India was drawn with the Powerhouse Japan on Tuesday, the former champions of the Chinese Taipei and Vietnam in the Ca Asian Assie Assie Asian, a continent tournament that will be held next year in Australia.
At the Sydney Town Hall, a 12-team tournament was held to be from 1 to 21 March 2026, while the Indian midfielder Sangita baso was one of the three assistants. 12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams.
The blue Tigress will start its campaign with a match against Vietnam 4. March 2026 at the rectangular stadium in Perth. India will face Japan on March 7 in the same place than March 10 at the Western Sydney stadium opposes the Chinese -Pieji.
The two best teams from each group and the two best third place will advance to the quarterfinals. Four semi-finalists book their FIFA World Cup in Brazil 2027, while the losing parties from the quarterfinals advance to the playoffs, where there will be two more places in the global showpiece.
Winners of the Women’s World Cup in 2011, Japan is the highest Asian team in FIFA chart in seventh place. In 2014 and 2018, they won the titles of female Asian cups, but after they lost to the eventual champion China in the semifinals in India, a hattrick was denied.
Vietnam, 37th, after the debut of the 2023 issue, will focus on the World Championship in 2027. They designed the playoff round between the loss of the quarterfinals in the Asian Cup in India 2022 to get to the Women’s World Cup 2023.
Chinese Tai -Piej, currently on 42, in 1980, he won the last of his three AFC Asian Cup titles and will also focus on the World Women’s 2027 Cup.
India is currently in the world in the world, the lowest in the group.
In Group A, Australia hosts were drawn next to the Korean Republic, Iran and the Philippines. Group B consists of DPR Korea, China, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan.
China is defending champions and will look for a record 10. The title.
The Indian female team was forced to resign from their group match against the Chinese Taipei at the Asian Cup of the Asian Cup 2022 after many players were positive on Covid-19, even though it remained inside the biological bubble.
India could not name the at least 13-female group for the match and was considered to be a withdrawal according to the competition rules. India originally named the 23-member team. That was after India played a draw 0-0 in their first match against Iran.
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Published:
Saurabh Kumar
Published on:
29. July 2025
