Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification for women's 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 were:

Confederation/Region	Berths	Qualified Teams
Host nation (automatically qualified)	1	China
UEFA (Europe)	3	Germany Norway Sweden
CONMEBOL (South America)	1	Argentina
CONCACAF (North, Central America and Caribbean)	2	United States Canada
CAF (Africa)	1	Nigeria
AFC (Asia)	2	Japan North Korea
OFC (Oceania)	1	New Zealand
CONMEBOL–CAF play-off play-off	1	Brazil

AFC

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 17 February 2007. Second leg played on 25 February 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 10 March 2007 and 18 March 2007 respectively.

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).

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

19 February 2007 (2007-02-19)

Maldives	0–6	Singapore

Thai-Japanese Stadium, Bangkok

19 February 2007 (2007-02-19)

Thailand	1–0	Vietnam
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Thai-Japanese Stadium, Bangkok

21 February 2007 (2007-02-21)

Thailand	5–0	Singapore

Thai-Japanese Stadium, Bangkok

21 February 2007 (2007-02-21)

Vietnam	5–0	Maldives
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Thai-Japanese Stadium, Bangkok

23 February 2007 (2007-02-23)

Vietnam	3–0	Singapore
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Thai-Japanese Stadium, Bangkok

23 February 2007 (2007-02-23)

Thailand	9–0	Maldives

Thai-Japanese Stadium, Bangkok

Group C

All matches were held at Zhongshan Soccer Stadium (Taipei, Taiwan).

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
Myanmar	1	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3
Uzbekistan	1	3	0	1	2	1	13	−12

21 February 2007

Chinese Taipei	2–0	Uzbekistan
Australia	2–0	Myanmar

23 February 2007

Chinese Taipei	1–0	Myanmar
Uzbekistan	0–10	Australia

25 February 2007

Chinese Taipei	1–8	Australia
Uzbekistan	1–1	Myanmar

Final Round

Group winners would qualify for the Olympics. Matches played from 7 April to 12 August 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

7 April 2007

16:00

Japan	2–0	Vietnam
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National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

7 April 2007

15:00

South Korea	0–1	Thailand

Ansan Wa~ Stadium, Ansan

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15 April 2007

19:00

Thailand	0–4	Japan
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Thai Army Sports Stadium, Bangkok

15 April 2007

16:00

Vietnam	1–2	South Korea
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Lạch Tray Stadium, Hai Phong

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3 June 2007

19:00

Japan	6–1	South Korea
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National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

3 June 2007

17:00

Vietnam	1–0	Thailand
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Lạch Tray Stadium, Hai Phong

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10 June 2007

17:00

South Korea	2–2	Japan
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Bucheon Stadium, Bucheon

10 June 2007

16:00

Thailand	5–0	Vietnam

Rajamangala Stadium, Bangkok

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4 August 2007

16:00

Thailand	1–1	South Korea

Thai-Japanese Stadium, Bangkok

4 August 2007

17:00

Vietnam	0–8	Japan
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Lạch Tray Stadium, Hai Phong

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12 August 2007

19:00

South Korea	2–1	Vietnam
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Cheongju Stadium, Cheongju

12 August 2007

19:00

Japan	5–0	Thailand
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National Olympic Stadium, Tokyo

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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

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7 April 2007

16:00

North Korea	8–0	Chinese Taipei

Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

7 April 2007

15:00

Australia	15–0	Hong Kong
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BCU International Stadium, Coffs Harbour

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15 April 2007

16:00

Chinese Taipei	0–10	Australia
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Chungshan Stadium, Taipei

15 April 2007

15:00

Hong Kong	0–14	North Korea

Siu Sai Wan Sports Ground, Hong Kong

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3 June 2007

18:00

Chinese Taipei	6–0	Hong Kong

Chungshan Stadium, Taipei

3 June 2007

18:00

North Korea	2–0	Australia
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Yanggakdo Stadium, Pyongyang

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10 June 2007

15:00

Hong Kong	0–6	Chinese Taipei

Mong Kok Stadium, Hong Kong

10 June 2007

15:00

Australia	0–2	North Korea
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BCU International Stadium, Coffs Harbour

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4 August 2007

18:00

Chinese Taipei	0–6	North Korea

Chungshan Stadium, Taipei

4 August 2007

15:30

Hong Kong	1–8	Australia
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Hong Kong Stadium, Hong Kong

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12 August 2007

17:00

North Korea	19–0	Hong Kong

Kim Il-sung Stadium, Pyongyang

12 August 2007

15:00

Australia	7–0	Chinese Taipei
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BCU International Stadium, Coffs Harbour

CAF

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 27 to 29 October 2006. Second leg played from 10 to 12 November 2006.

