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Harry Awurumibe, Abuja
Indomitable Lionesses poised to qualify for yet another Olympics after heavyweights, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa have all been knocked out of the qualifier.
Four African regional representatives qualified for the fourth round of the women’s football tournament of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
The qualified countries for the next round are Cote d Ivoire (West Africa region); Cameroon (Central Africa); Kenya (East Africa) and Zambia (South Africa) respectively.
But at the end of the qualifying campaign on February 9, 2019, only one or two regions will fly Africa’s flag in Japan.
Meanwhile, the fixtures of the Fourth and Fifth rounds have earlier been made alrea
Below are the Fixtures for the
Fourth and Fifth Rounds:
Fourth round first & second legs. Nov. 4 – 12, Nov., 2019
- Cote d’Ivoire vs Cameroon
- Cameroon vs Cote d’Ivoire
- Kenya vs Zambia
- Zambia vs Ghana
Fifth round first & second leg: 13 – 9 Feb ,2020
- Cote d’Ivoire/Cameroon vs Kenya/Zambia
- Kenya/Zambia vs Cote d’Ivoire/Cameroon
Note. Winner of the fifth round qualifies for Tokyo 2020
*Runners-up meets with South America’s runners-up Chile.
Previous African Olympics Women’s Football Torchbearers are:
1996: None (the 8 quarter-finalists in the 1995 World Cup qualified for the Olympics)
2000: Nigeria (the 8 quarter-finalists in the 1999 World Cup qualified for the Olympics)
2004: Nigeria (first time Olympic qualifiers were held)
2008: Nigeria (Ghana lost to Brazil in the inter-confederation playoffs)
2012: South Africa & Cameroon
20016: South Africa & Zimbabwe
2020: ? ? ?