At 8 o'clock in the morning on April 10, Beijing time, the women's football African qualifiers for the Paris Olympics were all over, and the Moroccan women's football team drew 2-2 with the Zambian women's football team in two legs. After that, all 12 participating teams of the women's football team were released, among which the Japanese women's football team and the Australian women's football team represented the Asian region, and the Chinese women's football team was absent for the second time in history.
Compared with the top 16 seats of the Olympic men's football team, there are only 12 teams in women's football, in addition to the host, the five continents divide the other 11 places, specifically 2 seats in Europe, 2 seats in Asia, 2 seats in Africa, 2 seats in Central and North America, 2 seats in South America, and 1 seat in Oceania.
In February this year, the final stage of the Asian qualifiers were all over, the Japanese women's football team eliminated the North Korean women's football team with a total score of 2-1, and the Australian women's football team eliminated the Uzbekistan women's football team with a total score of 13-0.
In addition to the Asian zone, the European zone, the Central and North American zone, and the Oceania zone have successively produced qualified teams, among which the French women's football team is the host country to automatically lock the qualification, the German women's football team and the Spanish women's football team have won the two places in the European zone, the United States women's football team and the Canadian women's football team represent the Central and North American regions, the Brazilian women's football team and the Colombian women's football team represent the South American region, and the New Zealand women's football team won the first place in the Oceania qualifiers.
The last two places will be determined by the African qualifiers, in which the winners of the two matches of Zambia Women's Football VS Morocco Women's Football Team and Nigeria Women's Football Team VS South Africa Women's Football Team will advance.
In the end, the Nigerian women's football team won 1-0 over two legs and eliminated the South African women's football team, and then the Moroccan women's football team drew 2-2 with the Zambian women's football team in two legs.
Our Chinese women's football team, as early as last year, missed the Olympic Games again after 2012, and the first group exit of the Women's World Cup, has been thrown away by the world's strong teams, and it is difficult to return to the top.
It is worth mentioning that the Dutch women's football team and England women's football team, the runners-up of the last two World Cups, were also absent from the Olympic Games.
The women's teams participating in Paris 2024 are as follows:
Host: France
North and Central America and the Caribbean: United States, Canada
South America: Brazil, Colombia
Oceania: New Zealand
Europe: Germany, Spain
Asia: Australia, Japan
Africa: Morocco, Nigeria