On January 24, Beijing time, the AFC officially announced on its official website that the host India team withdrew from the 2022 Women's Asian Cup.
Screenshot of the announcement released by the AFC on January 24.
On the evening of January 23, the second round of Group A matches between the Indian women's football team and the Chinese Taipei women's football team was cancelled because many members of the Indian team were infected with the new crown virus and could not make up the minimum registration team (13 people) required by the event. Although the AFC did not directly announce the withdrawal of India from the Asian Cup at that time, in the announcement announcing the cancellation of the match, the AFC mentioned that the Indian women's football team triggered the "withdrawal clause" of the Asian Cup. In addition, the schedule of the Asian Cup of the women's football team on the official website of the AFC was updated late at night on January 23, Beijing time, showing that the third round of the Group A match between the Indian team and the Chinese team was cancelled, and the Chinese team ended the group stage journey early and will wait for the knockout round.
In the latest group A standings, there are only 3 teams left.
According to the AFC announcement, India's first-round match against Iran was no longer counted in the results, when the two teams exchanged white papers 0-0. At this point, there are only three teams left in Group A, China, Taipei and Iran, and the AFC has also modified the rule of "the three best three groups of the two groups are the third qualifier", when the results of the three groups are compared third, the results of the third place in group B and group C and the fourth place in their respective groups will not be counted.
Source Beijing News Sports | Reporter Zhao Xiaosong
Edited by Zhao Xiaosong
Process Editor Wu Yue