More results: 11 April 2003 Uruguay vs. Paraguay 1:3 (1:1) Colombia vs. Venezuela 8:0 (2:0) Bolivia vs. Chile 7:1 (3:0) GROUP A TEAMS P W D L GF:GA PTS. _Bolivia 2 1 0 1 8:4 3 _Perú 1 1 0 0 3:1 3 _Chile 1 0 0 1 1:7 0 GROUP B TEAMS P W D L GF:GA PTS. _Colombia 1 1 0 0 8:0 3 _Ecuador 1 1 0 0 2:0 3 _Venezuela 2 0 0 2 0:10 0 GROUP C TEAMS P W D L GF:GA PTS. _Argentina 1 1 0 0 3:0 3 _Paraguay 2 1 0 1 3:4 3 _Uruguay 1 0 0 1 1:3 0 Peru needs a draw or better against Chile to advance from Group A, and Argentina need a like result against Uruguay to advance from Group C. Both sides seem likely to obtain the needed results at home. Home-standing Ecuador have a tougher road, needing an outright win against Group B leaders Colombia to advance.
Peru and Argentina will advance unless tragedy strikes. Ecuador will have a harder time but the crowd will be behind them. In their first game, there was 10,000 people at the game. In a country of 10 million in a city of 400,000. Not bad. In its favor, it is a large university town.
Yet more results 13 April 2003 Argentina vs. Uruguay 8:0 Ecuador vs. Colombia 0:1 Peru vs. Chile 2:1 (0:1) Argentina, Colombia, and Peru advance to the second phase of South American qualifying. Chile provided the sole surprise of the final day of first phase matches, taking a lead into halftime against host Peru.
Well, next time Ecuador. Brava to Chile for putting up a good challenge to Peru. I guess tragedy almost struck. Argentina won easily. Big surprise. For now, I'm thinking Argentina and Brazil. Going out on a limb there.
Correction Correction of Ecuador vs. Colombia result Ecuador vs. Colombia 1:1 (1:0) CAMPI Gretel (ECU) (45') , VALENCIA Sandra (COL) (46') . If Ecuador had defended their halftime lead successfully, they would have advanced.
Good grief. Score just before halftime and then give up a goal in the first minute after halftime. Too bad.
The US Soccer CONMEBOL write up, mid-page: U.S. Soccer Wire: 2003 WWC Field Starting to Take Final Shape with Oceania & South American Qualifying PERU, COLOMBIA, ARGENTINA ADVANCE TO FINAL CONMEBOL QUALIFYING GROUP: Peru, Colombia and Argentina each won its three-team South American pre-qualifying group last weekend and will join Brazil in the final four-team qualifying competition, which is to be held from April 23-27, in Lima, Peru. The top two finishers in the round-robin competition will earn South America's two berths to the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. In Group A, played in Lima, the host country won both its matches, defeating Bolivia, 3-1, and Chile, 2-1 to claim first place. In Group B, played in Loja, Ecuador, Colombia needed just a draw against the hosts to advance on goal differential, and got it with a 1-1 result. In Group C, played in Salta, Argentina, the hosts had the least difficulty of all three groups, defeating Paraguay (3-0) and Uruguay (8-0) to win the group without allowing a goal. The final South American qualifying games open on April 23 as Brazil takes on Argentina and Peru faces Colombia. Brazil has advanced easily to all three Women's World Cups contested so far, and made it to the semifinals in 1999, where they lost to the United States. For the first time in a Women's World Cup, two teams from South America will make it through to the final competition, meaning either Peru, Colombia or Argentina will make its first Women's World Cup appearance along with heavy favorite Brazil.
Brazil-Argentina 3:2 (2:0) Brazil: Katia Cilene (1'), Pretinha (7'), Rosanna (54') Argentina: Natalia Gatti (50'), Analía Almeida (71') Closer than I had expected. Then again, Brazil were already up two goals in the first seven minutes, so it may not have been as much of a contest as the final tally suggests. Peru are trailing Colombia 1:0 in the first half.
Yowza. Katia and Pretinha each scored in the first 7 minutes? Are the lineups and game stats being posted anywhere? Does anyone know anything about Argentina's squad? It would be nice to hear they're finally investing more in their women's side.
