The stage is set for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024 Asian Qualifiers Round 2 official draw ceremony, with the CommBank Matildas finding out their group opponents tomorrow at 1 pm AEST.
The field has been whittled down to 12 teams, comprising of seven group winners from Round 1 of qualifying and the five highest-seeded teams, who received automatic byes into Round 2, with Australia being one of these teams.
Uzbekistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Chinese Taipei and India came through in Round 1 of qualification, joining Australia, China PR, DPR Korea, Japan and Korea Republic in their quest to make it to Paris 2024.
They will be divided into three groups for Round 2, which will take place between October 23 and November 1, 2023.
Each group will play a single round-robin league format in one of three centralised venues – Australia, China PR or Uzbekistan. These three Host Member Associations (MAs) will be drawn into separate groups.
Based on the latest FIFA Women’s World Ranking released in March 2023, the 12 teams will have their names drawn from four seeding pots, as below:
Pot 1 (teams ranked 1-3): Australia*, Japan, China PR*
Pot 2 (4-6): Korea Republic, Vietnam, Chinese Taipei
Pot 3 (7-9): Thailand, Philippines, Uzbekistan*
Pot 4 (10, 11 + 1 non-ranked): India, IR Iran, DPR Korea
*denotes Host MA
Watch the draw ceremony of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024 Asian Qualifiers Round 2 on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at 1 pm AEST !
