2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

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2007 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification
Tournament details
Dates12 June 2005 – 17 March 2007
Teams120 (from 6 confederations)
2003
2011

Qualification for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup determined which 15 teams joined China, the hosts of the 2007 tournament, to play for the Women's World Cup. Europe had 5 qualifying berths, Asia 3.5 berths (including the hosts), North and Central America 2.5 berths, Africa 2 berths, South America 2 berths and Oceania 1 berth. The 16th spot was determined through a play-off match between the third-placed teams in North/Central America and Asia.

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Africa

The 2006 Women's African Football Championship functioned as a qualifying tournament. Originally, this tournament was scheduled to be held in Gabon, but due to "organisational reasons" Gabon withdrew from hosting the competition. [1] 32 teams entered the African Championships and competed for the two available spots, but six withdrew during the qualifying session.

On 7 November 2006, Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria and Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana qualified by virtue of winning their semifinal matches.

Asia

The 2006 AFC Women's Championship functioned as a qualifying tournament. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Japan, but after the Football Federation Australia moved from the Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian Football Confederation, the Australian team entered the qualifying series. They were awarded hosting rights in February 2006. [2] The Championship took place between 16 July 2006 and 30 July 2006. Since Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China, the host nation of Women's World Cup 2007, proceeded to the final, another finalist, Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia and third-placed Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea, were qualified for the World Cup finals. Fourth-placed Flag of Japan.svg  Japan qualified for a play-off match with Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico, the third-placed team from the 2006 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup.

Europe

The 25 teams belonging to the First Category of European women's football were drawn into five groups, from which the group winners qualified for the World Cup finals. [3] The qualifiers concluded on 30 September 2006 with Flag of Norway.svg  Norway, Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden, Flag of Germany.svg  Germany, Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark and Flag of England.svg  England qualifying.

North America, Central America & Caribbean

The 2006 Women's Gold Cup acted as qualifier tournament for CONCACAF. The tournament finals took place between 19 and 26 November 2006. [4] USA and Canada received direct qualifying spots after contesting the final of the 2002 Gold Cup, while four other spots were determined through regional qualifying.

On 22 November 2006, Flag of the United States.svg  United States and Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada qualified by virtue of winning their semifinal matches, while Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico qualified for a play-off match with Flag of Japan.svg  Japan after defeating Jamaica in the 2006 Gold Cup 3rd place match.

Oceania

One spot was awarded to the winner of the 2007 OFC Women's Championship held 9 April through 13 April 2007 in Papua New Guinea. [5]

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand won this tournament and qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. It is the second time they are part of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the other being in 1991.

South America

The 2006 Sudamericano Femenino acted as qualifier for CONMEBOL. Originally, a women's football tournament at the 2006 South American Games in Buenos Aires would serve as qualifier tournament, but the South American Games committee scrapped football from the games, forcing the Argentine Football Association to organize a tournament on short notice. [6]

On 24 November, Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil qualified by earning six points. Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina qualified on 26 November by defeating Brazil and earning a total of 7, thus winning the tournament.

AFC–CONCACAF play-off

The draw for the order of legs was held at the Westin Hotel in Tokyo, Japan on 15 December 2006. [7]

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg3–2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2–0 1–2

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament:

TeamNumber of appearances incl. 2007Record streakFirst appearanceMost recent appearance before 2007Previous best performance
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2220032003Round 1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4419952003Round 1
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 55199120033rd Place (1999)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 44199520034th Place (2003)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5519912003Runners-up (1999)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 4319911999Quarterfinals (1991 and 1995)
Flag of England.svg  England 2119951995Quarterfinals (1995)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5519912003Champions (2003)
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 3319992003Round 1
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5519912003Quarterfinals (1995)
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 3319992003Round 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2119911991Round 1
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 5519912003Quarterfinals (1999)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 5519912003Champions (1995)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5519912003Runners-up (2003)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5519912003Champions (1991 and 1999)

Every qualifier had participated in a previous Women's World Cup. To date, the 2007 Women's World Cup is the only World Cup for either men or women in which every team in the final tournament had played in a previous World Cup final tournament.

References and notes

  1. Gabon pulls out of hosting AWC, from BBC, retrieved 29 May 2006
  2. Australia To Host AFC Women's Championship 2006 Archived 1 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine , from Football Federation Australia, retrieved 29 May 2006
  3. UEFA preliminaries, from FIFA.com, retrieved 30 June 2006
  4. Women's Gold Cup, from RSSSF, retrieved 29 May 2006
  5. Oceania's Women's Championship 2007 (Papua New Guinea), retrieved 22 March 2007
  6. Argentina called its women's national team with a view to Odesur, from Conmebol.com, retrieved 27 July 2006
  7. "Japan at home to Mexico". FIFA . 15 December 2006. Archived from the original on 5 November 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

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