Football Women's World Cup 2007 / Qualification

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Qualification for the tournament started in August 2005 and lasted until April 2007. China was automatically qualified to host the tournament. Furthermore, five European teams, two African teams, two other Asian teams (in addition to China), a team from Oceania, two South American and two North American teams qualified. The 16th team was determined in a relegation game between the third-placed from Asia and North America.

Except in Europe, the continental championship served as a qualifying tournament everywhere.

European Zone / UEFA

The category A played in five groups of five teams to qualify for the World Cup. The respective group winners qualified for the tournament.

Germany faced Ireland, Russia, Scotland and Switzerland in Group 4 of the qualification. Austria faced England, France, the Netherlands and Hungary in Group 5.

The remaining twelve European women's football nations played in the category B in the groups 6 to 8 for the promotion to the category A .

Overview

Category A
Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Greece	Iceland	Belgium	Germany	England
Italy	Portugal	Denmark	Ireland	France
Norway	Sweden	Finland	Russia	Netherlands
Serbia	Czech Republic	Poland	Scotland	Austria
Ukraine	Belarus	Spain	Switzerland	Hungary
	Category B
	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Kazakhstan	Estonia
	Croatia	Northern Ireland	Israel
	Malta	Romania	Moldova
	Slovenia	Slovakia	Wales

Game results

Category A

Group 1

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Norway	8th	7th	1	0	22: 03	21st
2	Ukraine	8th	5	1	2	20:11	16
3	Italy	8th	5	0	3	25: 06	15th
4th	Serbia	8th	2	0	6th	06:27	6th
5	Greece	8th	0	0	8th	02:28	0

27/08/05 24/09/05 24/09/05 10/29/05 29/10/05 11/02/05 11/05/05 09/11/05 25/03/06 29/03/06 04/22/06 25/04/06 05/06/06 05/10/06 06/17/06 06/20/06 6.21. 06 06/23/06 08/27/06 09/23/06	Norway - Ukraine Italy - Ukraine Serbia and Montenegro - Norway Greece - Serbia and Montenegro Norway - Italy Italy - Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro - Ukraine Greece - Ukraine Greece - Norway Italy - Greece Greece - Italy Serbia and Montenegro - Greece Ukraine - Serbia and Montenegro Norway - Serbia and Montenegro Ukraine - Italy Norway - Greece Serbia - Italy Ukraine - Greece Ukraine - Norway Italy - Norway	4: 1 3: 1 0: 4 0: 2 1: 0 6: 0 0: 4 1: 3 0: 3 2: 0 0: 5 3: 1 2: 1 3: 0 2: 1 4: 0 0: 7 6: 0 1: 1 1: 2

Group 2

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1.	Sweden	8th	7th	1	0	32: 06	22nd
2.	Czech Republic	8th	5	1	3	20: 06	16
3.	Iceland	8th	4th	1	3	18:12	13
4th	Belarus	8th	2	1	5	06:23	07th
5.	Portugal	8th	0	0	8th	04:31	00

21.08.05 27.08.05 28.08.05 24.09.05 24.09.05 01.11.05 05.11.05 22.04.06 06.05.06 07.05.06 11.05.06 03.06.06 18.06.06 18.06.06 19.08.06 26.08.06 27.08. 06 09/23/06 09/24/06 09/28/06	Iceland - Belarus Belarus - Czech Republic Sweden - Iceland Czech Republic - Iceland Sweden - Belarus Portugal - Sweden Portugal - Czech Republic Czech Republic - Sweden Belarus - Iceland Sweden - Portugal Portugal - Belarus Czech Republic - Portugal Belarus - Sweden Iceland - Portugal Iceland - Czech Republic Iceland - Sweden Czech Republic - Belarus Belarus - Portugal Sweden - Czech Republic Portugal - Iceland	3: 0 1: 1 2: 2 1: 0 6: 0 1: 4 0: 3 2: 3 1: 2 5: 1 0: 1 6: 0 0: 6 3: 0 2: 4 0: 4 3: 0 3: 2 2: 0 0: 6

