Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Brazil |
| Dates | 3–19 August 2016 |
| Teams | 12 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 7 (in 6 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Germany (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Sweden |
| Third place |  Canada |
| Fourth place |  Brazil |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 26 |
| Goals scored | 66 (2.54 per match) |
| Attendance | 635,885 (24,457 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Melanie Behringer (5 goals) |
| Fair play award | Sweden |
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The women's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 19 August 2016.[1] It was the 6th edition of the women's Olympic football tournament. Together with the men's competition, the 2016 Summer Olympics football tournament was held in six cities in Brazil, including Olympic host city Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the final at the Maracanã Stadium.[2] There were no player age restrictions for teams participating in the women's competition.
In March 2016, it was agreed that the competition would be part of IFAB's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[3] Title holders and 2012 Summer Olympics gold Olympic medalists the United States, were eliminated in a loss against Sweden in a penalty shoot-out in the quarter-finals. This marked the first time that the United States has not progressed to the semi-finals in a major international tournament.
Germany won their first gold medal by defeating Sweden 2–1 in the final.[4][5] Canada won bronze after beating host Brazil with the same scoreline in the bronze medal game.[6]
Competition schedule
The match schedule of the women's tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015.[7][8]
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | 3rd place play-off | F | Final |
| Wed 3 | Thu 4 | Fri 5 | Sat 6 | Sun 7 | Mon 8 | Tue 9 | Wed 10 | Thu 11 | Fri 12 | Sat 13 | Sun 14 | Mon 15 | Tue 16 | Wed 17 | Thu 18 | Fri 19 | |
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Qualification
In addition to host nation Brazil, 11 women's national teams qualified from six separate continental confederations. FIFA ratified the distribution of spots at the Executive Committee meeting in March 2014.[9]
| Means of qualification | Dates4 | Venue4 | Berths | Qualified | |
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| Host country | 2 October 2009 |  Denmark |
1 | Brazil
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| 2014 Copa América[10] | 11–28 September 2014 |  Ecuador |
1 |  Colombia
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| 2015 FIFA World Cup[11] (for UEFA eligible teams)5 |
6 June – 5 July 2015 | Canada |
2 |  France
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| Germany
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| 2015 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament[12] | 2–18 October 2015 | Various (home and away) | 2 |  South Africa
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 Zimbabwe6
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| 2016 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament[13] | 23 January 2016 |  Papua New Guinea |
1 |  New Zealand
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| 2016 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship[14] | 10–21 February 2016 |  United States |
2 | Canada
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| 2016 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament[15] | 29 February – 9 March 2016 |  Japan[16] |
2 |  Australia
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 China
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| 2016 UEFA Olympic Qualifying Tournament[17] | 2–9 March 2016 |  Netherlands |
1 | Sweden
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| Total | 12 | ||||
- ^4 Dates and venues are those of final tournaments (or final round of qualification tournaments), various qualification stages may precede matches at these specific venues.
- ^5 England finished in the top three among UEFA teams in the World Cup, however England is not an IOC member and talks for them to compete as Great Britain broke down.
