2028 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2028 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament is the seventh edition of the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine which women's national teams from Asia qualify for the Olympic football tournament.[1]

2028 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates19 April 2027 – 4 March 2028 (2027-04-19 2028-03-04)
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
2024
2032

The top two teams of the tournament qualify for the 2028 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in the United States as AFC representatives, while a third team will advance to a play-off match against Argentina, a CONMEBOL representative.[2][3] This was the first edition of the qualification where 2026 edition of the AFC Women's Asian Cup served as a penultimate stage for the qualification with the eight quarterfinalists progressing to this tournament.[4]

Format

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Of the 47 AFC member associations, a total of 8 AFC member national teams qualified after reaching the quarterfinals of the 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup.[4] The format is as follows:

  • Eight teams will be divided into two groups of four teams that will each play a league format, with the two group winners qualifying for the Olympics.
  • A two-match playoff will be held to determine who will advance to the AFC–CONMEBOL play-off against Argentina to determine the final qualifier.[5] As of May 2026, no further details have been published.

Teams

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The following teams qualified for the tournament:

Tournament

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AFC published the match schedule in May 2026:[5][6]

Group stage
MatchdayDate
MD119 April 2027
MD224 April 2027
MD37 October 2027
MD412 October 2027
MD529 November 2027
MD64 December 2027
Play-off
MD128 February 2028
MD24 March 2028

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Summer Olympics
2 A2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-off
3 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 19 April 2027. Source: AFC

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Summer Olympics
2 B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play-off
3 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 19 April 2027. Source: AFC

Play-off

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Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
TBDTBD28 Feb '284 Mar '28

Qualified teams for the 2028 Summer Olympics

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The following two teams from AFC qualified for the 2028 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in Los Angeles, United States.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics
Group A winner2027
Group B winner2027

See also

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References

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  1. "AFC Women's Football Committee approves AFC's world-class competitions' roster". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 5 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. "Regulations for the Preliminary Competition of the Olympic Football Tournaments – GAMES OF THE XXXIV OLYMPIAD LOS ANGELES 2028" (PDF). FIFA. 17 December 2025. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  3. Sportstar, Team (2025-07-16). "Argentina beats Uruguay 1-0 in Copa America Femenina 2025; Ecuador wins 3-1 vs Peru". Sportstar. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  4. 1 2 "AFC unveils breakthrough reforms to strengthen Women's National Team Competitions". the-AFC.com. Asian Football Confederation. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  5. 1 2 "AFC Competitions Calendar (Jul 2027 - Jun 2028)" (PDF). AFC. 4 May 2026. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  6. "AFC Competitions Calendar (Jul 2026 - Jun 2027)" (PDF). AFC. 4 May 2026. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
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