The CAF–CONMEBOL play-off of the 2020 Women's Olympic Football Tournament qualification competition was a two-legged tie that decided one spot in the Olympic football tournament in Japan. The play-off was contested by the runners-up from CAF, Cameroon, and the runners-up from CONMEBOL, Chile.
| Event | Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification | ||||||
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| Date | 10 April 2021 | ||||||
| Venue | Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Antalya | ||||||
| Referee | Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)[1] | ||||||
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| Date | 13 April 2021 | ||||||
| Venue | Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Antalya | ||||||
| Referee | Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)[2] | ||||||
Originally, the first leg would be hosted by Cameroon, while the second leg would be hosted by Chile. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, FIFA established that the matches would be played in a neutral country, Turkey, at the Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex in Antalya.[3]
Chile won the first leg 2–1, while the second leg finished as a 0–0 draw. With a 2–1 victory on aggregate, Chile qualified for their first Olympic football tournament.[4]
Qualified teams
edit| Confederation | Placement | Team |
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| CAF | 2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament runners-up |  Cameroon
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| CONMEBOL | 2018 Copa América Femenina runners-up |  Chile
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Format
editThe play-off was played on a two-legged basis, with the order of legs determined by a draw. Originally planned as a home-and-away tie, with each team playing one leg at home, both matches were later moved to a neutral venue. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs qualified for the Olympics. However, if the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule would still be applied based on the administrative "home" teams determined by the draw (i.e. the team that scored more goals away from "home" over the two legs would qualify).[5][6] If away goals were also equal, then 30 minutes of extra time would be played. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time, i.e. if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the "away" team would qualify by virtue of more away goals scored. If no goals were scored during extra time, the winners would be decided by a penalty shoot-out.[7]
Summary
editThe draw for the order of legs was held on 31 January 2020 at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland. The first leg was originally to be held in Cameroon (the participating team from Africa was not known at the time of draw), while the second leg was originally to be held in Chile.[8] The matches were originally scheduled to be played on 9 and 15 April 2020, with the second leg in Chile to take place at the Estadio Tierra de Campeones, Iquique,[9] but were postponed on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
After the Olympics had been postponed to July 2021, on 30 July 2020 FIFA announced the matches were rescheduled to 18 and 24 February 2021.[11] The fixtures were to take place at the Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé and Estadio Nacional, Santiago.[12] However, FIFA announced on 4 February 2021 that the matches had been further postponed to the women's international match window in April 2021.[13] It was confirmed on 22 March 2021 that the matches had been moved to Arslan Zeki Demirci Sports Complex, Antalya, Turkey and would be played on 10 and 13 April 2021.[14][15]
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| Cameroon
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1–2 | Chile
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1–2 | 0–0 |
Matches
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Chile won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Goalscorers
editThere were 3 goals scored in 2 matches, for an average of 1.5 goals per match.
1 goal
References
edit- ^ Molina, Geraldine (9 April 2021). "Datos en la previa de Camerún vs Chile por el repechaje olímpico" [Cameroon vs Chile Olympic play-off preview facts]. Contragolpe.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Canelo Rojas, Javiera (12 April 2021). "Datos en la previa de Chile vs Camerún por la vuelta del repechaje olímpico" [Chile vs Cameroon Olympic play-off second leg preview facts]. Contragolpe.cl (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic draws to be held at the Home of FIFA". FIFA.com. 22 March 2021. Archived from the original on 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Chile book historic ticket to round out Tokyo 2020 field". FIFA. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Browne, Ken (10 April 2021). "Chile closer to dream Olympic debut after first-leg win over Cameroon". Olympic Channel. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ Medina, Matías (10 April 2021). "Gol de visita "vale doble": triunfo clave de la selección chilena femenina ante Camerún" [Away goal "worth double": key win for Chilean women's national team against Cameroon]. RedGol.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments, Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "FIFA.com en español". Twitter (in Spanish). Zürich: @fifacom_es. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
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- ^ "El Estadio Tierra de Campeones de Iquique albergará la vuelta del repechaje olímpico" [The Estadio Tierra de Campeones will host the 2nd Leg of the Olympic Play-offs] (in Spanish). La Roja. 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "FIFA pospone el repechaje olímpico entre Chile y Camerún debido al COVID-19". ANFP. 17 March 2020.
- ^ "La Roja Femenina disputará en febrero el repechaje para los Juegos Olímpicos". laroja.cl. 31 July 2020.
- ^ "La Roja Femenina ya conoce la programación del repechaje olímpico ante Camerún" [La Roja women already know the schedule for the Olympic play-off against Cameroon]. laroja.cl (in Spanish). 26 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament: Cameroon-Chile postponed". FIFA.com. 4 February 2021.
- ^ "FIFA anunció programación del repechaje olímpico entre La Roja Femenina y Camerún". laroja.cl. 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Programación de los partidos de La Roja Femenina ante Camerún". laroja.cl. 5 April 2021.