China women's team won their Asian Games Group Stage opener 5:1 against Hong Kong at the stadium on 14 September 2026. The hosts took all three points from the first round, while Hong Kong's campaign began with a defeat. By then the result had already set the tone for how the group would unfold.
Chen Qiaozhu gave China the lead in the fourteenth minute, and Hong Kong responded through C. Wai Ki in the thirty-first. And here's the thing about that period — the visitors looked comfortable before C. Fu turned the ball into their own net in the thirty-eighth. At the break the coaches shuffled their sides, with four substitutions on each bench. Wang Yanwen restored China's advantage in the forty-eighth minute, and Wang Shuang added two more in the seventy-ninth and eighty-ninth minutes.
The visitors changed shape at the break, but the shift came too late. Hong Kong brought on K. P. Ling Lucia in the sixtieth minute and C. Sean in the eighty-fourth, while China introduced Ying Wang and later Wurigumula. The statistics would show a match where one side controlled territory and the other chased the game, though possession numbers are not available. What matters is the sequence — three goals in the first half, two more after the interval, and Hong Kong's defence unable to recover once the own goal changed the momentum.
China sit top of the group with three points from one game, while Hong Kong occupy fourth place with none. The hosts had previously beaten Vietnamese opponents 3:0, but also lost to Russia and Australia in earlier fixtures. Hong Kong's recent form included victories over Fiji and Liechtenstein, yet the match against Ghana showed their vulnerabilities. To be fair, the result reflects a gap in quality, not a fluke.