Group 3

27.08.05 31.08.05 24.09.05 25.09.05 29.09.05 30.10.05 30.10.05 05.11.05 10.11.05 26.03.06 30.03.06 22.04.06 22.04.06 27.04.06 06.05.06 07.05.06 11.05. 06 08/26/06 09/23/06 09/27/06	Poland - Denmark Belgium - Finland Finland - Poland Denmark - Belgium Poland - Spain Belgium - Poland Finland - Spain Spain - Belgium Spain - Denmark Belgium - Denmark Spain - Poland Belgium - Spain Poland - Finland Denmark - Spain Finland - Belgium Denmark - Poland Spain - Finland Finland - Denmark Poland - Belgium Denmark - Finland	1: 5 0: 3 3: 1 3: 0 3: 2 2: 3 0: 1 3: 2 2: 2 0: 2 7: 0 2: 4 1: 5 5: 0 3: 0 3: 1 0: 0 2: 1 4: 2 1: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Denmark **	22: 6	19th
			2.	Finland	16: 5	16
			3.	Spain	19:14	14th
			4th	Poland	14:29	9
			5.	Belgium	8:25	0

Group 4

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Germany	8th	8th	0	0	31: 03	24
2	Russia	8th	6th	0	2	24: 09	18th
3	Scotland	8th	2	2	4th	04:20	8th
4th	Ireland	8th	1	1	6th	03:15	4th
5	Switzerland	8th	1	1	6th	03:18	4th

07/09/2005	Russia	-	Ireland	5: 1
08/28/2005	Russia	-	Scotland	6-0
09/01/2005	Switzerland	-	Russia	0: 2
09/25/2005	Germany	-	Russia	5: 1
09/25/2005	Scotland	-	Ireland	0-0
10/20/2005	Germany	-	Scotland	4-0
11/12/2005	Germany	-	Switzerland	4-0
03/25/2006	Switzerland	-	Ireland	2-0
04/22/2006	Ireland	-	Switzerland	2-0
04/26/2006	Scotland	-	Switzerland	1-0

05/06/2006	Ireland	-	Scotland	0: 2
05/11/2006	Germany	-	Ireland	1-0
05/24/2006	Scotland	-	Russia	0: 4
06/17/2006	Ireland	-	Russia	0: 2
08/26/2006	Ireland	-	Germany	0: 3
08/26/2006	Switzerland	-	Scotland	1: 1
08/30/2006	Switzerland	-	Germany	0: 6
09/23/2006	Russia	-	Switzerland	2-0
09/23/2006	Scotland	-	Germany	0: 5
09/27/2006	Russia	-	Germany	2: 3

Group 5

01.09.05 24.09.05 24.09.05 27.10.05 29.10.05 05.11.05 09.11.05 17.11.05 25.03.06 26.03.06 20.04.06 22.04.06 11.05.06 13.05.06 26.08.06 31.08.06 20.09. 06 09/23/06 09/24/06 09/30/06	Austria - England Hungary - Austria France - Netherlands Hungary - England Austria - Netherlands Austria - France France - Hungary Netherlands - England Hungary - Netherlands England - France England - Austria Hungary - France England - Hungary Netherlands - France Austria - Hungary England - Netherlands Netherlands - Austria France - Austria Netherlands - Hungary France - England	1: 4 0: 3 0: 1 0:13 0: 1 1: 3 2: 0 0: 1 0: 5 0: 0 4: 0 0: 5 2: 0 0: 2 1: 1 4: 0 4: 0 2: 1 4: 0 1: 1	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1.	England **	29: 2	20th
			2.	France	15: 4	17th
			3.	Netherlands	15: 7	15th
			4th	Austria	7:19	4th
			5.	Hungary	1:35	1

Goalscorer list

	Player	society	Gates
1.	Hanna Ljungberg	Sweden	10
2.	Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir	Iceland	9
3.	Adriana Martín	Spain	8th
	Laura Österberg Kalmari	Finland	8th
	Birgit Prinz	Germany	8th
6th	Patrizia Panico	Italy	7th
	Lotta Schelin	Sweden	7th
	Kelly Smith	England	7th

