India women drawn alongside Kyrgyz Republic and Turkmenistan in Olympic football qualifiers

New Delhi: 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, 12 January, 2023. 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 3 to 11 April, 2023. 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 Draw Group A: Uzbekistan, Jordan, Timor-Leste, Bhutan Group B: Myanmar, IR 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 hosts for the groups and the match schedule will be announced in due course by AFC.