2015–16 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countries	Myanmar (First round Group A and Second round); Jordan (First round Group B); Republic of China (Taiwan) (First round Group C); Japan (Final round)
Dates	11 March 2015 – 9 March 2016
Teams	18 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	South Korea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	37
Goals scored	128 (3.46 per match)
Attendance	86,204 (2,330 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Khin Moe Wai (9 goals)
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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 (AFC) 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.^[1]

On 7 March 2016, with one round of matches remaining to be played, Australia and China were confirmed qualification to the Olympics.^[2]

Teams

A total of 18 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage. The format is as follows:^[3]

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 (two teams who entered this round and the three winners from the first round) played each other once at a centralised venue. The winner advanced to the final round.
Final round: The six teams (five teams who entered this round and the winner from the second round) played each other once at a centralised venue. The top two teams qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

The draw for the qualifiers was held on 4 December 2014 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[3]

Teams entering final round	Teams entering second round	Teams entering first round
Teams entering final round	Teams entering second round	Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Australia China Japan North Korea South Korea	Thailand Vietnam	Chinese Taipei Myanmar Uzbekistan	India Iran Jordan	Bahrain Hong Kong Laos	Palestine Sri Lanka

Did not enter
Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia Guam Indonesia Iraq Kyrgyzstan Kuwait Lebanon Macau¹ Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Northern Mariana Islands¹ Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Syria Tajikistan East Timor Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Yemen

Notes: ¹ Non-IOC member, ineligible for Olympics.

Schedule

The schedule of the qualifying stage was as follows.^[4]^[5]

Round	Date
First round	11–15 March 2015 (Groups A and B) 20–24 March 2015 (Group C)
Second round	14–22 September 2015
Final round	29 February – 9 March 2016

First round

Group A

All matches were held in Myanmar.
Times listed were UTC+6:30.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Myanmar (H)	2	2	0	23	0	+23	6	Second round
2	India	2	1	1	4	7	−3	3
3	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	0	20	−20	0
4	Bahrain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

11 March 2015

17:00

Sri Lanka	0–16	Myanmar
	Report	Naw Ar Lo Wer Phaw 2', 4', 40' Khin Moe Wai 6', 16', 20', 21', 26' Sewwandi 18' (o.g.) Win Theingi Tun 23', 28', 49', 77', 90+1' Yee Yee Oo 48', 51'

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay

Attendance: 5,456

Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)

13 March 2015

17:00

India	4–0	Sri Lanka
K. Devi 12' A. Devi 16' Madushani 48' (o.g.) R. Devi 58'	Report

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay

Attendance: 839

Referee: Nami Imaizumi (Japan)

15 March 2015

17:00

Myanmar	7–0	India
Khin Moe Wai 8' Khin Marlar Tun 15', 61' Naw Ar Lo Wer Phaw 21' Yee Yee Oo 28', 77' Win Theingi Tun 90+2'	Report

Mandalarthiri Stadium, Mandalay

Attendance: 5,003

Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

Group B

All matches were held in Jordan.
Times listed were UTC+2.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jordan (H)	3	3	0	0	9	0	+9	9	Second round
2	Uzbekistan	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	Hong Kong	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1
4	Palestine	3	0	1	2	2	14	−12	1

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

11 March 2015