Asian qualifiers for two women’s team at Paris Olympics 2024 was unveiled by Asian Football Confederation (AFC) with a three-round competition structure. The draw for the first round will be held January 12. India is placed in Pot 1.
26 teams to be divided into five groups of four and two groups of three, which will compete in a one-round league format in a centralised venue from April 3 to 11, 2023.
The group winners will progress to the second round where they will join the AFC’s five highest seeded teams – DPR Korea, Japan, Australia, China PR, and Korea Republic.
They will play in three groups of four, also at a centralised venue.
The seeds for the Round 1 draw are based on the latest FIFA Women’s World Ranking released on December 9, 2022, while the participants who do not feature in the ranking table are listed as non-ranked teams.
Four nations, three group winners and the best-ranked runners-up from round 2 will go forward to Round 3 where they play two pairs of home and away matches with the two eventual winners qualifying for Paris 2024.
Based on their respective rankings, the 26 teams will have their names drawn from four seeding pots, as below:
Pot 1 (teams ranked 6-12): Vietnam, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, Myanmar, Uzbekistan, Philippines, India.
Pot 2 (13-19): Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Nepal, Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia
Pot 3 (20-26): Palestine, Singapore, Turkmenistan, Bangladesh, Lebanon, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste.
Pot 4 (27-30 + 1 non-ranked team): Sri Lanka, Maldives, Pakistan, Bhutan, Afghanistan.
