Soccer World Cup 2003 / Qualification

Qualification for the 2003 Women's World Cup

The qualifying matches for the 2003 Women's World Cup took place from August 16, 2001 to July 12, 2003.

99 associations had registered for the World Cup. But only 81 teams were able to start the actual World Cup qualification. Because UEFA sorted out 18 weak European teams that had already played a pre-qualification for the 2007 World Cup . A total of 16 starting places were awarded. No team was spared qualifying games, neither the hosts and defending champions USA , nor the originally intended host China . All qualification options include either the championship or the tournament system.

For the World Cup tournament in the USA in 2003, a total of 99 teams had registered, including

• 16 teams from Europe , class A: played for qualification for the 2003 World Cup final tournament
• 18 teams from Europe, class B: played for class A membership in the 2007 World Cup qualification
• 10 teams from South America
• 18 teams from North and Central America
• 19 teams from Africa
• 13 teams from Asia
• 5 teams from Oceania

Qualified teams

5 to Europe	Norway	Sweden	Russia	Germany	France
2 to South America	Brazil	Argentina
1½ (+ 1 GG) to North and Central America	United States	Canada			*
2 to Africa	Nigeria	Ghana
3½ to Asia	North Korea	People's Republic of China	South Korea	Japan *
1 to Oceania	Australia

European Zone / UEFA

The teams were divided into two classes according to their level of performance.
The strong team in Class A and the weaker teams in class B .

Class A: 16 teams play the five finalists of the 2003 World Cup in four groups of four . The four group winners qualified directly for the World Cup finals, the four group runners-up determined the fifth participant in two play-offs.

Class B: 18 teams played in two groups of four and two groups of five. The four group winners and the best runner-up in the group will play in the A-class in qualifying for the 2007 World Cup . None of the participants in the B-Class had the opportunity to qualify for the 2003 World Cup.

Class a

Group 1

25.08.2001 08.09.2001 11.09.2001 13.10.2001 28.10.2001 17.11.2001	Ukraine - Czech Republic Norway - Ukraine Norway - Czech Republic France - Norway Ukraine - France Czech Republic - France	4: 1 4: 0 5: 0 0: 3 0: 2 1: 2	24.03.2002 20.04.2002 09.05.2002 12.05.2002 26.05.2002 01.06.2002	Czech Republic - Norway France - Czech Republic Norway - France Ukraine - Norway Czech Republic - Ukraine France - Ukraine	1: 5 4: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2: 3 2: 1		country	Gates	Pt
						1.	Norway **	21: 3	16
						2.	France *	11: 9	12
						3.	Ukraine	9:12	7th
						4th	Czech Republic	6:23	0

Group 2

04.09.2001 08.09.2001 09.09.2001 30.09.2001 13.10.2001 03.11.2001	Switzerland - Finland Denmark - Switzerland Sweden - Finland Sweden - Denmark Finland - Denmark Switzerland - Sweden	1: 0 4: 0 8: 1 4: 1 0: 6 0: 5	20.04.2002 05.05.2002 08.05.2002 26.05.2002 09.06.2002 26.06.2002	Switzerland - Denmark Finland - Switzerland Sweden - Switzerland Denmark - Finland Denmark - Sweden Finland - Sweden	1: 4 1: 0 4: 0 4: 2 2: 1 0: 5		country	Gates	Pt
						1.	Sweden **	27: 4	15th
						2.	Denmark *	21: 8	15th
						3.	Switzerland	2:18	3
						4th	Finland	4:24	3

Group 3

18.08.2001 08.09.2001 30.09.2001 10.10.2001 28.10.2001 28.11.2001	Iceland - Russia Iceland - Italy Spain - Iceland Italy - Russia Russia - Spain Italy - Spain	1: 1 2: 1 6: 1 1: 3 2: 0 3: 0	24.03.2002 28.04.2002 18.05.2002 22.05.2002 30.05.2002 08.06.2002	Spain - Italy Spain - Russia Russia - Iceland Russia - Italy Iceland - Spain Italy - Iceland	0: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3: 0 0: 0		country	Gates	Pt
						1.	Russia **	10: 6	11
						2.	Iceland *	8: 9	9
						3.	Italy	7: 7	7th
						4th	Spain	8:11	6th

