Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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Eight teams competed in the women's football tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics . In addition to the host nation, Australia, seven other teams qualified for the tournament based on the results from the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup.

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Method

Unlike the men's competition, there was no fixed slot allocation for the women's tournament. Instead, the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup would be used as the preliminary competition to qualify teams for the women's Olympic football tournament, which featured eight teams. Australia automatically qualified for the tournament as hosts, with the remaining spots going to the top seven teams at the Women's World Cup, excluding Australia. [1] FIFA set the following qualification procedure to determine the remaining seven teams: [2] [3]

  1. If Australia are one of the eight quarter-finalists, all eight will qualify for the Olympics.
  2. If Australia are not one of the eight quarter-finalists, the four quarter-final winners and the three best-ranked quarter-final losers will qualify for the Olympics.

To determine the best three quarter-final losers, FIFA set the following ranking criteria: [4]

  1. Goal difference in the quarter-finals;
  2. Number of goals scored in the quarter-finals;
  3. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat);
  4. Goal difference in all group matches;
  5. Number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. FIFA Fair Play ranking;
  7. Drawing of lots.

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup

Qualification

Sixteen teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States based on a fixed slot allocation.

ConfederationSlotsTournamentTeams qualified
AFC (Asia)3 1997 AFC Women's Championship Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea
CAF (Africa)2 1998 African Women's Championship Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
CONCACAF (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)2.5Host countryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
1998 CONCACAF Women's Championship Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
CONCACAF v CONMEBOL play-off Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America)1.5 1998 South American Women's Football Championship Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
OFC (Oceania)1 1998 OFC Women's Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
UEFA (Europe)6 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA) Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Group stage

Group A Group B
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States (H)39
2Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 36
3Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea 33
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 30
Source: FIFA
(H) Host
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 37
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 35
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 34
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 30
Source: FIFA
Group C Group D
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 39
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 36
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 31
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 31
Source: FIFA
PosTeam
PldPts
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 39
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 36
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 31
4Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 31
Source: FIFA

Knockout stage

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
July 1 – Landover
 
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3
 
July 4 – Stanford
 
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2
 
July 1 – Landover
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (g.g.)4
 
July 10 – Pasadena
 
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 3
 
Flag of the United States.svg  United States (p)0 (5)
 
June 30 – San Jose
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0 (4)
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3
 
July 4 – Foxborough
 
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0
 
June 30 – San Jose
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 5 Third place play-off
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2
 
July 10 – Pasadena
 
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0
 
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil (p)0 (5)
 
 
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 0 (4)
 

Quarter-final ranking

As Australia were eliminated in the group stage, the results of the quarter-finals were used to determine the seven teams which would qualify. [4] Although Russia and Sweden both lost by two goals, the Swedes had scored in their defeat while Russia did not, leaving them as the only quarter-finalist to not qualify for the Olympics. [5] [6]

PosTeamGFGAGDQualification
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 31+2Qualify for 2000 Summer Olympics
2Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 20+2
3Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 43+1
4Flag of the United States.svg  United States 32+1
5Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 34−1
6Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23−1
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13−2
8Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 02−2
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympic women's football tournament: [7]

TeamConfederationQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics [lower-alpha 1]
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia OFC Host23 September 1993 [8] 0 (debut)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China AFC Women's World Cup runner-up30 June 19991 (1996)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway UEFA Women's World Cup fourth place30 June 19991 (1996)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden UEFA 3rd best quarter-final loser 30 June 19991 (1996)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany UEFA 2nd best quarter-final loser 1 July 19991 (1996)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States CONCACAF Women's World Cup winner1 July 19991 ( 1996 )
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil CONMEBOL Women's World Cup third place1 July 19991 (1996)
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria CAF 1st best quarter-final loser 1 July 19990 (debut)
  1. ↑ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Breakdown by confederation

ConfederationTeams qualified
AFC 1
CAF 1
CONCACAF 1
CONMEBOL 1
OFC 1
UEFA 3

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