	3	1	0	9	2	+7	10	Advance to second round
2	Thailand	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8	9
3	Chinese Taipei (H)	4	1	2	1	7	5	+2	5
4	Myanmar	4	1	1	2	2	5	−3	4
5	Hong Kong	4	0	0	4	0	14	−14	0

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Vietnam	4–0	Hong Kong
Vũ Thị Huyền Linh 13' Nguyễn Thị Muôn 43', 45' Nguyễn Kim Tiến 78'	Report

18 March 2011

16:30 UTC+8

Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung

Attendance: 157

Referee: Maria Rebello (India)

Myanmar	1–1	Chinese Taipei
Khin Marlar Tun 55'	Report	Yu Hsiu-Chin 47'

18 March 2011

19:00 UTC+8

Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung

Attendance: 756

Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

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Chinese Taipei	0–3	Thailand
	Report	Anutsara 24' Sunisa 54' Chidtawan 84'

20 March 2011

19:00 UTC+8

Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung

Attendance: 734

Referee: Cha Sung-mi (South Korea)

Myanmar	0–2	Vietnam
	Report	Nguyễn Thị Muôn 73' (pen.) Trần Thị Kim Hồng 75'

20 March 2011

16:30 UTC+8

Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung

Attendance: 550

Referee: Yamaghishi Sachiko (Japan)

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Thailand	2–0	Myanmar
Chidtawan 38' Pitsamai 71'	Report

22 March 2011

16:30 UTC+8

Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung

Attendance: 75

Referee: Qin Liang (China PR)

Hong Kong	0–5	Chinese Taipei
	Report	Lee Hsiu-Chin 7' Chen Ying-Hui 65' Wang Hsiang-Huei 80' (pen.), 84' Yu Hsiu-Chin 89'

22 March 2011

19:00 UTC+8

Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung

Attendance: 437

Referee: Maria Rebello (India)

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Hong Kong	0–1	Myanmar
	Report	He Ying 76' (o.g.)

25 March 2011

16:30 UTC+8

Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung

Attendance: 47

Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

Vietnam	2–1	Thailand
Nguyễn Thị Hòa 53' Lê Thu Thanh Hương 90+2'	Report	Chidtawan 1'

25 March 2011

19:00 UTC+8

Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung

Attendance: 133

Referee: Yamagishi Sachiko (Japan)

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Thailand	4–0	Hong Kong
Sunisa 19' Chidtawan 48', 50' Pitsamai 64'	Report

27 March 2011

16:30 UTC+8

Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung

Attendance: 207

Referee: Qin Liang (China PR)

Chinese Taipei	1–1	Vietnam
Tsai Li-Chen 77'	Report	Nguyễn Thị Hòa 19'

27 March 2011

19:00 UTC+8

Kaohsiung National Stadium, Kaohsiung

Attendance: 1,047

Referee: Cha Sung-mi (South Korea)

Group B

All matches were held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Uzbekistan	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4[a]	Advance to second round
2	India	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	4[a]
3	Bangladesh (H)	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. As India and Uzbekistan were tied on points, goal difference and goals scored, the group winner was decided by a play-off match, which Uzbekistan won 5–1.

Bangladesh	0–3	India
	Report	Bala Devi 52', 70', 90+2'

18 March 2011

16:30 UTC+6

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Motijheel

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Semaksuk Praew (Thailand)

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Uzbekistan	3–0	Bangladesh
Ermatova 64' Sarikova 74' Karachik 89'	Report

20 March 2011

16:30 UTC+6

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Motijheel

Attendance: 800

Referee: Mai Hoang Trang (Vietnam)

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India	1–1	Uzbekistan
Tababi Devi 71'	Report	Riskieva 79'

22 March 2011

16:30 UTC+6

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Motijheel

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

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Play-off match

• Since both India and Uzbekistan were tied on points and goal difference, a play-off match was played to decide the winner of the group:^[3]

India	1–5	Uzbekistan
Bembem Devi 41'	Report	Lagutkina 57', 60' Karachik 72' Turdiboeva 75' Sarikova 77'

23 March 2011

7:00 UTC+6

B. S. Mohammad Mostafa Stadium, Dhaka

Attendance: 100

Referee: Semaksuk Praew (Thailand)

