Games from yesterday 1 Cameroon v Angola 0 3 South Africa v Zimbabwe 1 South Africa finishes first, and Cameroon second... Dec 13th Ghana 3 Ethiopia 0 Nigeria 5 Mali 1 Ghana finishes first, and Nigeria second... Semi-Finals Ghana vs Cameroon (Dec 17th) South Africa vs Nigeria (Dec 18th)
The first place team goes to the WWC (ie either South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, or Ghana). Actually, does Africa still only get one place in the WWC?
2003 World Cup Qualifying http://www.socceramerica.com/article.asp?Art_ID=562132606 France is the eighth nation to qualify for the fourth Women's World Cup, a 16-nation tournament that will kick off next September. Host China, fellow Europeans Germany, Norway, Russia and Sweden, and CONCACAF qualifiers United States and Canada also have advanced. The remainder of the field will be taken by two nations from Africa, two from Asia, two from South America and one from Oceania, plus the winner of a playoff between Mexico and Asia's No. 3 team.
yup.... africa got two spots last WWC (ghana and nigeria) and only had one spots in '95 and '91, which nigeria represented the region. nigeria's been to every women's world cup since it's inception. elaine
Black Queens qualify for WWC 2003 Ghana 3 Cameroon 2 aet Sounds like a rip-snorter of a match: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/2585043.stm
congrats to ghana for qualifying!!! i liked their style of play when i saw them during '99 WWC, (their keeper!!! although i don't think she's the same one this time around...). looking forward to the other semi final result... elaine
Super Falcons qualify for World Cup Nigeria 5-0 South Africa Looks like Nigeria are back on form. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/results_and_fixtures/2367941.stm
Nigeria-South Africa semifinal link Whoops. Here's the link I really wanted to post. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/2588615.stm
It would have been nice if Cameroon had advanced to the World Cup. btw did their players have sleeveless shirts?
Alberta Sackey: CAF's Women's Footballer of the Year http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/SportsArchive/artikel.php?ID=34657
congrats! congrats to alberta!!! she's a very good player and i'm glad she's getting some recognition!! elaine
With out the US based players Nigeria beat South Africa 2-0 http://www.sabcnews.com/sport/soccer/0,1009,56069,00.html