AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Founded	2004; 17 years ago (2004)
Region	Asia (AFC)
Current champions	Australia
Most successful team(s)	Australia (2 titles)
2020

Since 2004 tournament, Asian Football Confederation (AFC) holds Asian qualifying tournaments for Summer Olympics women's football tournaments.

From 2004 tournament to 2020, top two teams are to qualify (excluding the berth for the hosts if the Olympic is held in an Asian country).

History[]

Women's football is introduced to Olympics since 1996, but until 2000 the participating teams were determined by the results of preceding FIFA Women's World Cup. Since 2004, continental confederations (including AFC) are to hold qualifying tournaments.^[1]

Format[]

Formats differ by the tournaments. See the pages of each qualifying tournaments for details.

Results[]

Flags for the qualifying tournaments indicate the hosts of the final rounds; indicates the final round was held in various places.

Edition	Olympics	Qualifying tournament	Qualified teams			Notes	Number of teams
			Olympic hosts	via qualifying
1	1996	( 1995 World Cup)	—	China PR (fourth place)	Japan (quarterfinalists)	Top 8 teams in the World Cup were to qualify
2	2000	( 1999 World Cup)	—	China PR (runners-up)	—	Top 8 teams in the World Cup were to qualify
3	2004	Qualifying	—	China PR (winners)	Japan (runners-up)
4	2008	Qualifying	China PR	North Korea (Group A winners)	Japan (Group B winners)	Two group winners of final round were to qualify
5	2012	Qualifying	—	Japan (winners)	North Korea (runners-up)
6	2016	Qualifying	—	Australia (winners)	China PR (runners-up)
7	2020	Qualifying	Japan	Australia (play-off winners)	China PR (play-off winners)	Two play-off winners were to qualify

See also[]

• Summer Olympics women's football tournaments

References[]

External links[]

• Women's Olympic Games, the-AFC.com