# Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Women's tournament

The women's football tournament at the 2018 Asian Games was held from 16 to 31 August in Palembang, Indonesia. North Korea were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals. The host team was eliminated in the group stage.

## Competition schedule

| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| Thu 16 | Fri 17 | Sat 18 | Sun 19 | Mon 20 | Tue 21 | Wed 22 | Thu 23 | Fri 24 | Sat 25 | Sun 26 | Mon 27 | Tue 28 | Wed 29 | Thu 30 | Fri 31 | Fri 31 |
| G | G | | G | G | G | G | | ¼ | ¼ | | | ½ | | | B | F |

## Venues

The tournament was held in two venues in Palembang, the Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium and the Bumi Sriwijaya Stadium.
Palembang :
| Gelora Sriwijaya | Bumi Sriwijaya |
| Capacity: 23,000 | Capacity: 7,000 |
| Bumi SriwijayaGelora Sriwijaya ||

## 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.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Indonesia (hosts) North Korea Japan | South Korea Vietnam China | Thailand Chinese Taipei Hong Kong | Maldives Tajikistan |

## Group stage

The top two teams in each group, and the two third-placed teams among three groups advanced to the quarter-finals.
All times are local, WIB (UTC+7).

### Tiebreakers

Teams in a group were 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 were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings.
* Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
* Highest number of points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams concerned;
* Highest number of goals scored from all group matches between the teams concerned;
* If two or more teams have equal ranking with the criteria so far, reapply the criteria above only for them. If this re-application gives no more ranking, apply the following criteria.
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Kicks from the penalty mark only if two (2) teams are involved and they are both on the field of play.
* Fewer points of yellow/red cards in all group matches (only one of these deductions shall be applied to a player in a single match): First yellow card: 1 point;Indirect red card (second yellow card): 3 points;Direct red card: 3 points;Yellow card followed by direct red card: 4 points;
* Drawing of lots
Third-placed teams from the three groups are ranked according to the following criteria, after the results against the fourth-placed teams of groups A and B are excluded in order to rank them with the same numbers of matches.
* Highest number of points obtained in all group matches;
* Goal difference in all group matches;
* Highest number of goals scored in all group matches;
* Fewer points of yellow/red cards in all group matches (only one of these deductions shall be applied to a player in a single match): First yellow card: 1 point;Indirect red card (second yellow card): 3 points;Direct red card: 3 points;Yellow card followed by direct red card: 4 points;
* Drawing of lots

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 6 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Indonesia (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 | |
| 4 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | +25 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | North Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 2 | +22 | 6 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 4 | Tajikistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 38 | −37 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Vietnam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | Advance to Knockout stage |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

In order to ensure equality when comparing the third-placed teams of all groups, the results of the matches against the 4th-placed teams in Group A and Group B were ignored due to Group C having only three teams.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | C | Thailand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | B | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | −15 | 0 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | A | Indonesia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary, except for the third place match where penalty shoot-out (no extra time) is used to decide the winner if necessary.
| Third-placed teams qualify from groups | Third-placed teams qualify from groups | Third-placed teams qualify from groups | 1A vs | 1B vs |
| A | B | | 3B | 3A |
| A | | C | 3C | 3A |
| | B | C | 3B | 3C |

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 24 August – Palembang | 24 August – Palembang | | | |
| South Korea | 5 | | | |
| South Korea | 5 | 28 August – Palembang | 28 August – Palembang | | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 28 August – Palembang | 28 August – Palembang | |
| Hong Kong | 0 | South Korea | 1 | |
| 25 August – Palembang | 25 August – Palembang | | South Korea | 1 | |
| 25 August – Palembang | 25 August – Palembang | Japan | 2 | |
| Japan | 2 | Japan | 2 | |
| Japan | 2 | | | | 31 August – Palembang | 31 August – Palembang |
| North Korea | 1 | | | | 31 August – Palembang | 31 August – Palembang |
| North Korea | 1 | | | | Japan | 1 |
| 24 August – Palembang | 24 August – Palembang | | | | | Japan | 1 |
| 24 August – Palembang | 24 August – Palembang | | | | China | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei (p) | 0 (4) | | | | China | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei (p) | 0 (4) | 28 August – Palembang | 28 August – Palembang | | | |
| Vietnam | 0 (3) | 28 August – Palembang | 28 August – Palembang | | | |
| Vietnam | 0 (3) | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | |
| 25 August – Palembang | 25 August – Palembang | | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | |
| 25 August – Palembang | 25 August – Palembang | China | 1 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| China | 5 | China | 1 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| China | 5 | | | | 31 August – Palembang | 31 August – Palembang |
| Thailand | 0 | | | | 31 August – Palembang | 31 August – Palembang |
| Thailand | 0 | | | | South Korea | 4 |
| | | | | | Chinese Taipei | 0 |

