2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th 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 qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil as the AFC representatives.
On 7 March 2016, with one round of matches remaining to be played, Australia and China were confirmed qualification to the Olympics.
Teams
A total of 18 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage. The format is as follows:- First round: The highest-ranked seven teams based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings at the time of the draw received byes. Teams ranked in the top five – Japan, Australia, North Korea, China PR, and South Korea – received byes to the final round, while teams ranked sixth and seventh – Thailand and Vietnam – received byes to the second round. The remaining 11 teams were drawn into two groups of four teams and one group of three teams, with the teams seeded according to their FIFA Rankings. In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The three group winners advanced to the second round.
- Second round: The five teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The winner advanced to the final round.
- Final round: The six teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The top two teams qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
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Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying stage was as follows.Round | Date |
First round | 11–15 March 2015 20–24 March 2015 |
Second round | 14–22 September 2015 |
Final round | 29 February – 9 March 2016 |
First round
Group A
- All matches were held in Myanmar.
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Group B
- All matches were held in Jordan.
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Group C
- All matches were held in Taiwan.
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Second round
- All matches were held in Myanmar.
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Final round
- All matches were held in Japan.
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Qualified teams for Olympics
The following two teams from AFC qualified for the Olympic football tournament.Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 |
Goalscorers
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- Michelle Heyman
- Emily van Egmond
- Lee Hsiu-chin
- Mana Iwabuchi
- Stephanie Al-Naber
- Anootsara Maijarern
- Huỳnh Như
- Katrina Gorry
- Gu Yasha
- Zhang Rui
- Chan Wing Sze
- Shabnam Behesht
- Yūki Ōgimi
- Kumi Yokoyama
- Khin Marlar Tun
- Wai Wai Aung
- Jung Seol-bin
- Lim Seon-joo
- Kamola Riskieva
- Lisa De Vanna
- Emily Gielnik
- Alanna Kennedy
- Clare Polkinghorne
- Ashleigh Sykes
- Ma Xiaoxu
- Wang Shanshan
- Wang Shuang
- Chan Pi-han
- Lai Li-chin
- Lin Chiung-ying
- Lin Ya-han
- Michelle Pao
- Yu Hsiu-chin
- Loitongbam Ashalata Devi
- Gurumayum Radharani Devi
- Yumnam Kamala Devi
- Fatemeh Arjangi
- Fereshteh Karimi
- Parya Norouzi
- Nahomi Kawasumi
- Emi Nakajima
- Shinobu Ohno
- Luna Al-Masri
- Shahnaz Jebreen
- Souphavanh Phayvanh
- San San Maw
- Than Than Htwe
- Ju Hyo-sim
- Kim Su-gyong
- Kim Un-ju
- Ra Un-sim
- Kiloudi Salama
- Natali Shaheen
- Jeon Ga-eul
- Lee Geum-min
- Nargiza Abdurasulova
- Nilufar Kudratova
- Zumratjon Nazarova
- Makhliyo Sarikova
- Feruza Turdiboeva