2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–AFC play-off) explained

2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–AFC play-off)
Event:	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Team1:	Mexico
Team1association:
Team1score:	2
Team2:	Japan
Team2association:
Team2score:	4
Details:	on aggregate
Firstleg:	First leg
Team1score1:	2
Team2score1:	2
Stadium1:	Estadio Azteca
City1:	Mexico City
Referee1:	Martha Toro Pardo (Colombia)
Attendance1:	75,000
Secondleg:	Second leg
Team1score2:	0
Team2score2:	2
Stadium2:	National Stadium
City2:	Tokyo
Referee2:	Katriina Elovirta (Finland)
Attendance2:	12,743
Previous:	1999
Next:	2007

The CONCACAF–AFC play-off of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition was a two-legged home-and-away tie that decided one spot in the final tournament in the United States. The play-off was contested by the third-placed team from CONCACAF, Mexico, and the fourth-placed team from the AFC, Japan.

Qualified teams

Confederation	Placement	Team
CONCACAF	2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 3rd place
AFC	2003 AFC Women's Championship 4th place

Summary

The draw for the order of legs was held at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland on 4 March 2003. The matches were originally scheduled to take place on 10 and 17 May 2003.^[1] However, due to the postponement of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the matches instead took place on 5 and 12 July 2003.

Matches

Japan won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.

External links

Notes and References

News: Draw for FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 to take place in Wuhan on 24 May . . 5 March 2003 . 14 January 2021 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030816051826/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/030305/1/hm.html . 16 August 2003.