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1996 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryUnited States
DatesJuly 21 – August 1
Teams8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Runners-up China
Third place Norway
Fourth place Brazil
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored53 (3.31 per match)
Attendance691,762 (43,235 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Pretinha
Norway Ann Kristin Aarønes
Norway Linda Medalen
(4 goals each)
Fair play award United States
2000 →
Football at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Qualification
menwomen
Tournament
menwomen
Squads
menwomen

The 1996 Summer Olympics—based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States—marked the first time that women participated in the Olympic association football tournament.[1][2] The tournament featured eight women's national teams from four continental confederations. The teams were drawn into two groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament (which was held in Miami, Orlando, Birmingham and Washington, D.C.). At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage (which was held at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Georgia), beginning with the semi-finals and culminating with the gold medal match on August 1, 1996.

The United States became the inaugural champion after a 2–1 victory against China in the gold medal game.[3]

Competition schedule

G Group stage ½ Semifinals B 3rd place play-off F Final
Sun 21 Mon 22 Tue 23 Wed 24 Thu 25 Fri 26 Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1
G G G ½ B F

Qualification

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

The qualification system for the inaugural women's football tournament was based on the results of the 1995 FIFA World Cup. Seven best teams and the host nation were qualified for the tournament. As the third-ranked United States team was already qualified as the host, its spot was passed down to the eighth-ranked team, Japan. England was ranked seventh, but due to it not being an IOC member, its spot was passed down to the ninth-ranked Brazil.[4]

Venues

The tournament was held in five venues across five cities:

Squads

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Match officials

Group stage

Group E

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group E

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Group F

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament – Group F

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Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
July 28 – Athens, Georgia
 
 
 China3
 
August 1 – Athens
 
 Brazil2
 
 China1
 
July 28 – Athens, Georgia
 
 United States2
 
 Norway1
 
 
 United States (AET)2
 
Third place
 
 
August 1 – Athens
 
 
 Brazil0
 
 
 Norway2

Semi-finals

China 3–2 Brazil
Qingmei 5'
Haiying 83', 90'		 Report Roseli 67'
Pretinha 72'
Attendance: 64,196
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)
Norway 1–2 (a.e.t) United States
Medalen 18' Report Akers 76' (pen)
MacMillan gold-colored soccer ball 100'
Attendance: 64,196
Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Bronze medal match

Brazil 0–2 Norway
Report Aarønes 21', 25'
Attendance: 76,489
Referee: Ingrid Jonsson (Sweden)

Gold medal match

China 1–2 United States
Wen 32' Report MacMillan 19'
Milbrett 68'
Attendance: 76,489
Referee: Bente Ovedie Skogvang (Norway)

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 53 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 3.31 goals per match. Brazil's Pretinha and Norway's Ann Kristin Aarønes and Linda Medalen finished as the top scorers of the tournament, with each scoring four goals.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: FIFA[5]

Assists

4 assists

2 assists

1 assist

Source: FIFA[5]

FIFA Fair Play Award

The United States won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament.[5]

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 E  United States (H) 5 4 1 0 9 3 +6 13 Gold medal
2 E  China 5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 10 Silver medal
3 F  Norway 5 3 1 1 12 6 +6 10 Bronze medal
4 F  Brazil 5 1 2 2 7 8 −1 5 Fourth place
5 F  Germany 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 Eliminated in
group stage
6 E  Sweden 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
7 F  Japan 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
8 E  Denmark 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: FIFA[5]
(H) Hosts

References

  1. ^ Vecsey, George (August 2, 1996). "Women's Soccer: 76,481 Fans, 1 U.S. Gold". The New York Times. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  2. ^ "Women Sports Get a Boost". The New York Times. Associated Press. September 20, 1993. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  3. ^ Gildea, William (August 2, 1996). "U.S. Women's Soccer Team Wins Gold". The Washington Post. Athens, Georgia. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  4. ^ Women's Olympic Football Tournament Atlanta 1996
  5. ^ a b c d Statistics – Olympic Football Tournaments Atlanta '96. Zürich. 1996. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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