XX Olympic Football Tournament (Qualifying Stage)

(From 4-09-1998 to 4-06-2000)


 

EUROPE

(From 4-09-1998 to 4-06-2000)

The UEFA U-21 Championship doubles as European Pre-Olympic Tournament. The top four teams qualify for the Olympic Games

 

 

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Italy, Czech Republic, Spain, Slovakia.

 

 

 

SOUTH AMERICA

(From 18-01-2000 to 6-02-2000)

Also known as Preolímpico Sudamericano Sub-23 (CONMEBOL)

 

 

FINAL ROUND (Brazil)

 

GROUP STAGE

GROUP A (Londrina)

 

GROUP B (Cascavel)

19-01-00

Colombia - Ecuador

4-2 (3-2)

18-01-00

Uruguay - Peru

2-0 (1-0)

19-01-00

Brazil - Chile

1-1 (0-0)

18-01-00

Argentina - Paraguay

3-1 (1-1)

21-01-00

Chile - Ecuador

2-1 (1-1)

20-01-00

Paraguay - Bolivia

3-1 (2-0)

21-01-00

Colombia - Venezuela

1-1 (1-0)

20-01-00

Argentina - Peru

1-1 (0-1)

23-01-00

Chile - Venezuela

3-0 (1-0)

22-01-00

Paraguay - Peru

3-4 (1-0)

23-01-00

Brazil - Ecuador

2-0 (1-0)

22-01-00

Uruguay - Bolivia

2-1 (1-0)

26-01-00

Colombia - Chile

5-1 (2-0)

25-01-00

Uruguay - Paraguay

1-0 (1-0)

26-01-00

Brazil - Venezuela

3-0 (1-0)

25-01-00

Argentina - Bolivia

2-0 (0-0)

30-01-00

Ecuador - Venezuela

2-4 (0-3)

29-01-00

Peru - Bolivia

5-2 (1-0)

30-01-00

Brazil - Colombia

9-0 (5-0)

29-01-00

Argentina - Uruguay

1-2 (1-0)

QUALIFIED: Brazil, Chile.

QUALIFIED: Uruguay, Argentina.

 

FINAL STAGE (Londrina)

2-02-00

Uruguay - Chile

1-4 (1-1)

2-02-00

Brazil - Argentina

4-2 (3-2)

4-02-00

Uruguay - Argentina

0-3 (0-0)

4-02-00

Brazil - Chile

3-1 (1-1)

6-02-00

Chile - Argentina

1-0 (0-0)

6-02-00

Brazil - Uruguay

2-2 (1-0)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Brazil, Chile.

 

 

 

NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA

(From 27-01-1999 to 30-04-2000)

Also known as CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament (U-23)

 

 

PRELIMINARY ROUND

 

NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICAN ZONE

5-09-99

12-09-99

El Salvador - Panama

1-2 (1-0)

1-1 (0-0)

5-09-99

12-09-99

Nicaragua - Honduras

0-6 (0-4)

4-2 (1-0)

12-09-99

19-09-99

Belize - Guatemala

1-3 (0-1)

6-1 (3-1)

BYES: Canada, Mexico, Costa Rica.

 

CARIBBEAN ZONE

FIRST ROUND

27-01-99

28-02-99

St. Vincent & Gr. - Trinidad & Tob.

1-5 (0-2)

4-0 (1-0)

21-03-99

11-04-99

Saint Lucia - Barbados

2-1 (1-0)

4-1 (2-0)

4-07-99

18-07-99

Dominica - Saint Kitts and Nevis

1-1 (1-1)

2-0 (0-0)

25-07-99

15-08-99

Aruba - Dutch Antilles

0-6 (0-3)

7-1 (2-0)

15-08-99

29-08-99

Guyana - Surinam

4-1 (0-1)

4-3 (1-1)

15-08-99

Cuba - Bahamas

(w.o.)

22-08-99

5-09-99

Haiti - Dominican Republic

3-2 (1-0)

1-0 (0-0)

BYE: Jamaica.

SECOND ROUND

12-09-99

26-09-99

Guyana - Dutch Antilles

1-1 (1-0)

0-0 (0-0)

19-09-99

26-09-99

Saint Kitts and Nevis - Jamaica

1-3 (0-2)

2-1 (0-1)

19-09-99

24-10-99

Dominican Republic - Cuba

0-4 (0-2)

3-0 (1-0)

3-10-99

17-10-99

Trinidad and Tobago - Barbados

4-1 (3-1)

2-2 (2-0)

BYE: Bermuda.

 

 

QUALIFYING ROUND

 

GROUP A (Port of Spain, TRINIDAD & T.)

