2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup Group A explained

Group A is the first of three groups of the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup that took place from 20 to 26 February 2022.^[1] The group competition consists of China PR, Chinese Taipei, hosts India and Iran.^[2] The top two teams automatically qualify for the top eight knockout stage, while third place is comparatively evaluated to other third-placed teams based on the football ranking system for the last two berths.^[3] The two teams that advanced are China PR and Chinese Taipei. Although Iran finished third in this set, they failed to make the quarter-finals as they are comparatively last to the other third-place teams.^[4]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Federation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings^[5]
Draw position	Team	Pot	Federation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings^[5]	A1	style=white-space:nowrap	1	9th	(1979, 1983)	55
A2	style=white-space:nowrap		2				15th		(1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2006)	19
A3	style=white-space:nowrap		3		Group A winners		14th		(1977, 1979, 1981)	39
A4	style=white-space:nowrap		4				1st	N/A		70

Matches

China PR vs Chinese Taipei

Team stats
	Statistic
18	Shots	3
9	Shots on target	0
77%	Possession	23%
684	Passes	204
84%	Pass accuracy	43%
7	Fouls	6
1	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0
3	Offsides	2
6	Corners	2

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GK	1	Zhu Yu
RB	14
CB	3	Wang Xiaoxue
CB	4	Li Jiayue
LB	8	Yao Wei
RM	7	Wang Shuang
CM	13
CM	23	Gao Chen
LM	6
CF	11	Wang Shanshan (c)
CF	19
Substitutions:
MF	15
MF	16
DF	2
FW	21
FW	18
Manager:
Shui Qingxia

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GK	18	Cheng Ssu-yu
CB	4	Lai Wei-ju
CB	15
CB	16	Chang Su-hsin
RWB	6	Zhuo Li-ping
LWB	5	Pan Shin-yu
RM	13
CM	9
CM	11	Lai Li-chin (c)
LM	7	Chen Yen-ping
CF	19	Su Yu-hsuan
Substitutions:
MF	10
MF	14
MF	17
Manager:
Kazuo Echigo

Assistant referees:^[6]
Supawan Hinthong (Thailand)
Merlo Albano (Philippines)
Fourth official:
Pansa Chaisanit (Thailand)

India vs Iran

Team stats
	Statistic
24	Shots	8
5	Shots on target	2
65%	Possession	35%
411	Passes	238
67%	Pass accuracy	44%
9	Fouls	6
1	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	0
1	Offsides	2
9	Corners	4

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GK	1	Aditi Chauhan
RB	17	Dalima Chhibber
CB	3	Manisa Panna
CB	4	Loitongbam Ashalata Devi (c)
LB	8	Sanju Yadav
CM	16
CM	7
CM	12	Indumathi Kathiresan
RF	13
CF	10
LF	9	Anju Tamang
Substitutions:
FW	11
FW	15
DF	5
MF	22
Manager:
Thomas Dennerby

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GK	1	Zohreh Koudaei
RB	4	Melika Motevalli
CB	19	Fatemeh Adeli
CB	5	Ghazaleh Banitalebi
LB	8	Behnaz Taherkhani (c)
RM	11
CM	23
CM	18	Melika Mohammadi
LM	6
CF	17
CF	20
Substitutions:
MF	16
MF	21
MF	10
MF	13
FW	7
Manager:
Maryam Irandoost

Assistant referees:
Joanna Charaktis (Australia)
Naomi Teshirogi (Japan)
Fourth official:
Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

Iran vs China PR

Team stats
	Statistic
1	Shots	24
1	Shots on target	14
19%	Possession	81%
189	Passes	759
50%	Pass accuracy	90%
2	Fouls	10
0	Yellow cards	2
0	Red cards	0
0	Offsides	4
1	Corners	10

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GK	1	Zohreh Koudaei
RB	4	Melika Motevalli
CB	19	Fatemeh Adeli
CB	5	Ghazaleh Banitalebi
LB	8	Behnaz Taherkhani (c)
RM	11
CM	23
CM	18	Melika Mohammadi
LM	6
CF	7
CF	20
Substitutions:
MF	10
FW	17
DF	2
FW	9
MF	14
Manager:
Maryam Irandoost

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GK	22	Zhao Lina
RB	14	Lou Jiahui
CB	4
CB	3	Wang Xiaoxue
LB	8
RM	7	Wang Shuang
CM	16
CM	23
LM	6
CF	11	Wang Shanshan (c)
CF	20	Xiao Yuyi
Substitutions:
DF	2
MF	10
MF	9
FW	18
MF	13
Manager:
Shui Qingxia

Assistant referees:^[7]
Supawan Hinthong (Thailand)
Merlo Albano (Philippines)
Fourth official:
Thein Thein Aye (Myanmar)

Chinese Taipei vs India

Assistant referees:
Lee Seul-gi (South Korea)
Park Mi-suk (South Korea)
Fourth official:
Kim Yu-jeong (South Korea)

India vs China PR

Chinese Taipei vs Iran

Team stats
	Statistic
18	Shots	9
10	Shots on target	3
49%	Possession	51%
329	Passes	345
61%	Pass accuracy	62%
7	Fouls	12
0	Yellow cards	1
0	Red cards	0
5	Offsides	1
5	Corners	4

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GK	18
CB	4	Lai Wei-ju
CB	15	Su Hsin-yun
CB	16	Chang Su-hsin
RWB	6
LWB	5	Pan Shin-yu
RM	10
CM	9
CM	11	Lai Li-chin (c)
LM	7
CF	19	Su Yu-hsuan
Substitutions:
MF	8
MF	17
FW	3
MF	2
MF	14
Manager:
Kazuo Echigo

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GK	1	Zohreh Koudaei
RB	4
CB	19	Fatemeh Adeli
CB	2	Fatemeh Amineh
LB	8	Behnaz Taherkhani (c)
RM	16	Zahra Masoumi
CM	13
CM	18
LM	6	Zahra Sarbali
CF	7
CF	20	Hajar Dabbaghi
Substitutions:
MF	10
MF	14
DF	3
FW	9
Manager:
Maryam Irandoost

Assistant referees:^[8]
Makoto Bozono (Japan)
Park Mi-suk (South Korea)
Fourth official:
Yoshimi Yamashita (Japan)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers in the group if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied, or if teams had the same record in the ranking of third-placed teams. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:^[9]

yellow card = 1 point
red card as a result of two yellow cards = 3 points
direct red card = 3 points
yellow card followed by direct red card = 4 points

Team	Match 1
Team
	1	2		–3
				0
			1	–1
(H)				WD

External links

, the-AFC.com

Notes and References

Web site: Match Schedule of the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup . . 20 January 2022.
Web site: AFC Women's Asian Cup Fixtures & Standings . . 20 January 2022.
Web site: AFC announces the competition format of Women's Asian Cup India 2022 . 26 October 2021 . . 20 January 2022.
Web site: India 2022 Quarter-final cast finalised . . 27 January 2022.
Web site: FIFA Women's World Ranking (AFC - December 10 2021) . . 20 January 2022.
Web site: AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 Match Officials Matchday One. the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 25 January 2022.
Web site: AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 Match Officials Matchday Two. the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 25 January 2022.
Web site: AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 Match Officials Matchday Three. the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 25 January 2022.
Web site: AFC Women's Asian Cup 2022 Competition Regulations. AFC.