Games of the XXIX. Olympiad

Football Qualifying Tournament

(Beijing, China, 2008)

The 12 participants to consist of:

China, as hosts
3 countries from Europe: Germany, Norway, Sweden
1.5 countries from South America: Argentina; Brazil to play off
2 countries from North and Central America:
1.5 countries from Africa:
2 countries from Asia: Japan, North Korea
1 country from Oceania:

EUROPE

No qualifying tournament; the top-3 European teams at the 2007 World Cup
qualify.

Germany and Norway qualified.  England ineligible.
Sweden and Denmark play off for third spot:

Nov 8 in Viborg: Denmark - Sweden 2-4
Nov 28 in Solna: Sweden - Denmark 3-1 (agg. 7-3)

Sweden qualified

SOUTH AMERICA

South American Championship 2006

Qualified: Argentina
To playoff: Brazil

NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA

Central Zone qualifiers

Semifinals [Oct 6/7 and 13/14, 2007]
Costa Rica      -   -  Panama
El Salvador     -   -  Nicaragua
 
Final [Oct 20/21 and Oct 27/28, 2007]

NB: winners qualify for CONCACAF finals (in spring 2008, venue tba)
    for which USA, Canada and Mexico are automatically qualified

AFRICA

Preliminary Round [Oct 28 & Nov 12, 2006]:
Angola           w/o   Tanzania               [Tanzania withdrew]
Mozambique     7-2 n/p Comoros 
Guinea Bissau  1-1 1-3 Guinea
Benin            o/w   Namibia                [Benin withdrew]
Uganda           o/w   Eritrea                [Uganda withdrew]

First Round [Feb 18 & Mar 11, 2007]
Nigeria          w/o   Senegal
Equat. Guinea  2-1 2-4 South Africa
Liberia        0-3 0-2 Ethiopia
Namibia        3-3 2-5 Congo-Kinshasa         [1st leg Feb 17, 2nd leg Mar 10] 
Angola         1-2 0-2 Ghana                  [1st leg Feb 17] 
Mozambique     0-3 1-9 Algeria                [1st leg Feb 17] 
Eritrea        3-2  -  Morocco                [Mar 11 and 24]
Guinea         n/p 1-6 Zimbabwe               [1st leg cancelled due to
                                               political unrest in Guinea]
Second Round [Jun 1-3 & 15-17, 2007]
match-ups tba
 
Third Round [Jul 27, 2007 - Mar 16, 2008]
The 4 second round winners advance to a round robin stage where
each country will play 6 matches (3 home/3 away) over the course 
of 8 months. The winners advance to the 2008 Olympics & the 
runners-up play the runners-up from CONMEBOL.

ASIA

First Round

Group A [knock-out, home/away format]

Semifinal

First Leg [Feb 17]
South Korea    5-0 India

Second Leg [Feb 25]
India          0-3 South Korea

NB: Hongkong walkover against Jordan (withdrew)

Final

First Leg [Mar 10]
South Korea    2-2 Hongkong

Second Leg [Mar 18]
Hongkong       1-0 South Korea

Group B [in Bangkok, Thailand]

[Feb 19]
Maldives       0-6 Singapore
Thailand       1-0 Vietnam
[Feb 21]
Thailand       5-0 Singapore
Vietnam        5-0 Maldives
[Feb 23]
Vietnam        3-0 Singapore
Thailand       9-0 Maldives

 1.Thailand        3  3  0  0  15- 0  9
 2.Vietnam         3  2  0  1   8- 1  6
 3.Singapore       3  1  0  2   6- 8  3
 4.Maldives        3  0  0  3   0-20  0

Group C [in Taipei, Taiwan]

[Feb 21]
Taiwan         2-0 Uzbekistan
Australia      2-0 Myanmar
[Feb 23]
Uzbekistan    0-10 Australia
Taiwan         1-0 Myanmar
[Feb 25]
Taiwan         1-8 Australia
Uzbekistan     1-1 Myanmar
   
 1.Australia       3  3  0  0  20- 1  9
 2.Taiwan          3  2  0  1   4- 8  6
 3.Myanmar         3  0  1  2   1- 4  1
 4.Uzbekistan      3  0  1  2   1-13  1

Final Round

Group 1

[Apr 7]
Japan          2-0 Vietnam       (at Tokyo)
   [Homare Sawa 36, Tomoe Sakai 73]
South Korea    0-1 Thailand

[Apr 15]
Vietnam        1-2 South Korea
Thailand       0-4 Japan         (at Bangkok)
   [Homare Sawa 38, Eriko Arakawa 41, Shinobu Ono 49, 66] 

[Jun 3]
Japan          6-1 South Korea   (at Tokyo)
   [Tomomi Miyamoto 9, Shinobu Ono 20, Eriko Arakawa 24, 
    KIM Jin-hae (o.g.) 34, Kanako Ito 66, Homare Sawa 68
    - Jung Hae-in 74]
Vietnam        1-0 Thailand

[Jun 10]
South Korea    2-2 Japan         (at Bucheon)
Thailand       5-0 Vietnam

[Aug 4]
Vietnam        0-8 Japan
Thailand       1-1 South Korea

[Aug 12]
Japan          5-0 Thailand      (at Tokyo)
South Korea    2-1 Vietnam


 1.JAPAN           6  5  1  0  27- 3 16
 2.South Korea     6  2  2  2   8-12  8
 3.Thailand        6  2  1  3   7-11  7
 4.Vietnam         6  1  0  5   3-19  3

Group 2

[Apr 7]
Ausralia      15-0 Hong Kong
North Korea    8-0 Taiwan

[Apr 15]
Hong Kong     0-14 North Korea
Taiwan        0-10 Australia

[Jun 3]
Taiwan         6-0 Hong Kong
North Korea    2-0 Australia

[Jun 10]
Australia      0-2 North Korea
Hong Kong      0-6 Taiwan

[Aug 4]
Taiwan         0-6 North Korea
Hong Kong      1-8 Australia

[Aug 12]
North Korea   19-0 Hong Kong
Australia      7-0 Taiwan
 
 1.NORTH KOREA     6  6  0  0  51- 0 18
 2.Australia       6  4  0  2  40- 5 12
 3.Taiwan          6  2  0  4  12-31  6
 4.Hong Kong       6  0  0  6   1-68  0

OCEANIA

New Zealand will play Papua New Guinea (winners South Pacific Games 2007)
for one place at the Olympics.

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Thanks to Masanori "Komabano" Nakanishi (HQM07536@nifty.ne.jp)

Prepared and maintained by Todd Roman for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Todd Roman (Toad8098@aol.com)
Last updated: 11 Apr 2008