- ^6 Nations making their Olympic tournament debut
Venues
The tournament was held in seven venues across six cities:
- Mineirão, Belo Horizonte
- Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília
- Arena da Amazônia, Manaus
- Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro
- Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Rio de Janeiro
- Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador
- Arena Corinthians, São Paulo
Squads
The women's tournament was a full international tournament with no restrictions on age. Each team had to submit a squad of 18 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers. Each team might also have a list of four alternate players, who would replace any player in the squad in case of injury during the tournament.[18]
Match officials
On 2 May 2016, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[19]
| Confederation | Referee | Assistants |
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| AFC | Rita Gani (Malaysia) | Allyson Flynn (Australia) Naomi Teshirogi (Japan) |
| Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea) | Hong Kum-nyo (North Korea) Cui Yongmei (China) | |
| CAF | Gladys Lengwe (Zambia) | Bernadettar Kwimbira (Malawi) Souad Oulhaj (Morocco) |
| CONCACAF | Carol Chenard (Canada) | Marie-Josée Charbonneau (Canada) Suzanne Morisset (Canada) |
| Lucia Venegas (Mexico) | Enedina Caudillo (Mexico) Mayte Chávez (Mexico) | |
| CONMEBOL | Olga Miranda (Paraguay) | Mariana de Almeida (Argentina) Yoleida Lara (Venezuela) |
| Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay) | Loreto Toloza (Chile) Neuza Back (Brazil) | |
| OFC | Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand) | Sarah Jones (New Zealand) Lata Kaumatule (Tonga) |
| UEFA | Teodora Albon (Romania) | Petruța Iugulescu (Romania) Mária Súkeníková (Slovakia) |
| Stéphanie Frappart (France) | Manuela Nicolosi (France) Yolanda Parga (Spain) | |
| Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine) | Nataliya Rachynska (Ukraine) Sanja Rođak-Karšić (Croatia) | |
| Esther Staubli (Switzerland) | Lucie Ratajová (Czech Republic) Chrysoula Kourompylia (Greece) | |
| Support Referee | Melissa Borjas (Honduras) | |
| María Carvajal (Chile) | ||
Draw
The draw for the tournament was held on 14 April 2016, 10:30 BRT (UTC−3), at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro.[20] The 12 teams in the women's tournament were drawn into three groups of four teams.[21] The teams were seeded into four pots based on the FIFA Ranking of March 2016 (in brackets in the table).[22] The hosts Brazil were automatically assigned into position E1. No groups can contain more than one team from the same confederation.[23]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Group stage
The top two teams of each group and the two best third-placed teams advanced to the quarter-finals. The rankings of teams in each group were determined as follows:[18]
- points obtained in all group matches;
- goal difference in all group matches;
- number of goals scored in all group matches;
If two or more teams were equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings were determined as follows:
- points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
- drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
The groups were denoted as groups E, F and G to avoid confusion with the groups of the men's tournament which used designations A–D.
Group E
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Group F
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Group G
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Ranking of third-placed teams
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | F | Australia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | E | Sweden
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 4 | |
| 3 | G | New Zealand
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Lots drawn by FIFA
Knockout stage
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[18]
On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[3]
The knockout stage of the women's football tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics was played from 12 to 19 August 2016. The top two teams from each group in the group stage and the two best third-placed teams qualified for the knockout stage.[18]
All times are local, BRT (UTC−3).[24]
Qualified teams
| Group | Winners | Runners-up | Third place (best two) |
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| E | Brazil
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China
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Sweden
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| F | Canada
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Germany
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Australia
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| G | United States
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France
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Bracket
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner.[18]
On 18 March 2016, the FIFA Executive Committee agreed that the competition would be part of the International Football Association Board's trial to allow a fourth substitute to be made during extra time.[25]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 12 August — Belo Horizonte | ||||||||||
| Brazil (p) | 0 (7) | |||||||||
| 16 August — Rio de Janeiro (Mar.) | ||||||||||
| Australia | 0 (6) | |||||||||
| Brazil | 0 (3) | |||||||||
| 12 August — Brasília | ||||||||||
| Sweden (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| United States | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 19 August — Rio de Janeiro (Mar.) | ||||||||||
| Sweden (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| Sweden | 1 | |||||||||
| 12 August — São Paulo | ||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| Canada | 1 | |||||||||
| 16 August — Belo Horizonte | ||||||||||
| France | 0 | |||||||||
| Canada | 0 | |||||||||
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| Germany | 2 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| China | 0 | |||||||||
| 19 August — São Paulo | ||||||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 1 | |||||||||
| Canada | 2 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
United States vs Sweden
| United States | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Sweden |
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Morgan  77' |
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Blackstenius 61' |
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3–4 | Schelin Asllani Sembrant Seger Dahlkvist |
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Semi-finals
Brazil vs Sweden
| Brazil | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Sweden |
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| Marta Cristiane Andressa Alves Rafaelle Andressinha |
3–4 | Schelin Asllani Seger Fischer Dahlkvist |
    Brazil[30]
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Canada vs Germany
| Canada | 0–2 | Germany |
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Behringer 21' (pen.) Däbritz 59' |
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
| Sweden | 1–2 | Germany |
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| Blackstenius 67' |
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Marozsán 48' Sembrant 62' (o.g.) |
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Notes
- ^ Then known as Rebecca Quinn
References
- ^ "Circular no. 1383 – Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016 – Men's and Women's Tournaments" (PDF). FIFA.com. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
- ^ "Manaus enters race to host Rio 2016 Olympic Games football matches". Rio 2016 official website. 12 February 2015. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016.
