Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024™ – Asian Qualifiers Round 1 (Group C): Afghanistan withdraw
The AFC has just officially announced the withdrawal of the Afghanistan. not participating in the first round of the Tournament Paris 2024 – Asian Qualifiers Round 1 (Group C). Therefore, th group will only have Vietnam teams and the home team Nepal.
10/03/2023 09:19:45
Hence, the two (2) teams in the group, Nepal and Vietnam, shall play two-legged matches in a centralised venue (Nepal) on 5 & 8 April 2023 respectively based on the enclosed match schedule;
The ranking in Group C shall be determined in accordance with the group standing based on the two (2) matches played as per the following provisions of Article 13.2 of the Competition Regulations:
a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches; and
b) goal difference in all group matches.
In the event that the two (2) teams are equal in accordance with the criteria stated above, the following method shall then be applied to determine the winner of this group:
– extra time of two (2) periods of 15 minutes each shall be played immediately after the second match on 8 April 2023; and
– if the score is level after extra time, kicks from the penalty mark shall be taken to determine the winner, in accordance with the procedure described in the Laws of the Game.
Before the news that the Afghanistan team withdrew from Group C, coach Mai Duc Chung said it was a pity that the Vietnam women’s team only had one opponent left in the first qualifying round. “We should have had more international matches in the first qualifying round, in order to increase the number of the matches for the players, to be rubbed, to increase their fighting spirit. The current football teams are heavily invested, and so is Nepal. Although they are standing lower than us in the FIFA rankings, we are not subjective. Furthermore, we will play in Nepal with a hot climate like in India. Therefore, all must still be prepared with the right strategic tactics, reasonable, human calculation is needed to be able to add playing opportunities and challenges for all young players to be tested trying to prove yourself before participating in the next tournaments of the year,” said coach Mai Duc Chung.
To prepare for the first tournament in 2023, the national women’s team will officially gather on March 10 and move to Cam Pha, Quang Ninh to practice before returning to the Vietnam Youth Football Training on March 18 to continue forging tactical skills.
