User:Cupcake92/Football/Competitions/Football at the Summer Unity Games/2012
Football at the 2012 Summer Unity Games is scheduled to be held from 25 July to 11 August. Football is not just being held in London (the host city of the Unity Games) but throughout the whole country in other cities such as Salford, Glasgow, Stockton-on-Tees, Birmingham and Cardiff. The finals will be played at CSA England Stadium. Associations affiliated with CSA Football are invited to send their full women's national teams and men's U-23 teams to participate. Men's teams are allowed to augment their squad with three players over the age of 23. 504 football players are expected to compete for two sets of gold medals.
Venues
[edit]- CSA England Stadium, London
- Manchester Rockers Arena, Salford
- Monsters Park, Stockton-on-Tees
- Real Birmingham Stadium, Birmingham
- Glasgow FC Arena, Glasgow
- Parc y Dragons, Cardiff
Qualified Teams
[edit]Men's tournament
[edit]| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 |  Great Britain
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| African Preliminary Competition | 3 |  Ghana Côte d'Ivoire South Africa
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| Asian Preliminary Competiton | 3 |  Japan South Korea Australia
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| European Preliminary Competition | 3 |  Spain Serbia Germany
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| North & Central American Preliminary Competiton | 2 |  United States Canada
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| Oceanian Preliminary Competition | 1 |  New Zealand
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| South American Preliminary Competition | 2 |  Brazil Argentina
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| Asian-African play-off | 1 |  Bahrain
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Women's tournament
[edit]| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | Great Britain
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| African Preliminary Competition | 2 |  Nigeria South Africa
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| Asian Preliminary Competiton | 2 | Japan Australia
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| European Preliminary Competition | 2 | Germany Sweden
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| North & Central American Preliminary Competiton | 2 | United States Canada
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| Oceanian Preliminary Competition | 1 | New Zealand
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| South American Preliminary Competition | 2 | Brazil Uruguay
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