Category B

Group 6

28.08.05 06.09.05 24.09.05 29.10.05 06.11.05 25.03.06 29.03.06 26.04.06 07.05.06 14.05.06 20.05.06 07.06.06	Slovenia - Bosnia-Herzegovina Malta - Croatia Croatia - Slovenia Croatia - Bosnia-Herzegovina Slovenia - Malta Bosnia-Herzegovina - Malta Croatia - Malta Malta - Slovenia Bosnia-Herzegovina - Slovenia Slovenia - Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina - Croatia Malta - Bosnia-Herzegovina	2: 0 1: 4 3: 5 2: 0 4: 1 1: 0 1: 0 1: 3 1: 6 3: 0 2: 1 1: 1	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Slovenia	23: 6	18th
			2.	Croatia	11:11	9
			3.	Bosnia Herzegovina	5:12	7th
			4th	Malta	4:14	1

Group 7

08/20/05 08/26/05 08/31/05 10/29/05 11/10/05 03/30/06 04/22/06 05/11/06 05/20/06 06/17/06 06/22/06 08/31/06	Slovakia - Romania Romania - Kazakhstan Kazakhstan - Slovakia Romania - Northern Ireland Northern Ireland - Slovakia Slovakia - Northern Ireland Northern Ireland - Kazakhstan Slovakia - Kazakhstan Northern Ireland - Romania Kazakhstan - Northern Ireland Romania - Slovakia Kazakhstan - Romania	2: 1 4: 1 0: 4 3: 2 2: 1 2: 0 1: 0 2: 0 1: 4 1: 1 2: 3 1: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Slovakia	14: 5	15th
			2.	Romania	14:10	9
			3.	Northern Ireland	7:11	7th
			4th	Kazakhstan	3:12	4th

Group 8

21.08.05 24.09.05 10.11.05 26.03.06 30.03.06 23.04.06 07.05.06 07.05.06 11.05.06 18.06.06 20.08.06 26.08.06	Estonia - Israel Moldova - Estonia Israel - Moldova Wales - Moldova Wales - Israel Wales - Estonia Israel - Estonia Moldova - Wales Moldova - Israel Estonia - Moldova Israel - Wales Estonia - Wales	2: 5 3: 1 2: 0 3: 0 1: 1 0: 0 1: 0 0: 3 0: 1 3: 2 1: 3 0: 7	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1.	Wales	17: 2	14th
			2.	Israel	11: 6	13
			3.	Estonia	6:18	4th
			4th	Moldova	5:13	3

South American Zone / CONMEBOL

Overview

The Sudamericano Femenino in Argentina served as qualification for the World Cup . The tournament was held from November 10th to 26th, 2006 in Mar del Plata .

Group A	Group B
Argentina	Brazil
Chile	Bolivia
Colombia	Paraguay
Ecuador	Peru
Uruguay	Venezuela

Game results

Group A

11/10/06 11/10/06 11/12/06 11/12/06 11/14/06 11/14/06 11/16/06 11/16/06 11/18/06 11/18/06	Chile - Ecuador Argentina - Uruguay Colombia - Uruguay Argentina - Chile Argentina - Ecuador Colombia - Chile Uruguay - Chile Ecuador - Colombia Argentina - Colombia Uruguay - Ecuador	1: 2 2: 1 1: 0 8: 0 1: 0 1: 3 2: 1 2: 2 6: 0 1: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Argentina *	17: 1	12
			2	Uruguay *	4: 4	6th
			3	Ecuador	4: 5	4th
			4th	Colombia	4:11	4th
			5	Chile	5:13	3

Group B

11/11/06 11/11/06 13/11/06 11/13/06 11/15/06 11/15/06 11/17/06 11/17/06 11/19/06 11/19/06	Bolivia - Venezuela Paraguay - Brazil Peru - Brazil Bolivia - Paraguay Venezuela - Paraguay Peru - Bolivia Brazil - Bolivia Venezuela - Peru Paraguay - Peru Brazil - Venezuela	1: 1 1: 4 0: 2 1: 5 1: 3 2: 1 6: 1 2: 0 2: 1 6: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Brazil *	18: 2	12
			2	Paraguay *	11: 7	9
			3	Venezuela	4:10	4th
			4th	Peru	3: 7	3
			5	Bolivia	4:14	1

