Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament

The women's football tournament at the 2018 Asian Games was held from 16 to 31 August in Palembang, Indonesia.[1] North Korea were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals. The host team was eliminated in the group stage.

Women's Football Tournament
at the 2018 Asian Games
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia Indonesia
Dates16–31 August
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (2nd title)
Runners-up China
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored132 (5.74 per match)
Top scorer(s) Wang Shanshan (CHN)
(12 goals)
2014
2022

Competition schedule

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GGroup stage¼Quarter-finals½Semi-finalsBBronze medal matchFGold medal match
Thu 16Fri 17Sat 18Sun 19Mon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23Fri 24Sat 25Sun 26Mon 27Tue 28Wed 29Thu 30Fri 31
GG¼½BF

Venues

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The tournament was held in two venues in Palembang, the Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium and the Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium.[1]

Palembang
Gelora SriwijayaBumi Sriwijaya
Capacity: 23,000[2]Capacity: 7,000[2]


Squads

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Draw

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The draw for the tournament was held on 5 July 2018.[3] The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the previous Asian Games in 2014. The hosts Indonesia were automatically assigned into position A1.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
  1.  Indonesia (hosts)
  2.  North Korea
  3.  Japan

Group stage

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The top two teams in each group, and the two third-placed teams among three groups advanced to the quarter-finals.[1]

All times are local, WIB (UTC+7).[4]

Tiebreakers

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Teams in a group were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.[1]

  1. Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Highest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. Highest number of goals scored from all group matches between the teams concerned;
  5. If two or more teams have equal ranking with the criteria so far, reapply the criteria above only for them. If this re-application gives no more ranking, apply the following criteria.
  6. Goal difference in all group matches;
  7. Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
  8. Kicks from the penalty mark only if two (2) teams are involved and they are both on the field of play.
  9. Fewer points of yellow/red cards in all group matches (only one of these deductions shall be applied to a player in a single match):
    • First yellow card: 1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): 3 points;
    • Direct red card: 3 points;
    • Yellow card followed by direct red card: 4 points;
  10. Drawing of lots

Third-placed teams from the three groups are ranked according to the following criteria, after the results against the fourth-placed teams of groups A and B are excluded in order to rank them with the same numbers of matches.[1]

  1. Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Fewer points of yellow/red cards in all group matches (only one of these deductions shall be applied to a player in a single match):
    • First yellow card: 1 point;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): 3 points;
    • Direct red card: 3 points;
    • Yellow card followed by direct red card: 4 points;
  5. Drawing of lots

Group A

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  South Korea3300221+219Advance to Knockout stage
2  Chinese Taipei3201122+106
3  Indonesia (H)3102616−103
4  Maldives3003021−210
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
South Korea  2–1  Chinese Taipei
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Indonesia  6–0  Maldives
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Maldives  0–8  South Korea
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Indonesia  0–12  South Korea
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Group B

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  China3300250+259Advance to Knockout stage
2  North Korea3201242+226
3  Hong Kong3102616−103
4  Tajikistan3003138−370
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
North Korea  16–0  Tajikistan
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Tajikistan  0–16  China
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Hong Kong  6–1  Tajikistan
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Group C

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1  Japan220090+96Advance to Knockout stage
2  Vietnam210139−63
3  Thailand200225−30
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Thailand  0–2  Japan
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Japan  7–0  Vietnam
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Ranking of third-placed teams

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In order to ensure equality when comparing the third-placed teams of all groups, the results of the matches against the 4th-placed teams in Group A and Group B were ignored due to Group C having only three teams.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1C  Thailand200225−30Advance to knockout stage
2B  Hong Kong2002015−150
3A  Indonesia2002016−160
Source: Asian Games 2018 Archived 26 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) fair play points; 5) drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.[1]

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
24 August – Palembang
 
 
 South Korea5
 
28 August – Palembang
 
 Hong Kong0
 
 South Korea1
 
25 August – Palembang
 
 Japan2
 
 Japan2
 
31 August – Palembang
 
 North Korea1
 
 Japan1
 
24 August – Palembang
 
 China0
 
 Chinese Taipei (p)0 (4)
 
28 August – Palembang
 
 Vietnam0 (3)
 
 Chinese Taipei0
 
25 August – Palembang
 
 China1Bronze medal match
 
 China5
 
31 August – Palembang
 
 Thailand0
 
 South Korea4
 
 
 Chinese Taipei0
 

Quarter-finals

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Japan  2–1  North Korea
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China  5–0  Thailand
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Semi-finals

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South Korea  1–2  Japan
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Chinese Taipei  0–1  China
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Bronze medal match

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Gold medal match

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Japan  1–0  China
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Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 132 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 5.74 goals per match.

12 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final standing

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As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
Note: In order to ensure equality, for teams in four-team groups, their match against the fourth-placed teams are excluded when considering the ranking.

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
 Japan5500142+1215
 China6501311+3015
 South Korea6501323+2915
4  Chinese Taipei6213127+57
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
5  Vietnam311139−64
6  North Korea4202254+216
7  Thailand3003210−80
8  Hong Kong4103621−153
Third place in the group stage
9  Indonesia3102616−103
Fourth place in the group stage
10  Maldives3003021−210
11  Tajikistan3003138−370

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Football Sports Technical Handbook Version 2.1" (PDF). asiangames2018.id. 7 August 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Football Sports Technical Handbook [Stadium Seating Capacity]" (PDF). asiangames2018.id. 15 February 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Women's draws concluded". AFC. 5 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Competition Schedule by Events ‐ Football". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation.
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