Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Twelve teams competed in the women's football tournament at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In addition to the United Kingdom, the host nation, 11 women's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations.

Table

Means of qualification	Date of completion	Venue1	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	2005	none	1	Great Britain
AFC Preliminary Competition	11 September 2011	China[1]	2	Japan  North Korea
CAF Preliminary Competition	22 October 2011[2]	multiple	2	Cameroon  South Africa
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition	29 January 2012	Canada[3]	2	United States  Canada
CONMEBOL Preliminary Competition	21 November 2010	Ecuador	2	Brazil  Colombia
OFC Preliminary Competition	4 April 2012	multiple	1	New Zealand
Best UEFA teams in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup	17 July 2011	Germany	2	Sweden  France
Total			12

• ^1 Locations are those of final tournaments, various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.

AFC

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Asian Qualifiers

Japan and North Korea earned Olympic qualification places by finishing in the top two of the final round.

First round

Group A	Group B	Group C
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Vietnam 4 10 2  Thailand 4 9 3  Chinese Taipei (H) 4 5 4  Myanmar 4 4 5  Hong Kong 4 0 Source: AFC (H) Hosts	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Uzbekistan 2 4 2  India 2 4 3  Bangladesh (H) 2 0 Source: AFC (H) Hosts	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Iran 3 7 2  Jordan (H) 3 5 3  Bahrain 3 2 4  Palestine 3 1 Source: AFC (H) Hosts

Second round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Thailand	4	10
2	Uzbekistan	4	9
3	Vietnam	4	7
4	Jordan (H)	4	3
5	Iran	4	0

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

Final round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Japan	5	13
2	North Korea	5	11
3	Australia	5	9
4	China (H)	5	5
5	South Korea	5	4
6	Thailand	5	0

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts

CAF

Main article: 2012 CAF Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament

Cameroon and South Africa earned Olympic qualification places by winning their final round ties.

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Botswana	2–6	Zambia	1–4	1–2

Second round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gabon	w/o	Equatorial Guinea
Angola	2–2 (a)	Namibia	2–2	0–0
Congo	w/o	Nigeria
Cameroon	6–0	Mali	5–0	1–0
Guinea	1–7	Ghana	1–2	0–5
DR Congo	0–3	Ethiopia	0–0	0–3
Morocco	1–3	Tunisia	0–3	1–0
Zambia	1–5	South Africa	1–2	0–3

Third round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ethiopia	2–2 (a)	Ghana	1–0	1–2
Cameroon	0–21	Equatorial Guinea	0–0	0–2
Nigeria	9–0	Namibia	7–0	2–0
South Africa	1–1 (6–5 p)	Tunisia	1–0	0–1

2 April 2011

15:30 UTC+1

Cameroon	0–0	Equatorial Guinea
	Report

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Kankou Coulibaly (Mali)

17 April 2011

Equatorial Guinea	2–0	Cameroon
Añonma 12' Jade 58'

¹ Equatorial Guinea were ejected from the competition for fielding an ineligible player,^[4] Jade Boho; Cameroon were advanced to the final round.^[5]

Final round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Nigeria	3–3 (3–4 p)	Cameroon	2–1	1–2
South Africa	4–1	Ethiopia	3–0	1–1

CONCACAF

Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The United States and Canada earned Olympic qualification places by winning their semi-final matches.

Preliminary round

Main article: 2012 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament qualification

Caribbean Zone

Group A	Group B
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Haiti 3 7 2  Cuba 3 7 3  Suriname 3 3 4  Aruba (H) 3 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Dominican Republic (H) 3 9 2  Trinidad and Tobago 3 6 3  Bermuda 3 3 4  Dominica 3 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Cuba	3	7
2	Trinidad and Tobago	3	6

Source: CONCACAF

Central American Zone

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Costa Rica	4	12
2	Guatemala (H)	4	9
3	El Salvador	4	6
4	Honduras	4	3
5	Nicaragua	4	0

Source: CONCACAF
(H) Hosts

Group stage

Group A	Group B
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Canada (H) 3 9 2  Costa Rica 3 6 3  Haiti 3 3 4  Cuba 3 0 Source: CONCACAF (H) Hosts	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  United States 3 9 2  Mexico 3 6 3  Guatemala 3 3 4  Dominican Republic 3 0 Source: CONCACAF

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	January 27 – Vancouver
	Canada	3
					January 29 – Vancouver
	Mexico	1
					Canada	0
	January 27 – Vancouver
					United States	4
	United States	3
	Costa Rica	0

CONMEBOL

Main article: 2010 South American Women's Football Championship

Brazil and Colombia earned Olympic qualification places by finishing in the top two of the second round of the South American Women's Football Championship.

First stage

Group A	Group B
Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Chile 4 9 2  Argentina 4 9 3  Ecuador (H) 4 9 4  Bolivia 4 3 5  Peru 4 0 Source: CONMEBOL (H) Hosts	Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1  Brazil 4 12 2  Colombia 4 9 3  Paraguay 4 6 4  Venezuela 4 3 5  Uruguay 4 0 Source: CONMEBOL

Second stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Brazil	3	9
2	Colombia	3	4
3	Chile	3	2
4	Argentina	3	1

Source: CONMEBOL

OFC

Main article: 2012 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

New Zealand earned an Olympic qualification place by winning their final round tie.

First stage

Round-robin

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Papua New Guinea	3	9
2	Tonga (H)	3	6
3	Samoa	3	3
4	Vanuatu	3	0

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

Knockout round

	Final
	7 March 2012 – Nukuʻalofa
	Papua New Guinea	2
	Tonga	0
	Third place play-off
	7 March 2012 – Nukuʻalofa
	Samoa	0
	Vanuatu	2

Final stage

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
New Zealand	15–0	Papua New Guinea	8–0	7–0

UEFA

Main article: 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

France and Sweden earned Olympic qualification places by finishing as the best UEFA teams in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.