Finals

11/22/06 11/22/06 11/24/06 11/24/06 11/26/06 11/26/06	Argentina - Paraguay Brazil - Uruguay Argentina - Uruguay Brazil - Paraguay Uruguay - Paraguay Argentina- Brazil	0: 0 6: 0 2: 0 6: 0 3: 2 2: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Argentina **	4-0	7th
			2	Brazil **	12: 2	6th
			3	Uruguay	3:10	3
			4th	Paraguay	2: 9	1

Argentina and Brazil are thus qualified for the World Cup.

North, Central American and Caribbean Zones / CONCACAF

Caribbean

Preliminary round

03/12/06	Barbados	-	Antigua and Barbuda	0: 1
03/18/06	Antigua and Barbuda *	-	Barbados	0-0
03/18/06	Cayman Islands	-	Netherlands Antilles	1: 2
03/25/06	Netherlands Antilles *	-	Cayman Islands	1-0
04/01/06	British Virgin Islands	-	American Virgin Islands	1: 3
04/09/06	US Virgin Islands *	-	British Virgin Islands	5-0
	Bahamas	-	Turks and Caicos Islands *	without a fight
	Grenada *	-	Guyana	without a fight
	Montserrat	-	St. Kitts and Nevis *	without a fight

• The teams from Montserrat, Bahamas and Guyana withdrew their participation, leaving Turks and Caicos Islands, Grenada and St. Kitts and Nevis a bye.

First round

Haiti was drawn into Group B, but the team was refused entry to Aruba . A play-off was arranged between Haiti and the winner of the group (Suriname). Haiti won this game. Suriname was able to qualify for the next round as one of the best runners-up in the group.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
American Virgin Islands	Aruba	Antigua and Barbuda	Dominica
Bermuda	Netherlands Antilles	Jamaica	Grenada
Dominican Republic	Suriname	St. Kitts and Nevis	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Turks and Caicos Islands	Haiti	St. Lucia	Trinidad and Tobago

Group A

04/05/06 04/05/06 06/05/06 06/05/06 08/05/06 08/05/06	Dom. Republic - A. Virgin Islands Bermuda Bermuda - Turks and Caicos A. Virgin Islands - Bermuda Dom. Republic - Turks and Caicos A. Virgin Islands - Turks and Caicos Cathedral. Republic - Bermuda	3: 1 4: 0 1: 4 5: 0 2: 0 3: 1	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Dominican Republic *	11: 2	9
			2	Bermuda *	9: 4	6th
			3	American Virgin Islands	4: 7	3
			4th	Turks and Caicos Islands	0:11	0

Group B

05/03/06 05/05/06 07/05/06	Suriname - Netherlands Antilles Aruba - Netherlands Antilles Aruba - Suriname	7: 1 1: 2 0: 3	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Haiti *
			2	Suriname *	10: 1	6th
			3	Netherlands Antilles	3: 8	3
			4th	Aruba	1: 5	0

Playoff: May 27, 2006 Suriname - Haiti * 0: 3  

Group C

05/08/06 05/08/06 05/10/06 05/10/06 05/12/06 05/12/06	St. Kitts and Nevis - Antigua and Barbuda Jamaica - St. Lucia Jamaica - Antigua and Barbuda St. Lucia - St. Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda - St. Lucia Jamaica - St. Kitts and Nevis	3: 2 5: 0 10: 0 3: 2 1: 2 11: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Jamaica *	26: 0	9
			2	St. Lucia	5: 8	6th
			3	St. Kitts and Nevis	5:16	3
			4th	Antigua and Barbuda	3:15	0

