title: Football at the 1998 Asian Games – Women's tournament
text: # Football at the 1998 Asian Games – Women's tournament
  
  The women's football tournament at the 1998 Asian Games was held from 7 to 17 December 1998 in Thailand.
  
  ## Venues
  
  | Pathum Thani | Pathum Thani | Bangkok |
  | - | - | - |
  | Thupatemi Stadium | Thammasat Stadium | Thai-Japanese Stadium |
  | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 6,600 |
  | Pathum ThaniBangkok |||
  
  ## Results
  
  All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)
  
  ### Preliminary round
  
  **Group A**
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | North Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | +23 | 9 |
  | 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 6 |
  | 3 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 |
  | 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 1 |
  
  **Group B**
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | +24 | 9 |
  | 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 4 |
  | 3 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
  | 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 0 |
  
  ### Knockout round
  
  | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 15 December | 15 December |
  | China | 3 |
  | China | 3 | 17 December | 17 December |
  | Japan | 0 | 17 December | 17 December |
  | Japan | 0 | China (g.g.) | 1 |
  | 15 December | 15 December | | China (g.g.) | 1 |
  | 15 December | 15 December | North Korea | 0 |
  | North Korea (p) | 1 (6) | North Korea | 0 |
  | Chinese Taipei | 1 (5) | | |
  | Chinese Taipei | 1 (5) | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
  | | | 17 December | 17 December |
  | | | Japan | 2 |
  | | | Chinese Taipei | 1 |
  
  ## Goalscorers
  
  4 goals
  
  * Homare Sawa
  
  3 goals
  
  * Mito Isaka
  * Nami Otake
  
  2 goals
  
  * Kazumi Kishi
  * Tamaki Uchiyama
  
  1 goal
  
  * Fan Yunjie
  * Tomomi Miyamoto
  * Miki Sugawara
  * Rie Yamaki
  * Yasuyo Yamagishi
  
  ## Final standing
  
  | Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | +28 | 15 |
  | | North Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 4 | +22 | 10 |
  | | Japan | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 9 |
  | 4 | Chinese Taipei | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 5 |
  | 5 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
  | 6 | Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 |
  | 7 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 1 |
  | 8 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 36 | −35 | 0 |
  