Group 4

27.09.2001 25.10.2001 04.11.2001 17.11.2001 24.11.2001 08.12.2001	Germany - England Germany - Portugal England - Netherlands Netherlands - Germany Portugal - England Portugal - Netherlands	3: 1 9: 0 0: 0 0: 3 1: 1 2: 1	24.02.2002 23.03.2002 18.04.2002 04.05.2002 19.05.2002 19.05.2002	England - Portugal Netherlands - England Germany - Netherlands Portugal - Germany Netherlands - Portugal England - Germany	3: 0 1: 4 6: 0 0: 8 4: 1 0: 1		country	Gates	Pt
						1.	Germany **	30: 1	18th
						2.	England *	9: 6	8th
						3.	Netherlands	6:16	4th
						4th	Portugal	4:26	4th

Relegation matches

Semifinals
August 23, 2002	France	-	Denmark	2: 0 (2: 0)
September 15, 2002	Denmark	-	France	1: 1 (1: 0)
September 16, 2002	Iceland	-	England	2: 2 (1: 1)
September 22, 2002	England	-	Iceland	1: 0 (0: 0)
final
October 17, 2002	England	-	France	0: 1 (0: 0)
November 16, 2002	France **	-	England	1: 0 (0: 0)

class B

Group 5

September 29, 2001 October 14, 2001 October 28, 2001 October 28, 2001 November 17, 2001 November 25, 2001	Austria - Scotland Wales - Austria Scotland - Wales Belgium - Austria Wales - Belgium Belgium - Scotland	1: 2 0: 2 5: 1 3: 1 0: 2 3: 2	March 24, 2002 April 6, 2002 April 21, 2002 May 5, 2002 May 19, 2002 May 25, 2002	Belgium - Wales Austria - Belgium Scotland - Belgium Scotland - Austria Wales - Scotland Austria - Wales	1: 0 2: 4 4: 0 5: 0 0: 2 1: 1		country	Gates	Pt
						1.	Scotland	20: 5	15th
						2.	Belgium	13: 9	15th
						3.	Austria	7:15	4th
						4th	Wales	2:13	1

Group 6

September 8, 2001 September 12, 2001 September 29, 2001 October 27, 2001 November 17, 2001 November 28, 2001	Yugoslavia - Ireland Moldova - Ireland Moldova - Yugoslavia Yugoslavia - Greece Ireland - Greece Greece - Moldova	5: 0 0: 4 1: 2 6: 1 5: 0 1: 2	March 24, 2002 April 6, 2002 April 20, 2002 May 11, 2002 May 18, 2002 May 18, 2002	Greece - Ireland Ireland - Moldova Greece - Yugoslavia Yugoslavia - Moldova Moldova - Greece Ireland - Yugoslavia	1: 3 6: 0 1: 3 6: 0 0: 3 0: 1		country	Gates	Pt
						1.	Serbia and Montenegro	23: 3	18th
						2.	Ireland	18: 7	12
						3.	Greece	7:19	3
						4th	Moldova	3:22	3

Group 7

September 2, 2001 September 23, 2001 September 23, 2001 September 30, 2001 October 13, 2001 October 16, 2001 October 28, 2001 October 28, 2001 November 18, 2001 April 7, 2002	Estonia - Israel Estonia - Poland Croatia - Israel Croatia - Romania Romania - Estonia Croatia - Estonia Poland - Croatia Israel - Romania Israel - Poland Poland - Estonia	2: 5 0: 5 4: 0 2: 2 6: 1 3: 0 2: 0 1: 0 0: 2 5: 0	April 18, 2002 April 21, 2002 May 5, 2002 May 18, 2002 May 25, 2002 May 26, 2002 June 1, 2002 June 4, 2002 June 6, 2002 June 9, 2002	Estonia - Croatia Romania - Poland Poland - Israel Poland - Romania Croatia - Poland Romania - Israel Romania - Croatia Israel - Estonia Israel - Croatia Estonia - Romania	0: 3 0: 1 4: 0 3: 1 0: 3 1: 1 2: 3 3: 0 2: 1 1: 6		country	Gates	Pt
						1.	Poland	25: 1	24
						2.	Croatia	16:11	13
						3.	Israel	12:14	13
						4th	Romania	18:13	8th
						5.	Estonia	4:36	0

