Olympic teams tune up for qualifiers

The Chinese Olympic team and women's side face tough challenges this year as they fight for berths at the 2012 London Olympic Games.

The Olympic team, which lost to Japan 3-0 in its opening group match and then by the same margin again to South Korea in the round of 16 at last year's Asian Games on home soil, will play its Olympic qualifiers in June under 74-year-old coach Miroslav Blazevic, who took charge of the team last December.

The women's team, which for the first time failed to qualify for the World Cup in 2011 and finished a worst-ever fourth at last year's Asian Games, will attempt to bounce back and secure a ticket to the Olympics during September's qualification competitions.