Kuala Lumpur:South Korea is set to face North Korea, China, and the Philippines in the 2028 Olympic women's football qualifying tournament, scheduled for next spring. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) conducted the draw for the continent's final Olympic qualifiers at its headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, placing South Korea in Group B alongside these three nations.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles will feature 16 teams in women's football, an increase from 12 teams at the 2024 Paris Games. The final AFC qualifiers comprise eight teams divided into two groups. Group A includes Japan, Australia, Chinese Taipei, and Uzbekistan. Teams will compete against each other twice within their groups, with matches scheduled for April and October next year, and one match each in November and December 2027.

The top two teams from each group will secure automatic qualification for the Olympics, while the two runners-up will compete in a two-legged playoff in February and March 2028. The winner of this playoff will advance to an intercontinental playoff against Argentina. Women's football was introduced to the Olympics in 1996, but South Korea has yet to participate in the event.

South Korea's women's team has historically struggled against North Korea and China, with records of one win, five draws, and 16 losses against North Korea, and five wins, 10 draws, and 29 losses against China. However, in the recent Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, South Korea managed a 1-1 draw with North Korea in the group stage and secured a 1-0 victory over China in the bronze medal match.