The favourites all survived the group phase of the 2006 AFC Asian Women's Cup in Adelaide, SA, Australia and will now meet with places in China 2007 on the line.
» Group A: The good news for Chinese Taipei is that I Ling HSIEH kept her side from going home with zero goals scored, but the bad news is that Japan put in eleven in that same match. Japan ended up atop the group thanks to Aya MIYAMA's lone goal against China PR.
» Group B: Korea Rep's performances against Thailand and Myanmar were impressive, but a 4-0 loss to Australia and a 1-0 loss to Korea DPR ended their dreams of a second consecutive Women's World Cup appearance.
» Semifinals: The semifinal matches see Japan–Australia and Korea DPR–China PR; the worst finisher out of Japan, Australia, and Korea DPR will go to the AFC/CONCACAF playoff with the others qualifying for the 2007 Women's World Cup.