Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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Football at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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Tournament
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Twelve teams competed in the 2020 women's Olympic football tournament (postponed to 2021[1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

Table

Means of qualification Dates1 Venue(s)1 Berth(s) Qualified
Host nation — — 1  Japan
2018 Copa América 4–22 April 2018  Chile 1  Brazil
2018 OFC Nations Cup 18 November – 1 December 2018  New Caledonia 1  New Zealand
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
(as UEFA qualifying) 		7 June – 7 July 2019  France 3  Netherlands
 Sweden
 Great Britain
2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship 28 January – 9 February 2020  United States 2  United States
 Canada
2020 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament
 5–10 March 2020 Multiple 1  Zambia
2020 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament 6–11 March 2020 & 8–13 April 2021 Multiple 2  Australia
 China
CAF–CONMEBOL play-off 10–13 April 2021  Turkey 1  Chile
Total   12  
  • ^1 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

2018 Copa América

Main article: 2018 Copa América Femenina

Brazil earned an Olympic qualification place by winning the Copa América. Chile advanced to the playoff round against Cameroon, the second-place team from the CAF qualifying tournament.

Qualified teams

All ten CONMEBOL member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
FIFA ranking

at start of event
 Argentina 7th Champions (2006) 37
 Bolivia 7th Fifth place (1995) 84
 Brazil (holders) 8th Champions (1991, 1995, 1998, 2003, 2010, 2014) 8
 Chile (hosts) 8th Runners-up (1991) 40
 Colombia 6th Runners-up (2010, 2014) 24
 Ecuador 7th Third place (2014) Not ranked
 Paraguay 6th Fourth place (2006) 50
 Peru 6th Third place (1998) 59
 Uruguay 6th Third place (2006) 68
 Venezuela 7th Third place (1991) 64

First stage

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 4 3 1 0 16 2 +14 10 Final stage
2  Chile 4 2 2 0 8 2 +6 8
3  Paraguay 4 2 1 1 7 7 0 7
4  Uruguay 4 0 1 3 2 11 −9 1
5  Peru 4 0 1 3 1 12 −11 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: First stage tiebreakers

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 4 4 0 0 22 1 +21 12 Final stage
2  Argentina 4 3 0 1 12 6 +6 9
3  Venezuela 4 2 0 2 9 6 +3 6
4  Bolivia 4 1 0 3 1 18 −17 3
5  Ecuador 4 0 0 4 3 16 −13 0
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: First stage tiebreakers

Final stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 9 1 +8 9 2020 Summer Olympics
2  Chile 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
CAF–CONMEBOL play-off
3  Argentina 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4  Colombia 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: CONMEBOL
Rules for classification: Final stage tiebreakers

2018 OFC Nations Cup

Main article: 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup

New Zealand earned an Olympic qualification place by winning the Nations Cup.

Qualified teams

Main article: 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification

All 11 OFC member national teams entered the tournament.[2] The top seven ranked teams advanced to the final automatically, with the remaining four competing in a qualification stage for the final place. Tahiti and New Caledonia, as French administrative divisions, were not eligible to compete at the Women's Olympic Football Tournament.

Team Method of
qualification 		Appearance Previous best performance
FIFA ranking

at start of event
 Cook Islands Automatic 4th Third place (2010, 2014)
 New Caledonia 2nd Third place (1983)
 New Zealand 11th Champions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014)
 Papua New Guinea 9th Runners-up (2007, 2010, 2014)
 Samoa 3rd Fourth place (2003)
 Tahiti 2nd Group stage (2010)
 Tonga 4th Third place (2007)
 Fiji Qualification winner 3rd Fourth place (1983, 1998)

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Papua New Guinea 3 3 0 0 14 3 +11 9 Knockout stage
2  New Caledonia (H) 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 6
3  Tahiti 3 0 1 2 8 12 −4 1
4  Samoa 3 0 1 2 5 12 −7 1
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 27 0 +27 9 Knockout stage
2  Fiji 3 2 0 1 15 10 +5 6
3  Tonga 3 1 0 2 1 23 −22 3
4  Cook Islands 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10 0
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Final stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
28 November – Maré
 
 
 Papua New Guinea1
 
1 December – Nouméa
 
 Fiji5
 
 Fiji0
 
28 November – Lifou
 
 New Zealand8
 
 New Zealand8
 
 
 New Caledonia0
 
Third place match
 
 
1 December – Nouméa
 
 
 Papua New Guinea7
 
 
 New Caledonia1

UEFA qualification through the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup § Qualified UEFA teams for Summer Olympics
Qualification for women's championships (UEFA)
FIFA Women's World Cup
UEFA Women's Championship
Summer Olympics

Nine teams from UEFA competed at the

Germany
.

