The 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th edition of the AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to determine which women's national teams from Asia qualify for the Olympic football tournament.

[1] On 7 March 2016, with one round of matches remaining to be played, Australia and China were confirmed qualification to the Olympics.

[2] A total of 18 AFC member national teams entered the qualifying stage.

The format is as follows:[3] The draw for the qualifiers was held on 4 December 2014 at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

[3] Australia China Japan North Korea South Korea Thailand Vietnam Chinese Taipei Myanmar Uzbekistan India Iran Jordan Bahrain Hong Kong Laos Palestine Sri Lanka Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia Guam Indonesia Iraq Kyrgyzstan Kuwait Lebanon Macau1 Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal Northern Mariana Islands1 Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Syria Tajikistan Timor-Leste Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Yemen The schedule of the qualifying stage was as follows.