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BackThe draw for the Asian preliminaries of the Los Angeles Olympic Games women's football team was announced. The Chinese women's football team is in the same group as North Korea and South Korea.
The draw for the Asian preliminaries of the Los Angeles Olympic Games women's football team was announced. The Chinese women's football team is in the same group as North Korea and South Korea.
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The draw for the Asian preliminaries of the Los Angeles Olympic Games women's football team was announced. The Chinese women's football team is in the same group as North Korea and South Korea.

The Chinese women's football team is divided into Group B with North Korea, South Korea and the Philippines

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  • The draw for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Women's Football Asian Qualifiers was held in Kuala Lumpur.
  • The Chinese women's football team is divided into Group B, with opponents in the same group including North Korea, South Korea and the Philippines.
  • A total of eight teams participated in this qualifier, competing for 2.5 Olympic quota places.

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Why It Matters

The participation scale of the women's football competition in this Olympic Games has been expanded to 16 teams, and the Asian region has obtained 2.5 qualifying places. The participating teams are the top eight teams of the 2026 Women's Asian Cup.

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China News Service, Kuala Lumpur, November 12th. The draw ceremony for the Asian qualifying rounds of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games women's football event was held on the 12th at the AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Chinese women's football team is divided into Group B as the third team. The opponents in the same group are North Korea, South Korea and the Philippines.

The eight participating teams in the Asian Women's Football Qualifiers of this Olympic Games are the top eight teams in the 2026 Women's Asian Cup. According to the latest women's football world rankings released by FIFA on October 20, eight teams are divided into four tiers, among which the Chinese women's football team and the Chinese Taipei team are in the third tier.

Former Chinese women’s football goalkeeper Zhao Lina served as the draw guest. Ultimately, the eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. In Group A, Japan, Australia, Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan are in the same group.

The participation scale of the women's football competition in the Los Angeles Olympic Games has been expanded from the previous 12 teams to 16 teams. The Asian region has obtained 2 direct promotion places and 1 intercontinental play-off place.

It is reported that this Asian preliminaries group stage adopts a home and away double round-robin system. In terms of promotion rules, the Asian region has a total of 2.5 seats for the Los Angeles Olympics. The first place in the two groups will directly qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics women's football main game; the second place in the two groups will compete in a two-leg Asian play-off, home and away. The winner will represent Asia in the intercontinental play-offs to compete for the last Olympic ticket.

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  • The group stage will be played in a double round-robin format of home and away games.

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