2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–AFC play-off)

January 2021 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (CONCACAF–AFC play-off) 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification Mexico MEX 30px 2 Japan JPN 30px 4 on aggregate First leg 2 2 2003 7 5 y Estadio Azteca Mexico City Martha Toro Pardo (Colombia) 75,000 Second leg 0 2 2003 7 12 y National Stadium Tokyo Katriina Elovirta (Finland) 12,743 1999 2007 The CONCACAF–AFC play-off of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification competition was a two-legged home-and-away tie that decided one spot in the final tournament in the United States. The play-off was contested by the third-placed team from CONCACAF, Mexico, and the fourth-placed team from the AFC, Japan. Qualified teams Confederation Placement Team CONCACAF 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 3rd place MEX AFC 2003 AFC Women's Championship 4th place JPN Summary The draw for the order of legs was held at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland on 4 March 2003. The matches were originally scheduled to take place on 10 and 17 May 2003.http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/030305/1/hm.html Draw for FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 to take place in Wuhan on 24 May FIFA 5 March 2003 14 January 2021 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20030816051826/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/030305/1/hm.html 16 August 2003 However, due to the postponement of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the matches instead took place on 5 and 12 July 2003. MEX 2–4 JPN 2–2 0–2 |} Matches Mexico v Japan 2003 7 5 y 12:00 UTC−5 MEX 2–2 JPN Mora 60 Sandoval 76 Kobayashi 51 Miyamoto 74 Estadio Azteca, Mexico City 75,000 Martha Toro Pardo (Colombia) https://web.archive.org/web/20050405000420/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/t/p/mr/mr33540.html Japan v Mexico 2003 7 12 y 15:00 UTC+9 JPN 2–0 MEX Sawa 56 Maruyama 83 National Stadium, Tokyo 12,743 Katriina Elovirta (Finland) https://web.archive.org/web/20050831215107/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/03/en/t/p/mr/mr33541.html Japan won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup. Goalscorers 6 2 JPN Yayoi Kobayashi JPN Karina Maruyama JPN Tomomi Miyamoto JPN Homare Sawa MEX Iris Mora MEX Marlene Sandoval References External links FIFA website https://web.archive.org/web/20111227062918/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/womensworldcup/usa2003/preliminaries/preliminary=7162/index.html 27 December 2011 Japanese match report Play-off Category:Mexico women's national football team matches Category:Japan women's national football team matches Category:July 2003 sports events in North America Category:July 2003 sports events in Asia Category:2003–04 in Mexican football Category:2003 in Japanese women's football 2003 2003 2003