Iran’s Women’s Team Advances to Olympic Football Qualifiers Round 2
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw against Myanmar in the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024 Asian Qualifiers Round 1 on Saturday.
Team Melli Banovan finished top of Group B following the 2-1 win on aggregate.
Iran had defeated the host 1-0 on Wednesday.
Negin Zandi scored for Iran in the first half and Myanmar’s Win Theingi Tun scored the equalizer in the second half at the Thuwunna Stadium.
The seven group winners from Round 1 will continue their quest in Round 2, which is expected to commence in October.
In the next round, they will be joined by the five highest seeded teams - DPR Korea, Japan, Australia, China PR and Korea Republic – and divided into three groups.
Four teams - the three group winners and the best-ranked runners-up - will then progress to Round 3 to play two pairs of home and away matches, slated for February 2024, with the eventual winners qualifying for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024.
