Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament

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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

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.

Competition schedule[edit]

G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Thu 16 Fri 17 Sat 18 Sun 19 Mon 20 Tue 21 Wed 22 Thu 23 Fri 24 Sat 25 Sun 26 Mon 27 Tue 28 Wed 29 Thu 30 Fri 31
G G ¼ ½ B F

Venues[edit]

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

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


Squads[edit]

Draw[edit]

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 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Group stage[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 0 22 1 +21 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Chinese Taipei 3 2 0 1 12 2 +10 6
3  Indonesia (H) 3 1 0 2 6 16 −10 3
4  Maldives 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
South Korea 2–1 Chinese Taipei
Report
Indonesia 6–0 Maldives
Report

Maldives 0–8 South Korea
Report

Indonesia 0–12 South Korea
Report
Chinese Taipei 7–0 Maldives
Report

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 0 25 0 +25 9 Advance to Knockout stage
2  North Korea 3 2 0 1 24 2 +22 6
3  Hong Kong 3 1 0 2 6 16 −10 3
4  Tajikistan 3 0 0 3 1 38 −37 0
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
North Korea 16–0 Tajikistan
Report
China 7–0 Hong Kong
Report

Tajikistan 0–16 China
Report
Hong Kong 0–8 North Korea
Report

North Korea 0–2 China
Report
Hong Kong 6–1 Tajikistan
Report

Group C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 6 Advance to Knockout stage
2  Vietnam 2 1 0 1 3 9 −6 3
3  Thailand 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Thailand 0–2 Japan
Report


Japan 7–0 Vietnam
Report

Ranking of third-placed teams[edit]

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.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C  Thailand 2 0 0 2 2 5 −3 0 Advance to knockout stage
2 B  Hong Kong 2 0 0 2 0 15 −15 0
3 A  Indonesia 2 0 0 2 0 16 −16 0
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) fair play points; 5) drawing of lots.

Knockout stage[edit]

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[edit]

 
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
 
 China1 Bronze medal match
 
 China5
 
31 August – Palembang
 
 Thailand0
 
 South Korea4
 
 
 Chinese Taipei0
 

Quarter-finals[edit]

South Korea 5–0 Hong Kong
Report


Japan 2–1 North Korea
Report

China 5–0 Thailand
Report

Semi-finals[edit]

South Korea 1–2 Japan
Report

Chinese Taipei 0–1 China
Report

Bronze medal match[edit]

Gold medal match[edit]

Japan 1–0 China
Report

Statistics[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan 5 5 0 0 14 2 +12 15
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China 6 5 0 1 31 1 +30 15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea 6 5 0 1 32 3 +29 15
4  Chinese Taipei 6 2 1 3 12 7 +5 7
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
5  Vietnam 3 1 1 1 3 9 −6 4
6  North Korea 4 2 0 2 25 4 +21 6
7  Thailand 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0
8  Hong Kong 4 1 0 3 6 21 −15 3
Third place in the group stage
9  Indonesia 3 1 0 2 6 16 −10 3
Fourth place in the group stage
10  Maldives 3 0 0 3 0 21 −21 0
11  Tajikistan 3 0 0 3 1 38 −37 0

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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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