On August 12, in the new FIFA world rankings, the Chinese team rose 6 places to 71st and 9th in Asia. The Asian rankings are: Japan, Iran, Australia, South Korea, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, China, and Oman. The top three in the world are: Belgium, Brazil and France.

At noon on July 13 local time in Australia, the Chinese women's football team had an internal teaching match with the Brazilian women's football team on the Gold Coast. Due to tactical confidentiality considerations, the game was closed and not open to the public. In the end, the Chinese team lost 0-3 to the opponent. .