2012 CAF Women's Olympic qualifying tournament

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]

2011 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Dates-
Teams- (from 1 confederation)
Tournament statistics
Matches played-
2008
2016

Qualification

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First round

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


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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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.


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
Gabon  Cancelled  Equatorial Guinea

Equatorial Guinea won on walkover.


Morocco  0–3  Tunisia
Report Chebbi   3'
Houij   21'
Mlayeh   62'
Tunisia  0 – 1  Morocco
Bouharat  

Tunisia won 3–1 on aggregate.

Third round

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

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,[2] Jade Boho; Cameroon were advanced to the final round.[3]


South Africa  1–0  Tunisia
Matlou   47' Report
Tunisia  1–0  South Africa
Penalties
5–6

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

Final round

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The two winners qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games.[1]

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


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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b FIFA.com – Women's Olympic Football Tournament: Qualifiers, retrieved on April 15, 2011.
  2. ^ "Eq Guinea thrown out of women's Olympic qualifiers". BBC. 1 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Equatorial Guinea's Jade Boho to be replaced". FIFA. 28 June 2011. Archived from the original on 12 July 2011. Retrieved 3 July 2011.
  4. ^ Fixture change in Africa
  5. ^ "Cameroon's women reach Olympics". BBC News. 22 October 2011.
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