Group C

All matches were held in Zarqa, Jordan.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Advance to second round
2	Jordan (H)	3	1	2	0	8	2	+6	5
3	Bahrain	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
4	Palestine	3	0	1	2	1	11	−10	1

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Palestine	0–4	Iran
	Report	Rahimi 3', 13', 55' Karimi 31'

8 March 2011

13:30 UTC+2

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 60

Referee: Abirami Apbai Naidu (Singapore)

Jordan	1–1	Bahrain
S. Khraisat 34'	Report	Alhashimi 2'

8 March 2011

18:00 UTC+2

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 160

Referee: Nami Sato (Japan)

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Iran	1–1	Jordan
Hatamnejad 55'	Report	Jbarah 24'

10 March 2011

18:00 UTC+2

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 200

Referee: Kim Sook-hee (South Korea)

Palestine	1–1	Bahrain
N. Owda 17'	Report	Yaaqob 20'

10 March 2011

13:30 UTC+2

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 50

Referee: Ri Hong-sil (North Korea)

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Jordan	6–0	Palestine
Jbarah 3', 32' Al-Naber 6' Al-Azab 21', 51' Al-Hyasat 90+2'	Report

12 March 2011

18:00 UTC+2

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 200

Referee: Kim Sook-hee (South Korea)

Bahrain	0–2	Iran
	Report	Rahimi 8', 70'

12 March 2011

13:30 UTC+2

Prince Mohammed Stadium, Zarqa

Attendance: 60

Referee: Nami Sato (Japan)

Second round

All matches were held in Amman, Jordan.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Thailand	4	3	1	0	18	4	+14	10	Advance to final round
2	Uzbekistan	4	3	0	1	9	6	+3	9
3	Vietnam	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	7
4	Jordan (H)	4	1	0	3	3	11	−8	3
5	Iran	4	0	0	4	0	12	−12	0	Withdrew[a]

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. The Iranian government refused to allow its female players to remove the hijab when playing, in violation of FIFA policy; Jordan, Vietnam, Thailand and Uzbekistan were awarded the respective matches 3–0.^[4][5]

Uzbekistan	1–5	Thailand
Sarikova 5'	Report	Pitsamai 14', 45' Kanjana 26' Nisa 34', 71'

3 June 2011

16:00 UTC+2

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 100

Referee: Wang Jia (China PR)

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Jordan	0–3	Uzbekistan
	Report	Turdiboeva 76' Sarikova 78', 81'

5 June 2011

19:00 UTC+2

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 500

Referee: Kim Sook-hee (South Korea)

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Vietnam	1–0	Jordan
Nguyễn Thị Hòa 67'	Report

7 June 2011

19:00 UTC+2

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 400

Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

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Uzbekistan	2–1	Vietnam
Sarikova 36', 69'	Report	Nguyễn Thị Muôn 90+4'

10 June 2011

16:00 UTC+2

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 200

Referee: Abirami Naidu (Singapore)

Thailand	7–0	Jordan
Wilaiporn 19' Nuengruethai 33' Junpen 36' Pitsamai 40' Taneekarn 49' Nisa 64', 75'	Report

10 June 2011

19:00 UTC+2

Amman International Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 400

Referee: Wang Jia (China PR)

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Vietnam	3–3	Thailand
Lê Thị Thương 8' Nguyễn Thị Muôn 12' Lê Thu Thanh Hương 37'	Report	Nguyễn Hải Hòa 18' (o.g.) Kanjana 25' Wilaiporn 84'

12 June 2011

19:00 UTC+2

King Abdullah Stadium, Amman

Attendance: 200

Referee: Yamagishi Sachiko (Japan)

Final round

All matches were held in Jinan, Shandong, China.^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	5	4	1	0	8	2	+6	13	Qualification to 2012 Summer Olympics
2	North Korea	5	3	2	0	10	3	+7	11
3	Australia	5	3	0	2	8	4	+4	9
4	China (H)	5	1	2	2	2	2	0	5
5	South Korea	5	1	1	3	7	7	0	4
6	Thailand	5	0	0	5	1	18	−17	0

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Japan	3–0	Thailand
Kawasumi 61' Tanaka 75' Kunupatham 90' (o.g.)	Report

