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 country Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia
Dates16–31 August
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Japan.svg  Japan (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Third placeFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Fourth placeFlag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored132 (5.74 per match)
Top scorer(s)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Shanshan  (CHN)
(12 goals)
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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.

Contents

Competition schedule

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

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

Flag of Indonesia.svg Palembang
Gelora Sriwijaya Bumi Sriwijaya
Capacity: 23,000 [2] Capacity: 7,000 [2]
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium Tribune.jpg No image available.svg

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

Group stage

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]

  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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3300221+219Advance to Knockout stage
2Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 3201122+106
3Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (H)3102616−103
4Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 3003021−210
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg2–1Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg6–0Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
Maldives  Flag of Maldives.svg0–8Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg0–12Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg7–0Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives
Report
Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3300250+259Advance to Knockout stage
2Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 3201242+226
3Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 3102616−103
4Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 3003138−370
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg16–0Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Report
Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg7–0Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
Tajikistan  Flag of Tajikistan.svg0–16Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Bui Thi Thu Trang (Vietnam)
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg0–8Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Report
Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)
North Korea  Flag of North Korea.svg0–2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg6–1Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan
Report
Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Lee Yi-chi (Chinese Taipei)

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 220090+96Advance to Knockout stage
2Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 210139−63
3Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 200225−30
Source: Asian Games 2018
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg0–2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report
Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Mi Siyu (China)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg7–0Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
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.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 C Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 200225−30Advance to knockout stage
2 B Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2002015−150
3 A Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2002016−160
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

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal match
 
          
 
24 August – Palembang
 
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 5
 
28 August – Palembang
 
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 0
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1
 
25 August – Palembang
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2
 
31 August – Palembang
 
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 1
 
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1
 
24 August – Palembang
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei (p)0 (4)
 
28 August – Palembang
 
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 0 (3)
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 0
 
25 August – Palembang
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1 Bronze medal match
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5
 
31 August – Palembang
 
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 0
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4
 
 
Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 0
 

Quarter-finals

South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg5–0Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Asaka Matsushita (Japan)
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg2–1Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg5–0Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)

Semi-finals

South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg1–2Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg0–1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

Bronze medal match

South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg4–0Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Asaka Matsushita (Japan)

Gold medal match

Japan  Flag of Japan.svg1–0Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Report
Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Palembang
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)

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.

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 5500142+1215
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 6501311+3015
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 6501323+2915
4Flag of Chinese Taipei (Olympics; 1986-2010).svg  Chinese Taipei 6213127+57
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
5Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 311139−64
6Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 4202254+216
7Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 3003210−80
8Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 4103621−153
Third place in the group stage
9Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 3102616−103
Fourth place in the group stage
10Flag of Maldives.svg  Maldives 3003021−210
11Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 3003138−370

See also

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