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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)
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored61 (2.54 per match)
Attendance639,117 (26,630 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Cristiane (5 goals)
All statistics correct as of 16:17, 19 August 2008 (UTC).
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The women's association football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics is being 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 compete 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.

Qualifying criteria

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

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's qualification
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 Juarez 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 Råsunda stadion, 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
Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's team squads

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.

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'
Attendance: 23,201
China 2 – 1 Sweden
Xu 6'
Han 72'		 (Report) Schelin 38'
Attendance: 37,902
Sweden 1 – 0 Argentina
Fischer 57' (Report)
Attendance: 38,293
Canada 1 – 1 China
Sinclair 34' (Report) Xu 36'
Attendance: 52,600
China 2 – 0 Argentina
Han 52'
Gu 90'		 (Report)
Attendance: 31,492
Sweden 2 – 1 Canada
Schelin 19' 51' (Report) Tancredi 63'
Attendance: 51,112

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)
North Korea 1 – 0 Nigeria
Kim Kyong-Hwa 27' (Report)
Attendance: 24,084
Nigeria 0 – 1 Germany
(Report) Stegemann 65'
Attendance: 19,266
Brazil 2 – 1 North Korea
Daniela 14'
Marta 23'		 (Report) Ri Kum-Suk 90'
Attendance: 19,616
Referee: Niu Huijun (China)
North Korea 0 – 1 Germany
(Report) Mittag 86'
Attendance: 12,387
Nigeria 1 – 3 Brazil
Nkwocha 19' (pen.) (Report) Cristiane 34' 35' 45+3'
Attendance: 51,112

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
Japan 2 – 2 New Zealand
Miyama 72' (pen.)
Sawa 86'		 (Report) Yallop 37'
Hearn 56' (pen.)
Attendance: 10,270
Norway 2 – 0 United States
Larsen Kaurin 2'
Wiik 4'		 (Report)
Attendance: 17,673
United States 1 – 0 Japan
Lloyd 27' (Report)
Attendance: 16,912
New Zealand 0 – 1 Norway
(Report) Wiik 8'
Attendance: 7,285
Norway 1 – 5 Japan
Knutsen 27' (Report) Kinga 31'
Følstad 51' (o.g.)
Ohno 52'
Sawa 71'
Hara 83'
Attendance: 16,872
United States 4 – 0 New Zealand
O'Reilly 1'
Rodriguez 43'
Tarpley 56'
Hucles 60'		 (Report)
Attendance: 12,453

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
G1  United States
G1  United States 2
E3  Canada 1
G1  United States 4 Bronze medal match
G3  Japan 2
E1  China 0 F2  Germany 2
G3  Japan 2 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.)
Attendance: 26,174
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
Sweden 0 – 2 (a.e.t.) Germany
(Report) Garefrekes 104'
Laudehr 115'
Attendance: 17,209
China 0 – 2 Japan
(Report) Sawa 15'
Nagasato 80'
Attendance: 28,459

Semifinals

Brazil 4 – 1 Germany
Formiga 43'
Cristiane 49' 76'
Marta 53'		 (Report) Prinz 10'
Attendance: 26,976
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)
Referee: Estella Alvares (Argentina)

Gold medal match

Brazil 0 − 1 United States
Lloyd 43'

Statistics

Goalscorers

Players listed in bold are still involved in the competition

Statistics are accurate as of the end of the Bronze Medal Match, played 22 August 2008

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}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); 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
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