New Delhi, Jan 12 (Representative) India have been drawn alongside Kyrgyz Republic and Turkmenistan in Group G of the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament 2024 Asian Qualifiers Round 1. The draw was held at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday. Twenty-six teams are divided into five groups of four and two groups of three, with matches to be played in a one-round league format in a centralised venue from April 3 to 11. The seven group winners will advance to Round 2 where they will be joined by the five highest-seeded teams – DPR Korea, Japan, Australia, China PR and Korea Republic.
Four teams from Round 2 – the three group winners and the best-ranked runners-up – will then face off in Round 3 where they will play two pairs of home and away matches with the eventual winners qualifying for the Paris 2024 Women’s Olympic Football Tournament.Round 1 DrawGroup A: Uzbekistan, Jordan, Timor-Leste, BhutanGroup B: Myanmar, IR Iran, Bangladesh, MaldivesGroup C: Vietnam, Nepal, Palestine, AfghanistanGroup D: Thailand, Mongolia, Singapore, Sri LankaGroup E: Philippines, Hong Kong, Tajikistan, PakistanGroup F: Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, LebanonGroup G: India, Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan The hosts for the groups and the match schedule will be announced in due course by AFC.