Football at the 2018 Asian Games - Women's tournament

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The women's football tournament at the 2018 Asian Games is held from 16 August to 31 August 2018 in Palembang, Indonesia. North Korea are the defending champions.

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Competition schedule

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Venues

The tournament will be held in two venues in Palembang, the Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium and the Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium.

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Squads

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Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 5 July 2018. The teams were seeded into four pots based on their performances in the previous Asian Games in 2014. The hosts Indonesia were automatically assigned into position A1.

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Group stage

The top three teams in group A and group B as well the top two teams in group C advance to the quarter-finals.

All times are local, WIB (UTC+7).

Tiebreakers

Teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria are applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.

1. Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
2. Goal difference in all group matches;
3. Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
4. Highest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
5. Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
6. Highest number of goals scored from all group matches between the teams concerned;
7. Kicks from the penalty mark only if two (2) teams are involved and they are both on the field of play.
8. Fair play points in all group matches (only one of these deductions shall be applied to a player in a single match):
9. Drawing of lots

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

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Goalscorers

There have been 51 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 6.38 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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See also

• Football at the 2018 Asian Games - Men's tournament

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References

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External links

• Football at the 2018 Asian Games

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