Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Qualifications

A total of twelve teams will participate in the finals of the Olympic tournament for women. These finalists were:[1]

Confederation/RegionBerthsQualified 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.[2]

As the result of the World Cup, Germany (winners) and Norway (fourth place) qualified for the Olympics, while Sweden and Denmark (both eliminated in the group stage) qualified for the play-off. 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",[2] which implies 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 .

Olympic play-off
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Denmark  3–7  Sweden 2–4 1–3
Denmark 2–4 Sweden
Sørensen  31'
Pape  73'		 report (UEFA)
report (Danish FA)		 Landström  30'
Schelin  46', 65'
Seger  49'
Attendance: 4,011
Referee: Cristina Ionescu (Romania)
Sweden 3–1 Denmark
Schelin  43'
Svensson  45', 74'		 report (UEFA)
report (Danish FA)		 Sørensen  80'
Attendance: 4,078

Sweden won 7–3 on aggregate and qualified for the Olympics.

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)
See also: 2008 CONCACAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament

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.[3]

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 3300191+189
 Suriname 3201176+116
 Grenada 3102413−93
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3003222−200

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 3300371+369
 Dominican Republic 3201222+206
 U.S. Virgin Islands 3102518−133
 British Virgin Islands 3002043−430

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 3300240+249
 Bermuda 3201124+86
 Antigua and Barbuda 3102316−133
 Dominica 3003019−190

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 220050+56
 Haiti 21013303
 Cayman Islands 200227−50

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.[3] 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 220091+86
 Mexico 210194+53
 Jamaica 2002114−130

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 220070+76
 Costa Rica 201123−11
 Trinidad and Tobago 201128−61

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)[4]  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*
Mozambique  12–5  Comoros 7–2 5–3
Guinea-Bissau  2–4  Guinea 1–1 1–3
*Benin   Namibia
*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.[5]

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  0–5  Ethiopia 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.[6]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 430181+79
 Ghana 430143+19
 South Africa 400419−80
 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.[7]

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).[8]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Thailand (host) 93300150+15
 Vietnam 6320181+7
 Singapore 3310268−2
 Maldives 03003020−20

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).[8]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Australia 93300201+19
Chinese Taipei (host) 6320148−4
 Myanmar 1301214−3
 Uzbekistan 13012113−12

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

[9]

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 166510273+24
 South Korea 86222812−4
 Thailand 76213711−4
 Vietnam 36105319−16
Japan 2–0 Vietnam
Sawa  36'
Sakai  73'
National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
South Korea 0–1 Thailand
Thailand 0–4 Japan
Sawa  38'
Arakawa  41'
Ohno  44', 66'
Thai Army Sports Stadium, Bangkok
Vietnam 1–2 South Korea
Đoàn Thị Kim Chi  25' Ji So-Yun  55', 59'
Japan 6–1 South Korea
Miyamoto  9'
Ohno  21'
Arakawa  24'
Lee Kye-lim  34' (o.g.)
Ito  66'
Sawa  68'[10]		 Jung Hae-in  74'
National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Vietnam 1–0 Thailand
South Korea 2–2 Japan
Kim Jin-hee  5'
Park Hee-young  64'		 Ohno  11'
Miyama  37'
Thailand 5–0 Vietnam
Thailand 1–1 South Korea
Vietnam 0–8 Japan
Sakai  10'
Iwashimizu  17'
Ohno  36', 60'
Miyama  39'
Miyamoto  70'
Sawa  72'
Nagasato  80'
South Korea 2–1 Vietnam
Cheongju Stadium, Cheongju
Japan 5–0 Thailand
Ohno  1'
Nagasato  30'
Yanagita  45'
Sawa  45+2'
Sakaguchi  89'
National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

Group B
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 North Korea 186600510+51
 Australia 126402405+35
Chinese Taipei 662041231−19
 Hong Kong 06006168−67
North Korea 8–0 Chinese Taipei
Australia 15–0 Hong Kong
Chinese Taipei 0–10 Australia
Hong Kong 0–14 North Korea
Chinese Taipei 6–0 Hong Kong
North Korea 2–0 Australia
Hong Kong 0–6 Chinese Taipei
Australia 0–2 North Korea
Chinese Taipei 0–6 North Korea
Hong Kong 1–8 Australia
North Korea 19–0 Hong Kong
Australia 7–0 Chinese Taipei

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 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.

Brazil 5–1 Ghana
Marta  19'
Cristiane  41', 70'
Aline  53'[12]
Rosana  71'		 Report Amankwa  75'
Workers Stadium, Beijing (China PR)

References
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  4. "U.S. Women's National Team Downs Canada in Penalty Kick Shootout to Win 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying". U.S.Soccer. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18.
  5. http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol2008q-women.html#Africa
  6. http://www.cafonline.com/news.php?id=1214
  7. S.Korea Reaches Final Round. Retrieved on February 27, 2007.
  8. Beijing 2008 – Schedule & Results, Asian Football Confederation, Retrieved April 6, 2011.
  9. "Schedule / Results - Women". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  10. Korea Republic Women's Olympic Team 170307
  11. "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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