AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Founded2004; 19 years ago (2004)
RegionAsia (AFC)
Current champions Australia
Most successful team(s) Australia (2 titles)
2024

For Summer Olympics women's football tournaments, Asian Football Confederation (AFC) holds Asian qualifying tournaments since 2004 tournament.

From 2004 tournament to 2024, top two teams are to qualify (excluding the berth for the hosts if the Olympic is held in an Asian country).

History

Women's football is introduced to Olympics since 1996, but until 2000 the participating teams were determined by the results of preceding FIFA Women's World Cup. Since 2004, continental confederations (including AFC) are to hold qualifying tournaments.

Format

Formats differ by the tournaments. See the pages of each qualifying tournaments for details.

Results

Flags for the qualifying tournaments indicate the hosts of the final rounds; not available indicates the final round was held in various places.

Edition Olympics Qualifying tournament Qualified teams Notes Number of teams
Olympic hosts via qualifying
1 United States 1996 (Sweden 1995 World Cup)  China
(fourth place)
 Japan
(quarterfinalists)
Top 8 teams in the World Cup were to qualify
2 Australia 2000 (United States 1999 World Cup)  China
(runners-up)
Top 8 teams in the World Cup were to qualify
3 Greece 2004 Japan Qualifying  China
(winners)
 Japan
(runners-up)
4 China 2008 not available Qualifying  China  North Korea
(Group A winners)
 Japan
(Group B winners)
Two group winners of final round were to qualify
5 United Kingdom 2012 China Qualifying  Japan
(winners)
 North Korea
(runners-up)
6 Brazil 2016 Japan Qualifying  Australia
(winners)
 China
(runners-up)
7 Japan 2020 not available Qualifying  Japan  Australia
(play-off winners)
 China
(play-off winners)
Two play-off winners were to qualify
8 France 2024 not available Qualifying

See also


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