Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualifiers: Four regions rep. book next round tickets

Harry Awurumibe, Abuja

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

45. Cote d’Ivoire vs Cameroon
46. Cameroon vs Cote d’Ivoire
47. Kenya vs Zambia
48. Zambia vs  Ghana

Fifth round first & second leg: 13 – 9 Feb ,2020

47. Cote d’Ivoire/Cameroon vs Kenya/Zambia
48. 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: ?   ?      ?