Group D

05/19/06 05/19/06 05/21/06 05/21/06 05/23/06 05/23/06	St. Vincent - Dominica Trinidad and Tobago - Grenada Dominica - Grenada Trinidad and Tobago - St. Vincent Grenada Grenada - St. Vincent Trinidad and Tobago - Dominica	2: 0 10: 0 2: 2 4: 1 0: 5 6: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Trinidad and Tobago *	20: 1	9
			2	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	8: 4	6th
			3	Dominica	2:10	1
			4th	Grenada	2:17	1

Second round

Group A	Group B
Dominican Republic	Bermuda
Suriname	Haiti
Trinidad and Tobago	Jamaica

Group A

09/06/06 09/08/06 09/10/06	Trinidad and Tobago - Suriname Suriname - Dominican Republic Dominican Republic - Trinidad and Tobago	5: 1 0: 2 0: 7	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Trinidad and Tobago *	12: 1	6th
			2	Dominican Republic	2: 7	3
			3	Suriname	1: 7	0

Group B

09/06/06 09/08/06 09/10/06	Jamaica - Bermuda Bermuda - Haiti Haiti - Jamaica	7: 0 0: 5 0: 3	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Jamaica *	10-0	6th
			2	Haiti	5: 3	3
			3	Bermuda	0:12	0

Central America

Group A	Group B
El Salvador	Costa Rica
Mexico	Guatemala
Nicaragua	Panama
Belize	Honduras

Group A

05/10/06 05/12/06 05/14/06	Mexico - Nicaragua Nicaragua - El Salvador Mexico - El Salvador	9: 0 2: 1 8: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Mexico *	17: 0	6th
			2	Nicaragua	2:10	3
			3	El Salvador	1:10	0

Group B

May 24, 2006 May 26, 2006 May 28, 2006	Costa Rica - Guatemala Panama - Costa Rica Panama - Guatemala	1: 2 2: 0 3: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Panama *	5-0	6th
			2	Guatemala	2: 4	3
			3	Costa Rica	1: 4	0

Final round

Playoffs
11/19/2006	Panama	-	Jamaica *	0: 2
	Canada *			bye
11/19/2006	Mexico *	-	Trinidad and Tobago	3-0
	USA *			bye
Semifinals
11/22/2006	Canada *	-	Jamaica	4-0
11/22/2006	USA *	-	Mexico	2-0
3rd place match
11/26/2006	Mexico *	-	Jamaica	3-0
final
11/26/2006	USA **	-	Canada **	2: 1 a.d.

The teams from the United States and Canada qualified directly for the World Cup. Mexico played one more play-off round against Japan.

Play-off

03/10/2007 Japan - Mexico 2: 0 (1: 0) 03/17/2007 Mexico - Japan 2: 1 (2: 1)  
  

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Asian Zone / AFC

Preliminary round

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Vietnam	Chinese Taipei	Uzbekistan	Thailand
Myanmar	India	Hong Kong	Singapore
Philippines	Guam	Maldives	Indonesia

Group A

06/12/05 06/14/05 06/16/05	Vietnam - Philippines Philippines - Myanmar Myanmar - Vietnam	6: 1 1: 4 0: 1	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Vietnam *	7: 1	6th
			2	Myanmar *	4: 2	3
			3	Philippines	2:10	0

Group B

06/12/05 06/14/05 06/16/05	Guam - India India - Taiwan Taiwan - Guam	0:10 1: 2 11: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Chinese Taipei *	13: 1	6th
			2	India *	11: 2	3
			3	Guam	0:21	0

Group C

06/13/05 06/14/05 06/17/05	Maldives - Uzbekistan Uzbekistan - Hong Kong Hong Kong - Maldives	0: 6 3: 0 4: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Uzbekistan *	9-0	6th
			2	Hong Kong *	4: 3	3
			3	Maldives	0:10	0

Group D

06/13/05 06/14/05 06/17/05	Indonesia - Singapore Singapore - Thailand Thailand - Indonesia	0: 0 1: 5 4: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Thailand *	9: 1	6th
			2	Singapore *	1: 5	1
			3	Indonesia	0: 4	1

Playoffs:

