The road to France starts here (FIFA.com) 02 Apr 2017 0 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 qualifiers run from 3-12 April Winners of groups qualify for AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018 Matches take place in Korea DPR, Palestine, Tajikistan and Vietnam Asian teams begin their long journey to the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ on Monday as 18 sides, plus Jordan, battle it out in four groups to secure one of the four remaining places at the 2018 AFC Women’s Asian Cup. Despite qualifying automatically as hosts, Jordan will contest the qualifiers to gain valuable match experience. The five best teams at the Women’s Asian Cup will book their tickets to the biggest tournament of all in France. Heavyweights collide In Group A, Jordan can concentrate fully on building on their strengths and analysing their weaknesses. The West Asian side, who also competed at the 2014 edition of the competition, face Bahrain, Iraq, Tajikistan, Philippines and United Arab Emirates. Should Jordan finish top of their group, the runners-up will qualify for the 2018 Women’s Asian Cup. “We have an exceptional team,” said Noura Al-Mazrouei in an interview with FIFA.com ahead of her first Women’s Asian Cup qualification campaign with UAE. “Thanks to the wonderful job done by those responsible for women’s football in the Emirates, we have lifted our game to another level in recent years. All of the players are excited about the challenge ahead of us and keen to return home with a starting place at the Asian Cup.” Currently tenth in the FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking, Korea DPR are clear favourites in Group B. Nevertheless, the three-time Asian champions face a considerable obstacle on their route to the top in the shape of Korea Republic. Coach Yoon Dukyeo’s side finished second at the Cyprus Cup in March, having previously secured a fourth-place finish at the 2014 Women’s Asian Cup. Another team worth looking out for are Hong Kong, who clinched third place in 1979 and have been runners-up twice, in 1981 and 1989. Fresh from making their FIFA Women’s World Cup debut in 2015, Thailand have a good chance of topping Group C after both Lebanon and Guam withdrew from the qualifying tournament. Their greatest rivals will be Chinese Taipei, who won the competition in 1977, 1979 and 1981. Excitement also awaits in Group D. While Vietnam will be aiming to qualify for their eighth Women’s Asian Cup, Singapore will also be determined to leave their mark on proceedings. “The team have been steadily preparing for qualification by playing several friendlies,” explained Singapore head coach Chen Cai Ying. “Although we have a young squad with an average age of 22.52 and will meet stiff opposition in Vietnam and Myanmar, we will give it our best and try to improve on our previous performances against these sides.” Qualifying groups at a glance: Group A: Jordan, Philippines, Bahrain, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Tajikistan Group B: Korea Republic, Uzbekistan, Hong Kong, India, Korea DPR Group C: Thailand, Chinese Taipei, Palestine Group D: Vietnam, Myanmar, Iran, Syria, Singapore http://www.fifa.com/womens-football/news/y=2017/m=4/news=the-road-to-france-starts-here-2878437.html
N Korea 8-0 India Jordan 6-0 Bahrain Myanmar 2-0 Iran Uzbekistan 2-1 Hongkong Singapore 1-0 Syria Thailand 6-0 Palestine
In case you are interested in watching live: April 5, Wednesday at 4 p.m. PHT (1 p.m. LOCAL, 8 a.m. GMT) Philippines vs Iraq LINK: mycujoo.tv/ch/273?id=4541 current standings for the group
Is this really the Iranian women's national team? http://www.the-afc.com/womens-asian-cup-2018/khosravi-vietnam-match-means-everything-to-iran Especially in the light of previous controversies: http://nypost.com/2015/10/01/most-of-players-on-irans-womens-team-are-men-official/ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...ht-of-Irans-womens-football-team-are-men.html
Results for Sunday, April 9, 2017 Grp B Uzbekistan 0-4 DPR Korea REPORT Hong Kong 0-6 Korea Republic REPORT Grp D Myanmar 6-0 Singapore REPORT Islamic Republic of Iran 1-6 Vietnam REPORT
South Korea will advance if 1) they beats Uzbekistan with a score other than 1:0 2) they wins 1:0 over Uzbekistan without any yellow cards North Korea will advance if 1) South Korea is unable to beat Uzbekistan 2) South Korea wins 1:0 over Uzbekistan with red card(s) or more than one yellow cards The winner of Group B will be decided by drawing of lots if 1) South Korea wins 1:0 over Uzbekistan with one yellow card
Grp A standings prior to today's games Today's games: Iraq 0-3 UAE Tajikistan - Jordan Philippines - Bahrain By virtue of Jordan being the host of the Asian Women's Cup next year, the Philippines will clinch a berth in the finals with a win or draw against Bahrain today.
FT Philippines 1-1 Bahrain Philippines advances to the Asian Cup finals next year along with host Jordan from Grp A. More than a third of the usual Philppines roster was missing from this tournament this year due to academic, fitness(injury) and other reasons including their only professional player who plays in the Icelandic first division. They brought a squad made up almost entirely of college and high school students and still made it. Hopefully everyone will be available next year in the finals.
Today's results Grp B FT Korea Republic 4-0 Uzbekistan S Korea advances to the finals Grp D Vietnam 2-0 Myanmar Vietnam advances to the finals Teams participating in the 2018 Women's Asian Cup Japan, Australia, China, S Korea, Jordan, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam
The final draw will be held on 9 December 2017. The eight teams will be drawn into two groups of four teams. Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Jordan (hosts) Japan Australia China PR South Korea Thailand Vietnam Philippines
Quality cast set to light up Jordan 2018 Thursday, February 15, 2018 Kuala Lumpur: With four of the world's 20 top teams among the cast, there can only be high quality action in the AFC Women's Asian Cup Jordan 2018. With five berths available to the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019, the action promises to be spectacular when Asia's Premier Women's football tournament kicks off in 50 days. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=110&v=-uQNihPDigs http://www.the-afc.com/competitions...news/quality-cast-set-to-light-up-jordan-2018