2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament NED-SWE 5.jpeg
Sweden vs. Netherlands, the top 2 teams of the tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Dates2–9 March 2016
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Runners-upFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Third placeFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Fourth placeFlag of Norway.svg  Norway
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored19 (3.17 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Manon Melis
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Vivianne Miedema
Flag of Norway.svg Ada Hegerberg
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rahel Kiwic
(2 goals each)
← 2008

The 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was an international football competition organised by UEFA to determine the final women's national team from Europe to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil. The tournament was played between 2 and 9 March 2016 in the Netherlands. [1]

Contents

Four teams participated in the tournament: Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. As the tournament winner, Sweden qualified for the last available Olympic spot from Europe, joining France and Germany, who had already qualified, as the three UEFA representatives. [2]

Background

Same as the qualification process for previous Olympics, UEFA used the FIFA Women's World Cup to determine which women's national teams from Europe qualify for the Olympic football tournament. The three teams from UEFA that progressed the furthest in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup played in Canada, other than ineligible England, would qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil. [3] [4] If teams in contention for the Olympic spots were eliminated in the same round, ties were not broken by their overall tournament record, and play-offs or a mini-tournament to decide the spots would be held provisionally in February/March 2016. [5]

England were ineligible for the Olympics as they were not an Olympic nation, although Great Britain did compete in 2012 as the host nation. The Football Association had originally declared on 2 March 2015 its intention to enter and run teams on behalf of the British Olympic Association at the 2016 Olympics should England qualify. [6] Following strong objections from the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish football associations, and a commitment from FIFA that they would not allow entry of a British team unless all four Home Nations agreed, the Football Association announced on 30 March 2015 that they would not seek entry into the Olympic tournament. [7]

After Norway were eliminated by England in the round of 16 on 22 June 2015, it was confirmed that two of the three spots would go to quarter-finalists France and Germany because there could not be more than three eligible European teams in the quarter-finals. Eventually no other eligible European team reached the quarter-finals, so the four European teams eliminated in the round of 16 (Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland) would compete in the UEFA play-off tournament to decide the last spot. [8]

The last time a play-off was necessary to decide a European spot in the Olympic women's football tournament was when Sweden defeated Denmark over two legs to claim a place in the 2008 Olympics. Same as this time, had England been eligible to enter, they would have qualified as one of the top three UEFA teams in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, rendering the play-off unnecessary. [9]

UEFA teams qualified for 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
TeamFinal result in
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup 		Qualification for
2016 Summer Olympics
Flag of England.svg  England Third placeIneligible
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Fourth placeQualified
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France Eliminated in quarter-finals
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Eliminated in round of 16Play-off tournament
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Eliminated in group stage

Teams

Among the four teams, only Norway and Sweden had previously played in the Olympics. Norway had played in three Olympics, and were the only European gold medalists so far, winning in 2000, and also taking bronze in 1996. Sweden had played in all five Olympics so far, but never won a medal, with their best finish being fourth in 2004. [1]

Team FIFA Rankings
at start of event [10] 		UEFA Rankings
at start of event [11] 		Squads
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
12
8
 Netherlands squad
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
10
4
 Norway squad
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
8
3
 Sweden squad
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
20
13
 Switzerland squad

Format

UEFA confirmed on 24 June 2015 to the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet that the four teams would meet each other once, making it a last chance round robin tournament with six matches altogether. [12] The rules of the UEFA and FIFA tournaments were maintained. A victory would win 3 points, a draw would win 1 point, and the Olympic would go to the team that finished at the first place after the end of six games. The period reserved for this playoff tournament was also the FIFA women's international matches period from 29 February to 9 March 2016. The four teams concerned would need to agree on the exact dates within this window. The tournament would be arranged in one of the participating four countries.

On 22 July 2015 UEFA announced that the Netherlands would host the tournament, with matches taking place between 2 and 9 March 2016. [1]

Venues

Before the kick-off of Netherlands vs. Switzerland 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament NED-SUI.jpeg
Before the kick-off of Netherlands vs. Switzerland

Rotterdam and The Hague were confirmed as host cities by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) on 19 October 2015. [13]

VenueLocationCapacitySurfaceNo. of matches
Kyocera Stadion The Hague
15,000
 Artificial turf
1
Het Kasteel Rotterdam
11,000
 Grass
2
Stadion Woudestein Rotterdam
3,530
 Artificial turf
3

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 321031+27 2016 Summer Olympics
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (H)311168−24
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 310256−13
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 310254+13
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points between tied teams; 3) Goal difference between tied teams; 4) Goals scored between tied teams; 5) Reapply 2–4 if necessary; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Disciplinary points; 9) UEFA ranking [14]
(H) Hosts

Matches

All times CET (UTC+1). [15] [16]
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg0–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report Dahlkvist Soccerball shade.svg3'
Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam
Attendance: 401 [17]
Referee: Bibiana Steinhaus (Germany)
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg3–4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Humm Soccerball shade.svg4'
Kiwic Soccerball shade.svg74'
Bachmann Soccerball shade.svg83'		 Report Melis Soccerball shade.svg29' (pen.)
Miedema Soccerball shade.svg56'
Van den Berg Soccerball shade.svg61'
Van de Sanden Soccerball shade.svg63'
Kyocera Stadion, Den Haag
Attendance: 6,658 [18]
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg4–1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Haavi Soccerball shade.svg30'
Mjelde Soccerball shade.svg61'
Ad. Hegerberg Soccerball shade.svg82', 90+1'		 Report Melis Soccerball shade.svg67'
Het Kasteel, Rotterdam
Attendance: 10,599 [19]
Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg1–0Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Seger Soccerball shade.svg44' Report
Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam
Referee: Katalin Kulcsár (Hungary)
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Mauron Soccerball shade.svg32'
Kiwic Soccerball shade.svg90+3'		 Report C. Hansen Soccerball shade.svg10'
Stadion Woudestein, Rotterdam
Referee: Teodora Albon (Romania)
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg1–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Miedema Soccerball shade.svg5' Report Schough Soccerball shade.svg45'
Het Kasteel, Rotterdam
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Ukraine)

Goalscorers

2 goals
1 goal

Qualified teams for Olympics

After the conclusion of the qualifying tournament, the following three teams from UEFA qualified for the Olympic football tournament.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament 1
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg  France 22 June 20151 (2012)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 22 June 20154 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 9 March 20165 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012)
1Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

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