Tokyo 2020: Cameroon Battle Chile With Sights On Tokyo Olympic Ticket

  After a 13-month wait, Cameroon will finally continue their quest to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Women’s football tournament, when they face Chile in the CAF–CONMEBOL intercontinental playoff doubleheader on 10 and 13 April in Antalya, Turkey, BSNSports.com.ng reports. The Indomitable Lionesses missed earning an automatic ticket to Tokyo, after falling to Zambia on away goals, despite a 4-4 aggregate in the final round of CAF qualifying series in March 2020. Cameroon saw off Ethiopia, DR Congo and Cote d’Ivoire before losing to Zambia, who will have their Olympic Games debut this summer. After the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the playoff schedule twice, the Lionesses will seek to upstage Chile in Antalya, with the first leg showdown on April 10, and the second three days later in the same venue. Now, they are bidding to return to the Olympics after their debut in London 2012, having missed Rio 2016, but will need to overcome the 2018 Copa America runners up, who are also in search of their maiden qualification. An aggregate triumph over Chile will see Africa parading two teams in Tokyo, along with Zambia. The finals draw is scheduled on 21 April at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.