The Philippines has been grouped with Hong Kong, Tajikistan, and Pakistan for the primary spherical of the Asian qualifiers for the 2024 Paris Olympics girls’s soccer event.
The draw was carried out on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The seeding of the choice for the primary spherical draw was based mostly on the FIFA Women’s World Ranking launched final December 9, with the Filipinas putting eleventh in Asia.
The first spherical of the qualifiers will probably be held in a centralized venue on April 3 to 11 and the world no. 53 Filipinas will look to emerge as the highest staff from Group E to advance to the following spherical.
Hong Kong is ranked 77, Tajikistan isn’t any. 144, whereas Pakistan is world no. 160.
Other groupings from the draw have been:
Group A: Uzbekistan, Jordan, Timor-Leste, Bhutan
Group B: Myanmar, Iran, Bangladesh, Maldives
Group C: Vietnam, Nepal, Palestine, Afghanistan
Group D: Thailand, Mongolia, Singapore, Sri Lanka
Group E: Philippines, Hong Kong, Tajikistan, Pakistan
Group F: Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Lebanon
Group G: India, Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan
The qualifiers may have seven teams and solely the highest staff of every group will advance to the following spherical.
The seven groups will be a part of the 5 best-ranked Asian international locations Korea DPR, Japan, Australia, China, and Korea Republic within the second spherical.
From the 12 groups, solely the three group winners and one of the best second-placed staff will transfer to the home-and-away playoff matches for the 2 alloted Olympic spots.
Aside from the Paris Olympics qualifiers, the Filipinas will even compete within the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in New Zealand in July.
—Justin Kenneth Carandang/MGP, GMA Integrated News
