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

Event	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Mexico Japan 2 4
on aggregate
First leg
Mexico Japan 2 2
Date	5 July 2003 (2003-07-05)
Venue	Estadio Azteca, Mexico City
Referee	Martha Toro Pardo (Colombia)
Attendance	75,000
Second leg
Japan Mexico 2 0
Date	12 July 2003 (2003-07-12)
Venue	National Stadium, Tokyo
Referee	Katriina Elovirta (Finland)
Attendance	12,743
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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	Mexico
AFC	2003 AFC Women's Championship 4th place	Japan

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. However, due to the postponement of the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, the matches instead took place on 5 and 12 July 2003.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mexico	2–4	Japan	2–2	0–2

Matches

Mexico	2–2	Japan
Mora 60' Sandoval 76'	Report	Kobayashi 51' Miyamoto 74'

Japan	2–0	Mexico
Sawa 56' Maruyama 83'	Report

Japan won 4–2 on aggregate and qualified for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Goalscorers

There were 6 goals scored in 2 matches, for an average of 3 goals per match.

1 goal

• Yayoi Kobayashi
• Karina Maruyama
• Tomomi Miyamoto
• Homare Sawa
• Iris Mora
• Marlene Sandoval

References

1. ^ "Draw for FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 to take place in Wuhan on 24 May". FIFA. 5 March 2003. Archived from the original on 16 August 2003. Retrieved 14 January 2021.

External links

• FIFA website Archived 27 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Japanese match report

• 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
• Mexico women's national football team matches
• Japan women's national football team matches
• July 2003 sports events in North America
• July 2003 sports events in Asia
• 2003–04 in Mexican football
• 2003 in Japanese women's football
• International women's association football competitions hosted by Mexico
• International women's association football competitions hosted by Japan