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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.
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.
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.
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;
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.
Source: Asian Games 2018Archived 26 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) fair play points; 5) drawing of lots.
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.
Indonesia
Japan (2nd title)
China
South Korea
Chinese Taipei
Wang Shanshan (CHN)
Bumi Sriwijaya
Maldives
8'
North Korea
Hong Kong
Tajikistan
Vietnam
Thailand
Moon Mi-ra (KOR)
Yuika Sugasawa (JPN)
Sung Hyang-sim (PRK)
Yu Hsiu-chin (TPE)
Ho Mui Mei (HKG)
Zahra Musdalifah (INA)
Natalia Sotnikova (TJK)
Suchawadee Nildhamrong (THA)
Nguyễn Thị Tuyết Dung (VIE)
Aminath Shamila (MDV) (against South Korea)
