Cameroonian Women's National Football Team / Olympic Games

Republic of Cameroon
République du Cameroun

OS record goal scorer :	Gabrielle Onguéné (1)
OS record player:	9 players (3 games each)
Rank :	18th
Balance sheet
3 OS games 0 wins 0 draws 3 defeats 1:11 goals
statistics
First OS game Cameroon 0-5 Brazil Cardiff ( GBR ); July 25, 2012
Biggest OS defeat Cameroon 0: 5 Brazil Cardiff ( GBR ); July 25, 2012
successes
Olympic games:
Participation in the finals	3 ( first : 2012 )
Best results	Preliminary round ( 2012 )
(As of August 20, 2016 )

The article contains a detailed account of the Cameroonian national soccer team for women at the Summer Olympics . Cameroon was only able to take part in one of the six women's tournaments at the Olympic Games so far and was eliminated in the group stage.

The national team at the Olympic Games

Overview

Olympic Games in	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
Atlanta 1996	withdrawn		-		By withdrawing from the African Cup of Nations in 1995 , which was considered a qualification for the 1995 World Cup, Cameroon could not qualify.
Sydney 2000	not qualified				As fourth in the 1998 African Cup of Nations, he did not qualify for the 1999 World Cup, so no opportunity to qualify.
Athens 2004	not participated
Beijing 2008	not participated
London 2012	Preliminary round	Brazil , Team GB , New Zealand	-	Carl Enow Ngachu	Eliminated in Nigeria qualification
Rio de Janeiro 2016	not qualified				Failed in qualification to Zimbabwe , which was able to qualify for the first time.

The tournaments

Olympia 1996 in Atlanta

For the first women's Olympic soccer tournament, in addition to hosts USA, only the other seven best teams from the 1995 World Cup and Brazil qualified for the English women who were not eligible to start. Since Cameroon withdrew its report on the 1995 African Cup , which served as a qualification for the World Cup, the team could not qualify for the Olympic Games.

Olympia 2000 in Sydney

In 1998 Cameroon took part in the 1998 African Cup of Nations, but only finished fourth there and was therefore not qualified for the 1999 World Cup. Since only the seven best teams from the World Cup were able to qualify for the second Olympic tournament in addition to hosts Australia, Cameroon was also not in Australia .

Olympia 2004 in Athens

For the third Olympic women's football tournament, the continental associations were allocated starting places, which they distributed in special qualifications. Cameroon did not take part in the African qualification.

2008 Olympics in Beijing

Four years later, Cameroon did not take part in the qualification.

Olympia 2012 in London

The participation in the tournament in London was a big surprise. Cameroon only had to intervene in the second round of the Africa qualification and won against Mali 5-0 and 1-0. In the third round they met Equatorial Guinea , which had taken part in the World Cup a year earlier, and only achieved a 0-0 home game. In the second leg they lost 2-0. But since Equatorial Guinea had used the player Jade Boho , who had previously played for Spain, Equatorial Guinea was disqualified. In the final round they met African champions Nigeria and after they both won their home games 2-1, there was a penalty shoot-out , which Cameroon won 4-3. The women from Cameroon had thus qualified for an intercontinental tournament for the first time.

At the tournament in the United Kingdom , they met Brazil in their first game and lost 5-0. Against the hosts' team GB , which consisted of a team composed of English and a few Scottish players especially for this tournament, a 3-0 defeat followed and the last game against New Zealand was also lost 3-1. After all, Gabrielle Onguéné scored the consolation goal to make it 3-1. As the last group they were eliminated.

Olympia 2016 in Rio de Janeiro

Cameroon could not qualify for the tournament in Rio de Janeiro . In another four-round tournament , they had a bye in the first round and benefited from Liberia's withdrawal in the second round. In the third round they only achieved a 1-1 draw in the home game against Ghana . Since the second leg ended 2-2, they reached the final round due to the away goals rule . Here they won the first leg against Zimbabwe 2-1, but lost the second leg 0-1 and this time the away goals rule spoke against them, so that Zimbabwe could qualify for an intercontinental football tournament for the first time.

statistics

Record against the Olympic champions at the Olympic Games

• USA : 0 games
• Norway : 0 games
• Germany : 0 games

Games

Cameroon has played three games in the Olympic Games so far, all of which have been lost. The Cameroonians played once against the hosts, but never against the eventual Olympic champion and never against the defending champion. All games are so far unique and so far the only ones against these opponents.

Cameroon has played against teams from three other confederations and also against the Oceania and South American champions , but not against the world champions.

Most of the games were played by nine players who were used in the previous three games. The only goal scored by Gabrielle Onguéné .

No.	date	Result	opponent	AH/*	venue	occasion	comment
1	July 25, 2012	0: 5	Brazil	*	Cardiff ( GBR )	Preliminary round	First game against Brazil
2	07/28/2012	0: 3	United Kingdom	A.	Cardiff ( GBR )	Preliminary round	First game against Great Britain
3	July 31, 2012	1: 3	New Zealand	*	Coventry ( GBR )	Preliminary round	First game against New Zealand

Note: Teams in bold were continental champions at the time of the game.

Records

All defeats at the Olympic Games are the highest against these opponents.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Games of the XXVIII. Olympiad Football Qualifying Tournament
2. ^ Games of the XXIX. Olympiad Football Qualifying Tournament
3. ↑ focus.de: "Equatorial Guinea disqualified for 2012 Olympics"
4. ^ Games of the XXX. Olympiad Football Qualifying Tournament

Web links

Women's Olympic Football Tournament - Statistical Kit - Statistics, Facts & Figures 1996 - 2012