Great Britain qualified through England's performance in the World Cup (a procedure already successfully employed by Team GB in field hockey and rugby sevens), based on a format agreed by the four British football associations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales). Scotland also qualified for the World Cup but, under the agreement whereby the highest ranked home nation is nominated to compete for the purposes of Olympic qualification, their performance was not taken into account. Scotland players, along with Welsh and Northern Irish players, will be eligible for the Great Britain team in Tokyo.[3]

Qualified UEFA teams

Main article: 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Team Qualified as Qualification date Appearance
in finals 		Last
appearance 		Streak Previous best performance 2019 performance
 Netherlands UEFA qualification play-off winners 13 November 2018 2nd 2015 2 Round of 16 (2015) Runners-up
 Sweden UEFA qualification Group 4 winners 4 September 2018 8th 2015 8 Runners-up (2003) Third place
 England (for  Great Britain) UEFA qualification Group 1 winners 31 August 2018 5th 2015 4 Third place (2015) Fourth place
 France Hosts 19 March 2015 4th 2015 3 Fourth place (2011) Quarter-finals
 Germany UEFA qualification Group 5 winners 4 September 2018 8th 2015 8 Champions (2003, 2007) Quarter-finals
 Italy UEFA qualification Group 6 winners 8 June 2018 3rd 1999 1 Quarter-finals (1991) Quarter-finals
 Norway UEFA qualification Group 3 winners 4 September 2018 8th 2015 8 Champions (1995) Quarter-finals
 Spain UEFA qualification Group 7 winners 8 June 2018 2nd 2015 2 Group stage (2015) Round of 16
 Scotland UEFA qualification Group 2 winners 4 September 2018 1st – 1 Debut Group Stage

2020 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship

Main article: 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship

The United States and Canada qualified for Olympic by winning the semi-finals of the Olympic Qualifying Championship.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States (H) 3 3 0 0 18 0 +18 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 8 7 +1 6
3  Haiti 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4  Panama 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0
Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Group B

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 22 0 +22 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Mexico 3 2 0 1 7 2 +5 6
3  Jamaica 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3
4  Saint Kitts and Nevis 3 0 0 3 0 24 −24 0
Source: CONCACAF

Final stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 February – Carson
 
 
 Canada1
 
9 February – Carson
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 Canada0
 
7 February – Carson
 
 United States3
 
 United States4
 
 
 Mexico0
 

2020 CAF Olympic qualifying tournament

Main article:
2020 CAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Zambia earned an Olympic qualification place by winning the qualifying tournament. Cameroon will advance to the playoff round against Chile, the second-place team from the CONMEBOL qualifying tournament.

Bracket

First round Second round Third round Fourth round Fifth round
 Ivory Coast — — w/o
 Sierra Leone — —  Ivory Coast 3 0 3
 Mali 3 2 5  Mali 0 0 0
 Morocco 1 2 3  Ivory Coast (a) 0 1 1
 Algeria 2 1 3  Nigeria 0 1 1
 Chad 0 1 1  Algeria 0 0 0
 Nigeria 2 1 3
 Ivory Coast 0 1 1
 Ethiopia 3 1 4  Cameroon 0 2 2
 Uganda 2 0 2  Ethiopia 1 0 1
 Cameroon (a) 1 0 1
 Cameroon 2 1 3
 Tanzania 2 0 2  DR Congo 0 2 2
 DR Congo 2 1 3  DR Congo — — w/o
 Equatorial Guinea — —
 Cameroon 3 1 4
 Gabon (p) 0 2 2 (5)  Zambia (a) 2 2 4
 Congo 2 0 2 (3)  Gabon 0 0 0
 Ghana 3 2 5
 Ghana 0 0 0
 Malawi 11 3 14  
a.e.t.
) 		0 1 1
 Mozambique 1 0 1  Malawi 3 0 3
 Kenya 2 3 5
 Kenya 2 0 2
 Angola — —  Zambia 2 1 3
 Zambia — — w/o  Zambia[note 1] 5 — w/o
 Zimbabwe 0 —
 Zambia 1 2 3
 Botswana 1 2 3  Botswana 0 0 0
 Namibia 0 2 2  Botswana (p) 0 0 0 (3)
 South Africa 0 0 0 (2)


2020 AFC Olympic qualifying tournament

Main article: 2020 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Australia and China qualified for Olympic by winning the play-off round of the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Qualified teams