June 19, 2005	Vietnam *	-	Hong Kong	4: 1
June 19, 2005	Chinese Taipei *	-	Singapore	3-0
June 20, 2005	Myanmar *	-	Uzbekistan	2: 1
June 20, 2005	India	-	Thailand *	2: 3

Finals

Group A

07/19/06 07/19/06 07/21/06 07/21/06 07/23/06 07/23/06	China - Taiwan Japan - Vietnam Taiwan - Japan Vietnam - China China - Japan Taiwan - Vietnam	2: 0 5: 0 1:11 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Japan *	17: 1	9
			2	People's Republic of China *	4: 1	6th
			3	Vietnam	1: 7	3
			4th	Chinese Taipei	1:14	0

Group B

07/16/06 07/16/06 07/18/06 07/18/06 07/20/06 07/20/06 07/22/06 07/22/06 07/24/06 07/24/06	Myanmar - Thailand Australia - South Korea Thailand - North Korea Myanmar - Australia North Korea - Myanmar South Korea - Thailand South Korea - Myanmar Australia - North Korea Thailand - Australia North Korea - South Korea	1: 2 4: 0 0: 9 0: 2 3: 0 11: 0 3: 1 0: 0 0: 5 1: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	North Korea *	13: 0	10
			2	Australia *	11: 0	10
			3	South Korea	14: 6	6th
			4th	Thailand	2:26	3
			5	Myanmar	2:10	0

Semifinals

07/27/06 07/27/06	Japan - Australia North Korea - People's Republic of China	0: 2 0: 1

3rd place match

07/27/06	Japan * - North Korea **	2: 3

final

07/27/06	Australia ** - People's Republic of China **	0: 0 nV 2: 4 n.e.

With China hosting the World Cup finals, North Korea and Australia will qualify for the World Cup finals. Japan can also qualify in 2 playoff games against the third-placed team from CONCACAF.

Play-off

03/10/2007 Japan - Mexico 2: 0 (1: 0) 03/17/2007 Mexico - Japan 2: 1 (2: 1)  
  

African Zone / CAF

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Overview

The 2006 African Championship for women was also the qualification for the World Cup. The two finalists qualified for the tournament in China. Nigeria stepped in for Gabon as the host of the finals.

Pre-qualification

Seven participants in the African Championship were identified in the knockout system. In addition, there was host Nigeria.

Group A

		Nigeria		bye
03/12/2006	Luanda	Angola	-	Equatorial Guinea	3: 2
03/26/2006		Equatorial Guinea	-	Angola	3: 1
		Nigeria *	-	Equatorial Guinea *		Nigeria qualified as substitute host for Gabon. Therefore Equatorial Guinea also qualified.
		Gabon				The intended host Gabon was excluded from the final tournament
		Libya	-	Swaziland		Swaziland withdrawn
		Algeria	-	Libya		Libya withdrawn
		Eritrea	-	Egypt		Eritrea withdrawn
07/23/2006	Annaba	Algeria	-	Egypt	1-0
08/05/2006	Alexandria	Egypt	-	Algeria *	0: 3
02/19/2006		Mozambique	-	Namibia	9-0	No return leg in Namibia
03/11/2006		South Africa	-	Mozambique	6: 2
03/26/2006		Mozambique	-	South Africa	1: 6
		Uganda	-	Tanzania		Uganda withdrawn
07/23/2006	Johannesburg	South Africa	-	Tanzania	3-0
08/04/2006	Dar es Salaam	Tanzania	-	South Africa *	0: 4

