Football_at_the_2018_Asian_Games_-_Women's_tournament
Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament
International football competition
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.
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Indonesia |
| Dates | 16–31 August |
| Teams | 11 (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 played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 132 (5.74 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Wang Shanshan (CHN)(12 goals) |
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| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
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The tournament was held in two venues in Palembang, the Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium and the Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium.[1]
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| Palembang | ||
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| Gelora Sriwijaya | Bumi Sriwijaya | |
| Capacity: 23,000[2] | Capacity: 7,000[2] | |
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Main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's team squads
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.
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
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]
- Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
- Highest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
- Highest number of goals scored from all group matches between the teams concerned;
- 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.
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
- Kicks from the penalty mark only if two (2) teams are involved and they are both on the field of play.
- 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;
- 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]
- Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
- Goal difference in all group matches;
- Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
- 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;
- Drawing of lots
Group A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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More information South Korea, 2–1 ...
| South Korea | 2–1 | Chinese Taipei |
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Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
More information Indonesia, 6–0 ...
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Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
More information Maldives, 0–8 ...
| Maldives | 0–8 | South Korea |
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Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)
More information Chinese Taipei, 4–0 ...
| Chinese Taipei | 4–0 | Indonesia |
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Referee: Asaka Matsushita (Japan)
More information Indonesia, 0–12 ...
| Indonesia | 0–12 | South Korea |
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Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
More information Chinese Taipei, 7–0 ...
| Chinese Taipei | 7–0 | Maldives |
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Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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More information North Korea, 16–0 ...
| North Korea | 16–0 | Tajikistan |
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Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
More information China, 7–0 ...
| China | 7–0 | Hong Kong |
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Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
More information Tajikistan, 0–16 ...
| Tajikistan | 0–16 | China |
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Referee: Bui Thi Thu Trang (Vietnam)
More information Hong Kong, 0–8 ...
| Hong Kong | 0–8 | North Korea |
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Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)
More information North Korea, 0–2 ...
| North Korea | 0–2 | China |
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Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
More information Hong Kong, 6–1 ...
| Hong Kong | 6–1 | Tajikistan |
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Referee: Lee Yi-chi (Chinese Taipei)
Group C
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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Referee: Mi Siyu (China)
More information Vietnam, 3–2 ...
| Vietnam | 3–2 | Thailand |
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Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
More information Japan, 7–0 ...
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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.
More information Pos, Grp ...
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 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 |
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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.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) fair play points; 5) drawing of lots.
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]
More information Third-placed teams qualify from groups, 1A vs ...
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| A | C | 3C | 3A | |
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Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 24 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| South Korea | 5 | |||||||||
| 28 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 0 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 1 | |||||||||
| 25 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| Japan | 2 | |||||||||
| 31 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| North Korea | 1 | |||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||
| 24 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| China | 0 | |||||||||
| Chinese Taipei (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 28 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| Vietnam | 0 (3) | |||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
| 25 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| China | 1 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| China | 5 | |||||||||
| 31 August – Palembang | ||||||||||
| Thailand | 0 | |||||||||
| South Korea | 4 | |||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
More information South Korea, 5–0 ...
| South Korea | 5–0 | Hong Kong |
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Referee: Asaka Matsushita (Japan)
More information Chinese Taipei, 0–0 (a.e.t.) ...
| Chinese Taipei | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Vietnam |
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Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
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Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)
Semi-finals
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| South Korea | 1–2 | Japan |
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Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
Bronze medal match
More information South Korea, 4–0 ...
| South Korea | 4–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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Referee: Asaka Matsushita (Japan)
Gold medal match
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
Goalscorers
There were 132 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 5.74 goals per match.
12 goals
6 goals
Wang Shuang (CHN)
Moon Mi-ra (KOR)
5 goals
4 goals
Yuika Sugasawa (JPN)
Sung Hyang-sim (PRK)- Kim Yun-mi (PRK)
- Ji So-yun (KOR)
- Son Hwa-yeon (KOR)
3 goals
2 goals
Zhuo Li-ping (TPE)- Michelle Pao (TPE)
- Pan Shin-yu (TPE)
Ho Mui Mei (HKG)
Zahra Musdalifah (INA)- Mayang Zp (INA)
- Mana Iwabuchi (JPN)
- Yuka Momiki (JPN)
- Mina Tanaka (JPN)
- Kim Nam-hui (PRK)
- Ri Hae-yon (PRK)
- Jang Sel-gi (KOR)
- Lee Geum-min (KOR)
1 goal
- Li Jiayue (CHN)
- Li Tingting (CHN)
- Li Ying (CHN)
- Xiao Yuyi (CHN)
- Lee Hsiu-chin (TPE)
- Chan Pi-han (TPE)
- Lin Ya-han (TPE)
- Chun Ching Hang (HKG)
- Heidi Yuen (HKG)
- Cham Ching Man (HKG)
- Chan Wing Sze (HKG)
- Yudith Herlina Sada (INA)
- Jesella Arifya Sari (INA)
- Yui Hasegawa (JPN)
- Rika Masuya (JPN)
- Emi Nakajima (JPN)
- Pak Hye-gyong (PRK)
- Kim Phyong-hwa (PRK)
- Ri Un-yong (PRK)
- Lee Eun-mi (KOR)
- Lim Seon-joo (KOR)
Natalia Sotnikova (TJK)
Suchawadee Nildhamrong (THA)- Pitsamai Sornsai (THA)
Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung (VIE)- Nguyễn Thị Liễu (VIE)
- Nguyễn Thị Vạn (VIE)
1 own goal
- Chan Wing Sze (HKG) (against China)
- Kay Fung (HKG) (against North Korea)
- Lim Seon-joo (KOR) (against Japan)
Aminath Shamila (MDV) (against South Korea)
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.
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| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 15 | |
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 1 | +30 | 15 | |
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South Korea |
6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 3 | +29 | 15 | |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | |
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| 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 | |
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