The CommBank Matildas' path to the Paris 2024™ Olympic Games has been made clearer following today’s Official Draw of the Women's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024™ Asian Qualifiers Round 2 at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur.
Australia will host Chinese Taipei (world no.37), Philippines (world no. 49) and IR Iran (world no. 67) in a round-robin tournament with the matches to take place between 23 October – 1 November 2023.
CommBank Matildas’ Head Coach Tony Gustavsson said: “The Olympics hold a very special place in my heart as it was the first tournament I experienced with the CommBank Matildas in 2021. It was during the Tokyo Olympics that I was privileged to share an inspiring run with this group of players and also truly understand the unique qualities of this team and what they stand for.”
“To find out what our path to Paris 2024 looks like provides much welcome clarity as to the task at hand, and we are excited to begin our campaign on home soil with the support of our amazing fans.”
Divided into four pots according to their seeding, 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four nations. Each group will play a single round-robin format on three separate match days.
Four teams – the three group winners and the best-ranked runners-up – will then progress to Round 3 with two sets of home and away matches to decide who will represent the Asian Football Confederation in Pairs.
The Paris 2024™ Women’s Olympic Football Tournament will be held from 24 July to 10 August 2024 across France with 12 nations vying for Olympic Gold.
Football Australia will confirm the Group A host city in the coming weeks. All matchday information and fixtures will be available here.
WOMEN'S OLYMPIC FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT PARIS 2024™ - ASIAN QUALIFIERS ROUND 2
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GROUP A
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GROUP B
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GROUP C
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* (H) = Group Host
COMMBANK MATILDAS | GROUP A | MATCH SCHEDULE
MATCH DAY 1
Australia v IR Iran
Date: Thurs, 26 October 2023
Kick-off: TBC
Venue: TBC, Australia
MATCH DAY 2
Philippines v Australia
Date: Sun, 29 October 2023
Kick-off: TBC
Venue: TBC, Australia
MATCH DAY 3
Australia v Chinese Taipei
Date: Wed, 1 November 2023
Kick-off: TBC
Venue: TBC, Australia