2011 FIFA Women's World Cup - CAF Qualifiers

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  1. mcruic

    mcruic Member

    Jun 26, 2004
    Scotland
    Club:
    Dundee United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Scotland
    My predictions:

    GROUP A
    South Africa 5-0 Tanzania
    Nigeria 3-0 Mali
    South Africa 1-2 Nigeria
    Mali 3-1 Tanzania
    South Africa 3-1 Mali
    Nigeria 6-0 Tanzania

    GROUP B
    Cameroon 1-0 Equatorial Guinea
    Ghana 3-1 Algeria
    Ghana 3-2 Cameroon
    Equatorial Guinea 1-0 Algeria
    Cameroon 2-0 Algeria
    Ghana 2-1 Equatorial Guinea

    SEMI-FINALS
    Nigeria 3-1 Cameroon
    South Africa 1-1 Ghana AET, South Africa on penalties

    3RD PLACE MATCH
    Ghana 2-1 Cameroon

    FINAL
    South Africa 0-0 Nigeria AET, Nigeria on penalties
     
  2. FreeKicks

    FreeKicks New Member

    Sep 29, 2009
    Club:
    Chicago Red Stars
    Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria to the WWC I think. Nigeria is a given, but i'd like to see some new blood, so hopefully Guinea or South Africa make it.
     
  3. mcruic

    mcruic Member

    Jun 26, 2004
    Scotland
    Club:
    Dundee United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Scotland
    While Equatorial Guinea undoubtedly improved tremendously in a short space of time to win the last African Championship, a lot of their success had to do with the fact they were playing on home territory. It'll be interesting to see how they do away from their own fans.... It would be great to see another new nation qualify from Africa.
     
  4. usa3por2ft

    usa3por2ft Member

    Oct 15, 2002
    in exile
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If there were to be a new qualifier from Africa, Cameroon would be the likely candidate. They have consistently performed well at the African Championships, making the semifinals the last four times. Equatorial Guinea are still very new to the top level of African competition, and have never proven themselves away from home. And South Africa tend not to perform well under the pressure of high expectations: they collapsed quite spectacularly the last time they hosted.
     
  5. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    South Africa - Tanzania 2-1 (1-1)
     
  6. Andreas Kolle

    Andreas Kolle New Member

    Nov 14, 2008
    Club:
    Røa IL Oslo
    Nat'l Team:
    Norway
    Well done Tanzania. It will be interesting to see if that reflects Tanzania or South Africa.
     
  7. mcruic

    mcruic Member

    Jun 26, 2004
    Scotland
    Club:
    Dundee United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Scotland
    It's mainly to do with Tanzania being more defensive I think. The match report stated that they were getting 6 or 7 players behind the ball, whereas when they played a friendly match recently (South Africa won 6-0), Tanzania tried to play more open.
     
  8. usa3por2ft

    usa3por2ft Member

    Oct 15, 2002
    in exile
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Half time, and Nigeria are already up 3-0 on Mali. Nkwocha has a hat trick for Nigeria.
     
  9. usa3por2ft

    usa3por2ft Member

    Oct 15, 2002
    in exile
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Final result
    Nigeria 5:0 Mali

    Ayila had the fifth, but I'm not sure who scored the fourth.

    Nigeria have often been slow starters at the championship, so it has to sound alarms across the competition for them to be in such good form already.
     
  10. mcruic

    mcruic Member

    Jun 26, 2004
    Scotland
    Club:
    Dundee United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Scotland
    Ominous indeed. Just to sound further alarm bells, South Africa struggled to draw 2-2 with Mali in a pre-tournament friendly. South Africa can at least be thankful that they won't need to face them in the semi-finals. If they can just raise their game enough to beat Ghana or Cameroon (and Mali obviously), they will be at the World Cup next year.
     
  11. FawcettFan14

    FawcettFan14 Member+

    Mar 19, 2004
    Colorado
    Didn't know Nkwocha was still playing, and playing well by the sound of it. She was a standout for Nigeria at the last World Cup.
     
  12. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    Eq Guinea leading 2-0 against Cameroon after 30 mins
     
  13. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    2-2 after 60 mins..
     
  14. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    Eq Guinea - Cameroon 2-2 FT
     
  15. usa3por2ft

    usa3por2ft Member

    Oct 15, 2002
    in exile
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Algeria take the lead in the 5th minute with a long range chip.
     
  16. kool-aide

    kool-aide Member+

    Feb 1, 2002
    a van by the river
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    How are folks following the games (aside from looking at the results page of the CAF website?
     
  17. usa3por2ft

    usa3por2ft Member

    Oct 15, 2002
    in exile
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    twitter #awc2010
     
  18. usa3por2ft

    usa3por2ft Member

    Oct 15, 2002
    in exile
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    following colinudoh on twitter now

    Ghana have fought back to take a 2-1 lead in the second half.

    eta: It's now a final. Ghana 2:1 Algeria FT
     
  19. usa3por2ft

    usa3por2ft Member

    Oct 15, 2002
    in exile
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    If anything, I'm even more alarmed for South Africa's prospects knowing that Tanzania was only sending three players into the attack. If South Africa still conceded a goal in those circumstances, it won't surprise me to see Nigeria net six or seven against them.
     
  20. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    South Africa - Nigeria 1-2 (1-2)
     
  21. law10

    law10 Member+

    Dec 26, 2007
    Didn't SA protest to FIFA about getting slaughtered by Nigeria's youth teams in the past year?

    Seems when age isn't a factor it levels out.
     
  22. usa3por2ft

    usa3por2ft Member

    Oct 15, 2002
    in exile
    Club:
    Millwall FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Tanzania 2:3 Mali FT
     
  23. jonny63

    jonny63 Member+

    Feb 17, 2005
    Norway
    CAN féminine 2010 : la guinée a-t-elle triché

    Le Cameroun a déposé hier soir une requête auprès de la CAF (Confédération Africaine de football). Elle concerne la joueuse Simpore Salimata (Guinée équatoriale) qui, en mars dernier avait pris part aux éliminatoires de la coupe d’Afrique des nations féminine avec l’équipe nationale de Côte d’Ivoire. Elle portait alors le dossard numéro onze.


    http://www.camfoot.com/CAN-feminine-2010-la-guinee-a-t.html
     
  24. JLSA

    JLSA Member

    Nov 11, 2003
    Odd, Salimata played for EQG in the last CAN finals back in 2008.

    J
     
  25. mcruic

    mcruic Member

    Jun 26, 2004
    Scotland
    Club:
    Dundee United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Scotland
    She was one of the players that Nigeria accused of being of dubious gender...
     

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