Chinanews client, Beijing, October 28 (Bian Liqun) Beijing time on the 28th, the 2022 Indian Women's Asian Cup draw results were announced.
The Chinese women's football team was in the same group as the hosts India, Chinese Taipei and Iran, and was signed.
The results of the women's Asian Cup draw.
Image source: AFC
In the previous Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's football team was also drawn to a lottery, but the outcome was dismal.
However, objectively speaking, in Asia, the Chinese women's football team is still at the first-class level. It currently ranks 17th in the world and 4th in Asia.
In this draw, the Japanese women's football team and the Australian women's football team are slightly stronger, and the second-tier Korean women's football team is equivalent to the Chinese women's football team.
In the previous Tokyo Olympic qualifiers play-offs, the Chinese women's football team defeated the South Korean team with a total score of 4:3 in the double round before winning the Olympic tickets at the last minute.
The Chinese women's football team drew with the South Korean team 2 to 2 in overtime, thus beating the South Korean women's team with a total score of 4 to 3 and qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Bo
In the lottery session, the Chinese women's football team avoided Japan and Australia and fell into the group of host India. India is currently ranked 57th in the world, with Chinese Taipei ranked 40th and Iran 72nd in the same group.
Australia, as the first-tier team, falls into Group B. Japan, both in the first-tier, and South Korea, in the second-tier, form the same group as the "death group."
However, even if Japan and South Korea are drawn and signed, it is not difficult to qualify for the group.
After all, the top 2 in each group and the 3rd in the 2 best-performing groups can advance to the knockout stage.
After the group qualify, the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals will be played successively.
Data map: On February 13, 2020, the final match of Group B of the Tokyo Olympic Women's Asian Regional Qualifiers was held in Sydney, Australia. The Chinese women drew 1:1 with the Australian team and ranked second in the Olympic preliminaries.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Tao Shelan
It is worth mentioning that this Asian Cup of Women's Football is also a qualifying match for the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Winning the top 5 (except for the Australian Women's Football Team, one of the World Cup hosts) will be eligible for World Cup tickets.
In terms of the strength of the Chinese women's football team, the pressure to score in the top 5 is not too big, but it can only be regarded as a bottom-line result. The key lies in whether the Olympic Games can be swept away in the Asian Cup.
Not only have to pass the group stage smoothly, but also become a winner in the knockout round against strong teams like Australia and Japan, and go further in terms of results.
On April 8, the first round of the play-offs of the China-Korea Women's Olympic Games qualifiers was held at the Goyang Stadium in South Korea.
The Chinese women's football team defeated South Korea 2:1.
Image source: Visual China
Judging from the history of the Asian Cup, the Chinese women's football team has always been among the top four in the competition, and has won 8 championships, winning 7 consecutive championships in the 7 Asian Cups between 1986 and 1999.
But the last time the Chinese women's football team won the championship dates back to 2006, and the last time they reached the Asian Cup finals back to 2008.
In this year's Tokyo Olympics, the Chinese women's football team scored 1 draw and 2 losses, losing to Brazil 0:5 in the first match, tying Zambia 4:4 in the second match, and defeating the Dutch women's football team in disgrace at 2:8 in the final match.
On the evening of July 27, in the final round of the Tokyo Olympics women's football group match, the Chinese team lost 2:8 to the Dutch team. Three group matches, one draw and two losses missed the group qualifying, bid farewell to the Tokyo Olympics.
The picture shows Wang Shuang in the game.
Image source: Visual China
After the Olympics, Shui Qingxia took over Jia Xiuquan's coach and led the Chinese women's football team to win the championship in the National Games.
However, there is news that Shui Qingxia did not participate in the competition for the Chinese women's football coach.
On January 20 next year, the Women's Asian Cup will start in India.
For the Chinese women's football, this is the beginning of a new cycle.
Of course, you still have to determine the coach before setting sail. This decision will also affect the next 4 years or even longer.
Looking forward to the women's football can get out of the haze of the Olympic Games and achieve good results in the Asian Cup!
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