AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Founded2004 (2004)
RegionAsia (AFC)
Current champions Australia
Most successful team(s) Australia (2 titles)
2024

Since 2004, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has held Asian qualifying tournaments for the Summer Olympics women's football tournaments. The two top teams from the tournament qualify for the Olympics, excluding the berth for the hosts if the Olympic is held in an Asian country.

History

Women's football was introduced to Olympics in 1996, but until 2000 the participating teams were determined by the results of preceding FIFA Women's World Cup. Continental confederations, including the AFC, have held qualifying tournaments since 2004.[1]

Format

Formats differ by the tournaments. See the pages of each qualifying tournaments for details.

Results

Flags for the qualifying tournaments indicate the hosts of the final rounds; indicates the final round was held in various places.

Edition Olympics Qualifying tournament Qualified teams Notes Number of teams
Olympic hosts via qualifying
1 United States 1996 (Sweden 1995 World Cup)  China
(fourth place)
 Japan
(quarterfinalists)
Top 8 teams in the World Cup were to qualify (2)
2 Australia 2000 (United States 1999 World Cup)  China
(runners-up)
Top 8 teams in the World Cup were to qualify (3)
3 Greece 2004 Japan Qualifying  China
(winners)
 Japan
(runners-up)
11
4 China 2008 Qualifying  China  North Korea
(Group A winners)
 Japan
(Group B winners)
Two group winners of final round were to qualify 12
5 United Kingdom 2012 China Qualifying  Japan
(winners)
 North Korea
(runners-up)
17
6 Brazil 2016 Japan Qualifying  Australia
(winners)
 China
(runners-up)
18
7 Japan 2020 Qualifying  Japan  Australia
(play-off winners)
 China
(play-off winners)
Two play-off winners were to qualify 25
8 France 2024 Qualifying Two play-off winners are to qualify 31

See also

References

  1. Report and Statistics – Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 (PDF). 2004. p. 132. Retrieved 8 August 2021. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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