Team 1	Agg	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Angola		Tanzania*
Mozambique	7–2	Comoros	7–2	*
Guinea-Bissau	2–4	Guinea	1–1	1–3
*Benin		Namibia
*Uganda		Eritrea

* = withdrew

First round

First leg played on 17 and 18 February 2007. Second leg will play from 9 to 11 March 2007. Eritrea and Morocco will play their matches on 10 and 24 March 2007. Guinea and Zimbabwe only played one leg in Zimbabwe due to political unrest in Guinea.

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 1 to 3 June 2007. Second leg played from 15 to 17 June 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 27 July 2007 and 14 March 2008. Ethiopia withdrew.

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

28 July 2007

Nigeria	5–0	South Africa
Ethiopia	1–3 (later annulled)	Ghana

12 August 2007

Ghana	1–0	Nigeria

26 August 2007

South Africa	0–1	Ghana

9 December 2007

Ghana	2–1	South Africa

16 February 2008

South Africa	0–1	Nigeria

15 March 2008

Nigeria	2–0	Ghana

Nigeria qualified for the Olympics. Ghana advanced to the inter-continental play-off.

CONCACAF

Main article: 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Preliminary round

Main article: 2008 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification

Caribbean Zone

The system is a two-round single round robin format, held in October 2007. 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.

First round

Group 1	Group 2
Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Trinidad and Tobago 3 9 2 Suriname (H) 3 6 3 Grenada 3 3 4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts	Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Cuba 3 9 2 Dominican Republic (H) 3 6 3 U.S. Virgin Islands 3 3 4 British Virgin Islands 3 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts
Group 3	Group 4
Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Jamaica 3 9 2 Bermuda 3 6 3 Antigua and Barbuda (H) 3 3 4 Dominica 3 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts	Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Puerto Rico 2 6 2 Haiti 2 3 3 Cayman Islands (H) 2 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts

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.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Puerto Rico	2–2 (a)	Trinidad and Tobago	1–2	1–0
Cuba	0–3	Jamaica	0–1	0–2

Central American Zone

Two home and away series will be played, with the winners moving on to the final round. The first leg will play on 6 October 2007. The second leg will play on 13 October 2007. The winners of the ties will play in the decisive final round on 20 and 27 October 2007. 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.

	First round						Second round
	El Salvador	1	0	1
	Nicaragua	2	3	5
							Nicaragua	0	0	0
							Costa Rica	3	6	9
	Panama	—	—
	Costa Rica	—	—	w/o

Group stage

Six teams will qualify for the final round. The final round will be held at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, from 2–13 April. The draw was held at 11:00 am (EST) on 25 February.

Group A	Group B
Pos Team Pld Pts 1 United States 2 6 2 Mexico (H) 2 3 3 Jamaica 2 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts	Pos Team Pld Pts 1 Canada 2 6 2 Costa Rica 2 1 3 Trinidad and Tobago 2 1 Source: CONCACAF

Knockout stage

The winners of the semi-finals qualified for the Olympics.

	Semi-finals				Final
	9 April – Ciudad Juárez
	Canada	1
					12 April – Ciudad Juárez
	Mexico	0
					Canada	1 (5)
	9 April – Ciudad Juárez
					United States (p)	1 (6)
	United States	3
	Costa Rica	0
					Third place play-off
					12 April – Ciudad Juárez
					Mexico	1
					Costa Rica	0

CONMEBOL

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.

OFC

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 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

UEFA

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. 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", which implies that Sweden and Denmark will require a playoff for the final qualification spot. While UEFA initially stated that no playoff was required The official website for European football, this was amended fairly rapidly The official website for European football.

Olympic play-off

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Denmark	3–7	Sweden	2–4	1–3

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8 November 2007

19:00 UTC+1

Denmark	2–4	Sweden
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Energi Viborg Arena, Viborg

Attendance: 4,011

Referee: Cristina Ionescu (Romania)

28 November 2007

19:00 UTC+1

Sweden	3–1	Denmark
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Råsundastadion, Solna

Attendance: 4,078

Referee: Alexandra Ihringova (England)

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

CONMEBOL–CAF play-off

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (CONMEBOL–CAF 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 took place on 19 April 2008 in a single, one-off match at the Workers' Stadium in Beijing, China (a neutral venue).

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Brazil	5–1	Ghana

External links

• Fixtures and results on AFC's website (Women's tournament)