Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

2016 Women's Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
Dates3–19 August
Teams12 (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 played26
Goals scored66 (2.54 per match)
Attendance635,885 (24,457 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Melanie Behringer (5 goals)
Fair play award Sweden
2012
2020

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] The United States, gold medalists for the previous three Games, were eliminated by a penalty shoot-out defeat against Sweden in the quarter-finals. This marked the first time that the United States did not progress to the semi-finals of a major international tournament. For the first time since the introduction of the women's tournament in 1996, three matches in the knockout stage were decided by a penalty shoot-out (two quarter-finals and one semi-final).

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

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The match schedule of the women's tournament was unveiled on 10 November 2015.[7][8]

G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals SF Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
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
G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualification

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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
Host country 2 October 2009 Denmark Denmark 1  Brazil
2014 Copa América[10] 11–28 September 2014  Ecuador 1  Colombia
2015 FIFA World Cup[11]
(for UEFA eligible teams)5
6 June – 5 July 2015  Canada 2  Germany
 France
2015 CAF Olympic Qualifying Tournament[12] 2–18 October 2015 Various (home and away) 2  South Africa
 Zimbabwe6
2016 OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament[13] 23 January 2016  Papua New Guinea 1  New Zealand
2016 CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship[14] 10–21 February 2016  United States 2  United States
 Canada
2016 AFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament[15] 29 February – 9 March 2016  Japan[16] 2  Australia
 China
2016 UEFA Olympic Qualifying Tournament[17] 2–9 March 2016  Netherlands 1  Sweden
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

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The tournament was held in seven venues across six cities:

Squads

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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

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On 2 May 2016, FIFA released the list of match referees that would officiate at the Olympics.[19]

Match officials
Confederation Referee Assistant referees
AFC Rita Gani (Malaysia) Cui Yongmei (China PR)[a]
Naomi Teshirogi (Japan)
Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea) Allyson Flynn (Australia)[a]
Hong Kum-nyo (North Korea)
CAF Gladys Lengwe (Zambia) Bernadettar Kwimbira (Malawi)
Souad Oulhaj (Morocco)
CONCACAF Carol Anne Chenard (Canada) Marie-Josée Charbonneau (Canada)
Suzanne Morisset (Canada)
Lucila Venegas (Mexico) Enedina Caudillo (Mexico)
Mayte Chávez (Mexico)
CONMEBOL Olga Miranda (Paraguay) Mariana de Almeida (Argentina)
Yoleida Lara (Venezuela)
Claudia Umpiérrez (Uruguay) Neuza Back (Brazil)
Loreto Toloza (Chile)
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 Rodríguez (Spain)
Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine) Nataliya Rachynska (Ukraine)
Sanja Rođak-Karšić (Croatia)
Esther Staubli (Switzerland) Chrysoula Kourompylia (Greece)
Lucie Ratajová (Czech Republic)
Fourth officials
Confederation Referee
CONCACAF Melissa Borjas (Honduras)
CONMEBOL María Carvajal (Chile)

Notes

  1. ^ a b Cui Yongmei (China PR) replaced Allyson Flynn (Australia) as assistant referee for the Germany v Canada group stage match.

Draw

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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

Group stage

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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]

  1. points obtained in all group matches;
  2. goal difference in all group matches;
  3. 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:

  1. points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  2. goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  3. number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
  4. 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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China vs Sweden
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil (H) 3 2 1 0 8 1 +7 7 Quarter-finals
2  China 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
3  Sweden 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4
4  South Africa 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Sweden 1–0 South Africa
Fischer 76' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Report
Brazil 3–0 China
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 27,618[25]
Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

Brazil 5–1 Sweden
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Report
Schelin 89'

South Africa 0–0 Brazil
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
China 0–0 Sweden
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Report
Attendance: 7,648[29]
Referee: Olga Miranda (Paraguay)

Group F

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Canada vs Australia
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Quarter-finals
2  Germany 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
3  Australia 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 4
4  Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Canada 2–0 Australia
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Zimbabwe 1–6 Germany
Basopo 50' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 20,521[31]
Referee: Rita Gani (Malaysia)

