On The Road To Germany: 4 Teams Join The Elite

Four more teams, 2 each from the CONCACAF and CAF confederations, have joined the other teams who have qualified for the Women's World Cup. That leaves us with only 3 more berths to be decided.

Hello everyone and Happy Veteran's Day! The qualifying for the Women's World Cup has been underway for quite some time, and is coming to a close soon. Four more teams have qualified and will be joining the Elite in Germany come 2011. It also means that there are only 3 berths left to be clinched in the competition. First let's mention our qualified teams:

Hailing from the CONCACAF region, both Canada and Mexico have qualified. If you have been following the Gold Cup, you would know all about this of course. Canada, who faced Costa Rica in the Semifinal, won 4-0, and having been named a finalist, automatically qualified for Germany 2011. They would go on to become Champions of the region as well. Mexico faced the USA in their Semifinal, and pulled off the upset, dubbed "The Calamity in Cancun", in order to be named a finalist, and therefore received an automatic qualification for the Women's World Cup.

Hailing from the CAF region, both Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea won their Semifinals, and having both been named finalists, will qualify for Germany 2011. Nigeria won their Semifinal against Cameroon 5-1, while Equatorial Guniea won theirs against South Africa 3-1.


That leaves us with 3 berths remaining. Only 3 more teams will be able to join the Elite in the most important competition in the game of Soccer: The World Cup. Two of these berths will be clinched by South American teams, as the finalists of the CONMEBOL Sudamericano Femenino will automatically clinch a berth. The Sudamericano Femenino will finish on November 21st, and by then we'll know who from CONMEBOL will join the rest. The final berth will be decided by the UEFA-CONCACAF Play-off. Both Italy and the USA will be facing off in a home-and-away series in order to decide who is going to Germany in 2011, and who is staying home. The first leg will be played in Padova, Italy, with the 2nd leg being played in Bridgeview, Illinois of the United States, at the Chicago Red Stars' home: Toyota Park. The winner will be decided on the goal aggregate at the end of both matches.


The first step of the Road to Germany is almost complete! We now wait to find out which 3 teams will join the rest next summer.

We'll find out soon enough,

Denise