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    Congratulations Scotland

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      Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Home nations agree to GB women's football team

      “England have been nominated to try and claim one of the three European spots available at the 2019 World Cup that would then be handed to Team GB.”

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        I know it's extremely unlikely, but what happens if Scotland get further than England in next year's world cup? Still try to claim a place for UK-NI, or give it to whatever UEFA team has a better record than England?

        Oh, and for the sake of consistency, "No Team GB".

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          https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/...a-stay-perfect

          The CONCACAF Women’s Championship has got to the semi final stage now. Panama have made it to the final four after beating Mexico in their final group game. So it's Panama v Canada and the US v Jamaica, on Sunday, with the final and third place match on Wednesday. As mentioned upthread, this confederation championship also determines the WWC qualifiers, with the finalists and third placed team qualiifying automatically. Canada and the US both won 3/3 in their groups, with a 17-1 and 18-0 goal difference respectively, so that really should be the finalists. Especially as they are the only two teams ever to have been CONCACAF champion, with the US having more titles to their name, by 7 to 2.

          The losers of the third place match will have a playoff against Argentina in November, after the Argentines came third in Conmebol behind Brazil and Chile.
          Last edited by Kevin S; 12-10-2018, 09:59.

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            Just catching up with this tournament this morning. Very impressive performance by Panama (Los Canaleros). They have a seventeen year old goalkeeper who saved a penalty in the game against Mexico when the score was still 0-0. Also it seems like all their players are based in Panama, whereas I was expecting them to have a few US based players with Panamanian ancestry. It's the semi finals tonight which I expect to be pretty easy for the USA and Canada and then it will likely be a big game against the Reggae Girlz for automatic WC qualification.

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              Las Canaleras, no?

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                US hit six, Canada seven. Bring it on.

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                  France Hosts 19 March 2015 4th 3 Fourth place (2011) 4
                  China PR 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist 9 April 2018 7th 2 Runners-up (1999) 15
                  Thailand 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist 12 April 2018 2nd 2 Group stage (2015) 28
                  Australia 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist 13 April 2018 7th 7 Quarter-finals (2007, 2011, 2015) 6
                  Japan 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup semi-finalist 13 April 2018 8th 8 Champions (2011) 7
                  South Korea 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup fifth place 16 April 2018 3rd 2 Round of 16 (2015) 14
                  Brazil 2018 Copa América Femenina champions 19 April 2018 8th 8 Runners-up (2007) 8
                  Chile 2018 Copa América Femenina Runners-up 22 April 2018 1st 1 Debut 39
                  Spain UEFA qualification group 7 winners 8 June 2018 2nd 2 Group stage (2015) 12
                  Italy UEFA qualification group 6 winners 8 June 2018 3rd 1 Quarter-finals (1991) 17
                  England UEFA qualification group 1 winners 31 August 2018 5th 4 Third place (2015) 3
                  Scotland UEFA qualification group 2 winners 4 September 2018 1st 1 Debut 19
                  Norway UEFA qualification group 3 winners 4 September 2018 8th 8 Champions (1995) 13
                  Sweden UEFA qualification group 4 winners 4 September 2018 8th 8 Runners-up (2003) 9
                  Germany UEFA qualification group 5 winners 4 September 2018 8th 8 Champions (2003, 2007) 2
                  Canada 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship finalist 14 October 2018 7th 7 Fourth place (2003) 5
                  United States 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship finalist 14 October 2018 8th 8 Champions (1991, 1999, 2015) 1

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                    So that's 17 in, 7 to go:

                    The winner of Jamaica v Panama (Wednesday)
                    The winner of (loser of Jamaica / Panama) v Argentina playoff (9th and 13th Nov)
                    The winner of the Netherlands v Switzerland playoff (9th and 13th Nov)
                    The winner of the OFC Nations Cup (18 Nov - 1 Dec)
                    The top three* of the Africa Cup of Nations (17 Nov - 1 Dec)






                    * unless one of them is Equatorial Guinea, who are banned - in which case the fourth placed team would qualify
                    Last edited by Kevin S; 31-10-2018, 15:32.

