Vic Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Women's soccer in Wales kicks off London 2012 schedule Feb 15 (Reuters) - A women's soccer match in Wales will kick off the 2012 Olympics programme a full two days before the flame is lit in London for 'the greatest show on earth'. The competition schedule with dates, times and prices for the 19-day sporting extravaganza was published online (www.tickets.london2012.com) on Tuesday after years of planning and exactly a month before 6.6 million public tickets go on sale. The very first event will be more around 200km away to the west at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, which hosts a preliminary match for the women's soccer tournament at 1600 local time (1500 GMT) on July 25. Coventry, Glasgow's Hampden Park, Manchester United's Old Trafford and Newcastle's St. James' Park also host soccer preliminaries before the flame is lit at the Olympic Stadium, West Ham United's future home. The schedule lists more than 670 sessions at 34 venues in 26 sports, with some 2.5 million tickets priced at 20 pounds or less and children enjoying a "pay your age" scheme. Tickets go on sale from March 15 to April 26, with those for oversubscribed sessions allocated via a ballot rather than a first come, first served basis. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/15/olympics-schedule-idUSLDE71D2HU20110215 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terpfan68 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Will there be men and women soccer teams representing the United Kingdom? Olympic competition does not allow for the individual members of the UK to compete as nations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saviola7 Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Will there be men and women soccer teams representing the United Kingdom? Olympic competition does not allow for the individual members of the UK to compete as nations. England will represent team GB alone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland_Olympic_football_team#London_2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themodelcitizen Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 has Canada qualified? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 CONCACAF qualification for London is in 2012 and Canada is hosting the tournament. Canada, the Americans and Mexico get byes. Three Central American finalists and the two Caribbean finalists will come up for the tournament also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N-A Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 England will represent team GB alone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Britain_and_Northern_Ireland_Olympic_football_team#London_2012 According to an article I have read on the BBC website. Blatter has said N.Ireland, Scotland and Wales international status would not be affected by their players playing for a GB Olympic team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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