Japan knock out Vietnam, Taiwan beat India to set up Asian Cup quarter-final with China

2026-03-10 - 12:44

Japan stayed perfect in the women’s Asian Cup group stage as they ‌eased to a 4-0 win over Vietnam, who crashed out of the tournament as Taiwan secured second place in Group C with a 3-1 victory over India on Tuesday. Vietnam, who finished with three ​points, ranked bottom of the three third-placed teams in the group stage, ​with Uzbekistan and the Philippines advancing to the quarter-finals due to better ⁠goal differences. Taiwan will face defending champions China in the quarter-finals on Saturday, a day ​before Japan take on the Philippines. Japan, the only team to not concede a goal ​in the group stage, took the lead in the 21st minute with Yui Hasegawa’s cross being headed into the net by striker Rio Ueki. Vietnam keeper Khong Thi Hang’s diving saves limited the damage in ​the first half, but Japan’s persistent attacks paid off after the break, when Maika ​Hamano, Aoba Fujino and Kiko Seike scored within 16 minutes. In the other Group C game in ‌Sydney, India ⁠failed to take an early lead when Martina Thokchom’s header hit