Women's Asian Cup quarter-finals finalised after Taiwan advances

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/vietnam/8I9Z6Cti/"]Vietnam[/a], who finished ‌with three points, ranked bottom of the three third-placed teams ‌in the group stage, with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/uzbekistan/fPB68otI/"]Uzbekistan[/a] and the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/philippines/CINRvtL5/"]Philippines[/a] advancing ‌to the quarter-finals due to better goal differences.[/p][p]Taiwan will face defending champions [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/china/IFHViN7N/"]China[/a] in the quarter-finals on Saturday, a day before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/japan/ltLyWcnC/"]Japan[/a] ‌take on the Philippines.[/p][p]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 Riko Ueki.[/p][p]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.[/p][p]In the other Group C game in Sydney, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/roU6mwR8/"]India[/a] failed to take an early lead when Martina Thokchom's header hit the post. Taiwan led ‌10 minutes later, as Sanju Yadav's pass to the keeper was intercepted by Chen Jin-wen, who crossed to Su Yu-hsuan for an easy finish.[/p][embed guid="eec9f667-7075-4a09-9a04-dbcb85d8e2b2" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53gnIZVXEvY" social-type="youtube" /][p]Manisha Kalyan struck from a long-range free kick to restore parity in the 39th minute, as her powerful left-footed shot rattled the crossbar before bouncing behind the line.[/p][p]But three-times champions Taiwan retook the lead on the stroke of halftime, when Hsu Yi-yun's penalty came off ‌the post but hit Indian keeper Elangbam Panthoi Chanu's ​back and rolled into the net.[/p][p]Wu Kai-ching's defence-splitting through ‌ball set up Chen Yu-chin for a close-range finish in the 77th minute, securing Taiwan's win and a second straight quarter-final qualification.[/p][p]India, who lost 11-0 to Japan in the weekend, ended their campaign with zero points and ⁠a goal difference of ⁠minus 14, the worst ‌in the group stage.[/p][embed guid="faf31d95-0fbe-46e1-8275-40c8cfb1bc45" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtJXbrDeeqs" social-type="youtube" /]