October 28, 2022 India, Beijing Time Zone
Women's Asian Cup
The group draw ceremony was held at the AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Our
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Unlucky to fall into Group A with hosts India, Chinese Taipei and Iran, the team was lucky to avoid Japan and Australia, the winners and runners-up of the previous edition of the tournament, and will face Chinese Taipei in the first round of the tournament on January 20, 2022. Here are the details of the groupings:
Group A: India, China, Chinese Taipei, Iran
Group B: Australia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia
Group C: Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Myanmar
Although the draw ceremony for this year's Asian Cup took the form of a live online broadcast due to the impact of the epidemic, AFC Secretary General Windsor John and Indian Football Association (IFA) President Patel still delivered their speeches via video respectively. Before the official start of the draw, the staff detailed the rules and process of the draw. The draw started with the fourth-ranked teams, followed by the third-ranked, second-ranked and finally the first-ranked. After some intense draws, our
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Split into Group A with India, Chinese Taipei and Iran, the team managed to avoid the previous champions and runners-up.
The 12 teams have been divided into four brackets based on their results in the 2018 Asia Cup final round and this qualifier, with hosts India seeded along with last year's winners and runners-up Japan and Australia; the country's
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Thailand
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Ranked in the second slot. The breakdown is as follows:
Top slot: India, Japan, Australia
Second gear: our team, Thailand, South Korea
Tier 3: Philippines, Vietnam, Chinese Taipei
Tranche 4: Myanmar, Iran, Indonesia
It is worth noting that the draw followed the principle of different groups for teams in the same bracket, with our
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Thus avoiding being grouped with Thailand and South Korea in the same bracket. According to the rules of the tournament, the 12 finalists for the final round will be divided into three groups, with the top two teams from each group and the third place finishers from the two groups with the best results advancing to the knockout rounds.
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In its history, the team has participated in the final round of the Asian Cup on 15 occasions and has won the tournament on eight occasions, but the most recent title was won in 2006. In the last two editions of the tournament, the country
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Both finished in third place. Currently, our
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The selection of the head coach has not yet been finalized. Jia Xiuquan left his post after a poor performance at the Tokyo Olympics and returned to the
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Playing in the Shaanxi National Games as a joint Olympic team, the Shanghai
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Skipper Shui Junxia led the team to the title. Since then.
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An open search for a head coach began, but no candidate has been announced yet.
The 2022 Asian Cup will be held in Mumbai, New Mumbai and Pune, India from January 20 to February 6 next year, with Japan
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will enter the tournament as defending champions. The results of this year's Asian Cup will also affect Australia and New Zealand's berths in the final round of the 2023 World Cup, which will be expanded to 32 teams, with the AFC receiving 5+1 (hosts Australia) places.
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The group stage fixtures are as follows:
January 20, 2022 Our country
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VS Chinese Taipei
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January 23, 2022 Our country
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VS Iran
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January 26, 2022 Japan
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VS India
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