The AFC women's Olympic qualifiers final round started yesterday in Japan.The group will play a one-round league where each team will play one match against every other team. The top two finishers from Qualification Final Round will fly the Asian flag at the Summer Olympics women’s football tournament. The final round group is: Japan DPR Korea Australia China PR Vietnam Korea Republic Overnight Australia beat Japan 3-1 (carn the Matildas), China defeated Vietnam 2-0 and the Koreas played out a 1-1 draw.
Australia up 5-0 at half-time against Vietnam The other two games are in about 2.5 hours. They are playing 5 games in 10 days ... so fatigue may play a part come the end of this qualification!
Australia finished up winning 9-0 over Vietnam, and in the other games: China 1 - 1 DPR Korea Japan 1 - 1 Korea Republic Table here http://www.the-afc.com/womens-tournament-rio-2016/womens-olympic-qualifiers-results-reports-fixtures Looks like qualification is going to be a close one (other than Vietnam). Come on the Matildas!
Australia won overnight against DPR Korea 2-1 to qualify for the Olympics. China qualified in the other spot with a win over Korea Republic 2-1. That means both Japan and DPR Korea did not qualify (the two highest ranked teams in Asia).