The Chinese women's football team will face a huge test in the Olympic preliminary round. Infographic/Xinhua News Agency
Beijing News (Reporter Zhou Xiao) On May 18, Beijing time, the second phase of the women's football Asian qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games was held in Kuala Lumpur. The Chinese women's football team is drawn in Group B, competing with the South Korea, Thailand and North Korea women's football teams.
According to the format of the Asian qualifiers for the Paris Olympic Women's Games, the 26 teams with low international rankings under the AFC began the first stage of the competition from April 3 to 11, and Uzbekistan, Iran, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Chinese Taipei and India advanced to the second stage. The 7 teams, together with Australia, Japan, China, North Korea and South Korea, which began in the second phase, formed the second phase of 12 teams and re-insisted on the draw.
According to the principle of grading according to FIFA's latest national team rankings for March, the 12 teams were divided into 4 brackets, divided into 3 groups of 4 teams by draw. China, Australia and Japan are in the first bracket; South Korea, Vietnam and Chinese Taipei entered the second gear; The third pot teams are Thailand, the Philippines and Uzbekistan; India, Iran and North Korea are in the fourth bracket.
For the Chinese women's football team, the group result on the 18th was not ideal, and the team's group opponents were South Korea, Thailand and North Korea. Group A teams are Australia, Chinese Taipei, Philippines and Iran; Japan, Vietnam, Uzbekistan and India are placed in Group C.
The second phase of the Women's Olympic Preliminary Round will be played from 23 October to 1 November, with a single round-robin tournament format, with the first place in the three groups and the second place in the best group advancing to the third stage, and the four advancing teams will play in pairs for two legs of home and away matches, with the two winning teams receiving tickets to the Paris Olympic women's football match.
China, Australia and Uzbekistan each host matches in their respective women's football teams.
Edited by Wang Chunqiu
Proofreader Zhao Lin