 

GROUP B (Guadalajara, MEXICO)

21-03-00

Canada - Guatemala

0-0 (0-0)

4-04-00

Jamaica - Costa Rica

1-2 (1-2)

21-03-00

Trinidad and Tobago - Dutch Ant.

6-0 (1-0)

4-04-00

Mexico - Honduras

2-2 (0-2)

23-03-00

Canada - Dutch Antilles

1-0 (0-0)

6-04-00

Costa Rica - Honduras

1-1 (1-0)

23-03-00

Trinidad and Tobago - Guatemala

0-0 (0-0)

6-04-00

Mexico - Jamaica

5-0 (2-0)

25-03-00

Guatemala - Dutch Antilles

9-1 (5-0)

8-04-00

Jamaica - Honduras

0-2 (0-1)

25-03-00

Trinidad and Tobago - Canada

0-2 (0-1)

8-04-00

Mexico - Costa Rica

5-1 (2-0)

QUALIFIED: Canada, Guatemala.

QUALIFIED: Mexico, Honduras.

 

GROUP C (Panama City, PANAMA)

5-04-00

Panama - Bermuda

1-0 (1-0)

7-04-00

Cuba - Bermuda

0-0 (0-0)

9-04-00

Panama - Cuba

1-1 (0-0)

QUALIFIED: Panama.

 

BYE: USA.

 

 

FINAL ROUND (Hershey, USA)

 

GROUP STAGE

GROUP D

 

GROUP E

21-04-00

USA - Honduras

3-0 (1-0)

21-04-00

Panama - Guatemala

1-2 (0-1)

23-04-00

Canada - Honduras

0-2 (0-1)

23-04-00

Mexico - Guatemala

1-1 (1-0)

25-04-00

USA - Canada

0-0 (0-0)

25-04-00

Mexico - Panama

3-0 (3-0)

 

FINAL STAGE

Semifinals (28-04-2000)

D1-E2: USA - Guatemala

4-0 (3-0)

E1-D2: Mexico - Honduras

0-0 (0-0)*

* Honduras qualified on penalty kicks (4-5).

Finals (30-04-2000)

PLACES 3/4: Guatemala - Mexico

0-5 (0-2)

PLACES 1/2: USA - Honduras

1-2 (1-1)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Honduras, USA.

 

 

 

AFRICA

(From 29-11-1998 to 26-03-2000)

Also known as CAF Pre-Olympic Tournament (U-23)

The best group runner-up playoffs with the winner of the Oceanian Pre-Olympic Tournament (see below)

 

 

GROUP 1

PRELIMINARY ROUND

29-11-98

13-12-98

Uganda - Sudan

2-1 (xxx)

0-0 (0-0)

29-11-98

13-12-98

Namibia - Mozambique

0-0 (0-0)

3-3 (xxx)

29-11-98

13-12-98

Botswana - Swaziland

3-0 (xxx)

2-2 (xxx)

6-12-98

13-12-98

Seychelles - Mauritius

0-2 (xxx)

4-0 (xxx)

FIRST ROUND

12-06-99

27-06-99

Uganda - Zambia

1-0 (xxx)

2-1 (xxx)

13-06-99

27-06-99

Nigeria - Namibia

4-0 (xxx)

3-2 (xxx)

13-06-99

27-06-99

Angola - Botswana

4-2 (xxx)

0-4 (xxx)

13-06-99

27-06-99

Zimbabwe - Mauritius

4-1 (xxx)

(*)

* Mauritius withdrew after the first leg and Zimbabwe was declared match winner.

SECOND ROUND

 

16-10-99

Nigeria - Angola

2-0 (xxx)

 

 

17-10-99

Uganda - Zimbabwe

0-3 (xxx)

 

31-10-99

Angola - Uganda

3-1 (xxx)

31-10-99

Zimbabwe - Nigeria

2-1 (xxx)

13-02-00

Zimbabwe - Angola

3-2 (xxx)

19-02-00

Uganda - Nigeria

2-3 (xxx)

26-02-00

Nigeria - Uganda

1-0 (xxx)

26-02-00

Angola - Zimbabwe

4-2 (xxx)

12-03-00

Angola - Nigeria

3-1 (xxx)

12-03-00

Zimbabwe - Uganda

1-0 (xxx)

26-03-00

Uganda - Angola

0-1 (xxx)

26-03-00

Nigeria - Zimbabwe

4-0 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Nigeria.

 

GROUP 2

PRELIMINARY ROUND

29-11-98

12-12-98

Congo - Equatorial Guinea

1-0 (xxx)

1-1 (xxx)

29-11-98

13-12-98

Kenya - Tanzania

1-0 (xxx)

2-0 (xxx)

Gabon - Sierra Leone

(w.o.)

