The Olympic women's football round of 12 has come to an end, and China and England are unfortunately out!
In the third round of the women's football Asian qualifying tournament for the 2024 Paris Olympics, the North Korean women's football team was eliminated by the Japanese women's football team 2-1, and the Australian women's football team eliminated the Uzbekistan women's football team 13-0. So far, the two Asian national championships have been decided, the Japanese women's soccer team and the Australian women's soccer team have advanced to the next Olympic Games, except for the Chinese women's soccer team, 12 places for the other 10 teams have been decided.
The women's team has only 12 teams, compared to the Olympic men's team with 16. Paris 2024 will be more balanced between continents, namely: one host country, two Europe, two, two in Africa, two in North and Central America, two in South America, and one in Oceania.
Seven seats have been elected before two seats from the Asian region are confirmed. The host country of the French women's football team will automatically qualify; In the Central and North American regions, the U.S. women's soccer team won the championship in the 2022 Central and North American Championships, and the Canadian women's soccer team won the championship in the Central and North American divisions, and there is a possibility of qualifying; In South America, the 2022 Copa America Brazil women's soccer team won the championship, and the 2022 Copa America Colombia women's soccer team also advanced; In Europe, the Spanish women's football team won the European Women's Championship to qualify for the Olympic Games. On the European side, the Spanish women's football team won the UEFA Women's Championship, and the German women's football team also successfully qualified and won the third place position in UEFA; On the Oceanian side, the New Zealand women's football team topped their group in the Oceania qualifying round.
Japan women's soccer team plays North Korea women's football team, and Australia women's football team plays Uzbekistan women's football team, and these two women's football teams will decide the eventual champion.
The Japanese women's soccer team drew 0-0 in the first game, but defeated North Korea 2-1 in the second game, thus turning the overall score to 2-1; The Australian women's football team won 3-0 in the first match and 10-0 in the second match to bring the aggregate score to 13-0.
The Japanese women's soccer team won six Olympic titles, while the Australian women's soccer team won their fifth Olympic gold medal. Both teams are Asian countries, but the Chinese women's football team was eliminated in the second round of qualifying, which is why the Chinese women's football team failed to enter the world championship for three consecutive times.
There are still two places in Africa that have not been selected. It is worth mentioning that the Swedish women's football team, the England women's football team, the European Cup and the World Cup runners-up, did not participate in this Olympic Games, and the Chinese women's football team did not participate.
Ten places have been decided for the 12 women's teams at the Paris Olympics
Host country: France.
Spain, Germany, Europe.
United States, Canada, North and Central America.
Brazil, Colombia, South America.
Japan, Australia, Asia.
Africa: 2 seats pending.
New Zealand: Oceania.