The 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th edition of the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine which women's national teams from Asia qualify for the Olympic football tournament.
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil as the AFC representatives.
On 7 March 2016, with one round of matches remaining to be played, Australia and China were confirmed qualification to the Olympics.
Teams
A total of 18 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage. The format is as follows:
- First round: The highest-ranked seven teams based on the FIFA Women's World Rankings at the time of the draw received byes. Teams ranked in the top five â Japan, Australia, North Korea, China PR, and South Korea â received byes to the final round, while teams ranked sixth and seventh â Thailand and Vietnam â received byes to the second round. The remaining 11 teams were drawn into two groups of four teams and one group of three teams, with the teams seeded according to their FIFA Rankings. In each group, teams played each other once at a centralised venue. The three group winners advanced to the second round.
- Second round: The five teams (two teams who entered this round and the three winners from the first round) played each other once at a centralised venue. The winner advanced to the final round.
- Final round: The six teams (five teams who entered this round and the winner from the second round) played each other once at a centralised venue. The top two teams qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 4 December 2014 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Notes
<div id="1"></div><sup>1</sup> Non-IOC member, ineligible for Olympics.
Schedule
The schedule of the qualifying stage was as follows.
First round
Group A
- All matches were held in Myanmar.
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Group B
- All matches were held in Jordan.
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Group C
- All matches were held in Taiwan.
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Second round
- All matches were held in Myanmar.
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Final round
- All matches were held in Japan.
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Qualified teams for Olympics
The following two teams from AFC qualified for the Olympic football tournament.
<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.</div>
<div id="2"></div><sup>2</sup> Australia qualified as a member of the OFC in 2000 and 2004.
Goalscorers
9 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
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