Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification
The women's qualification for football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Qualifications
A total of twelve teams will participate in the finals of the Olympic tournament for women. These finalists will be:[1]
| Confederation/Region | Berths | Qualified Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation (automatically qualified) | 1 | |
| UEFA (Europe) | 3 | |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1 | |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean) | 2 | |
| CAF (Africa) | 1 | |
| AFC (Asia) | 2 | |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1 | |
| Inter-continental play-off (CAF-CONMEBOL) | 1 |
UEFA (Europe)
UEFA announced that the 2007 Women's World Cup in the People's Republic of China will also serve as the qualifying tournament for the Olympics. Originally it was thought that, should England make the top three European teams, they would compete under the United Kingdom banner. However, on 6 September 2007, FIFA issued a press release indicating that England are ineligible to participate in the 2008 Olympics as England does not have its own Olympic Committee.
There has been some further confusion over the identity of the UEFA qualifiers stemming from conflicting media releases from UEFA and FIFA. The FIFA release noted that "teams eliminated at the end of the group phase will have the same ranking irrespective of their position, number of points or goal differences" implying that Sweden and Denmark will require a playoff for the final qualification spot. While UEFA initially stated that no playoff was required , this was amended fairly rapidly .
| Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg / 08.11.2007 | 2nd leg / 28.11.2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Denmark  |
3–7 |  Sweden |
2–4 | 1–3 |
CONMEBOL (South America)
CONMEBOL announced that the 2006 Sudamericano Femenino in Argentina would also serve as the qualifying tournament for the Olympics. Argentina won the tournament, and qualified for the Olympics. The runners-up Brazil advanced to the inter-continental play-off.
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)
Central America
Two home and away series will be played, with the winners moving on to the final round. The first leg will play on October 6, 2007. The second leg will play on October 13, 2007. The winners of the ties will play in the decisive final round on October 20 and October 27, 2007.[2]
Panama withdrew from their scheduled match against Costa Rica, so Costa Rica advance to the 2nd Round where they will play the winner of El Salvador v Nicaragua.
| Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
El Salvador  |
1–5 |  Nicaragua |
1-2 | 0-3 |
| Nicaragua |
0–9 |  Costa Rica |
0-3 | 0-6 |
Caribbean
The system is a two round single round robin format, in October. Four groups will play the first round (3 groups of 4 and one group of 3), with the winners moving on to a second round group.
Group 1 (in Suriname)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Trinidad and Tobago |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | +18 | 9 |
 Suriname |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 6 |
 Grenada |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 22 | −20 | 0 |
October 2, 2007
| Trinidad and Tobago |
9–0 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Suriname |
6–1 | Grenada |
October 4, 2007
| Trinidad and Tobago |
6–0 | Grenada |
| Suriname |
10–1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
October 7, 2007
| Grenada |
3–1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Suriname |
1–4 | Trinidad and Tobago |
Group 2 (in Dominican Republic)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cuba |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | +36 | 9 |
 Dominican Republic |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 2 | +20 | 6 |
 U.S. Virgin Islands |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 3 |
 British Virgin Islands |
3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | −43 | 0 |
October 3, 2007
| Dominican Republic |
4–0 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Cuba |
21–0 | British Virgin Islands |
October 5, 2007
| Cuba |
14–0 | U.S. Virgin Islands |
| Dominican Republic |
17–0 | British Virgin Islands |
October 7, 2007
| U.S. Virgin Islands |
5–0 | British Virgin Islands |
| Dominican Republic |
1–2 | Cuba |
Group 3 (in Antigua and Barbuda)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jamaica |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | +24 | 9 |
 Bermuda |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 6 |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 3 |
 Dominica |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |
October 3, 2007
| Jamaica |
4–0 | Bermuda |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
3–0 | Dominica |
October 5, 2007
| Bermuda |
8–0 | Dominica |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
0–12 | Jamaica |
October 7, 2007
| Jamaica |
8–0 | Dominica |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
0–4 | Bermuda |
Group 4 (in Cayman Islands)
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Puerto Rico |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 6 |
 Haiti |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
 Cayman Islands |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
October 24, 2007
| Cayman Islands |
0–4 | Puerto Rico |
October 26, 2007
| Haiti |
0–1 | Puerto Rico |
October 28, 2007
| Cayman Islands |
2–3 | Haiti |
Second Round
The 4 remaining teams were drawn into 2 pairings. The winners of each tie will progress to the CONCACAF Finals. Both Puerto Rico v Trinidad & Tobago matches will be played in Puerto Rico on 23 & 25 November 2007. Cuba will play both legs at home against Jamaica on 29 November and 1 December 2007, with the second match counting as Jamaica's home match for away goals purposes.
| Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerto Rico |
2–2* | Trinidad and Tobago |
1–2 | 1–0 |
| Cuba |
0–3 | Jamaica |
0–1 | 0–2 |
- Note - Trinidad & Tobago qualify for the CONCACAF Finals on away goals. Even though they played both matches away from home, the 2nd Leg was treated as the home leg for Trinidad & Tobago. Puerto Rico scored one goal compared to Trinidad & Tobago's two in the first game, and so Trinidad & Tobago progress.