FIRST ROUND

13-06-99

27-06-99

Cameroon - Congo

5-0 (xxx)

0-0 (0-0)

13-06-99

27-06-99

Guinea - Gabon

4-1 (xxx)

0-1 (xxx)

13-06-99

27-06-99

Ghana - Tanzania

2-1 (xxx)

1-2 (xxx)

13-06-99

27-06-99

Togo - South Africa

2-2 (xxx)

1-0 (xxx)

SECOND ROUND

 

17-10-99

Ghana - South Africa

2-2 (xxx)

 

 

17-10-99

Guinea - Cameroon

0-3 (xxx)

 

30-10-99

South Africa - Guinea

3-1 (xxx)

5-12-99

Cameroon - Ghana

2-1 (xxx) (*)

19-02-00

South Africa - Cameroon

2-0 (xxx)

19-02-00

Ghana - Guinea

2-0 (xxx)

26-02-00

Cameroon - South Africa

2-0 (xxx)

27-02-00

Guinea - Ghana

1-2 (xxx)

11-03-00

South Africa - Ghana

1-0 (xxx)

12-03-00

Cameroon - Guinea

2-1 (xxx)

26-03-00

Ghana - Cameroon

0-3 (xxx)

26-03-00

Guinea - South Africa

1-4 (xxx)

* The original game, played on 31-10-1999, was abandoned in minute 89 (with a score of 2-2) due to poor visibility.

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Cameroon.

* South Africa, as best group runner-up, playoffs with the winner of the Oceanian Pre-Olympic Tournament (see below).

 

GROUP 3

PRELIMINARY ROUND

Mali - Guinea-Bissau

(w.o.)

D.R. Congo - Libya

(w.o.)

FIRST ROUND

13-06-99

27-06-99

Algeria - Ivory Coast

1-3 (xxx)

1-1 (xxx)

13-06-99

27-06-99

Tunisia - Senegal

1-1 (xxx)

1-2 (xxx)

13-06-99

27-06-99

Mali - Egypt

1-1 (xxx)

3-1 (xxx)

13-06-99

27-06-99

D.R. Congo - Morocco

2-1 (xxx)

(*)

* The Democratic Republic of the Congo withdrew after the first leg and Morocco was declared match winner.

SECOND ROUND

 

16-10-99

Morocco - Egypt

1-0 (xxx)

 

 

17-10-99

Tunisia - Ivory Coast

1-1 (xxx)

 

31-10-99

Egypt - Tunisia

2-1 (xxx)

31-10-99

Ivory Coast - Morocco

4-1 (xxx)

20-02-00

Tunisia - Morocco

2-4 (xxx)

20-02-00

Ivory Coast - Egypt

3-3 (xxx)

27-02-00

Egypt - Ivory Coast

2-1 (xxx)

27-02-00

Morocco - Tunisia

2-0 (xxx)

12-03-00

Egypt - Morocco

1-1 (xxx)

12-03-00

Ivory Coast - Tunisia

3-1 (xxx)

26-03-00

Morocco - Ivory Coast

2-1 (xxx)

26-03-00

Tunisia - Egypt

0-3 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Morocco.

 

 

 

ASIA

(From 3-04-1999 to 13-11-1999)

Also known as AFC Pre-Olympic Tournament (U-23)

 

 

FIRST ROUND

 

GROUP 1 (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES / QATAR)

 

GROUP 2

20-05-99

Yemen - Qatar [Sharjah]

0-3 (xxx)

6-05-99

Oman - Kuwait

2-2 (xxx)

23-05-99

UAE - Yemen [Sharjah]

6-1 (xxx)

14-05-99

Syria - Kuwait

1-2 (xxx)

26-05-99

UAE - Qatar [Sharjah]

0-1 (xxx)

20-05-99

Oman - Syria

1-5 (xxx)

1-06-99

Qatar - Yemen [Doha]

3-1 (xxx)

25-05-99

Kuwait - Syria

3-2 (xxx)

4-06-99

Yemen - UAE [Doha]

0-5 (xxx)

31-05-99

Syria - Oman

0-1 (xxx)

7-06-99

Qatar - UAE [Doha]

2-2 (xxx)

5-06-99

Kuwait - Oman

3-1 (xxx)

QUALIFIED: Qatar.

QUALIFIED: Kuwait.

