Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament

Women's Football Tournament
at the 2018 Asian Games
Tournament details
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)

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.

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
  • Musdalifah  10', 72'
  • Zp  15' (pen.), 55'
  • Sada  30'
  • Sari  61'
 Report
Referee: Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)
Maldives 0–8 South Korea
Report
Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)
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
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
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 Nga Kei Kay  82' (o.g.)
Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)
North Korea 0–2 China
Report
Referee: Rebecca Durcau (Australia)
Hong Kong 6–1 Tajikistan
  • Chan Wing Sze  2'
  • Yuen Hoi Dik Heidi  10'
  • Ho Mui Mei  25', 32'
  • Cham Ching Man  39'
  • Chun Ching Hang  68'
 Report
  • Sotnikova  36'
Referee: Lee Yi-chi (Chinese Taipei)

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
Referee: Mi Siyu (China)
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)
Chinese Taipei 0–0 (a.e.t.) Vietnam
Report
Penalties
 4–3
Referee: Oh Hyeon-jeong (South Korea)
Japan 2–1 North Korea
 Report
Referee: Mahsa Ghorbani (Iran)
China 5–0 Thailand
 Report
Referee: Anna Sidorova (Uzbekistan)

Semi-finals

South Korea 1–2 Japan
 Report
Referee: Law Bik Chi (Hong Kong)
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
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.

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1st, gold medalist(s)  Japan 5500142+1215
2nd, silver medalist(s)  China 6501311+3015
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea 6501323+2915
4  Chinese Taipei 6213127+57
Eliminated in the Quarter-finals
5  North Korea 4202254+216
6  Vietnam 311139-64
7  Hong Kong 4103621−153
Third place in the group stage
8  Thailand 3003210−80
9  Indonesia 3102616−103
Fourth place in the group stage
10  Maldives 3003021−210
11  Tajikistan 3003138−370

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Football Sports Technical Handbook Version 2.1" (PDF). asiangames2018.id. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Football Sports Technical Handbook [Stadium Seating Capacity]" (PDF). asiangames2018.id. 15 February 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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