Group B

02/19/2006		Benin	-	Malawi	1-0
02/19/2006		Benin	-	Malawi	1-0
02/26/2006		Malawi	-	Benin	0-0
03/11/2006		Morocco	-	Mali	0: 2
03/25/2006		Mali	-	Morocco	4: 1
03/12/2006		Benin	-	Ivory Coast	1: 1
03/25/2006		Ivory Coast	-	Benin	1: 1	Benin 4-3 winners on penalties
07/22/2006	Bamako	Mali	-	Benin	3: 1
08/06/2006	Cotonou	Benin	-	Mali *	0: 1
		Djibouti	-	Lesotho		Lesotho withdrawn
		Cameroon		bye
03/26/2006	Nairobi	Kenya	-	Djibouti	7-0	No return leg in Djibouti
07/22/2006	Yaounde	Cameroon	-	Kenya	4-0
08/04/2006	Nairobi	Kenya	-	Cameroon *	0: 5
02/19/2006		Sao Tome and Principe	-	Togo	0: 3
02/26/2006		Togo	-	Sao Tome and Principe	6-0
		Ghana		bye
03/12/2006	Brazzaville	Republic of the Congo	-	Togo	9-0
03/26/2006		Togo	-	Republic of the Congo	1: 3
		Ghana *	-	Republic of the Congo		Congo withdrawn
02/19/2006	Dakar	Senegal	-	Central African Republic	4-0	no return match in Central Africa
		Zambia	-	Botswana		Botswana withdrawn
03/12/2006	Dakar	Senegal	-	Guinea	7-0
03/26/2006		Guinea	-	Senegal	1: 5
03/11/2006	Lubumbashi	Democratic Republic of Congo	-	Zambia	3-0
03/25/2006	Chingola	Zambia	-	Democratic Republic of Congo	2: 3
07/22/2006	Kinshasa	Democratic Republic of Congo	-	Senegal	3-0
08/04/2006	Dakar	Senegal	-	Democratic Republic of the Congo *	2-0

Finals

Group A

10/28/06 10/28/06 10/31/06 10/31/06 11/3/06 11/3/06	Nigeria - Equatorial Guinea South Africa - Algeria Equatorial Guinea - South Africa Algeria - Nigeria Equatorial Guinea - Algeria Nigeria - South Africa	4: 2 4: 0 0: 2 0: 6 3: 3 2: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Nigeria *	12: 2	9
			2	South Africa *	6: 2	6th
			3	Equatorial Guinea	5: 9	1
			4th	Algeria	3:13	1

Group B

29.10.06 29.10.06 01.11.06 01.11.06 04.11.06 04.11.06	Cameroon - Democratic Republic of the Congo Mali - Ghana Democratic Republic of the Congo - Mali Ghana - Cameroon Democratic Republic of the Congo - Ghana Cameroon - Mali	1: 1 0: 1 2: 3 2: 1 1: 3 2: 0	rank	country	Gates	Pt
			1	Ghana *	6: 2	9
			2	Cameroon *	4: 3	4th
			3	Mali	3: 5	3
			4th	Democratic Republic of Congo	4: 7	1

Semifinals
07.11.2006 Nigeria - Cameroon 5: 0 07.11.2006 Ghana - South Africa 1: 0  
  

3rd place match
10.11.2006 Cameroon - South Africa 4: 5 n E. (2: 2).  

Final
11/11/2006 Nigeria ** - Ghana ** 1-0  

Nigeria and Ghana have qualified for the finals.

Oceanic Zone / OFC

Overview

The qualifying round was played at the 2007 Oceanic Women's Football Championship from April 9-13, 2007 in Papua New Guinea .

Attendees:

•  New Zealand
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Tonga

The teams from Solomon Islands , Cook Islands , Fiji , Tahiti , New Caledonia and Vanuatu , American Samoa canceled their participation before the tournament began.        

Game results

April 9, 2007 April 9, 2007 April 11, 2007 April 11, 2007 April 13, 2007 April 13, 2007	New Zealand - Tonga Papua New Guinea - Samoa New Zealand - Samoa Papua New Guinea - Tonga Papua New Guinea - New Zealand Tonga - Samoa	6: 1 6: 1 8: 0 1: 0 0: 7 0: 0		country	Gates	Pt
			1.	New Zealand **	21: 1	9
			2.	Papua New Guinea	7: 8	6th
			3.	Tonga	1: 7	1
			4th	Samoa	1:14	1

New Zealand has thus qualified for the finals.

Source: rsssf.com

Web links

• The groups of the European World Cup qualification
• Official FIFA site for the 2007 World Cup

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Todd Roman: Oceania's Women's Championship 2007 (Papua New Guinea) ( English ) RSSSF. Retrieved April 15, 2019.