Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 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[1] (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)Norway Ann Kristin Aarønes
Norway Linda Medalen
Brazil Pretinha (4 goals)
2000 →

The 1996 Summer Olympics—based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States—marked the first time that women participated in the Olympic association football tournament.[2][3] 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.

Football at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Qualification
menwomen
Tournament
menwomen
Squads
menwomen

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

Eight teams qualified for the 1996 Olympic women's football tournament, the hosts United States and the seven other best ranked teams at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup. England was ineligible to qualify for the tournament.

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

Preliminary round

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)

FIFA Fair play award

Goalscorers

With four goals, Pretinha of Brazil, Ann Kristin Aarønes and Linda Medalen of Norway are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 53 goals were scored by 33 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  United States (USA) 5 4 1 0 9 3 +6 13
2  China (CHN) 5 3 1 1 11 5 +6 10
3  Norway (NOR) 5 3 1 1 12 6 +6 10
4  Brazil (BRA) 5 1 2 2 7 8 –1 5
5  Germany (GER) 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
6  Sweden (SWE) 3 1 0 2 4 5 –1 3
7  Japan (JPN) 3 0 0 3 2 9 –7 0
8  Denmark (DEN) 3 0 0 3 2 11 –9 0

References

  1. ^ "U.S. Women's Soccer Team Wins Gold". WashingtonPost.com. August 2, 1996. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  2. ^ GEORGE VECSEYPublished: August 2, 1996 (August 2, 1996). "Women's Soccer: 76,481 Fans, 1 U.S. Gold - New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved November 1, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Women Sports Get a Boost - New York Times". Nytimes.com. September 20, 1993. Retrieved September 17, 2012.

External links

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