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                      Quality table, Kev.

                      Many thanks

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                        Table plus map in original context:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_F...ualified_teams

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                          Yes, the table is not my own work!

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                            Originally posted by blameless View Post
                            I know it's extremely unlikely, but what happens if Scotland get further than England in next year's world cup? Still try to claim a place for UK-NI, or give it to whatever UEFA team has a better record than England?
                            To answer this one very late - presumably the same as occurred with England in the past, i.e. the place goes to the next best UEFA team. Which could well be England, seeing as there will only be 8 UEFA sides in the World Cup and if Scotland are one of the best three and above England then there is a decent chance of England being fourth.
                            It's only reasonable that GB is asked to nominate a side that will play on their behalf before the tournament that decides qualification. No other country gets multiple chances to earn their Olympic place.

                            BTW, it's good news that the Men in charge of the various FAs have finally recognised that the structure of the Women's game is different so the assumptions and norms from the Men's sport shouldn't necessarily apply.

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                              Just had a quick look through the attendance figures for the UEFA qualifying. Obviously we don't have data for France but it was interesting to see that there are two countries where the women's team draws crowds of around 20000-25000 for a big game - England and Netherlands. The drop-off from these two to everyone else is very steep.

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                                The key qualifying game has gone to extra time. Jamaica now lead in the final ten mins. US v Canada in about half an hour.

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                                  Well, they didn't see it out but it didn't matter, as the reggae girlz beat las canaleras 4-2 on pens to qualify. Panama go on to playoff against argentina

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                                    Here are the goals and decisive pens. Does anyone have any idea which way a two-legged Panama v Argentina playoff is likely to go? Panama's win over Mexico has to give them a boost, doesn't it?

                                    Last edited by Kevin S; 18-10-2018, 11:07.

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                                      And while not strictly relevant to qualification (as making the final means both teams will be there next year), here are the goals from the Gold Cup Final. US are continental champions for the 8th time.

                                      Last edited by Kevin S; 18-10-2018, 11:06.

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                                        Originally posted by Kevin S View Post
                                        Just had a quick look through the attendance figures for the UEFA qualifying. Obviously we don't have data for France but it was interesting to see that there are two countries where the women's team draws crowds of around 20000-25000 for a big game - England and Netherlands. The drop-off from these two to everyone else is very steep
                                        There is potential. At the recent women's U-19 Euros in NI, both the home team and the final attracted decent four figure gates.

                                        Our u-21 men also had about 5,000 this week. They beat Slovakia to finish second to Spain. Sadly not quite enough for a play-off (there are only 12 finalists).

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                                          Panama are very much a wildcard. If their kid keeper maintains her form, they will be favourites over Argentina (where women's football remains very much a second or third class sport).

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                                            The Orange Lionesses have sold out the tickets for their playoff.




                                            I like the way the Dutch and English spellings of Switzerland are the same but with the S and the Z swapped around.
                                            Last edited by Kevin S; 19-10-2018, 13:20.

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                                              Originally posted by Duncan Gardner View Post
                                              There is potential. At the recent women's U-19 Euros in NI, both the home team and the final attracted decent four figure gates.

                                              Our u-21 men also had about 5,000 this week. They beat Slovakia to finish second to Spain. Sadly not quite enough for a play-off (there are only 12 finalists).
                                              Did I see a women's U17 result featuring NI this week and four red cards?

                                              edit - yes I did, all from 86 mins onwards...
                                              Last edited by Kevin S; 19-10-2018, 13:15.

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                                                I've just booked some tickets; both semis and the final in Lyon for 50€ a head. It should make for quite a good trip, with the opportunity to pop somewhere else for a couple of nights between the Wednesday night semi and the final on Sunday..

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                                                  Very well done.

                                                  You could also just spend five days eating.

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                                                    Good thinking. I'll pre-book a space on page 45 of the thread for my complaint about the seats shrinking between the games.

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