Canada 3–1 Zimbabwe
Beckie 7', 35'
Sinclair 19' (pen.)
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Chirandu 86'
Attendance: 30,295[32]
Referee: Olga Miranda (Paraguay)
Germany 2–2 Australia
Däbritz 45+2'
Bartusiak 88'
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Kerr 6'
Foord 45'
Attendance: 37,475[33]
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Australia 6–1 Zimbabwe
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Msipa 90+1'
Germany 1–2 Canada
Behringer 13' (pen.) Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Tancredi 26', 60'
Attendance: 8,227[35]
Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

Group G

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 7 Quarter-finals
2  France 3 2 0 1 7 1 +6 6
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
4  Colombia 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
United States 2–0 New Zealand
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
France 4–0 Colombia
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 6,847[37]
Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

United States 1–0 France
Lloyd 64' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 11,782[38]
Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay)
Colombia 0–1 New Zealand
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Hearn 31'
Attendance: 8,505[39]
Referee: Gladys Lengwe (Zambia)

Colombia 2–2 United States
Usme 26', 90' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Dunn 41'
Pugh 59'
Attendance: 30,557[40]
New Zealand 0–3 France
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Le Sommer 38'
Cadamuro 63', 90+2' (pen.)

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F  Australia 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 4 Knockout stage
2 E  Sweden 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4
3 G  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3
Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Lots drawn by FIFA

Knockout stage

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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]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
12 August — Belo Horizonte
 
 
 Brazil (p) 0 (7)
 
16 August — Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã)
 
 Australia0 (6)
 
 Brazil0 (3)
 
12 August — Brasília
 
 Sweden (p)0 (4)
 
 United States1 (3)
 
19 August — Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã)
 
 Sweden (p)1 (4)
 
 Sweden1
 
12 August — São Paulo
 
 Germany2
 
 Canada1
 
16 August — Belo Horizonte
 
 France0
 
 Canada0
 
12 August — Salvador
 
 Germany2 Bronze medal match
 
 China0
 
19 August — São Paulo
 
 Germany1
 
 Brazil1
 
 
 Canada2
 

Quarter-finals

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Brazil vs Australia

China 0–1 Germany
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Behringer 76'

Canada 1–0 France
Schmidt 56' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Attendance: 38,688[44]
Referee: Claudia Umpierrez (Uruguay)

Semi-finals

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Brazil vs Sweden

Germany vs Canada
Canada 0–2 Germany
Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Behringer 21' (pen.)
Däbritz 59'
Attendance: 5,641[47]
Referee: Ri Hyang-ok (North Korea)

Bronze medal match

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Brazil 1–2 Canada
Beatriz 79' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)

Gold medal match

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Sweden 1–2 Germany
Blackstenius 67' Report (Rio2016)
Report (FIFA)
Report
Marozsán 48'
Sembrant 62' (o.g.)
Attendance: 52,432[49]
Referee: Carol Chenard (Canada)

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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There were 66 goals scored in 26 matches, for an average of 2.54 goals per match.

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: FIFA[50]

Assists

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2 assists

1 assist

Source: FIFA[50]

FIFA Fair Play Award

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Sweden won the FIFA Fair Play Award, given to the team with the best record of fair play during the tournament. Every match in the final competition is taken into account but only teams that reach the second stage of the competition are eligible for the Fair Play Trophy.[50]

Pos Team Pts
1  Sweden 872
2  France 859
3  Germany 853
4  Brazil 846
5  United States 840
6  Australia 838
7  China 830
8  Canada 768

Tournament ranking

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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 F  Germany 6 4 1 1 14 6 +8 13 Gold medal
2 E  Sweden 6 1 3 2 4 8 −4 6 Silver medal
3 F  Canada 6 5 0 1 10 5 +5 15 Bronze medal
4 E  Brazil (H) 6 2 3 1 9 3 +6 9 Fourth place
5 G  United States 4 2 2 0 6 3 +3 8 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6 G  France 4 2 0 2 7 2 +5 6
7 F  Australia 4 1 2 1 8 5 +3 5
8 E  China 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 4
9 G  New Zealand 3 1 0 2 1 5 −4 3 Eliminated in
group stage
10 E  South Africa 3 0 1 2 0 3 −3 1
11 G  Colombia 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
12 F  Zimbabwe 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0
Source: FIFA[50]
(H) Hosts

See also

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