Football at the 1998 Asian Games – Women's tournament
# Football at the 1998 Asian Games – Women's tournament

The women's football tournament at the 1998 Asian Games was held from 7 to 17 December 1998 in Thailand.

## Venues

| Pathum Thani | Pathum Thani | Bangkok |
| - | - | - |
| Thupatemi Stadium | Thammasat Stadium | Thai-Japanese Stadium |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 6,600 |
| Pathum ThaniBangkok |||

## Results

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

### Preliminary round

**Group A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | North Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | +23 | 9 |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 6 |
| 3 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 1 |

**Group B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | +24 | 9 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 4 |
| 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 0 |

### Knockout round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| - | - | - | - |
| 15 December | 15 December |
| China | 3 |
| China | 3 | 17 December | 17 December |
| Japan | 0 | 17 December | 17 December |
| Japan | 0 | China (g.g.) | 1 |
| 15 December | 15 December | | China (g.g.) | 1 |
| 15 December | 15 December | North Korea | 0 |
| North Korea (p) | 1 (6) | North Korea | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 (5) | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 1 (5) | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | 17 December | 17 December |
| | | Japan | 2 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 1 |

## Goalscorers

4 goals

* Homare Sawa

3 goals

* Mito Isaka
* Nami Otake

2 goals

* Kazumi Kishi
* Tamaki Uchiyama

1 goal

* Fan Yunjie
* Tomomi Miyamoto
* Miki Sugawara
* Rie Yamaki
* Yasuyo Yamagishi

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | +28 | 15 |
| | North Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 10 |
| | Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 9 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 5 |
| 5 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| 6 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 |
| 7 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 1 |
| 8 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 0 |
