2012 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament

The CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament determined the two participants representing the African continent at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The competition was played as knockout tournament of four rounds.[1]

Qualification

First round

First leg played on October 2, second leg played on October 23, 2010.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Botswana  2–6  Zambia 1–4 1–2

Second round

The first leg was played on January 15, 2011, second leg on January 29, 2011. The first leg of Guinea v Ghana was played on January 16, 2011. The second leg of Ethiopia v Democratic Republic of Congo was played on January 30, 2011.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gabon  w/o  Equatorial Guinea
Angola  2–2 (a)  Namibia 2–2 0–0
Congo  w/o  Nigeria
Cameroon  6–0  Mali 5–0 1–0
Guinea  1–7  Ghana 1–2 0–5
DR Congo  0–3  Ethiopia 0–0 0–3
Morocco  1–3  Tunisia 0–3 1–0
Zambia  1–5  South Africa 1–2 0–3

Third round

The first leg was played on 1–3 April, second leg on 15–17 April.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ethiopia  2–2 (a)  Ghana 1–0 1–2
Cameroon  0–21  Equatorial Guinea 0–0 0–2
Nigeria  9–0  Namibia 7–0 2–0
South Africa  1–1 (6–5 p)  Tunisia 1–0 0–1

1 Equatorial Guinea were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player,[2] Jade Boho; Cameroon were advanced to the final round.[3]

Final round

The two winners qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games.[1]

The first leg was played on 27 August, second leg on 11 September and 22 October.[4][5]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nigeria  3–3 (3–4 p)  Cameroon 2–1 1–2
South Africa  4–1  Ethiopia 3–0 1–1

See also

References

  1. 1 2 FIFA.com – Women's Olympic Football Tournament: Qualifiers, retrieved on April 15, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Eq Guinea thrown out of women's Olympic qualifiers". BBC. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Equatorial Guinea's Jade Boho to be replaced". FIFA. 28 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Fixture change in Africa
  5. ↑ "Cameroon's women reach Olympics". BBC News. 22 October 2011.
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