[Official] If Korea beats Uzbekistan, 'Four-Finals Korea-Japan match' Korea-Japan match... Women's Asian Cup quarter-final match table confirmed

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The quarterfinals of the 2026 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Asian Cup have been confirmed. The South Korean women's national soccer team will compete with Uzbekistan for the semifinals.

The 2026 AFC Women's Asian Cup, which is underway in Australia, has been confirmed for all the quarterfinals after the final Group C match on the 10th (Korea Standard Time).

In the group stage of the tournament, which was divided into three groups of four teams, the first and second places in each group advanced to the quarterfinals, and the top two teams with good performance among the third places in the three groups also qualified for the quarterfinals tournament.

South Korea, led by head coach Shin Sang-woo, previously defeated Iran and the Philippines 3-0 and tied host Australia 3-3 to reach the quarterfinals tournament as No. 1 in Group A.

According to the match table against the third place in Group B or Group C, South Korea will face Uzbekistan, which is confirmed to advance to the quarterfinals as the third place in Group B, at Stadium Australia in Sydney, Australia, at 6 p.m. on the 14th.

Uzbekistan previously lost 0-3 to North Korea and China in Group B, then defeated Bangladesh 4-0 and qualified for the quarterfinals with the best performance among the third-place teams in each group.

In the FIFA rankings, South Korea ranks 21st and Uzbekistan 49th, showing a wide gap. South Korea has the upper hand in all four previous matches between the women's national teams, with 17 points and no runs scored in four face-to-face matches.

At the 2025 Pink Ladies Cup held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in February last year, Korea won 3-0 with Choo Hyo-joo's multi-goal and Choi Yu-ri's net goal. Both Choo Hyo-joo and Choi Yu-ri, who tasted the goal at the time, are members of the Asian Cup.

If they beat Uzbekistan, South Korea will qualify for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup finals in Brazil next year. A total of six women's World Cup finals are at stake in this tournament. Two teams will head to the World Cup stage to win the playoffs between the semifinals of the tournament and the teams that were eliminated from the quarterfinals.

In the semifinals of the tournament, Japan will face the winning team against the Philippines, and in fact, Japan is likely to be the opponent of South Korea. Japan previously passed Group C with an overwhelming record of 17 points and no goals in all three games. The FIFA ranking is the highest in Asia at 8th, and Korea is inferior to the women's national team with 4 wins, 12 draws and 19 losses.

If Korea beats Japan to reach the final, it will be the second consecutive final stage after the 2022 tournament (quasi-win) and the second in history. In the quarterfinals on the other side, China-Taiwan, Australia-North Korea will clash, respectively. If South Korea lost to Australia in the final Group A match, there was a high possibility of a "death match" with North Korea and China in turn.

- South Korea vs Uzbekistan

- Japan vs. the Philippines

- China vs Taiwan

- Australia vs North Korea

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