The group stage of the 2024 U20 Women's Asian Cup continues, and only 8 teams participate in the finals of this U20 Women's Asian Cup, the host Uzbekistan, Australia, South Korea and Chinese Taipei are in Group A, the strength of this group is not strong, and the host Uzbekistan women's football team is also painstaking to qualify, only the South Korean women's football team in Group A is the third place in the last edition, and the rest of the teams are not in the top four. The Chinese women's football team's Group B can be called the group of death, the last U20 women's football championship and runner-up Japan women's football team, North Korea women's football team, Chinese women's football team and Vietnam women's football team are in the same group.
China Women's Football Team 0-2 Japan Women's Football Team
According to the rules, the top two teams from the group advance to the semi-finals and automatically qualify for the 2024 U20 Women's World Cup. The Chinese women's football team played the North Korean women's ** in the first round, and the girls of the Chinese women's football team equalized the score before the end of the game with Huo Yuexin's hanging shot after falling behind by one goal, and after grabbing a point, the prospects for the Chinese women's football team to advance are still uncertain. In the second round, the Chinese women's football team faced the Japanese women's football team, which won the U20 Women's Asian Cup six times.
The first round of the Japanese women's football team against the fish belly team Vietnam women's football team, this game Japanese women's football team was full of firepower, the full field possession rate reached 65%, 42 shots, 15 shots on target scored 10 goals, setting the largest victory in this Women's Asian Cup, showing super strength, you must know that 4 of the main players in the Japanese U20 women's football team were recruited to the Japanese women's national senior team, which shows how strong the talent pool of the Japanese women's football team is.
In the game, in the first half, Lu Jiayu missed a good opportunity, and the earthwork Maye outflanked him. In the second half, Liu Chen made a single save, and Amano Sa's free kick scored directly. At the end of the game, the Chinese women's football team U20 finally lost 0-2 to the Japanese women's football team U20. At the end of this game, the Chinese women's football team U20 has a record of 1 draw, 1 loss, 1 point, and is temporarily third in the group, and must win a big win in the final round to have a chance to advance; The Japanese women's football team U20 won both games and ranked first and qualified ahead of schedule.
North Korea Women's Football Team 6-0 Vietnam Women's Football Team
The North Korean women's football team is a mysterious division in Asian football, reaching the final of the last Women's Under-20 Asian Cup, but ultimately losing to the Japanese women's football team. In the first round of this tournament, the North Korean women's football team met the Chinese women's football team, and had the advantage in possession and shots. In Group B, the North Korean women's football team and the Japanese women's football team are the favorites to qualify.
The Vietnamese women's football team is a point boy in Group B, facing the top three of China, Japan and North Korea, it is unlikely to win, and in the first round of the Japanese women's football team, it was powerless to parry, losing with a score of 0-10, and basically missed the group.
In the game, the North Korean women's football team scored 5 goals in a row in the first half, Park Mi-yong scored a hat trick, and in the second half, the North Korean women's football team scored another goal, and finally the North Korean women's football team defeated the Vietnamese women's football team with a score of 6-0.
After this round, the standings of Group B, the Japanese women's football team won all 2 games and accumulated 6 points to advance to the group, the North Korean women's football team won 1 win and 1 draw and accumulated 4 points to rank second in the group, and the Japanese women's football team and the North Korean women's football team will compete for the top spot in the group in the last round. After 2 rounds, the Chinese women's football team only achieved 1 draw and 1 loss, ranking 3rd in the group with 1 point, and in the last round, the Chinese women's football team faced the Vietnamese women's football team at the bottom of the group.
What may happen in the final round is that even if the Chinese women's football team defeats the Vietnamese women's football team by a big score, it will still be eliminated, because as long as the North Korean women's football team draws with the Japanese women's football team, the two teams will be able to advance together, and Japan will also win the first place in the group as desired, and the two sides will end peacefully, when the North Korean women's football team will have 5 points, while the Chinese women's football team will only have 4 points, and will also be eliminated. If the Chinese women's football team wants to qualify, it must defeat the Vietnamese women's football team by a big score in the final round, and at the same time, it must also expect Japan to beat North Korea.