Australia held to goalless draw by Qatar in final qualifying gameMen’s team will not join Matildas at Paris Games this year
Australia’s Olympic football hopes will rest solely with the Matildas after the men’s team failed to qualify. The Olyroos were held to a goalless draw by hosts Qatar in their final group match in the Asian Under-23 Cup, which serves as the Olympic qualifying tournament, leaving them with two points and no goals from their three matches.
Australia pressed for much of the match and created a series of chances, but as in their previous matches, were unable to make those chances count. As it happened, it would not have mattered if they had. For Australia to qualify they not only needed to win but for Indonesia to lose. Instead Indonesia, who had beaten Australia 1-0, won 4-1 against Jordan.