Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Asian Qualifiers
# Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Asian Qualifiers

The Asian Football Confederation's pre-Olympic tournament was contested by eighteen teams that competed for the two allocated spots for the 2012 Summer Olympics football tournament in London. However, Qatar withdrew before playing any match. The competition was originally scheduled for February 2010 but it eventually started in March 2011.

## Format

The format was as follows:

### First round

    The highest-ranked 5 teams in the previous tournament (Australia, China, Japan, North Korea and South Korea) received byes to the final round. Other 12 teams were divided into 3 groups by their geographical positions, where each group consisted of a one-round league (round-robin) tournament at a centralized venue. Five teams (the winners and the runners-up of Group A and C, respectively, and the winners of Group B) advanced to the second round.

### Second round

    5 teams that advanced from the first round played a one-round league (round-robin) tournament at a centralized venue. The winner advanced to the final round.

### Final round

    6 teams (5 teams with the byes and 1 team from the second round) played a one-round league (round-robin) tournament at a centralized venue. The winners and runners-up qualified for the Football tournament in the 2012.

## First round

### Group A

All matches were held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei).

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vietnam | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 10 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Thailand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 9 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (H) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | |
| 4 | Myanmar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | |

### Group B

All matches were held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Bangladesh (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |

* 1 2 As India and Uzbekistan were tied on points, goal difference and goals scored, the group winner was decided by a play-off match, which Uzbekistan won 5–1.

Play-off match

* Since both India and Uzbekistan were tied on points and goal difference, a play-off match was played to decide the winner of the group:

### Group C

All matches were held in Zarqa, Jordan.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advance to second round |
| 2 | Jordan (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 | Advance to second round |
| 3 | Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Palestine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 1 | |

## Second round

All matches were held in Amman, Jordan.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Thailand | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 10 | Advance to final round |
| 2 | Uzbekistan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 9 | |
| 3 | Vietnam | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | Jordan (H) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | |
| 5 | Iran | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | Withdrew |

* ↑ The Iranian government refused to allow its female players to remove the hijab when playing, in violation of FIFA policy; Jordan, Vietnam, Thailand and Uzbekistan were awarded the respective matches 3–0.

## Final round

All matches were held in Jinan, Shandong, China.

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 13 | Qualification to 2012 Summer Olympics |
| 2 | North Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 11 | Qualification to 2012 Summer Olympics |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | |
| 4 | China (H) | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 5 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 6 | Thailand | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 | |