 

GROUP 3 (Amman, JORDAN)

 

GROUP 4

1-07-99

Jordan - Saudi Arabia

1-3 (xxx)

14-05-99

Iran - Bahrain

2-1 (xxx)

3-07-99

Iraq - Jordan

4-2 (xxx)

20-05-99

Bahrain - Lebanon

2-1 (xxx)

5-07-99

Saudi Arabia - Iraq

1-1 (xxx)

6-06-99

Lebanon - Iran

2-0 (xxx)

8-07-99

Saudi Arabia - Jordan

2-0 (xxx)

11-06-99

Bahrain - Iran

2-0 (xxx)

10-07-99

Jordan - Iraq

5-0 (xxx)

18-06-99

Lebanon - Bahrain

0-2 (xxx)

12-07-99

Iraq - Saudi Arabia

2-2 (xxx)

25-06-99

Iran - Lebanon

1-1 (xxx)

QUALIFIED: Saudi Arabia.

QUALIFIED: Bahrain.

 

GROUP 5 (CENTRAL ASIA ZONE)

 

GROUP 6 (EAST ASIA ZONE)

3-04-99

Uzbekistan - Kyrgyzstan

3-1 (xxx)

12-06-99

Philippines - Japan [Hong Kong]

0-13 (xxx)

3-04-99

Tajikistan - Turkmenistan

1-2 (xxx)

12-06-99

Hong Kong - Nepal [Hong Kong]

1-2 (xxx)

10-04-99

Uzbekistan - Tajikistan

3-0 (xxx)

14-06-99

Nepal - Japan [Hong Kong]

0-5 (xxx)

24-04-99

Tajikistan - Kazakhstan

0-0 (0-0)

14-06-99

Hong Kong - Malaysia [H. K.]

2-2 (xxx)

24-04-99

Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan

1-1 (xxx)

16-06-99

Philippines - Nepal [Hong Kong]

0-1 (xxx)

8-05-99

Kazakhstan - Turkmenistan

4-1 (xxx)

16-06-99

Malaysia - Japan [Hong Kong]

0-4 (xxx)

8-05-99

Kyrgyzstan - Tajikistan

1-0 (xxx)

18-06-99

Malaysia - Philippines [Hong Kong]

6-1 (xxx)

15-05-99

Turkmenistan - Kyrgyzstan

3-0 (xxx)

18-06-99

Hong Kong - Japan [Hong Kong]

1-4 (xxx)

15-05-99

Uzbekistan - Kazakhstan

0-2 (xxx)

20-06-99

Nepal - Malaysia [Hong Kong]

1-1 (xxx)*

29-05-99

Kyrgyzstan - Turkmenistan

2-1 (xxx)

20-06-99

Hong Kong - Philippines [H.K.]

4-1 (xxx)

29-05-99

Kazakhstan - Uzbekistan

3-1 (xxx)

26-06-99

Philippines - Hong Kong [Tokyo]

0-1 (xxx)

5-06-99

Turkmenistan - Kazakhstan

3-2 (xxx)

26-06-99

Japan - Nepal [Tokyo]

9-0 (xxx)

5-06-99

Tajikistan - Kyrgyzstan

1-2 (xxx)

28-06-99

Nepal - Hong Kong [Tokyo]

1-2 (xxx)

12-06-99

Kazakhstan - Tajikistan

5-1 (xxx)

28-06-99

Japan - Malaysia [Tokyo]

4-0 (xxx)

12-06-99

Uzbekistan - Turkmenistan

3-0 (xxx)

30-06-99

Nepal - Philippines [Tokyo]

2-2 (xxx)

19-06-99

Kazakhstan - Kyrgyzstan

1-1 (xxx)

30-06-99

Malaysia - Hong Kong [Tokyo]

0-3 (xxx)

26-06-99

Tajikistan - Uzbekistan

0-2 (xxx)

2-07-99

Philippines - Malaysia [Tokyo]

0-5 (xxx)

26-06-99

Kyrgyzstan - Kazakhstan

2-3 (xxx)

2-07-99

Japan - Hong Kong [Tokyo]

2-0 (xxx)

3-07-99

Kyrgyzstan - Uzbekistan

0-2 (xxx)

4-07-99

Malaysia - Nepal [Tokyo]

3-2 (xxx)

3-07-99

Turkmenistan - Tajikistan

6-1 (xxx)

4-07-99

Japan - Philippines [Tokyo]

11-0 (xxx)

 

* Game abandoned in minute 88.

QUALIFIED: Kazakhstan.

QUALIFIED: Japan.