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- ^ "Germany beat Sweden in Olympic final to win their first women's football gold". Guardian. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Canada defeat Brazil to win back-to-back Bronze". fifa.com. 19 August 2016.
- ^ "Match schedule for Rio 2016 unveiled". FIFA.com. 10 November 2015.
- ^ "Match Schedule Olympic Football Tournaments Rio 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com.
- ^ "FIFA ratifies the distribution of seats corresponding to each confederation". CONMEBOL.com. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ "Reglamento – Copa América Femenina 2014" (PDF) (in Spanish). CONMEBOL.
- ^ "Germany and Norway drawn together". UEFA.com. 6 December 2014.
- ^ "CAF Full Calendar". CAFonline.com. 28 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "OFC Insider Issue 6". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 March 2015. p. 8.
- ^ "2016 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship Will be Played in Dallas and Houston". US Soccer. 12 August 2015.
- ^ "Groups drawn for First Round of Rio 2016 Women's Qualifiers". Asian Football Confederation. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ "Football - Women's AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "European contenders impress in Canada". UEFA.com. 18 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d e "Regulations for the Olympic Football Tournaments 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Cite error: The named reference "regulations" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "Olympic Football Tournaments (OFTs) RIO 2016" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
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- ^ "Groups and match schedule defined for Rio 2016 Olympic football tournaments". Rio 2016 Official Website. 14 April 2016. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016.
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- ^ "FIFA Executive Committee approves key priorities to restore trust in FIFA". FIFA. 18 March 2016. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: USA vs SWE" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: CHN vs GER" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: CAN vs FRA" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: BRA vs AUS" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: BRA vs SWE" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: CAN vs GER" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: BRA vs CAN" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "Match Report: SWE vs GER" (PDF). Rio 2016 Official Website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
External links
- Football – Women, Rio2016.com
- Women's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016, FIFA.com
Quarter-finals
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
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Gold medal match
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Goalscorers
- 5 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Lisa De Vanna- Caitlin Foord
- Alanna Kennedy
- Samantha Kerr
- Clare Polkinghorne
- Kyah Simon
Andressa Alves- Mônica
Deanne Rose- Sophie Schmidt
Gu Yasha- Tan Ruyin
Camille Abily- Amel Majri
Saskia Bartusiak- Melanie Leupolz
- Dzsenifer Marozsán
- Alexandra Popp
Amber Hearn
Nilla Fischer- Lotta Schelin
Crystal Dunn- Mallory Pugh
Kudakwashe Basopo- Mavis Chirandu
- Emmaculate Msipa
- 1 own goal
Carolina Arias (playing against France)- Linda Sembrant (playing against Germany)
- Eunice Chibanda (playing against Germany)
Final ranking
As 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 | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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Germany
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 13 | Gold Medal |
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Sweden
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6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 6 | Silver Medal |
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Canada
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 15 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Brazil (H)
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6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 9 | Fourth place |
| 5 | United States
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 8 | Eliminated in quarter-finals |
| 6 | France
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | |
| 7 | Australia
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 | |
| 8 | China
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 | |
| 9 | New Zealand
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 10 | South Africa
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 1 | |
| 11 | Colombia
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |
| 12 | Zimbabwe
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 |
See also
References
External links
- Football – Women, Rio2016.com
- Women's Olympic Football Tournament, Rio 2016, FIFA.com
- FIFA Technical Report
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