The 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification saw 16 nations attempt to qualify for the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cupfootball competition. The four winners from all groups joined the four automatic qualifiers in the final tournament.
Total sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four, and each group played a single round-robin tournament. The winners of each group qualified for the final tournament. The draw was held on 19 October 2012 in Malacca, Malaysia.[1][2] The first matches were played on 21 May 2013.
In the round-robin tournaments, teams tied in the points were ranked by the following criteria:[3]
Greater number of points between the teams concerned,
Goal differences between the teams concerned,
Number of goals between the teams concerned,
Goal differences between in all round-robin matches,
Number of goals between in all round-robin matches,
Penalty shoot-out (in case just two teams playing the final match tied in the all conditions above),
Fewer yellow and red card points in all group matches (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for each direct red card, 4 points for each yellow card followed by a direct red card), and