Peru-Colombia 0:1 Colombia: Sandra Valencia (18') It looks like the Colombia-Argentina match on Friday will determine the second South American qualifier.
Where to find lineups and recaps (in Spanish) This is where I've been going: http://www.peru.com/futbol/femenino/peru2003/index.asp
Re: Where to find lineups and recaps (in Spanish) usa3por2ft, thanks for posting that link and for updating everyone here of the scores...it's much appreciated!!! it'll be interesting to see who else represents the region at WWC03 besides brasil... elaine
just curious, but i was at the site looking around for a list or all the players for the various teams at the tourney and could not find one. my understanding of espanol is very rudimentary, so if anybody can point me in the right direction, it's much appreciated! i'm just curious to see the names of the players etc. elaine
Go to this page http://www.fpf.com.pe/frame_futbolfemenino.htm and click the "Desportistas" tab in the menu on the left. The rosters for all four squads in the quadrangular final are there. They also have the rosters for Bolivia and Chile, apparently left over from when those teams played in the first round group hosted by Peru.
Quadrangular final, 2nd day results From http://www.colfutbol.org/home.asp Colombia vs. Argentina 2:3
If a game is 3-2 in the 71st minute - it is a contest! I'm shocked Argentina kept it as close as they did, perhaps some of S America is catching up with Brazil. If not, Argentina should win any tiebreaker on GD with such a narrow loss.
It said in Soccer America that Pretinha did not score in this match. Not sure. Confusing for now. Argentina is going to go with Brazil. Good for them. I hope this will give hope to Peru so that they can make another strong run for the next World Cup.
More Colombia-Argentina As you know already, it was Colombia 2:3 Argentina Colombia: Carolina Ordóñez (4’), Sandra Valencia (33’) Argentina: Rosana Gómez (26’), Karina Alvariza (42’), Marisa Gerez (70’) Here's a good write-up, in Spanish. http://www.peru.com/futbol/AutoNoticias/DetalleNoticia25892.asp Sounds like it was an exciting, back-and-forth match. My Spanish is a bit rusty, but I think I get the gist of it. Argentina had most of the ball, but Colombia defended resolutely and made the most of their chances, scoring their first from a free kick and their second from a counter. Each time, Argentina came back to level the score, and finally clinched the match on a header from their captain, Gerez.
And unlike some National teams it doesn't appear that Argentina is relying on one or two scorers. Five players scoring is always a good sign.
Peru-Brazil result Peru vs. Brazil 0:3 (0:2) Brazil: Formiga (26’), Pretinha (30’), Marta pen (53’). Though Brazil played cautiously and Peru hardly even threatened to score, this is more evidence that the rest of South America is catching up to Brazil. That's long overdue, and heartening for those (like me) who had doubts about South America deserving another spot in the World Cup.
Things are indeed getting better in South America. Peru and Colombia are getting closer to Brazil. Remember that in the qualification for the last World Cup, Brazil beat Peru 15-0. Also Brazil beat Colombia 12-1. Peru was the third next best team last time around. They lost in the semis to Argentina on penalty kicks and then won in a shootout against Ecuador for third place. Colombia may have the edge this time around. However, if Peru beats Argentina on Sunday and Colombia doesn't do too badly against Brazil then we may have a tie for second place. Certainly, on points. Goal difference will matter then. However, I think Argentina will pull it off but the fans in Lima will be very supportive of their team. 10,000 people went to the match in Ecaudor as well as 2,000 in Salta( I hope I read that right. The stadium is 6,000 meters up. That's more than 18,000 feet. Good grief.) , Argentina which while known as a beautiful city is hardly known for being a hotbed of soccer.(Well, certainly the teams that made it to the top on men's side didn't have much luck there) (It is, like Loja(a city of 121,000), a university city with a population of 361,000 in a region that has 866,000) But they did a good job on planning for the cities. It's about 1,200 miles ( I looked at a map and used a ruler) from Salta to Lima and then about 650 miles from Lima to Loja. Not bad for such a huge continent. So it looks like South America is building better and better teams and maybe one day Brazil's reign as the best team in South America will be challenged by the other nine teams.