1 September 2011

15:30 UTC+8

Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan

Attendance: 1,231

Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)

North Korea	1–0	Australia
Kim Su-gyong 10'	Report

1 September 2011

15:30 UTC+8

Jinan Olympic Sports Center, Jinan

Attendance: 800

Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)^[7]

China	0–0	South Korea
	Report

1 September 2011

19:00 UTC+8

Jinan Olympic Sports Center, Jinan

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

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Australia	5–1	Thailand
Simon 13' Heyman 15', 34' Butt 45' van Egmond 58'	Report	Taneekarn 59'

3 September 2011

15:30 UTC+8

Jinan Olympic Sports Center, Jinan

Attendance: 200

Referee: Silvia Tea Spinelli (Italy)

China	0–0	North Korea
	Report

3 September 2011

19:00 UTC+8

Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

South Korea	1–2	Japan
Ji So-yun 30'	Report	Sakaguchi 10' Ohno 45+1'

3 September 2011

19:00 UTC+8

Jinan Olympic Sports Center, Jinan

Attendance: 1,172

Referee: Christina W. Pedersen (Norway)

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South Korea	2–3	North Korea
Lee Hyun-young 5' Jo Yun-mi 62' (o.g.)	Report	Ra Un-sim 9' Choe Mi-gyong 28' Hwang Song-mi 57'

5 September 2011

15:30 UTC+8

Jinan Olympic Sports Center, Jinan

Attendance: 417

Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)

Japan	1–0	Australia
Kawasumi 62'	Report

5 September 2011

15:30 UTC+8

Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

Thailand	0–2	China
	Report	You Jia 40' Xu Yuan 80'

5 September 2011

19:00 UTC+8

Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan

Attendance: 7,160

Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)

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Thailand	0–3	South Korea
	Report	Jung Seol-bin 10' Yoo Young-a 56' Lee Hyun-young 82'

8 September 2011

15:30 UTC+8

Jinan Olympic Sports Center, Jinan

Attendance: 771

Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

North Korea	1–1	Japan
Kim Jo-ran 90+2'	Report	Kim Nam-hui 83' (o.g.)

8 September 2011

15:30 UTC+8

Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan

Attendance: 1,274

Referee: Christina W. Pedersen (Norway)

Australia	1–0	China
van Egmond 61'	Report

8 September 2011

19:00 UTC+8

Jinan Olympic Sports Center, Jinan

Attendance: 10,167

Referee: Kirsi Heikkinen (Finland)

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Thailand	0–5	North Korea
	Report	Choe Mi-gyong 30' Yun Song-mi 35' Ra Un-sim 50', 70' Kim Un-hwa 56'

11 September 2011

15:30 UTC+8

Jinan Olympic Sports Center, Jinan

Attendance: 555

Referee: Mai Hoàng Trang (Vietnam)

South Korea	1–2	Australia
Kwon Hah-nul 27'	Report	De Vanna 62' Butt 76'

11 September 2011

15:30 UTC+8

Shandong Provincial Stadium, Jinan

Attendance: 765

Referee: Efthalia Mitsi (Greece)

Japan	1–0	China
Tanaka 57'	Report

11 September 2011

19:00 UTC+8

Jinan Olympic Sports Center, Jinan

Attendance: 7,890

Referee: Silvia Tea Spinelli (Italy)

See also

• Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
• Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

References

1. "Road for Asian women's teams to London Olympics". Asian Football Confederation. 2011-02-08. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2011-02-13.
2. "Qualifying round of Olympic Games Women's Football in Bangladesh next march". United News of Bangladesh. 22 August 2010. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
3. ":::: The Aiff ::::". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
4. "Iran protests Fifa ban on women's football team". The New Age (South Africa). 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
5. "Đội tuyển nữ Iran bỏ cuộc tại Vòng loại thứ 2 Giải bóng đá nữ Olympic London 2012". Vietnam Football Federation. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
6. "China to host women's Olympic qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. 2011-03-03. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2011-03-10.
7. "Women: DPR Korea vs Australia, 2012 London Olympics - Asian Qualifiers". YouTube. 16 September 2011.

External links

• Official site of the AFC Olympic Qualifiers