After a group-stage exit in their first Asian Games sojourn in almost a decade, the senior Indian women's team will embark on a mission to advance to the next stage for qualification to the Paris Olympics when they begin their campaign in the Round 2 of the AFC Olympic Qualifiers in Uzbekistan on Thursday.
Clubbed in Group C with Japan, Vietnam and hosts Uzbekistan, the first hurdle for the Blue Tigresses will be the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup winners. Japan also demolished every opposition en route the women's gold medal at Hangzhou Games.
