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2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification (CONCACAF–AFC Play-off)
The CONCACAF–AFC play-off of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition was a two-legged home-and-away tie that decided one spot in the final tournament in the United States. The play-off was contested by the third-placed team from CONCACAF, Mexico, and the fourth-placed team from the AFC, Japan. Qualified teams Summary 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. However, due to the postponement of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the matches instead took place on 5 and 12 July 2003. Matches ''Japan won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.'' Goalscorers References External linksFIFA website {{DEFAULTSORT:2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (CONCACAF-AFC play-off) Play-off Mexico women's national football team matches Japan women's national football team matches July 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification
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: *Africa - represented by the CAF: 2 berths *Asia - AFC: 3.5 *Europe - UEFA: 5 *North, Central America & the Caribbean - CONCACAF: 2.5 *Oceania - OFC: 1 *South America - CONMEBOL: 2 Qualified teams Confederation qualification AFC 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup
The 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup was the sixth staging of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup. It was held in Seattle, Washington, United States and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The winning team, the United States, and runners-up, Canada, qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. The U.S. were later awarded hosting rights to the 2003 tournament, replacing China due to the SARS outbreak. The third-placed Mexico played against Japan in two play-off matches for qualification. UNCAF Qualifying Nicaragua and Belize withdrew. The first-placed Costa Rica and the second-placed Panama qualified for the Women's Gold Cup. ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- CFU Qualifying First round Group 1 First leg ---- ---- Second leg ---- ---- Group 2 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 3 and withdrew, causing and to win by walkover. ---- ---- Final round Semifinals ---- ---- ---- ---- Third Place Playoff ---- ---- Final tournament F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July 2003 Sports Events In North America
July is the seventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and is the fourth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general Julius Caesar in 44 B.C., it being the month of his birth. Before then it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the calendar that started with March. It is on average the warmest month in most of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of summer, and the coldest month in much of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of winter. The second half of the year commences in July. In the Southern Hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere. "Dog days" are considered to begin in early July in the Northern Hemisphere, when the hot sultry weather of summer usually starts. Spring lambs born in late winter or early spring are usually sold before 1 July. July symbols *July's birthstone is the ruby, which symbolize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
