2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification explained

Tourney Name:AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
Year:2014
Dates:21 May – 9 June 2013
Num Teams:16
Confederations:1
Matches:24
Top Scorer: Zebo Juraeva
(9 goals)
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2018

The 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification saw 16 nations attempt to qualify for the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup football competition. The four winners from all groups joined the four automatic qualifiers in the final tournament.

This tournament also served as the first stage of qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup for the Asian zone.

Participants

Participants from the qualification round were as follows (numbers denote the seeding order):[1]

Groups

Total sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four, and each group played a single round-robin tournament. The winners of each group qualified for the final tournament. The draw was held on 19 October 2012 in Malacca, Malaysia.[2] The first matches were played on 21 May 2013.

In the round-robin tournaments, teams tied in the points were ranked by the following criteria:[3]

  1. Greater number of points between the teams concerned,
  2. Goal differences between the teams concerned,
  3. Number of goals between the teams concerned,
  4. Goal differences between in all round-robin matches,
  5. Number of goals between in all round-robin matches,
  6. Penalty shoot-out (in case just two teams playing the final match tied in the all conditions above),
  7. Fewer yellow and red card points in all group matches (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card), and
  8. Drawing of lots.

Group A

All matches were played in Jordan (all times UTC+2).[4] --------

Group B

All matches were played in Bangladesh (all times UTC+6).[5] --------

Group C

All matches were played in Bahrain (all times UTC+3).[6] --------

Group D

All matches were played in Palestine (all times UTC+3).[7] --------

Qualified teams

Direct qualifiers
Qualifying group winners

Goalscorers

9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Women's giants to know opponents. Asian Football Confederation. 18 October 2012. 18 October 2012.
  2. Web site: Thailand, India eye final again. The-AFC.com . Asian Football Confederation. 2012-10-19 . 2012-10-19.
  3. Web site: Competition Regulations AFC Women's Asian Cup 2014 Qualifiers. Asian Football Confederation. 18 October 2012. (In Section 16)
  4. Web site: Women's football team regroups for West Asian Championship . . 15 January 2013 . 28 January 2013 . The championship is an important element of the team's preparations in hosting Group A Women's Asian Cup 2014 qualifiers in June. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130119202634/http://jordantimes.com/womens-football-team-regroups-for-west-asian-championship . 19 January 2013 .
  5. Web site: Women Asian Cup qualifiers in Dhaka . https://archive.today/20130215142654/http://demo.bdwebtech.com/bff/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1419:women-asian-cup-qualifiers-in-dhaka&catid=34:latest-news&Itemid=74 . dead . 15 February 2013 . . 13 December 2012 . 22 January 2013 .
  6. Web site: 香港女子代表隊–初選名單公佈. Hong Kong women's national team - Announcement of the first member list. Hong Kong Football Association. 16 January 2013. 22 January 2013.
  7. Web site: TIMELY!. Gulf Daily News. 12 February 2013. 13 February 2013.

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