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- ↑ "FIFA WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2012". AFC. 18 March 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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- ↑ "WOMEN`S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT 2016". AFC. 11 March 2015. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
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