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Players of the Indian national football team with coach Stephen Constantine and AIFF president Praful Patel
Players of the Indian national football team with coach Stephen Constantine and AIFF president Praful Patel

#4 Women's Olympic Qualifiers

Indian Women's football team
Indian Women's football team

The Women’s AFC Olympic Qualification Tournament has never been a happy hunting ground for the Indian eves. During the Rio Olympic Qualification, India was shown the door after a 0-7 hammering by a jubilant Myanmar side in the first round itself.

By virtue of an expanded format this time, India has managed to sneak into the second round of the qualification event as the second-placed team. The first round featured a few more teams than usual, and 12 teams made their entry into the next round. Actually, the second round is much similar to the opening round of the previous editions.

This expanded format was not all needed because it will hardly make any difference in the outcome as a whole. The extra set of matches will increase the span of the tournament and nothing more than that. The second round of the Qualifying round will take place in April 2019 while the third round is scheduled for January 2020.

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