Teams entering
third round 		Teams entering
second round 		Teams entering first round
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 (unranked)

 Australia
 China
 North Korea
 South Korea
 Thailand

 Vietnam
 Uzbekistan

 Chinese Taipei
 Myanmar
 Jordan
 Iran

 India
 Philippines
 Hong Kong
 Indonesia

 United Arab Emirates
 Palestine
 Singapore
 Nepal

 Tajikistan
 Bangladesh
 Maldives

 Lebanon
 Macau1
 Mongolia

First round

Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Chinese Taipei 4 4 0 0 33 0 +33 12 Second round
2  Philippines 4 3 0 1 17 7 +10 9
3  Tajikistan (H) 4 2 0 2 11 13 −2 6
4  Mongolia 4 0 1 3 4 20 −16 1
5  Singapore 4 0 1 3 2 27 −25 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 2 1 1 0 9 1 +8 4 Second round
2  Hong Kong 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 4
3  Lebanon 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0
4  United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
5  Macau 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Myanmar (H) 3 2 1 0 8 2 +6 7 Second round
2  India 3 1 1 1 9 4 +5 4
3  Nepal 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4  Bangladesh 3 0 1 2 2 13 −11 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Jordan 3 3 0 0 16 0 +16 9 Second round
2  Indonesia 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3  Palestine (H) 3 1 1 1 3 9 −6 4
4  Maldives 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts


Second round

Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Myanmar (H) 3 2 1 0 12 4 +8 7 Third round
2  India 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7
3  Nepal 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3
4  Indonesia 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Vietnam 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9 Third round
2  Uzbekistan (H) 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3  Jordan 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
4  Hong Kong 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group C
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 9 Third round
2  Philippines 3 2 0 1 11 4 +7 6
3  Iran 3 1 0 2 10 6 +4 3
4  Palestine 3 0 0 3 0 19 −19 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Third round

Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea (H) 2 2 0 0 10 0 +10 6 Play-off round
2  Vietnam 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 3
3  Myanmar 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0
4  North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia (H) 3 2 1 0 14 1 +13 7 Play-off round
2  China 3 2 1 0 12 2 +10 7
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 2 1 12 −11 3
4  Thailand 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Play-off round

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Australia  7–1  Vietnam 5–0 2–1
South Korea  3–4  China 1–2
a.e.t.
)

CAF–CONMEBOL play-off

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification (CAF–CONMEBOL play-off)

The Cameroon, the African runners-up, and Chile, the South American runners-up, will compete in a home-and-away two-legged play-off for a spot in the Olympics.

The 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.[6] 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,[7] but were postponed on 17 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

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.

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé and Estadio Nacional, Santiago.[10] However, FIFA announced on 4 February 2021 that the matches had been further postponed to the women's international match window in April 2021.[11] 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.[12][13]

Team 1
Agg.
Tooltip Aggregate score 		Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cameroon  1–2  Chile 1–2 0–0

Notes

  1. ^ Zimbabwe Football Association failed to field a side for the second leg against Zambia after its players refused to fulfill the fixture as they were owed allowances from the 2019 COSAFA Women's Championship.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. ^ "OFC Competition calendar set for 2018". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Home nations agree to GB women's football team". 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  4. ^ Vickers, Steve; Mangunda, Yvonne (1 September 2019). "Zimbabwe's women boycott Olympic football qualifier against Zambia over unpaid fees". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Kenya outwit Malawi, through to third round". CAFOnline.com. 1 September 2019. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  6. ^ "FIFA.com en español". Twitter (in Spanish). Zürich: @fifacom_es. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020. 🚨 Chile jugará de local la vuelta del repechaje intercontinental a #Tokyo2020 Así lo ha determinado el sorteo celebrado hoy en Zúrich 🇨🇱 @LaRoja se medirá a 🇨🇲 Camerún o 🇿🇲 Zambia por el pase al Torneo Olímpico de Fútbol Femenino 🗓️ 9 Abril - Ida 🗓️ 15 Abril - Vuelta
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "FIFA pospone el repechaje olímpico entre Chile y Camerún debido al COVID-19". ANFP. 17 March 2020.
  9. ^ "La Roja Femenina disputará en febrero el repechaje para los Juegos Olímpicos". laroja.cl. 31 July 2020.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament: Cameroon-Chile postponed". FIFA.com. 4 February 2021.
  12. ^ "FIFA anunció programación del repechaje olímpico entre La Roja Femenina y Camerún". laroja.cl. 22 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Programación de los partidos de La Roja Femenina ante Camerún". laroja.cl. 5 April 2021.
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