1995 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

The qualification process for the 1995 Women's World Cup saw 54 teams from the six FIFA confederations compete for the 12 places in the tournament's finals. The places were divided as follows:

• Africa - represented by the CAF: 1 berth
• Asia - AFC: 2
• Europe - UEFA: 5 (Sweden qualified automatically as hosts)
• North, Central America & the Caribbean - CONCACAF: 2
• Oceania - OFC: 1
• South America - CONMEBOL: 1

Qualified teams

Africa (CAF) Nigeria Asia (AFC) China Japan South America (CONMEBOL) Brazil Oceania (OCF) Australia

Europe (UEFA) Denmark England Germany Norway Sweden (qualified automatically as hosts) North America, Central America & Caribbean (CONCACAF) Canada United States

Qualification groups

Africa (CAF)

Main article: 1995 Women's African Football Championship

Qualified: Nigeria

The one African team to qualify to the World Cup was the winner of the 1995 CAF Women's Championship, Nigeria. Nigeria won the tournament by defeating South Africa 11-2 on aggregate in a two-leg final.

Asia (AFC)

Qualified: China -- Japan

The two Asian teams to qualify to the World Cup were the two finalists of the women's football tournament at the 1994 Asian Games. The tournament took place in Hiroshima, Japan between October 3 & 12 and consisted of 4 teams.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Japan 7 3 2 1 0 9 1 8 China 7 3 2 1 0 8 1 7 Chinese Taipei 3 3 1 0 2 2 8 -6 South Korea 0 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9

Japan 1-1 China Japan 3-0 Chinese Taipei Japan 5-0 Korea Republic China 5-0 Chinese Taipei China 2-0 Korea Republic Chinese Taipei 2-0 Korea Republic

Final: Japan 0-2 China

Europe (UEFA)

Main article: 1995 UEFA Women's Championship

Qualified: Sweden -- England -- Germany -- Norway -- Denmark

The third official edition of the UEFA Women's Championship served also as UEFA's qualifying tournament for the World Cup. Out of the 29 teams participating in the tournament, the qualifiers were the four semi-finalists - Sweden (qualified as host of the World Cup), England, Germany and Norway - and the best quarter-final loser - Denmark.

North, Central America & the Caribbean (CONCACAF)

Main article: 1994 CONCACAF's Women's Championship

Qualified: United States -- Canada

The 1994 CONCACAF's Women's Championship determined the CONCACAF's two qualifiers for the FIFA Women's World Cup 1995 — the winner the United States and the runner-up Canada. The tournament took place in Montreal, Canada between August 13 & 21, 1994.

Oceania (OFC)

Qualified: Australia

The OCF was the only one of the six FIFA confederations to hold a specified qualifying competition.

Only three teams participated in the tournament which took place in Papua New Guinea between October 14 & 20, 1995: Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. The teams played in a round-robin tournament in which each team played 2 matches against each opponent, and in which the qualifier would be the team who finished first.

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Australia 9 4 3 0 1 13 2 11 New Zealand 9 4 3 0 1 10 2 8 Papua New Guinea 0 4 0 0 4 0 19 -19

New Zealand 2-1 Australia New Zealand 2-0 Papua New Guinea Australia 7-0 Papua New Guinea Australia 1-0 New Zealand Papua New Guinea 0-4 Australia Papua New Guinea 0-6 New Zealand

South America (CONMEBOL)

Main article: 1995 Sudamericano Femenino

Qualified: Brazil

The second edition of the Sudamericano Femenino (Women's South American Championship) in 1995 determined the CONMEBOL's qualifier. Brazil won the tournament.

External links

• Tables & results at RSSSF.com