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2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

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2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification
Tournament details
Dates25 August 2001 – 12 July 2003
Teams99 (from 6 confederations)
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The 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification process decided the 15 teams which played at the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the host China initially qualified automatically as the host nation. The qualification process for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup saw 99 teams from the six FIFA confederations compete for the 16 places in the tournament's finals. The places were divided as follows:

Qualified teams

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Team Qualified as Qualification date Appearance
in finals		 Last
appearance		 Consecutive
streak		 Previous best performance
Image ChinaHosts
Runners-up (2003 AFC Women's Championship)		26 October 20004th19994Runners-up (1999)
Image GermanyUEFA qualification Group 4 winners18 April 20024th19994Runners-up (1995)
Image NorwayUEFA qualification Group 1 winners9 May 20024th19994Champions (1995)
Image RussiaUEFA qualification Group 3 winners8 June 20022nd19992Quarter-finals (1999)
Image SwedenUEFA qualification Group 2 winners26 June 20024th19994Third place (1991)
Image Canada2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup runners-up6 November 20023rd19993Group stage (1995)
Image United States2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup champions6 November 20024th19994Champions (1991, 1999)
Image FranceUEFA qualification Play-Off winners16 November 20021st–1Debut
Image Ghana2002 African Women's Championship runners-up17 December 20022nd19992Group stage (1999)
Image Nigeria2002 African Women's Championship champions18 December 20024th19994Quarter-finals (1999)
Image Australia2003 OFC Women's Championship champions13 April 20033rd19993Group stage (1995, 1999)
Image Brazil2003 South American Women's Football Championship champions27 April 20034th19994Third place (1999)
Image Argentina2003 South American Women's Football Championship runners-up27 April 20031st–1Debut
Image North Korea2003 AFC Women's Championship champions19 June 20032nd19992Group stage (1999)
Image South Korea2003 AFC Women's Championship 3rd place21 June 20031st–1Debut
Image JapanCONCACAF–AFC play-off winners12 July 20034th19994Quarter-finals (1995)

Confederation qualification

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AFC

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Like the previous edition, the AFC Women's Championship served as the tournament qualification for AFC members. Fourteens competed in the competition which included the World Cup hosts in China. After the group stage which eliminated ten teams from qualifying, the semi-finals saw the first team in North Korea as they defeated Japan 3-0. After China won the second semi, the third-place play-off would see South Korea qualify with a 1-0 victory over Japan which meant Japan had to qualify via play-off against the third place team from CONCACAF (Mexico).

Final tournament

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Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Image North Korea 4310452+4310
Image South Korea 4310202+1810
Image Thailand 4202621−156
Image Hong Kong 4103224−223
Image Singapore 4004024−240

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Image Japan 4400340+3412
Image Myanmar 4211118+37
Image Chinese Taipei 42117707
Image Philippines 4103226−243
Image Guam 4004215−130

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Image China 3300290+299
Image Vietnam 320169−36
Image India 3102714−73
Image Uzbekistan 3003221−190

Knockout stage (top two teams qualify for World Cup)

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
19 June - Bangkok
 
 
Image North Korea3
 
21 June - Bangkok
 
Image Japan0
 
Image North Korea2
 
19 June - Bangkok
 
Image China1
 
Image China3
 
 
Image South Korea1
 
Third place
 
 
21 June - Bangkok
 
 
Image Japan0
 
 
Image South Korea1

CAF

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Like the previous edition, the Africa Women's Championship served as the tournament qualification for CAF members.

  • Qualifying stage: Qualifying for the 2002 edition took place between 10 August to 13 October 2002. 21 teams entered the qualification with seven teams getting the bye into the second-round. Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The seven winners of the second round qualified for the final tournament to join the hosts Nigeria who qualified automatically.
  • Final tournament: Eight teams played in the 2002 African Women's Championship, which was held from 7 to 20 December 2002 in Nigeria. They were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage, where the winners of the semi-finals and the third place play-off qualified for the World Cup.

Qualifying stage

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The seven winners of the second qualifying round advanced to the final tournament: Angola, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.

Final tournament

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Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
Image Ghana 330060+69Knockout stage
Image Nigeria 320182+66
Image Mali 301239−61
Image Ethiopia 301228−61

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1Image South Africa 321063+37Knockout stage
2Image Cameroon 31112204
3Image Angola 302123−12
4Image Zimbabwe 302124−22

Knockout stage (top two teams qualify for World Cup)

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
17 December - Warri
 
 
Image Ghana3
 
20 December - Warri
 
Image Cameroon2
 
Image Ghana0
 
18 December - Warri
 
Image Nigeria2
 
Image South Africa0
 
 
Image Nigeria5
 
Third place
 
 
20 December - Warri
 
 
Image Cameroon3
 
 
Image South Africa0

Europe (UEFA)

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Qualified: Image Sweden -- Image Russia -- Image Germany -- Image Norway -- Image France

The 16 teams belonging to Class A of European women's football were drawn into four groups, from which the group winners qualify for the World Cup. The four runners-up were played in playoff-matches for the 5th berth.

North, Central America & the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

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Qualified: Image United States -- Image Canada

The 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup second-placed Canada qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. The winner USA qualified as host. The third-placed Mexico played against Japan in two play-off matches for qualification.

Oceania (OFC)

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Qualified: Image Australia

The 2003 OFC Women's Championship determined the OFC's one qualifier for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup — the winner Australia.

South America (CONMEBOL)

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Qualified: Image Brazil -- Image Argentina

The fourth edition of the Sudamericano Femenino (Women's South American Championship) in 2003 determined the CONMEBOL's qualifiers Brazil and Argentina.

CONCACAF–AFC play-off

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The draw for the order of legs was held at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland on 4 March 2003. The matches were originally scheduled to take place on 10 and 17 May 2003.[1] However, due to the postponement of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the matches instead took place on 5 and 12 July 2003.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mexico Image 2–4 Image Japan 2–2 0–2

References

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  1. ↑ "Draw for FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 to take place in Wuhan on 24 May". FIFA. 5 March 2003. Archived from the original on 16 August 2003. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
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