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Revision as of 12:17, 19 April 2009

2008 Women's Olympic
football tournament
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Dates6 August - 21 August
Teams12 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (3rd title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Germany
Fourth place Japan
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored64 (2.46 per match)
Attendance740,014 (28,462 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Cristiane (5 goals)

The women's association football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held in Beijing and four other cities in the People's Republic of China from 6 August to 21 August. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their full women's national teams.

For these Games, the women competed in a 12-team tournament. Preliminary matches commenced on 6 August, two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games. The teams were grouped into three pools of four teams each for a round-robin preliminary round. The top two teams in each pool, as well as the best two third-place finishing teams, advanced to an eight-team single-elimination bracket.

The tournament was won by the United States, which beat Brazil 1-0 in the gold medal game. Carli Lloyd scored the game winning goal in the 96th minute for the United States, which collect their third Olympic gold medal.

Qualifying criteria

A National Olympic Committee may enter one women's team for the football competition.

Competition Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host Nation - - 1  China
AFC Preliminary Competition Feb 2007 - Aug 2007 - 2  Japan
 North Korea
CAF Preliminary Competition Oct 2006 - Mar 2008 - 1  Nigeria
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition Oct 2007 - Apr 2008 Mexico Ciudad Juárez 2  United States
 Canada
2006 Sudamericano Femenino November 10-26, 2006 Argentina Mar del Plata 1  Argentina
OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Aug 25 - Sep 7, 2007
March 8, 2008
Samoa Apia
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby
1  New Zealand
UEFA (2007 FIFA Women's World Cup)* September 10-30, 2007  China 2*  Germany
 Norway
UEFA Playoff (Denmark vs Sweden) November 8, 2007
November 28, 2007
Denmark Viborg
Sweden Solna
1*  Sweden
CAF-CONMEBOL Playoff (Ghana vs Brazil) April 19, 2008 China Beijing 1  Brazil
TOTAL 12 Field is Finalized
  • Note - The three best ranked European teams at the FIFA Women's World Cup qualified for the Olympics. However, the third best team England could not participate, because England competes at the Olympic Games as part of Great Britain, which does not compete in football. Therefore, the fourth European team would advance, requiring a play-off between Sweden and Denmark.

Squads

Countries of women's tournament

The women's tournament is a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. Each nation must submit a squad of 18 players by 23 July 2008. A minimum of two goalkeepers (plus one optional alternate goalkeeper) must be included in the squad.

Officials

Preliminaries

Group winners and runner-ups, plus two best third place teams advanced to quarter final round. Groups are lettered sequentially from the last letter in the Men's Football tournament (which has Groups A through D).

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group E

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 China 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Sweden 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
 Canada 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Argentina 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Argentina 1 – 2 Canada
Manicler 85' (Report) Chapman 27'
Lang 72'





Group F

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7
 Germany 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7
 North Korea 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3
 Nigeria 3 0 0 3 1 5 −4 0
Germany 0 – 0 Brazil
(Report)
Attendance: 20,703
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)





Nigeria 1 – 3 Brazil
Nkwocha 19' (pen.) (Report) Cristiane 34' 35' 45+3'

Group G

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6
 Norway 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
 Japan 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
 New Zealand 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1




Norway 1 – 5 Japan
Knutsen 27' (Report) Kinga 31'
Følstad 51' (o.g.)
Ohno 52'
Sawa 71'
Hara 83'

Ranking of third-placed teams

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Japan 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
 Canada 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 North Korea 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3

Stage 2

Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal match
         
F1  Brazil 2
G2  Norway 1
F1  Brazil 4
F2  Germany 1
E2  Sweden 0
F2  Germany 2
F1  Brazil 0
G1  United States 1
E1  China 0
G3  Japan 2
G3  Japan 2 Bronze medal match
G1  United States 4
G1  United States 2 F2  Germany 2
E3  Canada 1 G3  Japan 0

Quarterfinals

United States 2 – 1 (a.e.t.) Canada
Hucles 12'
Kai 101'
(Report) Sinclair 30'
Attendance: 26,129

Brazil 2 – 1 Norway
Daniela 43'
Marta 57'
(Report) Nordby 83' (pen.)


Semifinals

Brazil 4 – 1 Germany
Formiga 43'
Cristiane 49' 76'
Marta 53'
(Report) Prinz 10'

United States 4 – 2 Japan
Hucles 41' 80'
Chalupny 44'
O'Reilly 70'
(Report) Ohno 16'
Arakawa 90+3'
Attendance: 50,937

Bronze medal match

Germany 2 – 0 Japan
Bajramaj 68' 87' (Report)
Attendance: 49,285

Gold medal match

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women's football  United States  Brazil  Germany

Statistics

Goalscorers

References

  • "Sports Competition Schedule". BOCOG. 2006-04-17. Retrieved 2006-08-10. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  • "Athletics". ( Sports). International Olympic Committee. 2006. Retrieved 2006-08-10. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  • "Programme of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008" (pdf). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-08-10.
  • Federation Internationale de Football Association
  • RSSSF