2012 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament explained

Tourney Name:CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Year:2011
Dates:-
Num Teams:-
Confederations:1
Matches:-
Prevseason:2008
Nextseason:2016

The CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament determined the two participants representing the African continent in Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The competition was played as knockout tournament of four rounds.[1]

Qualification

First round

First leg played on October 2, second leg played on October 23, 2010.

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Second round

The first leg was played on January 15, 2011, second leg on January 29, 2011.The first leg of Guinea v Ghana was played on January 16, 2011.The second leg of Ethiopia v Democratic Republic of Congo was played on January 30, 2011.

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Equatorial Guinea won on walkover.

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Tunisia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third round

The first leg was played on 1–3 April, second leg on 15–17 April.

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1 Equatorial Guinea were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player,[2] Jade Boho; Cameroon were advanced to the final round.[3]

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1–1 on aggregate. South Africa won 6–5 on penalties.

Final round

The two winners qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games.

The first leg was played on 27 August, second leg on 11 September and 22 October.[4] [5]

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See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080709163524/http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/qualifiers/index.html FIFA.com – Women's Olympic Football Tournament: Qualifiers
  2. News: Eq Guinea thrown out of women's Olympic qualifiers. BBC. 3 July 2011. 1 July 2011.
  3. Web site: Equatorial Guinea's Jade Boho to be replaced . FIFA . 3 July 2011 . 28 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110712230059/http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/newsid%3D1463194/index.html . 12 July 2011 . dead .
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20111018233517/http://www.fifa.com/womensolympic/news/newsid=1495323/index.html Fixture change in Africa
  5. News: Cameroon's women reach Olympics . BBC News . 22 October 2011.