China PR

The Steel Roses qualified for the 2018 Women’s Asian Cup as one of the top three ranked sides from the 2014 edition of the tournament.

China is still in the process of adjusting to new manager Sigurður Ragnar Eyjólfsson.

The Icelandic native has only been in the top job since mid-November after coaching his home country’s women’s side for seven years as well as Chinese Women’s Super League side Jiangsu Suning.

The likes of Wang Shanshan and Wang Shuang shine up forward with the pair contributing four of the eight goals at the Four Nations tournament in January this year.

Goalkeeper Wang Fei is one of the few Chinese players to ply her trade overseas, recently signing for Bayern Munich in the Frauen-Bundesliga after spells at Turbine Potsdam and Olympique Lyon in France.

Team: 1. ZHAO Lina, 2. LIU Shanshan, 3. XUE Jiao, 4. LI Danyang, 5. WU Haiyan, 6. LIN Yuping, 7. WANG Shuang, 8. MA Jun, 9. TANG Jiali, 10. LI Ying, 11. WANG Shanshan, 12. PENG Shimeng, 13. LYU Yueyun, 14. XU Yanlu, 15. SONG Duan, 16. YAN Jinjin, 17. GU Yasha, 18. HAN Peng, 19. TAN Ruyin, 20. ZHANG Rui, 21. XIAO Yuyi , 22. XU Huan, 23. REN Guixin 

Jordan

Jordan will be making its second appearance at the Asian Cup after debuting in 2014.

They lost every game at that tournament but with the extra motivation of playing on home soil, the team known as Al Nashmiyat will be aiming high.

While they qualified by being hosts, they were allowed to compete in the qualification tournament.

On top of that, Jordan has been busy in the last few months playing friendlies against clubs, academies and national teams from Spain, Japan, Thailand, Latvia, Cyprus, Afghanistan and France.

American Michael Dickey became the head coach in mid-2017 and has plenty of experience with assistant coach roles for the USA’s junior teams.

The player to watch will be Maysa Jbarah who was prolific in 2017 with 23 goals including 13 games in the qualification tournament and has continued that form in 2018.

Stephanie Al-Naber is a veteran of the team and has been part of the national team since 2005, winning three West Asia Women’s Championship titles and an Arabia Cup.

They have a relatively young squad with the oldest player being captain Al-Naber.

Team: 1. Sherin Rai’d ALSHALABE, 2. Haya Marwan KHALIL, 3. Tala AL BARGHOUTHY, 4. Luna Rami ALMASRI, 5. Anfal ALSUFY, 6. Razan ALZAGHA, 7. Yasmeen KHAIR, 8. Stephanie ALNABER, 9. Alia Abu EL HAWA, 10. Sarah Basem ABU-SABBAH, 11. Maysa Ziad JBARAH, 12. Salma Mohanad GHAZAL, 13. Lana Waleed Issa FERAS, 14. Hannah Ibrahim AL-KOUSHEH, 15. Mai Salem Butros SWEILEM, 16. Shahnaz JEBREEN, 17. Rouzbahan Read A. FRAIJ, 18. Hebah Fakher ELDDIN, 19. Aya Faisal AL-MAJALI, 20. Shorooq Khalil SHATHLI, 21. Rand Iyad Jawdat ABU-HUSSEIN, 22. Malak Khaled Abed SHANAK, 23. Tasneem Yasin ABU-ROB​