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Paris Olympic Qualifiers: India 0-7 Japan -Highlights
2024 AFC Women's Football Olympic Qualifying Tournament: India lost 0-7 to Japan.
Indian Women's football team (File Photo/AIFF)
AFC Olympic Qualifiers: India's women's football team suffered a humongous 0-7 defeat at the hands of Japanese women's team. Japan's Yoshino Nakashima proved to be the player of the match as she scored a brace and registered a couple of assists as well.
At the Half time, India was trailing just by 0-1 but in the second half Japan showed their experience and scored as many as 6 goals to finish the match with a 7-0 win. Vietnam and Uzbekistan, both ranked higher than India, are the two other opponents India will face next week as to look to make it to the final round. The group winner is guaranteed a place in the next round while one of three second-placed teams will also make it.
As it Happened:
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- 26 Oct 2023 9:16 AM GMT
Paris Olympic Qualifying format
The top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in France as AFC representatives.
India begin their Round 2 campaign today. A total of four teams will make it to Round 3 from this round. In Round 2, 12 teams have been drawn into three groups of four teams and will compete in a one-round league format over the next week. The three group winners and the best-ranked runners-up in this round will then advance to the third round.
