Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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.

Football at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Qualification
menwomen
Tournament
menwomen
Squads
menwomen

Table
Means of qualificationDate of completionVenue1BerthsQualified
Host nation2005none1 Great Britain
AFC Preliminary Competition11 September 2011 China[1]2 Japan
 North Korea
CAF Preliminary Competition22 October 2011[2]multiple2 South Africa
 Cameroon
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition29 January 2012 Canada[3]2 United States
 Canada
CONMEBOL Preliminary Competition21 November 2010 Ecuador2 Brazil
 Colombia
OFC Preliminary Competition4 April 2012multiple1 New Zealand
Best UEFA teams in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup17 July 2011 Germany2 Sweden
 France
Total12
  • ^1 Locations are those of final tournaments, various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

AFC
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
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) Host.
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Uzbekistan 2 4
2  India 2 4
3  Bangladesh (H) 2 0
Source: AFC
(H) Host.
Pos Team Pld Pts
1  Iran 3 7
2  Jordan (H) 3 5
3  Bahrain 3 2
4  Palestine 3 1
Source: AFC
(H) Host.

Second round
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) Host.

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

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

Second round
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
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,[4] Jade Boho; Cameroon were advanced to the final round.[5]

Final round
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

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

Caribbean Zone
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) Host.
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) Host.

Ranking of second-placed teams

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

Central American Zone
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) Host.

Group stage
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) Host.
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
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
January 27 – Vancouver
 
 
 Canada3
 
January 29 – Vancouver
 
 Mexico1
 
 Canada0
 
January 27 – Vancouver
 
 United States4
 
 United States3
 
 
 Costa Rica0
 

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

OFC
Main article: 2012 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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

Round-robin
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) Host.

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

Final stage
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
New Zealand  15–0  Papua New Guinea 8–0 7–0

UEFA
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
  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. 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. "Eq Guinea thrown out of women's Olympic qualifiers". BBC. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  5. "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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