Group 8

August 16, 2001 August 20, 2001 September 1, 2001 September 8, 2001 September 28, 2001 September 29, 2001 October 13, 2001 October 13, 2001 October 27, 2001 November 21, 2001	Bosnia-Herzegovina - Slovakia Belarus - Bosnia-Herzegovina Hungary - Bosnia-Herzegovina Belarus - Slovakia Belarus - Turkey Slovakia - Hungary Hungary - Belarus Turkey - Slovakia Turkey - Bosnia-Herzegovina Turkey - Hungary	0: 7 5: 2 3: 0 3: 2 4: 0 0: 2 2: 0 0: 3 5: 1 1: 4	March 24, 2002 April 5, 2002 April 13, 2002 April 13, 2002 April 22, 2002 May 2, 2002 May 4, 2002 May 14, 2002 May 23, 2002 June 22, 2002	Turkey - Belarus Slovakia - Turkey Bosnia-Herzegovina - Hungary Slovakia - Belarus Belarus - Hungary Bosnia-Herzegovina - Turkey Hungary - Slovakia Bosnia-Herzegovina - Belarus Hungary - Turkey Slovakia - Bosnia-Herzegovina	1: 5 3: 0 0:11 3: 1 2: 4 3: 2 3: 1 2: 7 4: 1 6: 2		country	Gates	Pt
						1.	Hungary	33: 5	24
						2.	Slovakia	25:11	15th
						3.	Belarus	27:16	15th
						4th	Turkey	10:27	3
						5.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10:46	3

South America / CONMEBOL

From three groups of three, the three group winners qualified for the CONMEBOL finals, plus Brazil. The group first and second in the finals qualified for the 2003 World Cup in the USA

 

 

Group A

April 9, 2003 April 11, 2003 April 13, 2003	Tournament in Lima, Peru Peru - Bolivia Bolivia - Chile Peru - Chile	3: 1 7: 1 2: 1		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Peru *	5: 2	6th
			2.	Bolivia	8: 4	3
			3.	Chile	2: 9	0

Group B

April 9, 2003 April 11, 2003 April 13, 2003	Tournament in Loja, Ecuador Ecuador - Venezuela Colombia - Venezuela Ecuador - Colombia	2-0 8-0 1: 1		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Colombia *	9: 1	4th
			2.	Ecuador	3: 1	4th
			3.	Venezuela	0:10	0

Group C

April 9, 2003 April 11, 2003 April 13, 2003	Tournament in Salta, Argentina Argentina - Paraguay Uruguay - Paraguay Argentina - Uruguay	3-0 1: 3 8-0		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Argentina *	11: 0	6th
			2.	Paraguay	3: 4	3
			3.	Uruguay	1:11	0

Finals

April 23, 2003 April 23, 2003 April 25, 2003 April 25, 2003 April 27, 2003 April 27, 2003	Tournament in Lima, Peru Brazil - Argentina Peru - Colombia Colombia - Argentina Brazil - Peru Brazil - Colombia Peru - Argentina	3: 2 0: 1 2: 3 3: 0 12: 0 1: 1		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Brazil **	18: 2	9
			2.	Argentina **	6: 6	4th
			3.	Colombia	3:15	3
			4th	Peru	1: 5	1

North and Central America / CONCACAF

In a group of five, five Central American teams determine two participants in the CONCACAF championship. Twelve Caribbean teams also identified three further participants for the CONCACAF championship in the USA. The three teams from the northern zone USA, Mexico and Canada were seeded for the CONCACAF championship.

The CONCACAF championship in the USA also served as qualification for the 2003 World Cup in the USA. The two finalists qualified for the 2003 World Cup in the USA. The third still had the chance to qualify for the World Cup in a playoff against the Asian fourth .