Final Round
6 teams will qualify for the final round.[2] The final round will be held at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, from April 2–13. The draw was held at 11:00 am (EST) on February 25.
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 |
 Mexico |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 3 |
| Jamaica |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 0 |
April 2, 2008
| Mexico |
8–1 | Jamaica |
April 4, 2008
| United States |
6–0 | Jamaica |
April 6, 2008
| Mexico |
1–3 | United States |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 |
| Costa Rica |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 1 |
April 2, 2008
| Trinidad and Tobago |
0–6 | Canada |
April 4, 2008
| Costa Rica |
2–2 | Trinidad and Tobago |
April 6, 2008
| Canada |
1–0 | Costa Rica |
Semifinals/Qualifiers
Played 9 April 2008
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| United States |
3 – 0 | Costa Rica |
| Canada |
1 – 0 | Mexico |
Final
Played 12 April 2008. Both USA and Canada already qualified for 2008 Olympic women's football tournament.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| United States |
1 – 1 (pso 6 – 5)[3] | Canada |
CAF (Africa)
Preliminary competition was divided in four rounds. First three rounds was knock-out rounds, and the final round was a group stage.
The winners of the final round would qualify for the Olympics. The runners-up of the round would advance to inter-continental play-off.
Preliminary Round
First leg played from October 27 to October 29, 2006. Second leg played from November 10 to November 12, 2006.
| Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Angola  |
 Tanzania* |
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Mozambique  |
12–5 |  Comoros |
7–2 | 5–3 |
Guinea-Bissau  |
2–4 |  Guinea |
1–1 | 1–3 |
*Benin  |
 Namibia |
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*Uganda  |
 Eritrea |
- * = withdrew
First Round
First leg played on February 17 and February 18, 2007. Second leg will play from March 9 to March 11, 2007. Eritrea and Morocco will play their matches on March 10 and March 24, 2007. Guinea and Zimbabwe only played one leg in Zimbabwe due to political unrest in Guinea.[4]
| Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola |
1–4 |  Ghana |
1–2 | 0–2 |
Equatorial Guinea  |
4–5 |  South Africa |
2–1 | 2–4 |
Liberia  |
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0–3 | 0–2 |
Nigeria  |
w/o |  Senegal* |
— | — |
| Mozambique |
1–12 |  Algeria |
0–3 | 1–9 |
| Eritrea |
4–4 (a) |  Morocco |
3–2 | 1–2 |
| Namibia |
5–8 |  DR Congo |
3–3 | 2–5 |
| Guinea |
1–6 |  Zimbabwe |
— | 1–6 |
- * = withdrew
Second Round
First leg played from June 1 to June 3, 2007. Second leg played from June 15 to June 17, 2007.
| Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana |
4–1 | DR Congo |
3–1 | 1–0 |
| Algeria |
1–6 | Nigeria |
1–0 | 0–6 |
| South Africa |
5–3 | Zimbabwe |
2–1 | 3–2 |
| Ethiopia |
(a)2–2 | Morocco |
1–0 | 1–2 |
Final Round
Matches played between July 27, 2007 and March 14, 2008. Ethiopia withdrew.[5]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 |
| Ghana |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 9 |
| South Africa |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
| Ethiopia |
withdraw | |||||||
July 28, 2007
| Nigeria |
5–0 | South Africa |
Ethiopia  |
1–3 (later annulled) |
Ghana |
August 12, 2007
| Ghana |
1–0 | Nigeria |
August 26, 2007
| South Africa |
0–1 | Ghana |
December 9, 2007
| Ghana |
2–1 | South Africa |
February 16, 2008
| South Africa |
0–1 | Nigeria |
March 15, 2008
| Nigeria |
2–0 | Ghana |
Nigeria qualified for the Olympics. Ghana advanced to the inter-continental play-off.
AFC (Asia)
China was automatically qualified for the Olympics as host.
First Round
Japan and North Korea received bye for the final round. Other 12 teams are divided into 3 groups, where top two teams in each group would advance to the final round.
Group A was played as a knockout tournament of two-legged (Home&Away) matches. Each of Group B and Group C was played as a single round robin.