 

GROUP 7 (VIETNAM / CHINA)

 

 

23-05-99

Myanmar - North Korea [Hanoi]

0-1 (xxx)

23-05-99

Vietnam - China [Hanoi]

0-4 (xxx)

26-05-99

Vietnam - North Korea [Hanoi]

1-2 (xxx)

26-05-99

Myanmar - China [Hanoi]

0-4 (xxx)

29-05-99

Vietnam - Myanmar [Hanoi]

1-2 (xxx)

29-05-99

North Korea - China [Hanoi]

0-1 (xxx)

GROUP 8 (Seoul, SOUTH KOREA)

12-06-99

N. Korea - Myanmar [Shanghai]

6-0 (xxx)

25-05-99

Taiwan - Indonesia

1-2 (xxx)

12-06-99

China - Vietnam [Shanghai]

3-0 (xxx)

25-05-99

South Korea - Sri Lanka

5-0 (xxx)

15-06-99

North Korea - Vietnam [Shanghai]

1-1 (xxx)

27-05-99

Indonesia - Sri Lanka

2-1 (xxx)

15-06-99

China - Myanmar [Shanghai]

6-0 (xxx)

27-05-99

South Korea - Taiwan

7-0 (xxx)

18-06-99

Myanmar - Vietnam [Shanghai]

0-0 (0-0)

29-05-99

Taiwan - Sri Lanka

4-1 (xxx)

18-06-99

China - North Korea [Shanghai]

2-0 (xxx)

29-05-99

South Korea - Indonesia

7-0 (xxx)

QUALIFIED: China.

QUALIFIED: South Korea.

 

GROUP 9

17-07-99

Thailand - India

2-0 (xxx)

24-07-99

India - Thailand

0-0 (0-0)

* Singapore, Brunei and Laos withdrew before the competition.

QUALIFIED: Thailand.

 

 

SECOND ROUND

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

1-10-99

Qatar - Saudi Arabia

4-1 (xxx)

3-10-99

South Korea - China

1-0 (xxx)

8-10-99

Saudi Arabia - Kuwait

2-1 (xxx)

10-10-99

China - Bahrain

2-1 (xxx)

15-10-99

Kuwait - Qatar

4-0 (xxx)

17-10-99

Bahrain - South Korea

0-1 (xxx)

29-10-99

Saudi Arabia - Qatar

2-0 (xxx)

29-10-99

China - South Korea

1-1 (xxx)

7-11-99

Kuwait - Saudi Arabia

3-0 (xxx)

5-11-99

Bahrain - China

1-0 (xxx)

12-11-99

Qatar - Kuwait

1-2 (xxx)

13-11-99

South Korea - Bahrain

2-1 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Kuwait.

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: South Korea.

 

GROUP C

2-10-99

Kazakhstan - Thailand

0-0 (0-0)

9-10-99

Kazakhstan - Japan

0-2 (xxx)

17-10-99

Japan - Thailand

3-1 (xxx)

30-10-99

Thailand - Kazakhstan

1-4 (xxx)

6-11-99

Japan - Kazakhstan

3-1 (xxx)

13-11-99

Thailand - Japan

0-6 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Japan.

 

 

 

OCEANIA

(From 11-12-1999 to 27-05-2000)

Also known as OFC Olympic Qualifying (U-23)

 

 

FINAL ROUND (Auckland, NEW ZEALAND)

 

GROUP STAGE

GROUP A

 

 

11-12-99

Fiji - Western Samoa

4-0 (xxx)

11-12-99

Solomon Islands - Tonga

7-0 (xxx)

13-12-99

Fiji - Tonga

9-0 (xxx)

GROUP B

13-12-99

Solomon Islands - Western Samoa

2-1 (xxx)

12-12-99

New Zealand - Vanuatu

4-0 (xxx)

15-12-99

Western Samoa - Tonga

4-1 (xxx)

14-12-99

Papua New Guinea - Vanuatu

2-0 (xxx)

15-12-99

Solomon Islands - Fiji

2-0 (xxx)

16-12-99

Papua New Guinea - New Zealand

0-5 (xxx)

 

FINAL STAGE

Semifinals (18-12-1999)

A1-B2: Solomon Isl. - Papua New Guinea

3-1 (xxx)

B1-A2: New Zealand - Fiji

5-2 (xxx)

Final (20-12-1999)

Solomon Islands - New Zealand

1-4 (xxx)

QUALIFIED: New Zealand.

* The winner of the Oceanian Pre-Olympic Tournament has to playoff with the best group runner-up of the African Qualifiers (see above) for the last Olympic berth.

 

 

AFRICA/OCEANIA PLAYOFF

19-05-00

New Zealand - South Africa

2-3 (xxx)

27-05-00

South Africa - New Zealand

1-0 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: South Africa.

 

 

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