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 country 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)

Competition schedule

GGroup stage ¼Quarter-finals ½Semi-finals BBronze medal match FGold medal match
Thu 16Fri 17Sat 18Sun 19Mon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23Fri 24Sat 25Sun 26Mon 27Tue 28Wed 29Thu 30Fri 31
GG¼½BF

Venues

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

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

Squads

Draw

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

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

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

Tiebreakers

Teams in a group are 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 are 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

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) Host.
South Korea 2–1 Chinese Taipei
Report
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
Indonesia 6–0 Maldives
Report
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

Maldives 0–8 South Korea
Report
Chinese Taipei 4–0 Indonesia
Report
Referee: Asaka Matsushita (Japan)

Indonesia 0–12 South Korea
Report
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
Chinese Taipei 7–0 Maldives
Report
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

Group B

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
  • Sung Hyang-sim  2', 6', 24', 42'
  • Kim Yun-mi  10', 19', 50'
  • Rim Se-ok  31', 55', 66'
  • Yu Jong-im  43'
  • Kim Phyong-hwa  46'
  • Kim Nam-hui  62'
  • Kim Un-hwa  77', 82'
  • Ri Hae-yon  79'
Report
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
China 7–0 Hong Kong
Report

Tajikistan 0–16 China
Report
Referee: Bui Thi Thu Trang (Vietnam)
Hong Kong 0–8 North Korea
Report
  • Ri Un-yong  19'
  • Yu Jong-im  22', 45+2'
  • Kim Yun-mi  36'
  • Pak Hye-gyong  55'
  • Kim Un-hwa  59'
  • Ri Hae-yon  78'
  • Fung  82' (o.g.)

North Korea 0–2 China
Report
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
Hong Kong 6–1 Tajikistan
Report
  • Sotnikova  36'

Group C

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

Vietnam 3–2 Thailand
Report
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

Japan 7–0 Vietnam
Report
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

Ranking of third-placed teams

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

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

 
Semi-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

South Korea 5–0 Hong Kong
Report
Referee: Asaka Matsushita (Japan)


Japan 2–1 North Korea
Report
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)

China 5–0 Thailand
Report

Semi-finals

South Korea 1–2 Japan
Report

Chinese Taipei 0–1 China
Report
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

Bronze medal match

South Korea 4–0 Chinese Taipei
Report
Referee: Asaka Matsushita (Japan)

Gold medal match

Japan 1–0 China
Report

Statistics

Goalscorers

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

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
 Japan 5500142+1215
 China 6501311+3015
 South Korea 6501323+2915
4  Chinese Taipei 6213127+57
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
5  Vietnam 311139−64
6  North Korea 4202254+216
7  Thailand 3003210−80
8  Hong Kong 4103621−153
Third place in the group stage
9  Indonesia 3102616−103
Fourth place in the group stage
10  Maldives 3003021−210
11  Tajikistan 3003138−370

See also

References

  1. "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. "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 Games 2018.
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