The Chinese team's Group A match just ended, the Chinese Taipei women's football team defeated the Iranian women's football team 5-0 in the final round, obtained a valuable 3 points, and finally successfully qualified as the second place in the group and advanced to the top 8. At the same time that Chinese Taipei qualified, it also kicked the Iranian women's football team out. Because the latter has 0 points and -12 goals difference after the group stage, it is basically unlikely to become the third place in the two best groups. Therefore, they also became the second team in the bureau after Indonesia.
In the previous group stage, the Chinese women's football team won 2 consecutive victories, 6 points in advance to lock in the first place in the group, and was the first to advance to the quarterfinals. Due to the withdrawal of the Indian women's football team, their match results with the Iranian women's football team were also cancelled, and at the same time, the AFC also announced that other group teams also need to deduct the last place with each group when competing for the right to qualify.
In the two rounds of competitions that ended earlier, Australia in Group B and South Korea and Japan in Group C both won two consecutive games, so that they advanced to the quarterfinals early and locked in the qualifying places. Together with the Chinese team and the Chinese Taipei team, the current Asian Cup top 8 has locked 5 seats. In addition, the Philippine team won the direct battle with the qualifying competitor Thailand, and the last round against Indonesia, the weakest group, so the qualifying was not a big problem, basically locking in an eight-place place. In this case, there are only 2 places left in the final 8 places.
In the final group stage, Thailand in Group B will challenge Australia. Due to the strength, the Thai team is basically unlikely to win this battle, even if the final upset win wins the second place in the group, the Philippine team can also advance to the top 8 with 3 points. So, the only suspense left in Group B is who will be the second and third in the group.
In the final round of Group C, Myanmar and Vietnam, who have also lost 2 consecutive games before, will meet in a narrow way, and whoever wins the two teams will advance. If tied, Vietnam will advance to the quarter-finals with a goal difference of -6.
That is to say, in the final round of the group stage, Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam will compete for the last 2 qualifying places, and one of them will become the opponents of the Chinese team in the knockout round. Of course, no matter who it is, its strength is still inferior to the Chinese team, and as long as the Chinese team plays normally, there is no suspense when winning and advancing. This is undoubtedly a big positive for the Chinese team.