Iran Learns Rivals at 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifications
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran has learned its rivals at the 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Eighteen teams divided into four groups will be involved in the first round, with Group A - which has Chinese Taipei, Philippines, Singapore, host Tajikistan and Mongolia - swinging into action first.
Group B contains of Iran, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon.
Iran will kick off the campaign with a match against Lebanon at the Institute of Physical Education Stadium in Chonburi, Thailand on November 8.
Myanmar (host), India, Nepal and Bangladesh are in Group C and Group D comprises of Jordan, Indonesia, Palestine (host) and the Maldives.
The four group winners, and two best performing runners-up, will join Uzbekistan and Vietnam in the second round of qualifiers to be held next April, with the final eight teams - including Australia, China PR, DPR Korea, Korea Republic and Thailand - to compete in early 2020 for the two available slots at the Tokyo Olympic.
As host of the Tokyo Olympics, 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup winner Japan will qualify automatically for the 2020 Finals.
