Asian Games women’s football: the last-eight field
A record of the quarter-final field announced by AFC after the group stage on 21 September.
AI-generated editorial illustration; not a photograph of the reported event.
Report / event date 2026-09-21
Sources checked 2026-09-26
Japan, Chinese Taipei, DPR Korea, Korea Republic, China PR, Uzbekistan, the Philippines and Vietnam reached the last eight, AFC reported on 21 September.
The announced pairings were DPR Korea–Chinese Taipei, Japan–Philippines, China PR–Vietnam and Korea Republic–Uzbekistan. This article records that announcement; it is not a live report of the subsequent results.
ZTVmm viewing note: observe how scoring changes each team’s appetite for risk and its substitutions. Match context helps explain tactical choices in knockout football.
Source: AFC ↗
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