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*     India has been drawn in a tough group along with Japan, Vietnam and host Uzbekistan.
*     India qualified for Round 2 with wins over Kyrgyz Republic, 5-0 and 4-0, in a two-legged play-off earlier this year.
*     The Blue Tigresses are the lowest ranked team in Group C at 61, while 2012 Olympics silver medallist Japan, ranked 11 in the world, is the most formidable side.
*     Vietnam, which will make its debut at the FIFA Womens World Cup later this year, and host Uzbekistan are at 33 and 50 respectively in the FIFA chart.
*     In the lead-up to the Round 1 qualifiers against Kyrgyz Republic, India also played against Uzbekistan in a one-off friendly, losing 2-3 after an injury-time goal.
*     India has suffered narrow one goal losses on the three previous occasions it has played Uzbekistan.
*     India last faced Vietnam in a friendly in Hanoi in 2019, drawing 1-1, while the last meeting with Japan came in the 1997 Asian Womens Championship, with India going down 0-1.
*     Four teams, the three group winners and the best-ranked runners-up, will progress to Round 3 to play two pairs of home and away matches, slated for 24 and 28 February 2024.
*     The winners will take the two spots reserved for Asia in the womens football event in 2024 Olympics.