Central zone

July 28, 2002 July 28, 2002 July 31, 2002 July 31, 2002 August 2, 2002 August 2, 2002 August 4, 2002 August 4, 2002 August 6, 2002 August 6, 2002	Guatemala - Panama Costa Rica - Honduras Guatemala - Honduras El Salvador - Panama Costa Rica - Guatemala El Salvador - Honduras Costa Rica - Panama El Salvador - Guatemala Honduras - Panama Costa Rica - El Salvador	1: 2 5: 2 2: 1 1: 3 4: 0 1: 0 4: 1 1: 5 6: 2 3: 0		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Costa Rica *	16: 3	12
			2.	Panama *	8:12	6th
			3.	Guatemala	8: 8	6th
			4th	Honduras	9:10	3
			5.	El Salvador	3:11	3

Caribbean Zone A
First Round

July 10, 2002 July 10, 2002 July 12, 2002 July 12, 2002 July 14, 2002 July 14, 2002	Bahamas - Haiti Cathedral. Rep. - Santa Lucia Cathedral. Rep. - Bahamas Haiti - Santa Lucia Santa Lucia - Bahamas Dom. Rep. Haiti	0: 9 2: 2 3: 0 2: 0 7: 1 0: 3		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Haiti	13: 0	9
			2.	St. Lucia	9: 5	4th
			3.	Dominican Republic	5: 4	4th
			4th	Bahamas	1:19	0

July 13, 2002	Jamaica	-	Puerto Rico	8: 0 (3: 0)
July 21, 2002	Puerto Rico	-	Jamaica	0: 3 (0: 2)
Second round
August 4, 2002	Jamaica	-	Haiti	2: 0 (2: 0)
August 18, 2002	Haiti *	-	Jamaica *	0: 0 (0: 0)

Caribbean Zone B

First round
	Dominica			bye
	Trinidad and Tobago			bye
	Suriname	-	Guyana	Guyana waived
	American Virgin Islands	-	Montserrat	Montserrat waived
Second round
July 5, 2002	Dominica	-	Trinidad and Tobago	0:13 (0: 7)  in Trinidad and Tobago
July 6, 2002	Trinidad and Tobago	-	Dominica	9: 0 (2: 0)
August 8, 2002	Suriname	-	American Virgin Islands	6: 1 (4: 1)
August 10, 2002	American Virgin Islands	-	Suriname	0: 2 (0: 1)  in Suriname
Third round
August 13, 2002	Trinidad and Tobago	-	Suriname	3: 1 (3: 0)  in Suriname
August 15, 2002	Suriname *	-	Trinidad and Tobago *	1: 2 (1: 1)

Caribbean zone / playoff

September 8, 2002	Haiti	-	Suriname	3-0 (2-0)  in Suriname
September 10, 2002	Suriname	-	Haiti *	1: 2 (1: 1)

CONCACAF Final Round
Group A

October 27, 2002 October 27, 2002 October 29, 2002 October 29, 2002 November 2, 2002 November 2, 2002	Panama - Trinidad and T. USA - Mexico USA - Trinidad and T. Panama - Mexico Mexico - Trinidad and T. USA - Panama	4: 2 3: 0 3: 0 1: 5 2: 0 9: 0		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	United States *	15: 0	9
			2.	Mexico *	7: 4	6th
			3.	Panama	5:16	3
			4th	Trinidad and Tobago	2: 9	0

Group B

October 30, 2002 October 30, 2002 November 1, 2002 November 1, 2002 November 3, 2002 November 3, 2002	Jamaica - Costa Rica Canada - Haiti Haiti - Costa Rica Canada - Jamaica Haiti - Jamaica Canada - Costa Rica	0: 2 11: 1 0: 5 9: 0 2: 1 3: 0		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Canada *	23: 1	9
			2.	Costa Rica *	7: 3	6th
			3.	Haiti	3:17	3
			4th	Jamaica	1:13	0

Semifinals
November 6, 2002	United States	-	Costa Rica	7: 0 (1: 0)
November 6, 2002	Canada	-	Mexico	2: 0 (1: 0)
for 3rd place
November 9, 2002	Mexico *	-	Costa Rica	4: 1 (2: 1)
final
November 9, 2002	United States **	-	Canada **	2: 1 n.GG (1: 1, 1: 1)

