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Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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Twelve teams competed in the women's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In addition to the United Kingdom, the host nation, 11 women's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations.

Table

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Means of qualification Date of completion Venue1 Berths Qualified
Host nation 2005 none 1   Great Britain
AFC Preliminary Competition 11 September 2011   China[1] 2   Japan
  North Korea
CAF Preliminary Competition 22 October 2011[2] multiple 2   Cameroon
  South Africa
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition 29 January 2012   Canada[3] 2   United States
  Canada
CONMEBOL Preliminary Competition 21 November 2010   Ecuador 2   Brazil
  Colombia
OFC Preliminary Competition 4 April 2012 multiple 1   New Zealand
Best UEFA teams in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup 17 July 2011   Germany 2   Sweden
  France
Total 12
  • ^1 Locations are those of final tournaments, various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

AFC

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Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Asian Qualifiers

Japan and North Korea earned Olympic qualification places by finishing in the top two of the final round.

First round

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Group A Group B Group C

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Vietnam 4 10
2   Thailand 4 9
3   Chinese Taipei (H) 4 5
4   Myanmar 4 4
5   Hong Kong 4 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Uzbekistan 2 4
2   India 2 4
3   Bangladesh (H) 2 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Iran 3 7
2   Jordan (H) 3 5
3   Bahrain 3 2
4   Palestine 3 1
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Second round

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Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Thailand 4 10
2   Uzbekistan 4 9
3   Vietnam 4 7
4   Jordan (H) 4 3
5   Iran 4 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Final round

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Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Japan 5 13
2   North Korea 5 11
3   Australia 5 9
4   China (H) 5 5
5   South Korea 5 4
6   Thailand 5 0
Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

CAF

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Main article: 2012 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament

Cameroon and South Africa earned Olympic qualification places by winning their final round ties.

First round

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

Second round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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
Cameroon  0–0  Equatorial Guinea
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Equatorial Guinea  2–0  Cameroon
Añonma   12'
Jade   58'

1 Equatorial Guinea were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player,[6] Jade Boho; Cameroon were advanced to the final round.[7]

Final round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score 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

CONCACAF

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Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The United States and Canada earned Olympic qualification places by winning their semi-final matches.

Preliminary round

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Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification

Caribbean Zone

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Group A Group B

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Haiti 3 7
2   Cuba 3 7
3   Suriname 3 3
4   Aruba (H) 3 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Dominican Republic (H) 3 9
2   Trinidad and Tobago 3 6
3   Bermuda 3 3
4   Dominica 3 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Cuba 3 7
2   Trinidad and Tobago 3 6
Source: CONCACAF

Central American Zone

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Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Costa Rica 4 12
2   Guatemala (H) 4 9
3   El Salvador 4 6
4   Honduras 4 3
5   Nicaragua 4 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Group stage

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Group A Group B

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Canada (H) 3 9
2   Costa Rica 3 6
3   Haiti 3 3
4   Cuba 3 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   United States 3 9
2   Mexico 3 6
3   Guatemala 3 3
4   Dominican Republic 3 0
Source: CONCACAF

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
January 27 – Vancouver
 
 
  Canada3
 
January 29 – Vancouver
 
  Mexico1
 
  Canada0
 
January 27 – Vancouver
 
  United States4
 
  United States3
 
 
  Costa Rica0
 

CONMEBOL

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Main article: 2010 South American Women's Football Championship

Brazil and Colombia earned Olympic qualification places by finishing in the top two of the second round of the South American Women's Football Championship.

First stage

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Group A Group B

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Chile 4 9
2   Argentina 4 9
3   Ecuador (H) 4 9
4   Bolivia 4 3
5   Peru 4 0
Source: CONMEBOL
(H) Hosts

Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Brazil 4 12
2   Colombia 4 9
3   Paraguay 4 6
4   Venezuela 4 3
5   Uruguay 4 0
Source: CONMEBOL

Second stage

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Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Brazil 3 9
2   Colombia 3 4
3   Chile 3 2
4   Argentina 3 1
Source: CONMEBOL

OFC

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Main article: 2012 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

New Zealand earned an Olympic qualification place by winning their final round tie.

First stage

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Round-robin

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Pos Team
 Pld Pts
1   Papua New Guinea 3 9
2   Tonga (H) 3 6
3   Samoa 3 3
4   Vanuatu 3 0
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

Knockout round

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Final
 
  
 
7 March 2012 – Nukuʻalofa
 
 
  Papua New Guinea2
 
 
  Tonga0
 
 
 
 
 
Third place play-off
 
 
7 March 2012 – Nukuʻalofa
 
 
  Samoa0
 
 
  Vanuatu2
 

Final stage

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
New Zealand   15–0   Papua New Guinea 8–0 7–0

UEFA

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Main article: 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

France and Sweden earned Olympic qualification places by finishing as the best UEFA teams in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

References

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  1. ^ "China to host women's Olympic qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Fixture change in Africa". FIFA. 19 August 2011. Archived from the original on October 18, 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Canada granted 2012 Olympic Qualifiers". CanadaSoccer.com. Canadian Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 11 November 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Iran protests Fifa ban on women's football team". The New Age (South Africa). 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
  5. ^ "Đội tuyển nữ Iran bỏ cuộc tại Vòng loại thứ 2 Giải bóng đá nữ Olympic London 2012". Vietnam Football Federation. 4 June 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Eq Guinea thrown out of women's Olympic qualifiers". BBC. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  7. ^ "Equatorial Guinea's Jade Boho to be replaced". FIFA. 28 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
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