Rio 2016 – Women: Zimbabwe profile

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Olympic record For Zimbabwe, Rio 2016 will be their first appearance on a global footballing stage, having previously always fallen short in the qualification competition for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament. They secured a convincing 6-1 victory against Guinea in their first match on the road to China PR 2008, but were then knocked out by regional rival South Africa, who managed to win both legs – 3-2 and 2-1. They failed to enter the qualifying tournament for London in 2012.

The road to Rio The road to Rio was everything but smooth for the southern African team. After receiving a bye into the second round, they lost their first match 2-1 in Zambia, but a 1-0 victory at home saw them advance on the away-goal rule. They then failed to travel to Côte d’Ivoire for the first leg in the third round and were thrown out …

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