### Gold medal match
## Statistics
### Goalscorers

There were 132 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 5.74 goals per match.
12 goals
* Wang Shanshan (CHN)
6 goals
* Wang Shuang (CHN)
* Moon Mi-ra (KOR)
5 goals
* Zhao Rong (CHN)
* Lee Hyun-young (KOR)
4 goals
* Yuika Sugasawa (JPN)
* Sung Hyang-sim (PRK)
* Kim Yun-mi (PRK)
* Ji So-yun (KOR)
* Son Hwa-yeon (KOR)
3 goals
* Gu Yasha (CHN)
* Yu Hsiu-chin (TPE)
* Yu Jong-im (PRK)
* Rim Se-ok (PRK)
* Kim Un-hwa (PRK)
* Jeon Ga-eul (KOR)
* Lee Min-a (KOR)
2 goals
* Zhuo Li-ping (TPE)
* Michelle Pao (TPE)
* Pan Shin-yu (TPE)
* Ho Mui Mei (HKG)
* Zahra Musdalifah (INA)
* Mayang Zp (INA)
* Mana Iwabuchi (JPN)
* Yuka Momiki (JPN)
* Mina Tanaka (JPN)
* Kim Nam-hui (PRK)
* Ri Hae-yon (PRK)
* Jang Sel-gi (KOR)
* Lee Geum-min (KOR)
1 goal
* Li Jiayue (CHN)
* Li Tingting (CHN)
* Li Ying (CHN)
* Xiao Yuyi (CHN)
* Lee Hsiu-chin (TPE)
* Chan Pi-han (TPE)
* Lin Ya-han (TPE)
* Chun Ching Hang (HKG)
* Heidi Yuen (HKG)
* Cham Ching Man (HKG)
* Chan Wing Sze (HKG)
* Yudith Herlina Sada (INA)
* Jesella Arifya Sari (INA)
* Yui Hasegawa (JPN)
* Rika Masuya (JPN)
* Emi Nakajima (JPN)
* Pak Hye-gyong (PRK)
* Kim Phyong-hwa (PRK)
* Ri Un-yong (PRK)
* Lee Eun-mi (KOR)
* Lim Seon-joo (KOR)
* Natalia Sotnikova (TJK)
* Suchawadee Nildhamrong (THA)
* Pitsamai Sornsai (THA)
* Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung (VIE)
* Nguyễn Thị Liễu (VIE)
* Nguyễn Thị Vạn (VIE)
1 own goal
* Chan Wing Sze (HKG) (against China)
* Kay Fung (HKG) (against North Korea)
* Lim Seon-joo (KOR) (against Japan)
* Aminath Shamila (MDV) (against South Korea)

### Final standing

As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws. Note: In order to ensure equality, for teams in four-team groups, their match against the fourth-placed teams are excluded when considering the ranking.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| | Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 15 |
| | China | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 1 | +30 | 15 |
| | South Korea | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 3 | +29 | 15 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 |
| Eliminated in the Quarter-finals ||||||||||
| 5 | Vietnam | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 4 |
| 6 | North Korea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 4 | +21 | 6 |
| 7 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 3 |
| Third place in the group stage ||||||||||
| 9 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 3 |
| Fourth place in the group stage ||||||||||
| 10 | Maldives | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | −21 | 0 |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 38 | −37 | 0 |