Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Amman: Twenty-one nations learned their opponents for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Jordan 2018 qualifiers when the official draw was held in the Jordanian capital of Amman on Saturday.
The Teams
Korea Republic, Thailand, Vietnam, Jordan, Myanmar, Chinese Taipei, Uzbekistan, Philippines, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Bahrain, Islamic Republic of Iran, India, Palestine, DPR Korea, Guam, Iraq, Singapore, Syria, Tajikistan and the United Arab Emirates.
Draw Result
Group A: A1 Jordan A2 Philippines **A3 Bahrain **A4 Iraq A5 UAE **A6 Tajikistan (hosts)
Group B: B1 Korea Republic B2 Uzbekistan **B3 Hong Kong B4 India B5 DPR Korea (hosts)
Group C: C1 Thailand **C2 Chinese Taipei **C3 Lebanon C4 Palestine (hosts) **C5 Guam
Group D: D1 Vietnam (hosts) D2 Myanmar **D3 IR Iran D4 Syria D5 Singapore
The three highest-ranked women’s national teams from the last AFC Women’s Asian Cup – Japan, Australia and China PR - received automatic qualification into the eight-team finals. The group winners of each of the four qualifying groups will qualify for the finals in Jordan.
Jordan as hosts also received automatic qualification, but they have expressed interest to participate in the qualifiers. Therefore, if case they finish top of their qualifying group, the runner-up team will also advance to the final competition. The qualifiers will kick off on April 3, 2017.
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