Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Taipei: A Lee Hsiu-Chin goal was enough for Chinese Taipei to book their place in the next phase of qualifying for the 2016 Rio Olympics as the Group C hosts brought the curtain down on the first round of qualifiers with a 1-0 victory over Iran.
Forward Lee, who scored Chinese Taipei’s fourth in their 4-0 victory over Laos, netted the only goal of the game with one minute of the first half of Tuesday’s match at the Taipei Municipal Stadium left to play.
Chinese Taipei’s victories over Iran and Laos sees them finish top of three-team Group C and gives the East Asian’s the final ticket to the Round 2 of the qualifiers, where they will join Myanmar and Jordan, who topped Groups A and B respectively, Thailand and Vietnam with a place in the final round going to the side that finishes top of the five-team table.
The top-two sides from the Qualification Final Round - which features reigning Asian champions Japan, 2014 AFC Women’s Asian Cup runners-up Australia, DPR Korea, China, and Korea Republic - will fly the Asian flag at the women’s football tournament of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
Photo: Chinese Taipei FA