Tournament in the USA

AFC / CONCACAF playoff

July 5, 2003	Mexico	-	Japan	2: 2 (0: 0)
July 12, 2003	Japan **	-	Mexico	2: 0 (0: 0)

Asian Zone / AFC

The tournament in Thailand served as both a World Cup qualifier and an Asian championship. The first three qualified for the 2003 World Cup . The Asian fourth still had the chance to qualify for the 2003 World Cup in an intercontinental playoff against the CONCACAF third .

Tournament in Thailand

Group A

June 8, 2003 June 8, 2003 June 10, 2003 June 10, 2003 June 12, 2003 June 12, 2003 June 14, 2003 June 14, 2003 June 16, 2003 June 16, 2003	Singapore - Thailand South Korea - Hong Kong South Korea - Thailand North Korea - Hong Kong South Korea - Singapore North Korea - Thailand Hong Kong - Thailand North Korea - Singapore North Korea - South Korea Hong Kong - Singapore	0: 3 8: 0 6: 0 13: 0 4: 0 14: 0 1: 3 16: 0 2: 2 1: 0		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	North Korea *	45: 2	10
			2.	South Korea *	20: 2	10
			3.	Thailand	6:21	6th
			4th	Hong Kong	2:24	3
			5.	Singapore	0:24	0

Group B

June 9, 2003 June 9, 2003 June 11, 2003 June 11, 2003 June 13, 2003 June 13, 2003 June 15, 2003 June 15, 2003 June 17, 2003 June 17, 2003	Japan - Philippines Guam - Taiwan Philippines - Myanmar Japan - Guam Philippines - Taiwan Japan - Myanmar Guam - Myanmar Japan - Taiwan Taiwan - Myanmar Philippines - Guam	15: 0 1: 2 0: 6 7: 0 0: 4 7: 0 0: 4 5: 0 1: 1 2: 1		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Japan *	34: 0	12
			2.	Myanmar	11: 8	7th
			3.	Chinese Taipei	7: 7	7th
			4th	Philippines	2:26	3
			5.	Guam	2:15	0

Group C

June 9, 2003 June 9, 2003 June 11, 2003 June 11, 2003 June 13, 2003 June 13, 2003	China - Vietnam India - Uzbekistan Vietnam - Uzbekistan China - India Vietnam - India China - Uzbekistan	6: 0 6: 0 4: 2 12: 0 2: 1 11: 0		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	People's Republic of China *	29: 0	9
			2.	Vietnam	6: 9	6th
			3.	India	7:14	3
			4th	Uzbekistan	2:21	0

Semifinals
June 19, 2003	North Korea	-	Japan	3: 0 (2: 0)
June 19, 2003	People's Republic of China	-	South Korea	3: 1 (2: 1)
for 3rd place
June 21, 2003	Japan *	-	South Korea **	0: 1 (0: 1)
final
June 21, 2003	North Korea **	-	People's Republic of China **	2: 1 n.GG (1: 1, 1: 0)

AFC / CONCACAF playoff

July 5, 2003	Mexico	-	Japan	2: 2 (0: 0)
July 12, 2003	Japan **	-	Mexico	2: 0 (0: 0)

African Zone / CAF

21 African teams identified seven participants in the final Africa tournament in Nigeria in two knockout rounds. In addition, the eighth participant was the host Nigeria.

In two groups of four, the two group winners qualified for the semi-finals. Both finalists qualified for the 2003 World Cup . The tournament was also the Africa championship.