Group A
First leg played on February 17, 2007. Second leg played on February 25, 2007.
| Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hong Kong  |
 Jordan* |
|||
South Korea  |
8–0 |  India |
5–0 | 3–0 |
Hong Kong through to the final after Jordan withdrew from the tournament. The final first and second leg played on March 10, 2007 and March 18, 2007 respectively.[6]
| Team 1 | Agg | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong |
3–2 | South Korea |
2–2 | 1–0 |
Group B
All matches were held at Thai-Japanese Stadium (Bangkok, Thailand).[7]
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Thailand (host) |
9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 |
 Vietnam |
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 |
 Singapore |
3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 |
 Maldives |
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | −20 |
February 19, 2007
| Maldives |
0–6 | Singapore |
| Thailand |
1–0 | Vietnam |
February 21, 2007
| Thailand |
5–0 | Singapore |
| Vietnam |
5–0 | Maldives |
February 23, 2007
| Vietnam |
3–0 | Singapore |
| Thailand |
9–0 | Maldives |
Group C
All matches were held at Zhongshan Soccer Stadium (Taipei, Taiwan).[7]
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia |
9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 |
 Chinese Taipei (host) |
6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | −4 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Myanmar |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 |
 Uzbekistan |
1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 | −12 |
February 21, 2007
| Chinese Taipei |
2–0 | Uzbekistan |
| Australia |
2–0 | Myanmar |
February 23, 2007
| Chinese Taipei |
1–0 | Myanmar |
| Uzbekistan |
0–10 | Australia |
February 25, 2007
| Chinese Taipei |
1–8 | Australia |
| Uzbekistan |
1–1 | Myanmar |
Final Round
Group winners would qualify for the Olympics. Matches played from April 7 to August 12, 2007.
Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Japan |
16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 3 | +24 |
| South Korea |
8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | −4 |
| Thailand |
7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 |
| Vietnam |
3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 19 | −16 |
June 3, 2007 |
| Japan |
6 - 1 | South Korea |
|---|---|---|
Miyamoto  9'Ohno 21'Arakawa 24'Lee Kye-lim 34' (o.g.)Ito 66'Sawa 68'[8] |
Jung Hae-in 74' |
August 4, 2007 |
| Vietnam |
0 - 8 | Japan |
|---|---|---|
| Sakai 10' Iwashimizu 17'Ohno 36', 60'Miyama 39'Miyamoto 70'Sawa 72'Nagasato 80' |
Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 North Korea |
18 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | +51 |
| Australia |
12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 5 | +35 |
| Chinese Taipei |
6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 31 | −19 |
| Hong Kong |
0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 68 | −67 |
April 7, 2007
| Australia |
15–0 | Hong Kong |
| North Korea |
8–0 | Chinese Taipei |
April 15, 2007
| Chinese Taipei |
0–10 | Australia |
| Hong Kong |
0–14 | North Korea |
June 3, 2007
| North Korea |
2–0 | Australia |
| Chinese Taipei |
6–0 | Hong Kong |
June 10, 2007
| Australia |
0–2 | North Korea |
| Hong Kong |
0–6 | Chinese Taipei |
August 4, 2007
| Hong Kong |
1–8 | Australia |
| Chinese Taipei |
0–6 | North Korea |
August 12, 2007
| Australia |
7–0 | Chinese Taipei |
| North Korea |
19–0 | Hong Kong |
OFC (Oceania)
The 2007 Pacific Games was played as the first part of Oceania qualification for the 2008 Olympics. The winners of the Pacific Games, Papua New Guinea, met New Zealand in a playoff in March 2008 for a place in the Olympic Games Finals. This had originally been scheduled over two legs (on 8 March and 12 March) but the New Zealand leg was cancelled by mutual consent, leaving a single play-off match in Papua New Guinea.
| Team 1 | Result | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
Papua New Guinea  |
0-2 |  New Zealand |
Inter-continental play-off
An inter-continental play-off was to held between the second placed South American and African teams, which were Brazil and Ghana, respectively.
The play-off was held as one match on Workers Stadium in Beijing on April 19, 2008. Brazil beat Ghana for the final spot in the Olympics.
References
- ↑ Women qualifying. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
- 1 2 Central American Olympic Qualification starts this year. Retrieved on February 18, 2007.
- ↑ "U.S. Women's National Team Downs Canada in Penalty Kick Shootout to Win 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying". U.S.Soccer.
- ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol2008q-women.html#Africa
- ↑ http://www.cafonline.com/news.php?id=1214
- ↑ S.Korea Reaches Final Round. Retrieved on February 27, 2007.
- 1 2 Beijing 2008 - Schedule & Results, Asian Football Confederation, Retrieved April 6, 2011.
- ↑ Korea Republic Women's Olympic Team 170307
- ↑ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament: Brazil defeats Ghana 5-1". The Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. 2008-04-19. Archived from the original on 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2015-06-14.
- ↑
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