Written by Thomas Esamie.
| Australia played two matches against China to prepare for the Asian Championships. This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : September 28 | Venue : Chengdu, China | |||
| China Goals : ?? 33 |
1 | - | 0 | Australia |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), unknown (China) | ||||
| Australian squad | ||||
| This was a Friendly match. | ||||
| Played : September 30 | Venue : Chengdu, China | |||
| China |
0 | - | 0 | Australia Lydia Williams (Casey Dumont 46 (Rachel Cooper 71)), Grace Gill, Stacey Day, Clare Polkinghorne (Rachel Doyle 66), Olivia Kennedy, Ella Mastrantonio, Renne Rollason (Teresa Polias 78), Kyah Simon (Elise Kellond-Knight 66), Servet Uzunlar, Ashleigh Connor (Ellyse Perry 78), Vicki Balomenos (Tameka Butt 53) |
| Referee : Attendance : Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), unknown (China) | ||||
| Australian squad | ||||
| This was a World Cup Qualifying and Asian Championship match. | ||||
| Played : October 6 | Venue : Chongqing Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, China | |||
| Australia Lydia Williams, Clare Polkinghorne, Rachel Doyle, Caitlin Cooper, Lyndsay Glohe, Ellyse Perry (Yesim Uzunlar 56), Elise Kellond-Knight, Teresa Polias, Renee Rollason (Kyah Simon 65), Tameka Butt, Victoria Balomenos (Jenna Kingsley 72) |
0 | - | 1 | Japan Misa Sugawara, Rumi Utsugi, Naoko Sakuramoto, Midori Isokane, Saki Kumagai, Asuna Tanaka, Natsuko Hara, Chinatsu Kira (Konomi Ataeyama 67), Asano Nagasato, Michi Goto, Saori Arimachi (Mari Kawamura 56) Goal : Kira 21 |
| Referee : Pannipar Kamneung (Thailand) Attendance : 300 Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), Norio Sasaki (Japan) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match report by FFA | |||
| This pretty much spelled the end of Australia's hopes of qualifying for next years World Cup to be held in Chile. Only the top 3 teams would go, and with this loss Australia's hopes of qualifying to the semi-finals was gone. This was a World Cup Qualifying and Asian Championship match. | ||||
| Played : October 8 | Venue : Chongqing Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, China | |||
| Australia Lydia Williams, Clare Polkinghorne, Olivia Kennedy, Caitlin Cooper, Lyndsay Glohe, Teresa Polias, Renee Rollason (Elise Kellond-Knight 62), Tameka Butt (Jenna Kingsley 75), Yesim Uzunlar, Kyah Simon, Victoria Balomenos (Ashleigh Connor 62) Goal : Butt 13pk |
1 | - | 2 | North Korea Un Ju Kim, Kuk Hui Pak, Kum Hui Ri, Un Hyang Ri, Sol Ryon Sin, Ye Gyong Ri, Un Ju Choe, John Im O (Hyon Suk Ri 63 (Jong Sim Ri 84)), Su Ok Ryom, Un Sim Ra, Hu Nam Cha Goals : Hu Nam Cha 41, Un Sim Ra 83pk |
| Referee : Jia Wang (China) Attendance : 1000 Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), Kwang Sok Choe (North Korea) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match report by FFA | |||
| Yes Myanmar and Burma are the same thing except Myanmar is the right name... but there are bigger problems. In reading the AFC match report it seems that Khin Mu Khin is a goalkeeper and replaced an outfielder. This seems terribly unlikely and either Khin is not a goalkeeper or, more likely, there's been a transcribe error and it was likely Ar Lo Wer Phaw or Thet Phyu May who came on. This was a World Cup Qualifying and Asian Championship match. | ||||
| Played : October 10 | Venue : Datianwan Stadium, Chongqing, China | |||
| Australia Lydia Williams, Olivia Kennedy, Stacey Day, Rachel Doyle, Ellyse Perry, Elise Kellond-Knight (Renee Rollason 66), Ella Mastrantonio, Yesim Uzunlar, Kyah Simon, Ashleigh Connor (Jenna Kingsley 57), Victoria Balomenos (Tameka Butt 77) Goals : Connor 33, Simon 54 |
2 | - | 1 | Burma Thin Soe Thin, Myint Myint Aye, Aye Khaing Aye, Sin Aung Shwe, Aye Mar Aye, Su Tun Su, Myat Thiri, Nyein Aye Su, Marlar Tun Khin, Mu Lwin Mu (Khin Mu Khin 85), Pwint Khaing Phu (Moe Wai Khin 73) Goal : Mu Lwin Mu 32 |
| Referee : Praew Semaksuk (Thailand) Attendance : 150 Coaches : Alen Stajcic (Australia), Myint Thwin Win (Burma) | ||||
| Australian squad | Match report by FFA | |||