Preliminary rounds

to group A
	Senegal	-	Guinea-Bissau	renounced
September 22, 2002	Senegal	-	Ghana	0: 3 (0: 2)
October 12, 2002	Ghana *	-	Senegal	3: 1 (1: 0)
August 10, 2002	Ivory Coast	-	Mali	3: 3 (1: 2)
August 24, 2002	Mali	-	Ivory Coast	1: 1 (0: 1)
September 22, 2002	Mali	-	Morocco	0: 0 (0: 0)
October 11, 2002	Morocco	-	Mali *	0-0 penalty. 4: 5
	Ethiopia	-	Swaziland	renounced
September 22, 2002	Ethiopia	-	Uganda	2: 0 (1: 0)
October 13, 2002	Uganda	-	Ethiopia *	2: 2 (1: 0)
to group B
	Zambia	-	Botswana	renounced
September 21, 2002	Zambia	-	South Africa	1: 4 (0: 2)
October 12, 2002	South Africa *	-	Zambia	4: 0 (3: 0)
August 10, 2003	Sao Tome and Principe	-	Gabon	0: 2 (0: 1)
August 24, 2003	Gabon	-	Sao Tome and Principe	6: 0 (3: 0)
September 21, 2002	Gabon	-	Cameroon	1: 1 (0: 0)
October 12, 2002	Cameroon *	-	Gabon	4: 0 (1: 0)
August 11, 2002	Angola	-	Equatorial Guinea	3: 0 (1: 0)
August 24, 2002	Equatorial Guinea	-	Angola	1: 3 (1: 2)
September 22, 2002	Angola	-	Democratic Republic of Congo	1: 0 (1: 0)
October 11, 2002	Democratic Republic of Congo	-	Angola *	1: 0 (1: 0) penalty. 4: 5
August 10, 2002	Eritrea	-	Tanzania	2: 3 (1: 3)
August 24, 2002	Tanzania	-	Eritrea	2: 2 (0: 2)
September 21, 2002	Tanzania	-	Zimbabwe	0: 5 (0: 4)
October 13, 2002	Zimbabwe *	-	Tanzania	5: 0 (3: 0)

Final tournament in Nigeria

Group A

December 7, 2002 December 7, 2002 December 10, 2002 December 10, 2002 December 13, 2002 December 13, 2002	Nigeria - Ethiopia Mali - Ghana Ethiopia - Mali Ghana - Nigeria Ethiopia - Ghana Nigeria - Mali	3: 0 0: 2 2: 2 1: 0 0: 3 5: 1		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Ghana *	6-0	9
			2.	Nigeria *	8: 2	6th
			3.	Mali	3: 9	1
			4th	Ethiopia	2: 8	1

Group B

December 8, 2002 December 8, 2002 December 11, 2002 December 11, 2002 December 14, 2002 December 14, 2002	South Africa - Cameroon Zimbabwe - Angola Cameroon - Zimbabwe Angola - South Africa Cameroon - Angola South Africa - Zimbabwe	2: 1 1: 1 0: 0 1: 1 1: 0 3: 1		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	South Africa *	6: 3	7th
			2.	Cameroon *	2: 2	4th
			3.	Angola	2: 3	2
			4th	Zimbabwe	2: 4	2

Semifinals
December 17, 2002	Ghana	-	Cameroon	3: 2 nV (2: 2 1: 0)
December 18, 2002	South Africa	-	Nigeria	0: 5 (0: 1)
for 3rd place
February 20, 2002	Cameroon	-	South Africa	3: 0 (1: 0)
final
February 20, 2002	Ghana **	-	Nigeria **	0: 2 (0: 1)

Oceanic Zone / OFC

Five oceanic teams determined in a tournament in Canberra (Australia) the representative Oceania at the 2003 World Cup in the USA.

April 5, 2003 April 5, 2003 April 7, 2003 April 7, 2003 April 9, 2003 April 9, 2003 April 11, 2003 April 11, 2003 April 13, 2003 April 13, 2003	Cook Islands - Papua New Guinea Australia - Samoa Australia - Cook Islands Samoa - New Zealand Cook Islands - New Zealand Australia - Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea - New Zealand Cook Islands - Samoa Papua New Guinea - Samoa Australia - New Zealand	1: 5 19: 0 11: 0 0:15 0: 9 13: 0 0: 5 0: 1 5: 2 2: 0		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Australia **	45-0	12
			2.	New Zealand	29: 2	9
			3.	Papua New Guinea	10:21	6th
			4th	Samoa	3:39	3
			5.	Cook Islands	1:26	0

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